Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)

[Dave Thompson]

Not sure if this has been covered in this thread but am I the only one left in. this. world. that washes something BEFORE trying to sell it? I don't understand why someone would say 'it's a little dusty' or 'still has some dirt' or 'could use a little cleaning' when they're asking someone to buy their shit.

Hose.
Bucket.
Brush.
Effort.
Sold.

My god! It's not like skill is required. Just clean it.

Agree. You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.

[ides1056]

"Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, expressed opposition on Thursday to extending enhanced unemployment benefits. Tax cuts and other incentives to encourage hiring would be preferable at this point, he said.

“I do not believe that more government spending is going to give us a strong and durable recovery,” Mr. Kudlow said."

"A sophisticated fraud network targeting Washington State’s unemployment system claimed hundreds of millions of dollars before officials were able to identify and crack down on the attack, state officials said Thursday.

“I realize this is a jaw-dropping figure,” said Suzi LeVine, the commissioner of the state Employment Security Department. The fraudulent claims had been filed on behalf of tens of thousands of people, and many involved individuals who had not lost their jobs, she said."

There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Goldman Sachs Forecloses on 1, Homes for ‘Consumer Relief’ - The New York Times

[dashDustin]

one of our original riders, and constant supporter, passed away following a car accident yesterday (Thursday). we got word of her being in a bad car accident around 7pm. i found 1 news station reporting that the person in the car had passed away, and that was an update at 7:46pm. it wasn't until a few hours later that we got actual confirmation from the hospital. 4yrs ago to the day she won her first race.

[Matthew Strongin]

one of our original riders, and constant supporter, passed away following a car accident yesterday (Thursday). we got word of her being in a bad car accident around 7pm. i found 1 news station reporting that the person in the car had passed away, and that was an update at 7:46pm. it wasn't until a few hours later that we got actual confirmation from the hospital. 4yrs ago to the day she won her first race.

That's heartbreaking, Dustin. My condolences.

[claritycycler]

one of our original riders, and constant supporter, passed away following a car accident yesterday...

So sorry Dustin

[Tom]

After the last few posts I'm kind of hesitant to add my content but it's 72 degrees, flat calm and foggy out. I'm sitting here after being up all night for work with a splitting headache because the diagnostic utility supplied by the vendor tech support to catch whatever it was that bombed one of our production systems a week or so ago is what bombed one of our production system in the middle of yesterday afternoon. It seems to have a problem with some timing windows in the new OS release. So here I sit with a freaking migraine and no chance of getting on the bike today. For various reasons I can't take time off tomorrow to go for a long ride, which in my current frame of mind is the thing I need the most.

[bigbill]

First off, sorry for your loss, Dustin.

We're entering the hot part of the year. This weekend will be close to 110 degrees on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. We're at 4000 feet, Phoenix will be hotter. We'll go to Grand Canyon NP early Saturday morning, it will be much cooler up there.

The time with my son ends on Monday night. He's been here since early May doing online classes, working out, and getting a tan. He'll fly out of Vegas early on Tuesday morning and has to report back to Annapolis on Wednesday. So many unknowns at this point about when I'll get to see him again. I was going to the Army-Navy game this year, I expect it to be canceled. This year sucks, but I'm thankful that no close family members have been affected.

[johnmdesigner]

Got rousted out of bed at 6am this morning to help my wife write a letter to her boss who after 14 years of service thinks it's time to start treating her like shit.
E-mail title: " Are you firing me or do you want me to quit?"

Too hot here today. Going bowling.
First pin that falls joins me for an afternoon of Spanish day drinking.

[guido]

It's not thursday, I'll do my sets when it gets cooler.

90 degrees (feels like 95) at 7:00pm is too flipping hot.

Just saying...

[bironi]

Lowell George music.
Bill Taylor music documentaries.
Sh-t like that the tubes don't make public.
Pissssssssssssssssss me off.

And yes I searched high and low.
The good stuff has faded................

If you have a secret key
I'll try it.
thanks!

[johnmdesigner]

I've looked at 4 magazines this week (wife works at a doctors office) and every one of them has a story about some whining New Yorker in self exile in their Upstate cottage wringing their hands about whether or not they should return and how they will protect their precious children.
I have no problem if someone has a house in the country and wants to escape the city during this difficult time. I used to have one myself. I would have done the same thing. But we who are here living here in the shit don't give a damm about your "suffering".
How about interviewing the family with 3 kids 2 floors down from me who haven't been out of their apartment in 4 months.
Oh but I forget you can't have the page at the end of the article with the pictures of the $2500.00 end tables from the writhing cottage.
Sorry, I find it a little annoying.

[72gmc]

The neighbor's mow, blow, and go crew just blew their lawn clippings under my fence and left. At least I was oblivious because I'm working with my ears full of Cowboy Junkies, but still.

[SlowPokePete]

My daughter wants me to take her to a new apartment near college (Goucher) in Maryland, but as a resident of NY there is a mandatory 14 day self-quarantine if I go there and I guess if I were to go there and stay overnight and come back to my home with my wife in it then she is supposed to do it too and this is not gonna work.

SPP

[72gmc]

My kid's at home for fall semester and bummed about it. There doesn't seem to be a happy option.

[SlowPokePete]

My kid's at home for fall semester and bummed about it. There doesn't seem to be a happy option.

This is what I think is (unfortunately) the right thing to do.

SPP

[Rich Beaudoin]

I have one at home from college indefinitely also and he is disappointed like everyone else.
And he has been working hard (construction) to save money to travel abroad and that looks tough now too.

[rwsaunders]

I believe that the colleges that are acting like everything will be hunky dory in terms of residential life and the campus experience, are misleading kids and that they will eventually end up sending kids home again, just like they did in the Spring. Our youngest is getting ready to start his third year and his semester is loaded with electrical, mechanical and robotics labs. I cannot imagine how this is going to work and since he's off campus, he and his three roommates are committed to a lease, so no respite there if all classes go online. First world problem I know and I really feel badly for the for the incoming freshman...they were essentially denied most of their last semester of high school and their introduction to college will be via ZOOM.

[PTinz]

How about 118 at 9 in the morning?

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[bigbill]

How about 118 at 9 in the morning?

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97 at 9:45am 90 minutes south of you. Will eventually be 110F but we're at 4000 feet.

[mnoble485]

97 at 9:45am 90 minutes south of you. Will eventually be 110F but we're at 4000 feet.

Yeah, but it’s a dry heat says the guy with 90% humidity.

Mike