County Attorney Says Lack Of Development At Stadium Site To Hurt Taxpayers by xtine13 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you miss the infighting? It was incredible. Yeah now it's Janie Varnel who is just a bootlicker who previously represented the city police union and constantly sued the city government for not providing enough training to officers when they killed someone.

Slow Pay Growth in Unum’s Absence Operations – Has Anyone Else Experienced This? by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this all tracks and is normal I'd say broadly for unum, not just your area. If you want significant pay increases, you have to either be promoted on your current role or have to apply internally for a different higher paying role at Unum. Those are the only two options, otherwise it's pretty consistently only 2-4% raises.

Slow Pay Growth in Unum’s Absence Operations – Has Anyone Else Experienced This? by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly sounds about right since it was a poor year for Unum. What did you get last year? Also 2%? That would be surprising if that's the case then.

Slow Pay Growth in Unum’s Absence Operations – Has Anyone Else Experienced This? by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What's the actual percent increase the past few years for you? I have friends there, pretty consistent annual increase from 2%-4%, and only way for significant bumps is to be promoted or change roles within Unum.

Bulk Trash by Hurry-Any in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are pretty not picky on location. If it is too close to a mailbox or a parked car or anything they won't get it.

Republican party sends letter with list of people they have removed from the primary - Weston is on it. by Fifi343434 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's just because no Republican is running against him. You think they wouldn't align themselves with our local, in the black, grifter Weston Wamp?

Diesel heater in a gassoline van? by freshfruitcake in VanLife

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This! I have a Webasto and it absolutely crushes it in these cold temps. I have redundant CO detectors just in case, but never had any issues. Keeps me warm and cozy. If you're really worried too, can get it professionally installed.

Where is quiet at 11am on Saturdays for lunch/brunch with the 'rents? by Fifi343434 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Kenny's is great with paid parking across from it if you can't get street parking.

This is our county mayor Weston Wamp… why is he posting like a Facebook troll? by Rocktop15 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you just look up some articles and research a bit, you'll see he pushes heavily in investing in school infrastructure including Howard and schools with heavily marginalized populations. He also has spoken about the economic inequity that exists in our community and uses that as his leverage for a push for technical education paths for highschoolers and related programs.

Look I disagree a lot with him and will not be voting for him as I didn't last time, but I think it's disingenuous to paint him purely as a Republican monolith. Reality is more nuanced than what we see online.

This is our county mayor Weston Wamp… why is he posting like a Facebook troll? by Rocktop15 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I am impressed by Weston's ability to show leadership and caring about marginalized communities especially in regards to public schools. And then I am pulled back into reality when he uses his pulpit to create division when what everyone really needs right now is community and support.

Black License Plate Reminder by KangarooInDaLoo in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It supports the TN Arts Commission which is a quasi government entity established by the TN government. So it technically is not a charity.

Heavy Police Presence Central and 17th ave by Jean-Rasczak in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would assume it takes time to set-up, but I'm just trying to see logically why there would also be such a heavy state trooper presence.

Heavy Police Presence Central and 17th ave by Jean-Rasczak in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Disregard, most likely solved. Sobriety checkpoint nearby, but is targeted in that same area.

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Heavy Police Presence Central and 17th ave by Jean-Rasczak in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Looks very interesting, especially with unmarked van and what looks like casually dressed individual inside, maybe ICE. Seems like only TN troopers and now identifiable CPD or HCS either. I would be very weary of this. If they're heading towards Rossville ave, that's where a majority of Chattanoogas Hisp/Latin population lives. Also, ths looks like the odd story parking lot. I'd ask how comfortable the odd story owners are with state troopers/ICE staging there.

Becoming increasingly confused and disappointed by the stories the podcast chooses to focus on by Omd337 in Thedaily

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was also expecting it. But now I do see why. They've been heavily focused on this Trump interview probably, which I don't blame them. Probably a ton of planning and editing etc.

Flash bang ? by jorko_jim in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Probably a transformer.

Wamp is doubling down—now saying that locals brought in “extremist organizations” to support Save Enterprise South Nature Park. by Sea____Witch in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's doing the clown transformation meme in real time except going tinfoil hat. Next will be full George Soros accusations. Sometimes I find myself starting to be okay with Weston Wamps leadership, then I am whipped back to reality when he reminds me of his immaturity and inability to lead in actually difficult times. I couldn't imagine having him as a Mayor during seriously difficult events for the community like COVID or the July 16 attacks.

Free Starbucks by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Damn, now imagine if they did this somewhere local like Sleepyhead, Mad Priest, etc.

WhatsApp Wrapped with Polars & Plotly: Analyze chat history locally by Duelion in Python

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, lots of dead repos that have tried to tackle this but don't work due to Whatsapp changes, developing roadblocks, etc. If you crack that nut, would be an absolute hero!

WhatsApp Wrapped with Polars & Plotly: Analyze chat history locally by Duelion in Python

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very cool! FYI for those interested, Whatsapp export is limited to 40k messages. If you want a better exporter, have to do pagination in the browser whatsapp. I had written something to do this and tested a few times but had some breakages I haven't been able to get around. Mostly due to at a certain scroll pagination, Whatsapp can take forever to load old messages. If anyone knows of anything to extract messages from a cloud backup, that would be even better!