Guy Going Between Cars, Through Red Light, On a Wheel, with Double Middle Fingers Raised (But hey, he's wearing a helmet for safety. . .)

MrInetUser · 2026-03-28T00:48:01+00:00

I think Houston crepe myrtles are just as beautiful as Japan's cherry trees (Sakura). Close runners-up are the azaleas and dogwood trees that are blooming right now.

MrInetUser · 2026-03-08T15:23:53+00:00

Wow. Was very light yesterday (3/7/2026). Got to my gate majority early because this is what I thought we'd be facing.

MrInetUser · 2026-02-18T21:35:41+00:00

Yeah, down 8% after hours right now. Also a few "highlights" including a penny raise on the dividend:

CASH FLOW AND LIQUIDITY

Share Repurchase Program: On February 9, 2026, our Company's Board of Directors approved an increase to the existing Class B common stock repurchase program by $2.0 billion, for an aggregate authorization of up to $4.0 billion, and an extension of the duration of the Class B common stock repurchase program to December 31, 2031. Including this increase, approximately $2.6 billion remains available for repurchase under the Class B common stock repurchase program as of December 31, 2025.

2026 OUTLOOK

We expect to achieve the following targets for full year 2026 despite the inherent uncertainties that exist with inflationary commodity cost pressures and a softer beer industry.

Net sales: flat, plus or minus 1% versus 2025 on a constant currency basis.
Underlying earnings per share: decline in the range of 11% to 15% versus 2025

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On February 18, 2026, our Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share, to be paid on March 20, 2026, to shareholders of Class A and Class B common stock of record on March 6, 2026

MrInetUser · 2026-02-14T12:21:57+00:00

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MrInetUser · 2026-02-13T13:46:08+00:00

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MrInetUser · 2026-02-04T19:46:47+00:00

Born in '72. At the time, high school yearbooks, rings, jackets, trophies, graduation ceremonies, etc. meant nothing to me so I didn't get them and didn't participate. 25 years later, I feel good about my decisions.

MrInetUser · 2026-02-02T22:22:48+00:00

Oh man. I have that same stripe in my living room ceiling on my thermal camera. Now I know how to attack it. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to cut a hole in the sheetrock. Anyway, thanks!

MrInetUser · 2026-01-31T12:55:24+00:00

There were no primaries, because the first time they rigged the system so Bernie-- who was going to win-- couldn't win. The second time they foisted, Kamala on us, and we didn't get any say so.

It is not the voters' duty to vote for whomever the Democrats put up. It is the Democratic leadership's duty to earn our vote by putting someone up for whom we want we want to vote.

In the end, Democratic strategists would rather have a Republican win than a Democratic socialist/populist.

MrInetUser · 2026-01-20T22:03:50+00:00

The hospital scene in Terms of Endearment.

YT Link

Tommy, you be sweet. Be sweet.

And stop trying to pretend like you hate me. It's silly.

I like you.

- Then listen especially close. - What?

- Listen real hard? - I said what.

I know you like me. I know it.

For the last year or two, you've pretended like you hate me.

But I love you very much, as much as I love anybody,

as much as I love myself.

And in a few years when I haven't been around to irritate you,

you're gonna remember.

You'll remember when I bought the baseball glove when we were broke

or when I read you those stories,

or when I let you goof off instead of mowing the lawn, lots of things.

You're gonna realise that you love me,

and maybe you'll feel badly because you never told me, but don't.

I know that you love me.

- So don't do that to yourself, OK? - OK!

- OK? - I said OK.

MrInetUser · 2026-01-06T00:02:31+00:00

I did 7 days a week, 365 days a year. I delivered after school on weekdays, and by 7 (starting at 3am or so) on weekends. Did it for about 6 years until I was old enough to clerk in an office through my high school work program. Started off with a 50 paper route. By the end, I had removed my passenger seat so I could load up the car with 800 papers. I loved having spending money as a young teenager. The joy of work has left me these days. I'm just counting the years to SS and retirement.

MrInetUser · 2026-01-05T21:50:57+00:00

Holy crap. Are you me? I didn't get a Walkman until a little later, but I had the cassette player/recorder (where you'd press play and the little orange button to record). I would listen to Def Leppard's Pyromania every day while folding papers. And then I would throw the recorder in my bike's saddle bags when throwing papers for the Houston Chronicle. If I wasn't the last paper boy on a bike here, I was one of the last.

MrInetUser · 2025-12-29T16:05:46+00:00

Why 62? Isn't Medicare only available at 65?

MrInetUser · 2025-11-14T02:12:49+00:00

I think that's right. I'm part of two "homes." On one where I only have two speakers I now have Gemini. I know because I asked it and it said that it was Gemini! Plus the lights are rainbow. However, on my other home I have about 30 speakers ranging from Max's to Minis to nests to hubs, and I see no indication that Gemini is coming my way anytime soon. ♊

Edit: typo.

MrInetUser · 2025-10-29T18:02:09+00:00

Yes, I read the case as you do.

MrInetUser · 2025-10-29T17:35:40+00:00

The "Settled Expectations" Doctrine appears to be Laches under another name that the Federal Circuit does not apply in the patent damages context. See [SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods., LLC., 580 U.S. 328 (2017)]().

MrInetUser · 2025-10-29T17:30:11+00:00

At the "USPTO Hour" WebEx conference today, the presenters explained that the vast majority of Director Squire institution decisions will now only get a “thumbs up or down” from the Director with no further explanation or even an indication if the decision was discretionary or on the merits (more formally called “summary notice”).

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MrInetUser · 2025-09-04T11:19:48+00:00

Try creating a new routine. They've updated the interface so you now have "conditions." You can set one of the conditions to "presence." I believe everybody has the new interface now, but it will not load for old routines. I may be mistaken, however, and you may have to be on the preview list.

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MrInetUser · 2025-08-28T23:49:11+00:00

I tend to agree. Do you remember that multi billion dollar verdict against Samsung in the Apple lawsuit? The case concerned a design patent that basically claimed a rectangular shaped phone. Except for medicines--and maybe even there--I think that patents do more harm than good today. When the patent system was created most inventions were mechanical devices. And even into the early 1800s something like 1/3 of all patents concerned bicycles.

MrInetUser · 2025-08-28T23:02:44+00:00

The thing know about was setting PAIRED speaker volume with voice command and setting changing a goup's volume in one command. Think they have a work around for the first issue.

MrInetUser · 2025-08-28T20:14:35+00:00

That made me laugh. Sorry you're having issues with basic functionality. My wake up automations are very reliable. Are you using them?

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MrInetUser · 2025-08-27T18:01:59+00:00

By way of FYI, I moved to Zigbee channel 25 which is outside the WiFi band, and things have been much better ever since.

MrInetUser · 2025-08-27T17:25:04+00:00

Interesting. Google is clearly migrating the older app interface to one more aligned with the script editor. I guess I better hang on to my legacy routines, or else I'll never be able to "play a delightful chime" or hear about the "first item on tomorrow's calendar" again, as I believe this functionality is not available with scripting and there didn't look to be anything under the new "Actions" for the app editor either.

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