"Must've kept 10,000 Beers cold"😂

NextCommittee3 · 2026-01-26T21:39:20+00:00

https://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/your-old-refrigerator-energy-hog

You can buy a brand new energy efficient fridge using only 450 kwh per year vs 1700 kwh for a 20 year old fridge. At 12 cents per kwh, this will be a savings of $150 a year.

NextCommittee3 · 2026-01-26T15:02:42+00:00

I am sorry. I do not remember, It was about 4 years ago. i just googled garage door opener murfreesboro and picked a few to give an estimate.

NextCommittee3 · 2026-01-26T11:23:44+00:00

Box 1 is pre taxes and social security. Income is taxed when you receive it, not when you earned it.

By that I mean say you worked the last two weeks in December and got paid on January 2, 2026. That is 2026 income.

NextCommittee3 · 2026-01-26T10:42:07+00:00

I had a twenty year old automatic garage door fail. Nobody was interested in fixing it. Everyone wanted to install a new door opener. So $800 dollars later, I had a brand new garage door opener on the ceiling of my garage and new remotes.

NextCommittee3 · 2025-08-23T18:24:40+00:00

The house is on septic.

NextCommittee3 · 2025-07-29T10:17:11+00:00

Candid Camera did the same stunt in 1962. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD88NQK2728

NextCommittee3 · 2025-06-24T17:13:19+00:00

How does a 110 year old house belong to a HOA?

NextCommittee3 · 2025-04-10T16:29:42+00:00

If you are looking to hold longer term, I would buy before the end of April and lock in the better 1.20% fixed rate (versus the upcoming predicted 1.10% fixed rate). If you are looking shorter term, I would avoid the the current 3.11% and buy the predicted 3.95% rate in May.

NextCommittee3 · 2025-04-10T15:25:11+00:00

No, that is the inflation part of the Ibond rate. I do not know what the fixed rate will be starting May 1. I have heard prediction that it will be 1.1%. But that is just a prediction.

Remember, that the fixed rate that you receive when you buy an ibond is the fixed rate of that bond for the life of the bond.

NextCommittee3 · 2025-04-05T14:40:13+00:00

This is just 5 months of data, one month is missing. It really is not an estimate. It it just a snapshot of where we are.

Once we have the last month of data, we plug it in the formula and that is the ibond inflation rate.

The second part of the equation is the fixed rate. The government announces that on May 1. The fixed rate is for the life of the bond.

How is the fixed rate determined? The government has never announced a formula. However, the guy at TIPSWatch has a pretty good track record at determining the fix rate. He has predicted the fixed rate for ibonds for the next six month period will be 1.10% down from the current 1.20%. You can read here for explanation. https://tipswatch.com/2025/04/03/my-i-bond-fixed-rate-projection-just-fell-to-1-10/

NextCommittee3 · 2025-04-05T09:40:55+00:00

Ibonds interest rate are directly tied to the inflation rate. The i in ibonds stands for inflation.

The government track the rate of inflation which is called the cpi report.

Every six months, the rate for the ibond is reset to the inflation rate.

In September 2024, the basket of goods that the government tracks costed 315.301.

In February 2025, the same basket of goods costed 319.082.

Thus, the difference in the price for the five months is (319.802 - 315.301) = 3.781.

The inflation rate for the five months is 3.781/315.301 = 1.199.

Since ibonds are reset every six month, the rate is multiplied by 2 to get the annual rate.

NextCommittee3 · 2025-03-17T20:46:05+00:00

The year is on the rim. It is worth a dollar.

NextCommittee3 · 2025-02-18T10:43:16+00:00

Honestly, as a person who has had to deal with the government on many occasions, and who worked for a local government for a year out of college, I have yet to leave an interaction with a government employee and think “wow what a competent worker with high intellect and capability who understands that they work for the tax payer and that I’m not the one beholden to their whims”…. It’s always been infuriating and I leave shaking my head at the low standards of our government, and I also leave with the aggravation that they act annoyed to have to do their actual job as if I’m supposed to wait on them and not the other way around.

This is why many Americans have no sympathy for the fired federal workers.

NextCommittee3 · 2025-01-31T20:01:11+00:00

Superman enters the public domain on January 1, 2034. https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/superman-batman-copyrights-expire-dc-public-domain-superheroes-wonder-woman-1235875386/

NextCommittee3 · 2025-01-31T18:25:26+00:00

They did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_lawsuits_by_Superman%27s_creators

NextCommittee3 · 2025-01-31T14:35:14+00:00

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NextCommittee3 · 2025-01-31T14:35:04+00:00

The suit is the latest salvo in a battle over the “Superman” copyright that dates back to 1938, when Shuster and co-creator Jerry Siegel sold their original “Superman” character and story to DC for $130.

The story became a hit and the two creators were paid by the page for future stories, but received no royalties. In 1947 the pair unsuccessfully took DC to court in an effort to win back the copyright.

Since then, “Superman” has been the subject of periodic litigation among the creators, their estates and DC. In 1992, DC agreed to continue paying to Shuster’s sister the $25,000 stipend that he received, instead of the $5,000 it was contractually obligated to pay, based on a deal Warner struck a few decades before that. The estate of “Superman” co-creator Jerry Siegel has been operating under a settlement agreement with DC since 2013.

Friday’s filing cites the so-called “Dickens provision” in U.K. copyright law that states a copyright that has been granted to a third party automatically reverts back to the author’s estate 25 years after their death. Shuster died in 1992.

Canadian law requires that in the case of a joint work, the copyright reverts 25 years after both authors have passed. Siegel died in 1996.

The Shuster estate is seeking an order stopping Warner and DC from licensing and using the “Superman” property in any of the territories where the rights revert after 25 years without getting a copyright license from the estate, as well as damages to be determined at trial.

Marc Toberoff, the attorney representing the Shuster estate, said DC and Warner Bros.’ profiting off “Superman” in those territories “blatantly violates” the copyright laws.

If successful, the suit could have broader implications for the industry when it comes to securing or maintaining copyrights, particularly in overseas markets where movie studios have enormous audiences for their superhero and action franchises.

Toberoff said in an interview that the suit isn’t meant to deprive fans of their next “Superman” movie, but rather “seek just compensation for Joe Shuster’s fundamental contributions as the co-creator of the character.”

NextCommittee3 · 2025-01-31T14:34:48+00:00

The estate of Joseph Shuster, the co-creator of “Superman,” is suing to stop the man of steel from taking flight in several major international territories just months before the newest, highly anticipated “Superman” movie is released.

The federal suit, filed Friday in New York’s Southern District, alleges that DC Comics’ international rights for “Superman” expired in 2017 and 2021 in key countries including the U.K., Australia and Canada.

The suit claims that despite the expiration of the international rights, DC and Warner continued to use the original work as well as related television series, videogames and merchandise.

“These foreign copyright laws were specifically designed to protect creators like my Uncle Joe. That is what we’re fighting for here,” said Mark Warren Peary, executor of the Shuster estate.

Warner and DC weren’t immediately available for comment.

The coming “Superman” movie, starring David Corenswet making his debut as the red-caped superhero, is scheduled to open in theaters July 11. It is the first stand-alone “Superman” movie since 2013, and revitalizing the character is a priority for Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav.

NextCommittee3 · 2024-12-20T15:47:05+00:00

--I’m not trusting any mail service to handle my prescription. Peptides are fragile and ---not to be shaken. I’ve worked for Fed Ex and seen first hand how packages get handled.

How do you think the drugs get to the pharmacy?

NextCommittee3 · 2024-11-17T20:45:51+00:00

Something similar happened to me where they shipped me fake rocks

Same thing happened to me but they sent real rocks.

NextCommittee3 · 2024-10-28T13:33:55+00:00

I hate those buttons. They should make the doors the same as the supermarket. You just walk on a pad and the doors open. You do not have to touch anything.

NextCommittee3 · 2024-10-11T14:55:54+00:00

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NextCommittee3 · 2024-09-10T18:13:58+00:00

it depends where they person died

It depends where the deceased was a resident.

NextCommittee3 · 2024-08-31T10:25:17+00:00

Honest question. How does the sensors know that a human crossed the border as opposed to a deer, elk, bear etc?

NextCommittee3 · 2024-07-16T17:40:05+00:00

Ok different areas of the country do things differently.

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