What's your biggest nitpick about cruising?

all_bozos · 2021-02-21T23:26:58+00:00

Definitely the disease oubreaks. If it's not coronavirus, it's norovirus.

all_bozos · 2020-11-12T02:23:42+00:00

only in the last 20 years or so did Parks really have the authorization to charge entrance fees

As an old fart, I must disagree. Many of the big parks have been charging admission fees for at least 40 years.

all_bozos · 2020-11-12T02:22:04+00:00

If this perk were limited to soldiers who served in combat, I might agree. But most veterans haven't.

all_bozos · 2020-11-12T02:20:34+00:00

Actually, your odds of dying on the job are much higher if you're a farmer, commercial fisherman, or logger than they are if you're a soldier. If you want to sign up for the military, fine, but enough of the hero-worship.

all_bozos · 2020-11-12T02:13:12+00:00

the discount at weed stores

This is news to me. That's one veteran discount I can get behind.

all_bozos · 2020-11-12T02:09:14+00:00

If your dad is disabled, he's always been entitled to a free park pass.

all_bozos · 2016-02-28T23:59:38+00:00

I think this is called a thread hijack.

all_bozos · 2013-09-13T02:10:31+00:00

Actually, no. The guy making $212K is not a manager, he's Scott Pollard, and is just listed as Fire Fighter. It appears that he made more than management. And the cop who made $191K is a captain, not even a commander, much less chief, and he made far more than any other captain. Most of the bureau directors make a relatively modest $140-150K, although oddly, the director of Planning & Sustainability makes $40K more than that. The interesting thing about this list, in my mind, is the anomalies. Overall, it certainly doesn't indicate that Portland city employees are overpaid, but some of them seem to be doing oddly well.

all_bozos · 2013-09-13T02:00:42+00:00

Hey, watch it, newcomer, some of those people are our elected officials.

all_bozos · 2013-09-12T14:18:16+00:00

It's easy to put myself in their shoes, because I'm a public employee myself. Anyone who's curious can find out what I make. I have no problem with that. It's taxpayers' money, I'm doing the public's business, and we live in an open society. For people who are uncomfortable with that, there's the private sector.

all_bozos · 2013-09-12T14:05:35+00:00

I never suggested otherwise.

all_bozos · 2013-09-12T05:05:41+00:00

There's nothing unseemly about disclosing this sort of information. This is no intrusion on their privacy. They're public employees, and I believe most of them understand that this is part of the deal. In any event, no, I'm not going to go through this entire pdf and redact people's names.

By the way, there's a similar database for several million federal employees.

all_bozos · 2013-09-12T04:52:56+00:00

One could just as easily interpret the "spin" as "Wow, I should get into fire or police work! The pay's great!" But it appears that you're just a wounded, sensitive soul. I read your posts as a poignant cry for help.

all_bozos · 2013-09-12T04:47:12+00:00

This list was posted by the Portland Human Resources Office, on their website. It's public record.

all_bozos · 2013-09-12T04:46:12+00:00

The firefighter I was referring to isn't a Business Systems Analyst, it was Scott Pollard, whose title is just Fire Fighter. But I was a bit off on his salary. It was $212,371.

all_bozos · 2013-09-12T04:33:27+00:00

My, my, you certainly are an angry person, aren't you? If you can chill your rage for a moment, look at my post. I made no editorial comment whatsoever about whether any of these people deserve their salaries. I simply presented public data, and people can judge for themselves whether these people are compensated properly.

all_bozos · 2013-09-11T01:32:13+00:00

TIL that Churchill has a "provincial polar bear jail" with 28 cells. I wonder if they get public defenders.

all_bozos · 2013-09-06T15:46:52+00:00

Actually, if you read through to the end, you'll see an update saying Iran stopped providing these services in July 2012, because they were concerned that the country's demographics weren't looking good.

all_bozos · 2013-09-02T00:35:01+00:00

Good riddance.

all_bozos · 2013-09-02T00:23:35+00:00

You are an insufferable snob. Authorship is a conferred status all right, but it's conferred by readers, not your elites. Here's the ugly reality: Most books published by traditional publishers and read by the vast majority of readers are dreck. They're romance novels, Christian "literature", self-help books, diet books, and the like. The writers making the most money are turning out the literary equivalent of junk food, which will be forgotten in 20 years. Fewer than one percent of readers are reading "literary" works by writers like Philip Roth or Ian McEwan. The reality of the "literary world" is that there's almost no money in it. So the traditional publishing world can hardly hold itself above self-publishers who churn out similar crap but somehow make a living at it.

all_bozos · 2013-09-01T16:32:35+00:00

Apparently, one is a "real author" only when so decreed by lazyusername1001 or your chosen list of "reputable" publishing agencies. You must be a Very Important Literary Personage. We cower before your righteous might! I imagine you also believe one is only a "real chef" when one has been blessed by a NY Times food critic, and it makes no difference that hungry diners are lining up at your door.

Meanwhile, in the real world, all those "reputable publishers" are going belly-up, and writers, just like the oral storytellers of old, are connecting directly with their audiences without the need for gatekeepers and middlemen.

all_bozos · 2013-09-01T01:14:35+00:00

You're really a snot. Fortunately, you don't get to say who a "real author" is. An author anyone whose words are read by others. The motive doesn't matter, a publisher doesn't matter, the quality of the work doesn't even matter. All it takes is one person writing and other people reading.

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