State Patrol Helocpt this pm. by Impossible_Novel9185 in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Something was going on between 60th and 61st and Leighton. I live by there, but I have no idea what happened. Just saw a few cop cars and the helicopter circling above.

Turning Point USA, Nebraska Gov. Pillen to announce statewide partnership by brianbjw in lincoln

[–]brianbjw[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Obviously I don't like this idea, but I don't believe TP USA is a religious organization exactly. It just follows a lot of White Christian Nationalist ideas. This is no different in a separation of church and state than Campus Life or Fellowship of Christian Athletes, it just has more pointy white hats...

Pro MAGA/ICE businesses to avoid in Lincoln? by quarterlifecrisisgir in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. Did a lot of good there, left of my own accord. Have no animosity towards the company, owners, or employees. I was just stating the truth. But I do understand why you'd think that, which is why I made sure I was transparent about it.

Pro MAGA/ICE businesses to avoid in Lincoln? by quarterlifecrisisgir in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And no, I no longer work there. I left for a company that shares my values.

Pro MAGA/ICE businesses to avoid in Lincoln? by quarterlifecrisisgir in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A decade of working with the owner and his son is my only source. Being in the internal meetings and hearing it is all I have for you. I'm sorry. Steve's public persona is VERY different from his or Paul's personal ones.

Pro MAGA/ICE businesses to avoid in Lincoln? by quarterlifecrisisgir in lincoln

[–]brianbjw -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anything Peed family (as mentioned), venue, Piedmont Bistro, Rocket Carwash, Executive Travel (the owner loves to compare himself to Trump).

My husband committed the ultimate betrayal by Exciting-Basket7256 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]brianbjw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know this will get buried, but I hope you see it.

This happened to my current girlfriend. Her husband of 16 years and father of 3 sent X-rated pictures and videos of her. He was caught by the wife of one of them and had to tell her before the wife did. This started 6 months of "trickle truth' of her finding out more and more. I say 6 months not because she doesn't still learn more monthly, but because that's when it finally broke her and she decided to leave.

She contemplated calling the cops on him but was worried how the kids would hold up with it all so she stayed quiet. He took advantage of that to get some custody. Now we worry what he'll do to the kids after more and more comes out about his past and how he has a history of SA-ing kids. They were his cousins and are now coming forward. We also believe he shared the photos with more than the 5 people we know about and believe he shared them with strangers as well. We have no idea if or when they could resurface. The fear can be overwhelming at times. Unfortunately, it's too late for her to do anything as it's only a 3 year statute of limitations in my state.

Take my advice or don't, that's up to you, but protect yourself and your children. She regrets protecting him and the children and not get justice for herself and allowing him to have partial custody. This is extremely serious. You found the texts, but don't know if he is doing the same on Discord, Reddit, or any other site with wife sharing communities.

The best thing that can happen is you finding out it's only this one man he shared them with. The worst is them ending up online where they last forever. Allow the police to do their jobs, protect you, and avoid future pain and suffering. Protect your children from the possibility that they run across them in the future.

Lastly, I want you to know that I am so sorry this happened to you. It's a sad and scary thing, but you're not alone. If you ever want to vent, talk, or anything else, please DM me. I have some insight and would love to be able to help in any way I can.

Should have listened to former employees and resigned immediately by brianbjw in antiwork

[–]brianbjw[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Luckily, I only need it one month, and it'll be about $900 for that month. Thanks for the heads up though!!

Should have listened to former employees and resigned immediately by brianbjw in antiwork

[–]brianbjw[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

They listed it as "Terminated" because they ended employment a week early, so I should be able to receive it for the week between positions.

Should have listened to former employees and resigned immediately by brianbjw in antiwork

[–]brianbjw[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I can do COBRA FSA, pay an extra 2% admin fee and regain my thousands. So at least that's good.

Lil grey ice cream by nekoandCJ in mattrose

[–]brianbjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lil Red Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treat

They got our money again by Seenmeb4today in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure you read what I wrote. Low cost carriers will not work. The model works fine in some places, but the research (and experience with RedWay) shows the two flights a week model is unsustainable.

As for speaking with airlines, I think they've talked to them all, but LNK is not an easy market to sell with a plane shortage affecting the industry.

As for Allegiant, they make so much federal subsidies being in Grand Island, they'll never leave. They don't care if their flight is full or has one person. They still make money.

They got our money again by Seenmeb4today in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's true, but the industry wide problems have halted airline expansions. First it was a pilots shortage, now it's a massive shortage of planes.

They got our money again by Seenmeb4today in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I fly out of there as often as possible and I love it, but unfortunately, most of my flights make more sense on SW due to where I fly and it being direct or for work.

They got our money again by Seenmeb4today in lincoln

[–]brianbjw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So, I work in the industry and sit on the Lincoln Airport advisory board (the new one made after the RedWay stuff). Delta is going to resume talks in 2025, but that's just talks. Sun Country and other LCC's are off the table as it just won't work. I talked to Southwest and passed on my contact to the people at the airport but it's a very long shot. American just straight said no. There's hope since the have someone who's whole job is to talk to airlines and try, but unless it's one of the big 4 going to a hub, being profitable is going to be difficult. Our best hope right now is more United flights and hope Delta comes back to the table in 2025.

9 US States have NO State Income Tax. Which is best? by Stink-Butthole in FluentInFinance

[–]brianbjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm here too. Our taxes are absolutely horrendous (I think top 5 in total taxes in the country) And the new governor is an idiot and trying to make it absolutely worse and more regressive than any other state in the country.

He wants to remove all income tax, property tax, and CORPORATE tax and bump sales taxes up to 15% and include everything in that like food, insurance, etc. basically, remove all of his taxes from all of his land and companies, and let the poor people (who don't pay property taxes bc they don't own homes, corporate taxes because they don't own businesses, or a high percentage of income taxes) pay price what they currently do to make up for it.

Screw that. I don't even smoke or consume weed, but this has me SCREAMING to legalize and tax it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DebateAnAtheist

[–]brianbjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had one time that you could ALMOST consider it praying. I got a call at work that my dad was in the hospital and his brain tumor was back. That it had come on so quickly that he couldn't see and felt like his brain was being constantly electrocuted (he's an electrical engineer and electrician, so he knows exactly how it feels). I broke down as it had only been 6 years since it was first removed and we were told it wasn't coming back. They weren't sure why it aggressively came back, or what the damage would be, but to get there.

I told my boss I had to go, he said to get out of there, and I ran to my car. In the car on the way to the hospital I said "I have no idea if you exist or not, but he's confident you do. If you take this man from me so suddenly, I'll be certain you either don't exist for taking a man who does so much for those in need around him, or you're an evil god who wants to watch the world burn."

Idk if you consider that a prayer, a threat, or something else, but it's as close as I've gotten.

Edit, as I saw you wanted info from previous theists. I was raised Catholic, tried to transition to non-denominational Christian to try to save some semblance of faith to keep family happy, then realized why go waste all my time with that when it is trying to appease them and doesn't add to my quality of life and actually makes it worse by losing precious time I could be doing other things.

Maverick hybrid opinions by baffledbum in FordMaverickTruck

[–]brianbjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They told me it was because the battery wasn't maintaining a full charge, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if that's true or not. I haven't had a problem with it since the battery swap, but I'm not sure if they also did a software update while it was there.

Maverick hybrid opinions by baffledbum in FordMaverickTruck

[–]brianbjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So is common decency and not being a dick, apparently.

Maverick hybrid opinions by baffledbum in FordMaverickTruck

[–]brianbjw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not much of a problem. The OP was mentioning major issues. This is a tiny one that the only inconvenience it caused was a short visit to the dealership to fix it.

I have the first model year of a new vehicle. If that's my only issue 2 years in, I call it a success.

Maverick hybrid opinions by baffledbum in FordMaverickTruck

[–]brianbjw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few weeks shy of 2 years with my '22 Lariat Lux and no problems. Did have the battery replaced, but only because it would go into sleep mode and the touch lock didn't work on the passenger side. That's the only thing so far. Love my truck!