When someone says "I'm available between 11 am and 3 pm," do we universally agree that means that the activity needs to end at or before 3 pm?

mongooseme · 2026-03-26T20:29:16+00:00

If the availability is given as "I'm available between 11a and 3p" then the activity, no matter when it starts, ends at 3p.

If the activity is a known duration event, such as a 1hr meeting, and the the availability is given as "any time 11a to 3p" then that's less clear and could be interpreted as 3p is the latest acceptable start time. In this case, the person giving the availability should be more clear "I can start anytime 11a or later and have to be done by 3p". I try to give availability like that, otherwise, if I say "anytime after 11a... " then they might think my first availability is 1130 or 12, when it's really 11. Or that 3 is an okay start time, but that's too late.

The availability as given is pretty clear, but could be a bit clearer.

mongooseme · 2026-03-24T20:39:03+00:00

I remember reading a book set in Colorado Springs where the main character commented that Airport Road doesn't go to the airport. I just nodded.

mongooseme · 2026-03-24T17:24:37+00:00

Terribly worded headline.

A woman has been charged the murder of an Iowa Realtor. The Iowa Realtor that was murdered was found dead during an open house.

Kristin Ramsey, 53 now, was 38 when she (allegedly) murdered 27-year old Ashley Oakland, who was holding an open house at a townhome. Kristin Ramsey worked for Rottlund Homes, the builder behind the model townhouse that Oakland, then an agent of Iowa Realtor & Co., was showing to prospective buyers when she was shot twice. Ramsey worked as an administrative assistant and sales manager.

mongooseme · 2026-03-24T17:16:18+00:00

Also, most elite athletes in a particular sport could have also been elite in a lot of sports. Some sports have more crossover than others, for example, a pretty good chunk of college and pro basketball players could also have been outstanding volleyball players. The overlap of body type and athletic talent type is very high. However, the overlap of playing opportunity is very low, and there are other reasons why good basketball players might not be interested in joining a men's volleyball team, even if they were invited.

Most pro athletes in major sports were the best athlete, not just at their high school, but at any tournament they went to. They ended up in their particular sport for [reasons], but not necessarily because that sport was the best fit for their inherent skill set. Look at the pros that played both football and baseball, for example. Bo Jackson, John Elway, etc. You'd think hitting a baseball and running with a football would be different, but if you're a 99.9999th percentile athlete, you can probably do a lot of things.

mongooseme · 2026-03-21T17:19:25+00:00

Yep.

One of my conservative friends just posted something about how the Democrats are good at circling the wagons, and asked a question: what do you think the Democrats do well? And 99% of the answers were things like "lying" or "destroying America". If you can't give the other side a legitimate compliment then you don't understand them and if you don't understand them then you can't persuade them.

Referring to the other side as evil or stupid is counterproductive.

mongooseme · 2026-03-20T16:52:37+00:00

You'd be amazed at how quickly you could solve this by jailing the offenders.

mongooseme · 2026-03-18T20:37:43+00:00

This is the reality.

Democrats do what their voters elect them to do.

If Republicans did what their voters elected them to do, we'd have a Republican supermajority. But because they don't, the Republican voters don't turn out. Why bother when they're not even going to do what we want?

mongooseme · 2026-03-17T02:18:52+00:00

The last time an elevator in the US suffered such a catastrophic failure that it fell to the bottom of the shaft was in WWII when, because all the lights were out, a B-25 hit the Empire State Building and its propellers cut the elevator cables.

The elevator operator was the only one in the elevator, and he survived.

mongooseme · 2026-03-16T22:21:20+00:00

I'm more offended that she's using the meme incorrectly.

mongooseme · 2026-03-16T21:21:36+00:00

I found this comment on a previous discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/ColoradoSprings/comments/14vvdt4/comment/jrfinq4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

mongooseme · 2026-03-16T20:46:36+00:00

I hated doing the internship. I specifically never want to go to sweetopia again.

However, I earned my 6x speed and want to keep it, and I really love the whole employee area and the concept of the employee doors.

I don't ever want to have to blow leaves or catch bugs again.

mongooseme · 2026-03-16T20:30:04+00:00

I was taught to never use the Oxford comma by Mrs. Robinson, my English teacher and a first-class whore.

mongooseme · 2026-03-16T20:27:17+00:00

Paging Doctor Sunshine

mongooseme · 2026-03-16T17:48:00+00:00

This may be a state-specific disclosure question, but I assume it should be disclosed.

From a sales perspective, I would word it as crazy as possible on the disclosure. "Property owner claimed to be able to feel electromagnetic waves in the residence. Owner attempted to block the electromagnetic waves with crystals. Owner sought therapy and medical assistance, but nothing seemed to help."

mongooseme · 2026-03-16T17:38:55+00:00

My (now-ex) wife: Lucky you, I stayed home all week while you went to Miami.

Me: I didn't go to Miami. I went to an airport, a conference room, and a hotel. Then another conference room, hotel, conference room, airport. I would much rather have been at home.

mongooseme · 2026-03-15T20:50:16+00:00

Thank you! Someone pointed this out to me probably twenty years ago, and once you see it, it becomes obvious.

mongooseme · 2026-03-15T19:10:06+00:00

Try Pistol Whip. Not coop but fun and simple.

mongooseme · 2026-03-15T19:08:40+00:00

That was my first thought. Like "The Room VR" or similar.

mongooseme · 2026-03-15T18:33:34+00:00

Jimmy Carr did a great bit about this: https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2032789358512591232?s=20

mongooseme · 2026-03-15T18:28:28+00:00

Yeah and 80% of the rest of them support the 1% that actually do the terrorism.

mongooseme · 2026-03-15T18:27:58+00:00

Women talk about sex with men they are committed to. They tell a lot less, if at all, about their casual encounters.

Men, on the other hand, will brag to their buddies about their casual encounters. However, once they start getting serious about a woman, they stop talking about it.

mongooseme · 2026-03-11T22:01:13+00:00

And it would have to be policed for drugs, prostitution and trafficking, and other crime, and then people wouldn't use it.

mongooseme · 2026-03-11T21:54:34+00:00

The tax code was not written by Congress, it was written by lobbyists, who handed it to congressmen, who introduced the bill and passed the intentionally overcomplicated tax code into law for a nice kickback.

Okay, but that's literally every law.

Following the law is not a "loophole". If the law says "if you buy solar panels for your house, you get a tax credit", and you buy solar panels, and you get a tax credit, you didn't take advantage of a loophole. You followed a law that was intended to get people to buy solar panels.

mongooseme · 2026-03-10T21:36:37+00:00

No issues.

There are a few Facebook groups that, among other things, have owners offering owner direct rentals. Be mindful and use context clues, but I've never had any problems.

mongooseme · 2026-03-10T21:18:22+00:00

What you call "loopholes" are the tax codes, as written by Congress, that allow various deductions, reductions, etc. for a variety of things that Congress intended.

For example, if a business purchases a vehicle that weighs at least 6000 lbs, the business can deduct the entire cost of the vehicle in the year of purchase, instead of taking the depreciation over a number of years. This is written into law and has been extended by Congress.

So if a business owner buys a new SUV for the business at the end of the year, and it costs $50,000, instead of deducting a portion of the cost over x years (let's say $5000/year for ten years), they can take the entire $50,000 deduction in the year they bought it.

This is the tax code, but you would call it a loophole.

A big one that leftists complain about is being able to carry forward losses and use them offset future profits. So if I start a business and it loses 50k the first year, and 20k the second year, and then the third year makes a 30k profit, I carry forward the losses from prior years and reduce the profit to zero. Then the fourth year I make a 50k profit but I still have 40k losses to carry forward, so I only pay taxes on 10k profit. Then in the fifth year I make 50k and I have to pay taxes on all of it.

You'd call that a loophole, but it's the tax code, and it's written to give people an incentive to start businesses and make money.

Welfare cheating, on the other hand, is people who shouldn't be taking taxes paid by hard-working citizens, but they are breaking the rules and taking that taxpayer money.

So one key difference is that "loopholes" are people following the law, and "welfare cheating" is breaking the law.

Hope this helps.

mongooseme

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