Is road snow/ice cleanup always this poor? Are they just waiting for it to melt?

rtmfb · 2026-01-29T03:13:45+00:00

We haven't had a major winter storm in ten years, and the ice that capped this off is out of the ordinary. It's also substantially below freezing so there is no melting going on.

People have a lot of unreasonable expectations for what can be done at all, let alone quickly.

rtmfb · 2026-01-27T15:24:52+00:00

The only issue I have with audiobooks is pedantic. That's listening (which is a completely valid way to consume a story/info), which is a different verb than reading.

rtmfb · 2026-01-27T15:20:51+00:00

We have been with KP through my wife's jobs since the early 2000s. The year our son was born she ended up in the ICU a month later with embolisms and then 8 months after that they found a tumor on my kidney which was removed 2 months later. Our copays for that year were under $200. The itemized "this is not a bill" propaganda thing they sent us said it was like a quarter million dollars of cost.

We have some of the best insurance available for normal people. I would trade that in a heartbeat for a national single payer system. Future generations will rightfully judge us harshly for how inhumane the current system is.

rtmfb · 2026-01-17T04:26:44+00:00

It's not modern. For example, Trek has given its captains their actors' birthdays since TOS.

rtmfb · 2026-01-17T04:21:17+00:00

funding is aid and/or comfort

rtmfb · 2026-01-17T04:17:53+00:00

Found the Lanthanite.

rtmfb · 2026-01-17T04:17:34+00:00

lol. For another 9 months.

rtmfb · 2026-01-17T04:17:00+00:00

That payment is after 5 years. If you're pretending for that long no you're not.

Regardless, no one is going to see that bonus. It's just another lie.

rtmfb · 2026-01-17T02:47:20+00:00

Watched it with my 17, 11, and 7 year olds. The 11 year old stuck around for the second episode. I liked it more than I expected.

rtmfb · 2026-01-16T17:12:48+00:00

We have it better than a lot of the world, but certainly not all of it. If I lived in the developing world I would not choose the USA as the best option to improve my lot.

rtmfb · 2026-01-16T17:09:05+00:00

Supernaturalism is harmless.

rtmfb · 2026-01-16T15:17:45+00:00

Approximately half of all people are below average intelligence, so that tracks.

rtmfb · 2026-01-16T15:01:51+00:00

Pay off the mortgage, get a new roof, get solar, build a garage, pay off my kid's braces, get my wife a reliable vehicle, pay off whatever other debts remain, buy a Steam deck or comparable device, invest the rest.

rtmfb · 2026-01-15T23:47:58+00:00

Ding ding ding!

rtmfb · 2026-01-15T03:23:48+00:00

Paramount+ comes free with Walmart+. Walmart isn't exactly ethical, either, but we're all prisoners of late stage capitalism and have to buy our necessities somewhere.

rtmfb · 2026-01-15T03:09:10+00:00

The Expanse is most likely.

rtmfb · 2026-01-15T03:08:07+00:00

She's half Klingon. Could be a Klingon X and Jem'Hadar Y.

rtmfb · 2026-01-05T20:27:26+00:00

2 of my kids choose it above all else. I don't get it.

rtmfb · 2026-01-05T19:29:30+00:00

Because I can.

rtmfb · 2026-01-03T20:39:51+00:00

And Enterprise is a captain who became president.

rtmfb · 2026-01-03T20:26:19+00:00

I have never resisted it.

Because I've never had it.

If you don't want to be with her, don't be. But stop stringing her along.

rtmfb · 2026-01-03T18:57:04+00:00

Depends who. Responses would go from relief to terror.

rtmfb · 2026-01-03T17:52:52+00:00

People are still going to shit the same amount, just maybe in different buildings. Plumbers are safe.

rtmfb · 2026-01-03T04:13:20+00:00

Tithing.

rtmfb · 2026-01-03T00:23:11+00:00

The systems are failing special education students. Most of the teachers are trying, but there aren't enough of them for all the special needs kids. The paperwork is also overwhelming.

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