Conservatives: “They’re trying to cram gAy AgEnDa down our throats.”
My Gay Friend: Works in an office. Pretty good with Excel. Plays golf on Saturdays. Likes cats. Has a boyfriend but still trying to decide if he’s ready for a serious commitment. Just wants to be treated like a regular human being.
When I was a kid I scored a Compaq iPaq for cheap on eBay. I even got the expansion pack for it that slid over the device with a dial up modem. When we would travel away from home, I could get on MSN messenger and chat with friends on there. I thought that was pretty cool at the time.
I’m sure every attorney has stories about clients where they’ve wondered, “how can you be this fucking stupid?”
But at what level do you go, “you know what? I’m done practicing law. I didn’t go to law school and pass the bar so I could manage a fucking circus. I’m going to be a sheep farmer because sheep might be dumb but at least they don’t show up virtually to their hearing for driving on a suspended license WHILE DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE!” Angrily swipes everything off the desk
Recently had a new standing seam metal roof installed. Roofers could talk the talk but I was not impressed with the quality of work overall. My main complaint is that they installed the roof so that most of the sewer vents go right through the middle of a seam. The boots are clearly not designed to accommodate this and they’ve...
It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...
The strategy is to strip the company to the bones. Anything that can be sold will be sold (Buildings, furniture, IP). And if the company needs it to operate it will be leased back at a monthly rate. All cash this generates is pulled from the company to the PE firm. If they can they will saddle the company with a debt for the purchase of itself, so they can have the company not only pay that back, but with interest (a leveraged buyout). Some of these assets sold off can easily go to other subsidiaries of the same PE firm… such as real estate. Assuring their long term profitability.
Add in “cry to any reporter that will listen that your business is ‘failing’” and you have the Eddie Lampert (Sears/Kmart) strategy.
They used to have to listen in on the party line and then call all their “friends” to spread the fresh gossip they just heard. A time consuming process but that doesn’t really matter when you have nothing else to do.
One thing the Internet, social media in particular, has done very well is expedite the spread of bullshit. Now the busybodies and gossips of the world can generate drama in record time.
1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you.
2 Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days.
4 Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
I’d like to know from anyone who is treated satisfactorily whether they have any symptoms that persist and resist treatment, and if so, which ones. Ideally, I’d like to collect enough data to produce some sort of statistics (not scientific, of course). Feel free to use any format and language you like....
Edit: Resolved. Decorative brick is actually a chase and doesn’t need to be completely filled in. Thanks to @Death_Equity for advice on rebuilding the crown....
Sorry, I suppose I should have clarified that. The right side is the “gap”. Both flues are lined with clay tiles. The left flue is not visible in the picture.
I hadn’t thought of it that way. I suppose the decorative brick could be just considered a chase. I haven’t been able to find any similar examples so I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at.
That makes me feel better. There was no crown initially. The flue tiles terminated flush with the brick inside the chimney cap. The old cap made cleaning and inspecting the flues difficult. It also had a fair bit of water damage.
the debt (lemmy.world)
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so computer papers don't fall out i think (lemmy.world)
no cheating
Man with suspended license appears in Michigan court over Zoom while driving (abc7.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15976653...
What's the strangest job title you've ever heard?
For me, a random sales guy took the cake when he introduced himself as “Chief Innovation Evangelist”.
Sewer Vent Through Middle of Standing Seam (sh.itjust.works)
Recently had a new standing seam metal roof installed. Roofers could talk the talk but I was not impressed with the quality of work overall. My main complaint is that they installed the roof so that most of the sewer vents go right through the middle of a seam. The boots are clearly not designed to accommodate this and they’ve...
Private Equity Firm Bought My Employer
It was majority employee-owned before the acquisition but is now majority owned by private equity firm. The main change I’m noticing is that everyone is being pressured to work uncompensated overtime (we’re all on salary here) and requests for training/professional development have been all but eliminated. They also...
Meow (lemmy.world)
You should lie out here and take a nap (lemmy.world)
Be neighborly (lemmy.world)
Doesn't matter how you try to justify it... (lemmy.world)
We've got everything you want (lemmy.world)
Treated ADHD and remaining symptoms: your experience? (lemmy.world)
I’d like to know from anyone who is treated satisfactorily whether they have any symptoms that persist and resist treatment, and if so, which ones. Ideally, I’d like to collect enough data to produce some sort of statistics (not scientific, of course). Feel free to use any format and language you like....
CEO Relieved AI Can Never Replace Him If He Already Contributes Nothing To Company (www.theonion.com)
Corporate America is Just Office Space in Real Life (sh.itjust.works)
Chimney Gaps (sh.itjust.works)
Edit: Resolved. Decorative brick is actually a chase and doesn’t need to be completely filled in. Thanks to @Death_Equity for advice on rebuilding the crown....
Bending OSHA rules a little too far (lemmy.world)