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  1. Borzak

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Amazon prime sale is July 12th. Wonder if it will suck as bad as last year.
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    Motorcycle Thread

    Using your own bike or one they provide? I think the state ones here use a Honda rebel and the Harley place provides a Buell if you don't have a bike.
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    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    Talking with someone on this subject this morning. Seems there is a compressed time frame now, people expect to get a job and be in charge/the boss/successful the first day. Doesn't work that way. Even the people I know that have degrees they weren't hired to be the boss. The people without a...
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    Bicycling

    Tour starts tomorrow. Guessing they won't get within 50 miles of a "refugee" camp so the helicopter doesn't show it by mistake.
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    What tickles your pickle

    My dad. Parents got a new mower and I make note that it's got a lot more horsepower than the old one, you can mow much faster now. "Nope, it means I can't wait longer and go longer in between mowing". Nice. Gotta love the retired. Don't give a fuck to a T.
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    Virtual Reality

    This was mildly entertain, most of the stuff I've seen have been mostly demo type stuff to show off the BR. But not really long lasting entertainment. Also this guys channel is pretty good if you remember old games/dos and such.
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    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    Best part is people bitching they can't get ahead because of the system. Won't listen to people who beat the same system at all. Won't seek out or listen to them at all. People who started with nothing and wound up with something in the same time period. It's NOT FAIR. Seriously? Make a point of...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    I would say word of mouth, but in retail you may attract people who just want to socialize while on the clock. No idea bout retail. My best deal for hiring from the lowest guy on the payroll on up has been word of mouth. You can instantly get a deecent idea about the person from who recommended...
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    What do you do?

    Electricians here do well, but outside of construction the majority of them work in the instrumentation and industrial areas where it's much more stable and the pay once you get past going "what is that" is better. There are a ton of trades that have done well and probably continue to do well...
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    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    I only saw one black person for the majority of time I was in college. I got to know him pretty well. He was also one of the "whitest" people I ever met. His parents were from Dallas. He didn't like the black cultue at all so he went to a redneck school.
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    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    Somewhere along the way a good portion of people got it in their mind they have to be a big shot, fulfilled, a dream job or whatever at work. It's a job. You go to work, earn money to take care of your family. You do what you gotta do and the rest of the time is your time to be satisfied. If...
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    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    I know this will get laughed at. But give up on the dream job and just get a job that pays. Don't bitch and whine and be an above average worker with a decent attitude and you will move up. I'm not at my dream job. I don't work with anyone at their dream job. The ones I count as sucessful aren't...
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    McDonalds here in southwest MS and Baton Rouge starts at just over $11/hour according to my BIL who is supervisor for half the franchise. I can't see getting anyone of quality for $12/hour but I guess it's heavily dependent on location.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Well that's just odd. Ronald McDonald shot at North Carolina Sonic | WREG.com
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    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    I'm sure you get more at the lower pay rates. But I can list a half dozen or more people with very good salary ranges that just went full retard and either bankrupt a 50 year company or caused it to be sold off.
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    Home buying thread

    Depends on the state, but in TX you can use a title company and get the same service and they actually will put their 2 cents in since their fee isn't a comission based on the sale. That's how I have bought and sold every piece of property/house. Just have the title company deal with it, they...
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    Skyrim

    I got the SkyUI and got it going. I tried to put in the customizable favorites menu mod but so far I'm either too stupid to get it to work in game right or whatever. Really just want a mod that allows you to set up sets of armor/weapons/spells and hotkey them and have them change. I have a...
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    Windows 10

    They said they settled to avoid further legal expenses. I smell a class action suit coming lol.
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    What was your dream growing up before life kicked you in the nuts/vag?

    I would use one of the new phoblc words that are now popular, but 5 seconds after I heard/learned them I forgot what it was.
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    Home Improvement

    If it's hot water you should hear the hot water heater come on and off if you listen long enough, if you're not running hot water for something else.
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    Weather

    Our parent company is in the bay area. We had to help them on a job. The amount of shit and mass bulk weight of a job due to seismic shit was unreal. Our side of the company said never again, lose our number lol. The amount of labor on a job was incredible. A two story building would be 2 to 3...
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    The Grand Tour (from the guys in Top Gear)

    Clarkson leaves Top Gear, whole country goes into crisis.
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    Weather

    It has to be free range and organically grown MRE's.
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    Weather

    No I definetly would be more worried about a fire, followed by a mudslide. Both of those can be managed for but they don't.
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    Step Son Joining Air Force, Advice?

    Yeah I wanted to say the same. You can make a living with your hands, but you have to work at it. Our "tackers" start at $15-$20/hour and welders with experience who can set up a machine, weld in any posistion, the more difficult alloys and such will make $50-$60 per hour. I know pipeliners make...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Different industry obviously, but I always ask about turnover and when their last layoff was. Some people seem shocked you ask. One owner told me "you know, man up and man down". Yeah no thanks.
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    Step Son Joining Air Force, Advice?

    Don't believe anything the recruiter says.
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    Health Problems

    Here's an odd deal. Last week it got so hard to breathe I couldn't do anything. Sitting at the computer I was gasping. Walking to the other side of the house took 15 minutes of preperation and such. My mom said try some stuff that's made to combat acid reflux. I have had stomach pains and the...
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    Weather

    I keep hearing snippets about the big fault in CA/west is on the move. Got your earthquake kit ready?
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    Skyrim

    Thanks, gonna try the UI mod which currently seems to be my biggest complaint about the game.
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    Weather

    Yeah I saw yesterday like 14 people had died.
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    Skyrim

    Here's a dumb question. Can I get anywhere without doing trade skills? I hate them with a passion.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    My first thought would be to ask if they were responsible for the fucking disaster of the real money auction house in D3.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    There was one game that I was mildly interested in, but it's early access. Yeah, scew that. No thanks.
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    Skyrim

    I'm only up to a whopping lvl 4 and just dicking around figuring out the UI and controls. I made an imperial. I guess I need to figure out how to cast since I haven't done anything so far other that hit shit with an axe.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Yup when I took my last job they offered a posistion in the bay area of CA with the parent company at three times the pay. Wasn't interested. They are still working thru the process now of finding out people rather live in other areas for less pay that can actually afford a house and such...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Ralph Stanley, dead at 89. Not only was he a living legend, he and his brother pretty much defined an entire genre of music for 70+ years. The number of awards he had won is staggering, given an honary PhD.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Got behind a 3 wheel motorcycle the other day going 30 on a 4 lane highway I couldn't pass. I figured it wouldn't matter as the entrance to the interstate was right there. He gets on the interstate and speeds up....to 35-40. Where do these people come from?