Off Topic 2017: December to Remember

[dsallupinyaarea]

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I hate monitoring my Roth IRA account every day. I just watched myself lose $386 for the day, and I go: "Man, that could have gone toward a PS4 Pro!"

Not exactly the way I should be thinking about it, but seeing long-term changes would make me feel better overall haha.

I bank and work at the same company so every time I log on to see my checking account balance, my 401k activity shows up. It's the worst.

[youvalss]

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Maybe they'll give you the Penske File.

Haha, this is awesome. I'm actually even considering fake reference people, who would say anything needed. I think I can pull this thing. I mean, it's not a :Catch-Me-If-You-Can kind of thing, but I think it's going to be interesting.

[jeremym480]

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The only place I have ever seen the Maui Burger is The Cove in Baton Rouge?

That's where we ate yesterday.

Not digging the spam.

It's a Hawaiian delicacy, man. They even sell it in McDonald's there. I admit, that I probably would have never tried it on my own. We were given some the first time we went to Hawaii and ended up liking it. You never know what you might like, unless you give it a try.

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[jeremym480]

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[Speedy]

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Wow that Penske. Well we'll straighten him out.

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[youvalss]

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Well, told them I don't feel well and went home. What a great feeling! Now...if I can get paid for this (I don't have sick days), now I'm on to something.

[Speedy]

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Sometimes, I am just rolling listening to people on conference calls that seemingly have no inhibition. Example from this morning:

Guy1: "John, do you know what steps are being taken to resolve xyz?"

John: "Yes, we're doing abc."

Guy1: "Yeah, I don't understand that answer at all so I'm going to ask it again. Also, try listening fully before you answer this time."

Me, on mute:

[Caulfield]

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I have been looking for a new job (on and off) for a few years now. But I could never get into a decent larger company (unlike the 15-employe companies I have worked at).

At this point I am considering something I would never even consider ever before, which is the George Costanza route, since at this point I don't really care. Meaning, I am going to add some skills/employment history (maybe even education...if it's not too risky) - that never happened in real life. If not for actually being hired, then at least for some kind of an experiment.

I just wonder if there is a legal problem doing this. As long as the potential employer can't really do much other than kicking me out, I might just try it.

Of course, if it does work and I do get hired by using this, it means that I'll have to keep lying as an employee as well. Being a terrible liar, it isn't easy for me but, like everything else, it may get better with practice. It's a dangerous route, because you never know where it ends. But if there is no real risk, it can at least be some one-of-a-kind experience.

Unless you're getting a job with the Yankees, I'd forget about emulating Costanza.
Kramer, however is full of win.

[youvalss]

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Unless you're getting a job with the Yankees, I'd forget about emulating Costanza.
Kramer, however is full of win.

Haha! Costanza is a crazy-but-possible scenario. Kramer, however, is a fantasy, for me. But I did happen to come across some kind of a real-life Kramer:

About 7 years ago I worked at a small company, and me and that guy started on the same day. He was in his early 50's back then, he was living with a roommate, never had a credit card (no credit history?) and even told me how once he had been hitchhiking or something and then got lost at some frozen no-where, and luckily a nice couple took him in and let him spend the night there.

We would be doing some graphic design for that company, but since this guy didn't like the Mac computers with the Adobe programs we had there (especially Illustrator and InDesign), he decided to bring his own PC desktop computer (which had Corel Draw on it). The problem was that he didn't have where to put his machine, so one day he went in the morning to Walmart or some other store and bought himself a cheap little desk. Then he spent some of the day putting it together.

If that's not Kramer, then I don't know who is.

[l3ulvl]

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Unless you're getting a job with the Yankees, I'd forget about emulating Costanza.
Kramer, however is full of win.

His whole life is a fantasy camp. People should plunk down two-thousand dollars to live like him for a week. Do nothing, fall ***-backwards into money, mooch food off your neighbors, and have sex without dating.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Haha! Costanza is a crazy-but-possible scenario. Kramer, however, is a fantasy, for me. But I did happen to come across some kind of a real-life Kramer:

About 7 years ago I worked at a small company, and me and that guy started on the same day. He was in his early 50's back then, he was living with a roommate, never had a credit card (no credit history?) and even told me how once he had been hitchhiking or something and then got lost at some frozen no-where, and luckily a nice couple took him in and let him spend the night there.

We would be doing some graphic design for that company, but since this guy didn't like the Mac computers with the Adobe programs we had there (especially Illustrator and InDesign), he decided to bring his own PC desktop computer (which had Corel Draw on it). The problem was that he didn't have where to put his machine, so one day he went in the morning to Walmart or some other store and bought himself a cheap little desk. Then he spent some of the day putting it together.

If that's not Kramer, then I don't know who is.

I wonder if that guy ever considered writing a coffee table book about coffee tables? It could work

[Speedy]

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....never had a credit card (no credit history?)...

I've never owned a credit card in my life either and my credit score is around 750. I don't like the thought of payment plans so I avoid them - I save up and pay for it all up front.

[youvalss]

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I've never owned a credit card in my life either and my credit score is around 750. I don't like the thought of payment plans so I avoid them - I save up and pay for it all up front.

That's good. I only use my credit card for paying my car insurance, unless there's something else once in a while. It goes out of my account on the last day automatically. I only have 1 credit card, and so does my wife. Not going to change it any time soon.

[BurghFan]

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Spicy Nacho Doritos are just a tad too spicy for my liking. Accidentally grabbed them instead of Nacho Cheese again.

[l3ulvl]

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the anti-seinfeld crowd must hate the thread right now haha

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