ExiledInIllinois

Wooo... Slow down Speedy. My fellow employees. LoL... That $0.00000006 doesn't come from you until we get to the end of the employee line. ? It's a "General Fund." All goes into a big pot. Visualize your $$$$ going to things you "like." There happy? See, you have "control." FERS is 1.5% of my pay. I kick in. My pension will only be 40% of my basic pay at highest. I will still kick in 40% to my healthcare, like I do now. You do the math when factoring investing (Gubermint) over my 30+ year career.

My fellow co-workers and I? Our pension is self-funded and solvent. We contribute 1.5% into own pension. Pension is only 40% of my basic pay when I retire. Agency is funded out of General Fund. I pay taxes too, same with co-workers. View it this way: None of your $0.0000000006 went to me. It went to transgender art projects in SoHo. See... Much better now If anything my fellow co-workers and General Fund $$$ came from ourselves. There, your hands are clean. If you want @/dev/null can contribute $0.000000012 to the cause. LoL...

I am not complaining. LoL. They already got mine. I fully understand I can move it. Yet... I will still be retired @ 56.5 with almost 40 years under my belt. FWIW: Invest early. Doesn't matter where it goes. I have been in TSP for almost 30 years. Put in almost 20% of my pay... They match 4.5%. Of course I am in control... Bet, you'd like to get Your hands on it. NOT in my wildest dreams! LoL...

You've been knocked down to my secondary source! LoL...

Yes. I can fix it. I worked there at one time. But, can't help you. They had all winter to fix it. We have been running 24/7/365 here in S.Chicago since 1959. There has never been a time when a person was NOT here (like I am now). Here, probably 10s of 1,000s more cycles a year and never had "hinge problems." In fact we just replaced the pintle and hinges in 2014-15 when we had a dewater in the winter. Closed for November, passed traffic in December & January and then dewatered other gates in February. What the hell is USACE-BFLo District doing? They are closed all winter. And don't run 24 hours a day. They don't have a midnight shift. Get out there and fix before the God awfully short navigation season in BFLo gets under way! Those gates @ BlackRockLox have been replaced how many times since 1913? So... What are you saying? You're an idiot for doubting @Limeaid? LoL... Last time I trust you just blindly! ?

We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone

Does PETA know this kind of "Family fun" exists? They won't be too happy! LoL...

Real goldfish? How long before the chlorine killed them? Anyway... I think with badminton, the way it was invented, all you really gotta do is get Your racket on it. LoL... That sucker will fly!

Wow... Thanks Pal, you just gave me nightmares & night terrors for a week. LoL...

Liar:

It's a boatswain (bosun's) chair. LoL... Too funny: "Boys in chair."

Yes.

You helium abuser! We have methods for your type! ? There was this guy: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-priest-lost/brazil-priest-flying-party-balloons-lost-at-sea-idUSN2228192120080422 They found him a few months later: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/balloon-priests-body-identified-using-dna/ Has it really been 11 years? Seems like yesterday!

LoL... NEWSFLASH: They already got mine (TSP). ? What could possibly go wrong? They got my Holy Grail 3 too: SS Pension. Letting it roll with all eggs is one basket! Well, not really ALL my eggs.

LoL... I hope so. /smh That don't seem like a huge use of He. I think they said that MRI won't be affected and causing the shortage. Closing down reserve I believe is the reason.

The Howard Hughes of our time. (Will he) He will be shuffling around a hotel room with Kleenex® boxes as slippers in 30 years?

I agree! Thanx! See how fast that vehicle was going past school bus!

Yes. I knew that. US cornered the He market. My BiL is an engineer for a company that builds systems for industry to produce (extract) gases like argon. I should probably ask him what's up. I was wondering why they are shutting down the He reserve. If anybody knows, this board is great... Many players that may know first hand. Anyway... Seems like we are living a 1930s do over without that pesky Depression. Okay... J/K... Maybe. ?

The world's coming to an end. What will all the parties out there do! https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1169464001 From my ShoutBox Shouts, few questions I have: Somebody please enlighten me on why there is a "helium shortage" and why we are shutting down the national helium reserve in 2021 when we have a 200 year supply @ current consumption. ??? Isn't helium an inert/noble gas? Harmless abundant in universe? This smells like enviro do-gooders trying to wreck a party... LoL... Don't they extract argon, helium out of thin air for industrial purposes?

Yeah... It's beyond me... But people are driving more nuts in last 10 years. Something is taking place in society. I take my life in my hands turning left out of work. Ford employees blow red light going to work. When it's red, only time traffic clears that I can make left out of work 700 feet east of that light. And people wonder why there are red light cams. I have actually changed my argument on red light cameras in the last 5 years.

Wow! I assumed school bus just stopped in road to let student off across all lanes. I suppose a bus can stop in any lane. You're right. Are there situations where that could have NOT been the shoulder? Do we definitely know that it was the shoulder, or breakdown lane. I didn't catch any comment on that. Even if it was, a driver today... She had to see it speeding, I would have never cracked the door until all vehicles behind me were completely stopped. That's all I am saying. What's the rush? We aren't getting the whole time line. She had to see a speeding vehicle behind her. Wait till that vehicle is completely stopped. 30 seconds. Thats it. When it stops, it effectively blocks the other vehicles behind that vehicles OR gives further back vehicles early warning.

It is totally is on them. But that door should have never opened that quickly! Unless we are not seeing whole time line. Car going thay fast will slam on brakes and stop? They would have skidded right through the person getting off bus. They were speeding too. Maybe Death Race 2000 was being run? More points for the fast, agile children and less points for the wheelchairs, elderly nuns. ??? Trust me, I am a doorkeeper and know safety. I would like to see full timeline. Vehicle must have been Canadian, they were passing on the right too! And slow down people... Just got on the board, I will make my rounds posting. Fair enough! Is is the shoulder, break down lane. ???

Just saying... We aren't getting whole time line. How long was bus stopped, guard down, lights on? Vehicle is going quick. What's speed limit, road type. If she stopped, opened doors too quickly, did vehicle have time to react, slam on brakes in what appears to be a vehicle doing over 40mph. Lane was obviously clear, vehicle sped by. So if she didn't see it approaching, clear lane should have made her less quick to open doors, but again, we aren't getting the whole timeline. Good thing she is equally quick grabbing kids as she is opening (and to her credit, closing) doors! Just saying. Somebody has to play Devil's advocate. ?

Best response ever! You win TBD for yesterday.* Wait a second. So you are saying that you wouldn't even crush that with a liberal Richard? Thanks Buddy for having my back! But conservatives in Canada are liberals down here. I don't trust you! ? *No pressure @ all, thanks to your comment, I expect greatness out of you from this point forward. LoL... You're My Tom Brady. [Not telling you how to play my reply... But, if you don't reply... You may keep people guessing! LoL... That would be the move of a champion! Tom Brady-esque.]

I don't blame you. I don't think the radio would fly.