Joe Ferguson forever

Yeah, we picked the guy because he designed an amazing renovation for our church. Very artistic and clever. But I guess not practical. I have a golf buddy who runs a building supply store in town. He came to a meeting late in the process and said no way anyone can do this for your budget. Should have insisted on the !10% thing but things worked out. This place was way less to buy and renovate without an architect. made a little on the land. otherwise I'd still prob be working. I honestly think the architect just thought "they'll just do it to have this amazing place". I don't think that's ethical and he should have gotten to know me better before designing.

It occurs to me that I admitted my mistake immediately on realization. I could have argued it effectively knowing I was wrong. Sound familiar?

I pay plenty of taxes. If they legislate green I'll gladly follow. Until then, I can rationalize my not jumping in as incentivizing energy scientists to do better. I'm not sure the oil companies are amped up enough for it.

i fully agree with all pro except that I would accept "near" equal in cost and reliability. Do you think All pro is a limousine lib? I've never got to ask a 2nd architecture opinion. We had a modern home (glass, steel, wood beams nano wall, pool - you get the picture) designed and told the architect the budget. He designed an amazing thing that was quoted at twice the budget by 2 contractors (we were also going to do geothermal). Is there an ethics code in architecture that should kick in? of course we didn't build it and then bought and fully renovated a cape cod (believe it or not it is very modern inside and mountain lodge like outside like). so we ate the architect fees.

Lately, I've been staying home a lot. We also don't drive all that much other than a few trips a year. Pretty much everything we need is within 5 miles. Priced solar but still doesn't pay for itself over my life expectancy. Will replace my cars with electric when they die. So why are you complaining that liberals are pushing green down everyone's throat. We're not. We just want to move at a reasonable rate in that direction.

not even going to look that up. it will make my head ache.

It's like you're setting me up... In Mathematics, a differential equation is an equation with one or more derivatives of a function. The derivative of the function is given by dy/dx. In other words, it is defined as the equation that contains derivatives of one or more dependent variables with respect to one or more independent variables. aren't you in the pacific time zone, somewhere exotic?

Do I want my face to melt and to drive on bubbling asphalt in May? Nope.

He's desperate and miserable. Already in mental prison I'm hoping for a guillotine..then wooden stakes thru the heart

did I mention threading the needle?

We went to see Alison Krauss and Robert plant at CPAC last year and stayed at a relatives cabin on the lake. Loved it. Check to see if there's a show there. Also there's a great diner in the town Hobart College is in. On main st. And a fantastic cheap Thai restaurant in Watkins Glen This is worth the drive. looks like they ended the lunch specials which were an amazing deal tho https://www.beyondmenu.com/47553/watkins-glen/thai-elephants-watkins-glen-14891.aspx here's the diner. great for breakfast https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g47777-d4004689-Reviews-Water_St_Cafe-Geneva_Finger_Lakes_New_York.html

I keep thinking of that Taylor Swift line "picking on the weaker man" and feel a bit guilty.....but not for long

R Bill Barr is neurotic as well I guess (Lots of other respected R's feel the same altho many are too covetous of their political careers to say so). His anxiety unfortunately doesn't manifest in weight loss... his psychopathology is worsening in front of our screens. Can I offer a referral SC?

1-4 are real problems. spending trillions to get all of us through Covid played a large role. You have to pay the piper sometime. Could still result in full blown recession. Then the f'in Ruskies invading Ukraine raised oil prices which raises prices on everything. Which shows why we need NATO and shouldn't be isolationist as trump desires...but yes. people are hurting. Maybe we should increase the minimum wage and increase taxes on the uber wealthy to even things up a little? As far as #5. imo interest rates were way too low. Of course, I'm retired and want some safe haven investments.

There's only one.... do you believe in American exceptionalism? Or is that now elitist? Eventually, the best win. As it should be. Or do you prefer communism or socialism?

Yeah, this pic is just fine....#mentallydeficient

yes, but can he rig the mega ball thing? Oh, this is fun:

OMG...all these marginally straight R's projecting their insecurities..."I might be gay". Let me target someone else so no one notices...that SC Senator with an ambiguous gender name says "Hi". I can't tell from Kat's pic. Whatdaya think fellas? If not, she's pretty hot, in a MAGA sorta way. edit: on closer examination, not hot at all. Leftover salmon.

The soft landing away from recession is more likely than not. Threading the needle. so far, so good. but you have strange dreams...

yes, I will. This is a great country. Anyone who tries to undermine its foundation should be severely punished.

if the Biden's try to maliciously overturn an election, I'll be the first one yelling "Off with their Heads" But not now. So perhaps concentrate your thoughts on the evidence against trump.... For a while there you were almost competitive....fly away little sparrows

this album gets plays in my house every summer just because Real good

Well you could hire a ball dropper. trump probably has one.

Not the testimony the MAGA congress critters were looking for : https://finance.yahoo.com/news/republicans-big-biden-bombshell-he-doesnt-have-much-expertise-in-the-world-of-business-143919739.html There was no business conversation,” Archer said, according to a transcript of the interview released on Thursday. “It was, you know, just general niceties and, you know, conversation in general, you know, about the geography, about the weather, whatever it may be.” But surely Hunter and Joe must have discussed all the ways Joe, as VP, could manipulate US policy toward Ukraine so Hunter would make bajillions. Right? “Like I’ve said, across the board, there was no business-deal specifics discussed ever at any of these things, but it was, it was a nice, you know, conversation.”

"When you reach a fork in the road, take it" - Yogi Berra https://dnyuz.com/2023/08/04/mike-pence-has-reached-his-fork-in-the-road/