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My wife and I put a pool in before we had children. Once our first child started crawling I started getting extremely nervous and for as absent minded as I can be, the exterior doors and pool were always locked down. We had two issues over the years. We had a lawn care company that left the pool gate open after their work was done, and when I called them on it, they seemed somewhat unimpressed with my concern. I knew the guys pretty well, and liked them generally but cancelled the service immediately. A few years later, we were having an addition put on and the day it started, there was quite a bit of activity. Our child care provider came looking for me in a panic, our youngest was missing. Our house borders on about 20 acres, so I sent my wife and babysitter that way while I hustled back to the pool and heavy equipment that was back there. A tarp had blown into the water and as I pulled it out of the water my heart was beating out of my chest. Thankfully the little rascal had hidden in the garage and was having a grand old time while we were going crazy looking for him. The baby sitter cried like a baby when we found him safe. What a tragic story for Shaq and his family, absolutely heartbreaking.

This has been an interesting thread to follow, with a variety of people weighing in with different opinions. When all was said and done, seems like the Pegula family was appreciative of the prayers for Kim, and her father attended the prayer vigil and shared his thoughts in the clip you posted. I would think most can agree it was a net positive for the Pegula family. I think some lessons can be drawn from this. When you get right down to it, people should mind their business about the way other people choose to express love, support, positive thoughts and yes, prayer for other members of the community. I think that goes to both sides of the discussion, be it preaching to others about beliefs, or preaching to others about how silly their beliefs might be.

Indeed, one of my favorites. Takes me back to my younger youth. Btw, on this thread….”Veronica” by Elvis Costello has probably already been mentioned, but it has special significance these days as a very special person in my life battles Alzheimer’s. ”

I don’t have a lot to offer on this thread, my screen name might indicate I’m a bit older than you and @thenorthremembers. I was working, having fun with a few bucks in my pocket and only a few years out from starting a family of my own when the 90s started. I have virtually no understanding of the devotion to Nirvana, pretty much bypass any music they produced when given the opportunity, and see the life of Kurt Cobain as just another tragic story of a troubled artist and rock and roll. None of it connects with me, which in the end, sort of is the point about genre and timing. What I do know, though, is the connection between music/pain/loss. Your story, and North’s as well, hits me on that level. The ability to connect with music in times of loss, that help you in some way deal with what you’re going through—especially at a young age—is what makes any of it Mt. Rushmore worthy. My father passed away right around the time some of these bands were gaining traction, but music helped me get through all of that dreadful time. There were songs that hit me right in the heart and still do. Thanks for sharing, and truly, I’m sorry you both had to go through all that at such a young age, but it’s awesome the music helped you deal with it.

This is why just when you think you’re out, I draaaaaaaaaag ya back in!

Yes.

He started it. 😉

Do your thing, but if he asks you to help move a couch into a van because he broke his arm, you've been warned.

You too, BillSy. Have a great day.

@muppy, please see the post above from BillSy, and consider as part of my ongoing science experiment into the mind of a typical troubled internet poster. You'll note trend--the repetition of a premise already reconciled, in this case, the 'h' word. While Freud might suggest BillSy is exhibiting classical Oedipal behavior, modern psychology is a bit more forgiving and simply suggests a desire to validated. What's interesting is that upon validation, BillSy seems to have become more agitated. We can imagine him sitting somewhere, in a partially manic state, typing these words as if they make sense beyond the four corners of his head: "...just highlighting your desperate no stop attempt to white was Conald Trump.". I don't doubt he believes in desperate no stop motives, I just don't have a clue what he is talking about. Perhaps his tag teamer @redtail hawk can shed some light here? Now, when brought to his attention, and with well-intended advice provided, he stands by his statement, he repeats the 'h' word, and referred to me as "precious", but not in a way normally associated with conversational internet English. I googled that too, using the search term "Fixated/Obsessive Individual Refers to Conversation Partner As Hack and Precious", and this came up. Submitted without comment, other than the comments submitted.

I worked for one of the largest corporations in the country for quite a few years, and being a yappy soul, I was offered the opportunity to take some media training. It was pretty interesting—though it should be noted it was not a deep dive into the subject, designed to get you from point A to point B without losing focus in a hostile situation, and pre-dated pretty much all of the technology at one’s disposal today. I’m thinking 1998, 1999 or so. The outside firm that presented illustrated the various ways members of the media are trained to manipulate interviewees, organizations and that which you see. One example was a grainy undercoveresque video showing a truck pulling up to the front of an office and a voice-over about destruction of files and questions about the practice, and what the video actually showed was the normal practice of shredding confidential information on a scheduled basis and a certified destruction company rolling up at about 12:30 in the afternoon. The story was done by a major news network. Another example is an ambush interview, where reporter approaches some hapless soul walking into the office, typically at a frantic pace, yelling to grab the subject’s attention with the hopes of overwhelming the individual and getting the desired sound bite. The problem for most people is in stressful situations, they talk…and talk…and talk, some trying to be helpful, some get nervous, and many feel compelled to defend actions that often don’t need to be defended. At the Sacramento Bee, they surely know the rules of the game, and what they did was most certainly intentional and planned for the reasons outlined in this story.

I understood that, Mr. Vandalay. Some taxpayers might not be impacted, that was the point. I just didn’t see it as a boom/checkmate comment because a whole sh#t-ton of FDIC-lovin taxpayers would obviously participate.

Pardon me, but you’re suggesting everyone “banks at a credit union that is NCAU rather than FDIC”? Wouldn’t that be a very necessary piece of a boom/checkmate argument? Yes to the text in bold. It’s no different that a financial service organization failing and references to “lavish parties” and “executive bonuses”. When the organization implodes, everything is in the table, and each piece of the puzzle scrutinized as part of the overall problem.

You get yourself so caught up in trying to argue a point that you continually post nonsense. If you have a point to make, slow down. Breathe. Type slowly. Keep it between the lines. Better yet—figure out the point, and articulate.

On cue, BillSy protects his sacred cow.

To be completely clear, I’m not suggesting he’s complete clean. He’s worked every angle available, and it’s entirely possible something would be found eventually. It’s also entirely possible a crime would be made up or imagined. The Russia interference to “obstruction!” was the game the Dems originally played, and it failed miserably. Still, rounding up, he’s 80 freaking years old. Mueller and his goon squad spent 4 years busting heads, kicking in doors, turning people and virtually nothing was off the table. For all the garbage spewed on the guy, nothing came of it for him. I would bet you most political operatives R or D wouldn’t pass that test, and would have cracked under the pressure. I agree on the outsider but I think the Trump treatment is what just about any outsider should be expect should they be in the mix. The difference is that most people would crack under the onslaught of negativity, finger pointing and innuendo that Trump was subjected to. His ability to shrug and say “Go 🤬 yourself” is incredible, and part of his appeal to regular people not so inclined in spite of his absurdly over the top persona. So, what happens is we get a Biden or a Bush, or a Clinton and maybe next time, Michelle Obama.

It is what it is.

They didn’t get Trump because there is nothing to get. It was not for lack of trying, and trying on an epic scale. Meanwhile…Washington and its players gets wealthier by the minute, and in Biden’s case cover from the IC and media at large…and on his watch…millionaires and billionaires over at the SVB are awash in covered nuts. 🤷🏻

I still remember it was autumn and the moon was shinin' My '60 Cadillac was rollin' through Nebraska whinin' Doin' a hundred twenty, man the fields was bendin' over Headin' out for the mountains knowin' we was travelin' further All our fires were blazin' And the spinnin' wheels were turnin' turnin' Had my girl beside me brother brother she was burnin' burnin'

I can think of a number of times my young children “woke up” thinking they wanted to be xxxxxx, or do xxxxxx, or get xxxxxxx, and as parents, we said the pay couldn’t do it, we wouldn’t support it, or if they wanted to pursue it there would be consequences. Some issues were fads, some were unreasonable,some unsafe, and some didn’t work into the big picture of who they ultimately became. I have nothing but sympathy for a child/family going through all that, but Biden’s talking point here is borderline nuts.

No need for the Buffet dirty talk but the rest makes sense. I think if we start with the assumption that the plan is to fix anything, we might be giving Washington too much credit. Seems again and again the big dogs get paid before the lights shut off, and political campaigns/recipients long before that.

The recap you mentioned above makes sense to me at face value. I think a full forensic accounting of the demise of SVB is in order, and we’re at day 5, day 3 in banker hours. I do think the dumbest people in the world mantle probably rests more with the people who f’d up playing with $151 billion in depositor money more so than with people critical of the decision making. You ladder that $151b in 4 or 5 CDs at your local credit union and boom, you’re done.

Girl, I heard you're getting married Girl, I heard you're getting married This time you're really sure And this is the end They say you really mean it This guy's the one that makes you feel So safe, so sane and so secure And baby if he loves you more than me Maybe it's the best thing Maybe it's the best thing for you But it's the worst that could happen to me. I'm never gettin' married, never gettin' married You know that's not my scene But a girl like you needs to be married I've known all along you couldn't live forever In between. And baby if he loves you more than me Maybe it's the best thing Maybe it's the best thing for you But it's the worst that could happen to me.

My God, that’s Jason Bourne.

Maybe on depositors. I’m not certain “they did nothing wrong here” really applies, lots of companies and businesses do nothing wrong, fail and the govt doesn’t step in. I did some light reading here and checked out some of the companies linked to SVB…of the 10 or so I checked, CEOs ranged from $5m net worth to hundreds of millions to a couple billionaires. I feel compassion for the $5m folk, get a little less concerned when you start talking hundo-millions +. I completely agree that as assets are sold, in a perfect world depositors should be made whole and that would be the best outcome of all here. As for bond/stockholders, I understand and that’s the traditional logic. My only point is if they are making sh-T up on the fly to protect those without protection, it seems an odd line to draw to suggest Mark Cuban gets his $10m back and Grandpa Earl gets hosed out of his $26,000 investment he held for a few years.