brewdad

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by brewdad 4mo ago
I’m about the same age as you and at a similar level of ability at this point. I tested out of all 16 credit hours of foreign language requirements at my university but my current Spanish skills are nowhere near what will be required of me
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by brewdad 4mo ago
I haven’t sent a postcard in years but I always thought it was a signal that I am having a great time but also you are important enough to me that I want to include you in the only way I can. I certainly never expected a direct response but
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by brewdad 4mo ago
No message between friends should ever need “polishing” unless you are trying to deliver really bad news in the softest way possible.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
It’s the latest version of the meme stock craze. Nobody bought Gamespot stock because they thought it was a good long term investment. They bought it because they thought they could quickly double or triple their money and leave someone hol
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by brewdad 5mo ago
The fact that the road is legally accessible to the public makes it a public road for the sake of this discussion. You must have a license plate to drive on a public road. It really isn’t any more complicated than that. It doesn’t matter wh
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by brewdad 5mo ago
I’ve found more places going cashless in Portland than are cash only. The one cash only place I regularly visited for decades finally gave in and started accepting cards.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
And those older people frequently have to ask someone in their life who has a smartphone to assist them. They still need a smartphone to manage modern life they just don’t happen to own the phone they need.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
It's the state of modern capitalism. Money must flow from one entity to another even if nothing of tangible value is produced. The flows of money prove the growth of both businesses.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
Isn't eye tracking required there too now? If you look away, or even not in the direction the car expects, for more than a couple of seconds >> more beeps.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
GPS is receive only. If you've disabled the ability to send telemetry, there should be no reason to be concerned about the GPS antenna.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
It can be a double edged sword. A restaurant near me got written up in the NYTimes and a few other "foodie" publications. What used to be a plan a head a few weeks reservation turned into the place selling out the month in less th
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by brewdad 5mo ago
My favorite vacations have been the ones where we've planned or been forced into a day of downtime amidst multiple days of go-go see the sights. I hope to never again be a seven countries in six days type of traveler. We just spent 14
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by brewdad 5mo ago
We've probably been to NYC ten times at this point. We stay out of Midtown except if we are going to a Broadway show. The subway can get you quite a ways. Head out to the Cloisters instead of the main Met museum. Be sure to walk around
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by brewdad 5mo ago
My wife and I took a walk along one of the Paris canals on a nice early spring day. You are very right that there wasn't much exciting to see once we got out of the touristy areas but locals were out enjoying the day and it was nice to
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by brewdad 5mo ago
This is how I approach Costco. Everything there will meet a minimum standard, so I'm more willing to try something new. Also, the prices will pretty much always be fair. Could I track down a better deal somewhere else? Possibly but I u
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by brewdad 5mo ago
While true concerning the quality of Kirkland brand, sometimes there are still differences that can matter. I love the Kirkland bacon but they don't sell a thick cut version (at least at my Costco) so sometimes I buy the "brand na
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by brewdad 5mo ago
Earlier today I read how World Cup resale tickets are dropping below face value for many of the upcoming matches. This evening I read that FIFA tripled the price for the best seats. Bifurcation indeed.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
The owner can afford to use the HOT lane at any price.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
Supplement with the 50lb bag of beans that sits 20 feet away from the rice at my Costco and you are pretty much there.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
The go to move with clipboards is to break them in half across your knee/leg.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
I’ve never looked at the numbers to see exactly how large of a pool it is but millions of Americans are effectively forced to buy into the market to fund our 401ks and future retirements. That’s billions of dollars of inflow every month tha
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by brewdad 5mo ago
Not everyone on HN is still in their 20s.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
I had a Casio because it was $10 cheaper than the TI. Man I was jealous of the "rich" kids.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
It depends on the site but when I was a SAHD, I found many of those parenting sites were not welcoming to dads, even dads doing the exact same work as the moms. Moms there wanted a place to vent about their husbands and men who were pulling
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by brewdad 5mo ago
They were supposed to shut down after #12 but they got busy, then had to take that day off to get the kids to the doctor and it fell to the wayside. Eventually, the notification for #15 arrived and the dev panicked that it should have gone
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by brewdad 5mo ago
The store we usually shop puts out weekly loyalty coupons via email. Sometimes it's a free pint of ice cream. Other times it might be $5 off $20 of spend, etc. To my knowledge they aren't targeting these specials to specific group
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by brewdad 5mo ago
In my experience, it's usually posted on the back of the door.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
That sounds like a "fantastic" shopping experience. No thanks.
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by brewdad 5mo ago
There has been a lot of consolidation in the industry over the past decade. There are three major grocery "brands" in my city. All of them have the same parent company. Quitting one store to go to another is about as effective as
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by brewdad 5mo ago
In my town of 100,000 people there are four options. A universally high priced grocery, a dirt cheap, goods at our near their sell by date with the expected low quality grocery, a gas station convenience store, or a bunch of mid-tier grocer

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