OT 15: New Year, New Poo

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wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:09 pm
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:46 am

that blows.


I'm involved in a project that is likely going to court at some point now. So this week has been lots of meetings, finger pointing, stress, and documentation.

so like the shit part of engineering work. Being a lawyer without being paid like one.
Sounds :disgust:
Does your company have in house council or do they farm out their legal work?
The larger corporation has staff council, but they don't live in our office / group.
brain go brrrrrr
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:27 am
SAWCE wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:26 am

Calling out sick over here.
actually sick or just taking a day?
Taking a day. I have an interview in a few minutes, then gonna head up to LA, see one of my sisters and go to a gym meetup with some of the Animal athletes up there.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:27 am
SAWCE wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:26 am

Calling out sick over here.
actually sick or just taking a day?
Taking a day. I have an interview in a few minutes, then gonna head up to LA, see one of my sisters and go to a gym meetup with some of the Animal athletes up there.
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The email I wish I could send:

Dear Upper Manglement,

Yes, of COURSE we overbought last year. Remember when you all said that because of the :thankstrump: tarriff :bs: we should not lose an opportunity to buy extra inventory, from any vendor, whenever the opportunity presents itself? You do? Good, then stop whining about our inventory being too big today. And, Sales, start selling the shit you whined to me and Purchasing about to buy more of. Kthx.

xoxo,

WAP
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:04 am What really going to make a difference more than AWD in snow would be having the right tires and some ground clearance.

BMW’s xDrive is perfectly capable. I’ll bet his tires were summer tires or worn out.
Snow finally came to West Michigan and my snow tires are the balls.

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Jaxper wrote: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:33 pm I know I've asked this before, but want to again, in case there are more on the radar or if others want to chime in. I mentioned yesterday that I only recently discovered that my employer offers auto discounts so it got my brain going like :plac:

I started looking around, all hypothetical at this point, for an AWD turbo car - hatch, sedan, mini-SUV - that could replace my MK7. The main factor is to get AWD for our ski trips and generic winter season driving.

I know basically any Audi hits the requirements, so I've checked those out. I've looked at the BMW 3 series, Benz C class, among others. Should anything else be on my radar (used, ideally CPO, market, preferably under $20k)? I'd work to getting ~$12.5k on trade-in, if possible, to minimize monthly payments as much as possible.
:manuel: necessary or no?
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:46 pm
wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:17 pm The email I wish I could send:

Dear Upper Manglement,

Yes, of COURSE we overbought last year. Remember when you all said that because of the :tjhankstrump: tarriff :bs: we should not lose an opportunity to buy extra inventory, from any vendor, whenever the opportunity presents itself? You do? Good, then stop whining about our inventory being too big today. And, Sales, start selling the shit you whined to me and Purchasing about to buy more of. Kthx.

xoxo,

WAP
Love this
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:46 pm
wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:17 pm The email I wish I could send:

Dear Upper Manglement,

Yes, of COURSE we overbought last year. Remember when you all said that because of the :tjhankstrump: tarriff :bs: we should not lose an opportunity to buy extra inventory, from any vendor, whenever the opportunity presents itself? You do? Good, then stop whining about our inventory being too big today. And, Sales, start selling the shit you whined to me and Purchasing about to buy more of. Kthx.

xoxo,

WAP
Send this
I agree.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:31 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:46 pm

Send this
I agree.
HA!
:iswydt:

I wish...
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:47 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:31 pm

I agree.
HA!
:iswydt:

I wish...
I know.... I know.

I write emails with no recipients all the time and end of deleting them. Only a couple of times have I decided there were ZFG and I added people and hit send. Luckily, the others on the email ack'd that they screwed up and agreed with me.

:notsure: how that really happened, but I went with it.
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wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:11 pm
Apex wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:04 pm

:megusta:
:lol:
I was waiting for you to chime in. :like:
It's :megusta: as long as the heat works here in the office, and at home, and the car starts after being out in the parking lot all day. Though it's never failed to start.
Yet. :yikes:
I don’t want to disappoint. :lol:
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Also, I PASSED my exam today!

:fuckyeah:

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[user not found] wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:04 am What really going to make a difference more than AWD in snow would be having the right tires and some ground clearance.

BMW’s xDrive is perfectly capable. I’ll bet his tires were summer tires or worn out.
I cannot truly speak, other than it being a lease, therefore no mods, not a car guy. He’d probably rocked oem tires so all season? Or bmw puts summer. Even that said, as far as awd germans are concerned, it seems like the xdrive (from what i heard) doesn’t hold a candle to a quattro, 4 matic, haldex, etc
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Apex wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:53 pm Also, I PASSED my exam today!

:fuckyeah:

:illuminati: level enhanced.
:fuckyeah:
Congrats dude! Now you can print $ in your basement?
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:23 pm
wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:47 pm

HA!
:iswydt:

I wish...
I know.... I know.

I write emails with no recipients all the time and end of deleting them. Only a couple of times have I decided there were ZFG and I added people and hit send. Luckily, the others on the email ack'd that they screwed up and agreed with me.

:notsure: how that really happened, but I went with it.
:impressive: luck there!
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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Just got the scores back for my last CLEP I took this week. Looks like I have all the credits needed to finish my two associates degrees. I just need to contact the college and have them apply the credits for me.

I guess this means I need to start work on my BA. Im only a few years behind my friends who went to college. But luckily student loan debt free. And never needed to sit in a classroom. CLEP and DANTES for two associates so far.
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wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:40 pm
Apex wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:53 pm Also, I PASSED my exam today!

:fuckyeah:

:illuminati: level enhanced.
:fuckyeah:
Congrats dude! Now you can print $ in your basement?
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Barnes93cb wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:19 am Just got the scores back for my last CLEP I took this week. Looks like I have all the credits needed to finish my two associates degrees. I just need to contact the college and have them apply the credits for me.

I guess this means I need to start work on my BA. Im only a few years behind my friends who went to college. But luckily student loan debt free. And never needed to sit in a classroom. CLEP and DANTES for two associates so far.
This makes you on par, if not ahead of them.
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Barnes93cb wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:19 am Just got the scores back for my last CLEP I took this week. Looks like I have all the credits needed to finish my two associates degrees. I just need to contact the college and have them apply the credits for me.

I guess this means I need to start work on my BA. Im only a few years behind my friends who went to college. But luckily student loan debt free. And never needed to sit in a classroom. CLEP and DANTES for two associates so far.
Good on you for no debt, but why two associates? My questioning comes in the sense that 2 associates in terms of time/classes/credits is almost 1 bachelor's.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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Barnes93cb wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:19 am Just got the scores back for my last CLEP I took this week. Looks like I have all the credits needed to finish my two associates degrees. I just need to contact the college and have them apply the credits for me.

I guess this means I need to start work on my BA. Im only a few years behind my friends who went to college. But luckily student loan debt free. And never needed to sit in a classroom. CLEP and DANTES for two associates so far.
:nice:
Keep going with your education!
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Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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Apex wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:19 am
wap wrote: Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:40 pm

:fuckyeah:
Congrats dude! Now you can print $ in your basement?
:notsure:
Don't deny it.
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Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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wap wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:30 pm
Apex wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:19 am

:notsure:
Don't deny it.
I’ll create the Dat Forum Donk or something as a new currency...
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Apex wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:19 pm
wap wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:30 pm

Don't deny it.
I’ll create the Dat Forum Donk or something as a new currency...
:fuckyeah: :doit:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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razr390 wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:30 am
Barnes93cb wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:19 am Just got the scores back for my last CLEP I took this week. Looks like I have all the credits needed to finish my two associates degrees. I just need to contact the college and have them apply the credits for me.

I guess this means I need to start work on my BA. Im only a few years behind my friends who went to college. But luckily student loan debt free. And never needed to sit in a classroom. CLEP and DANTES for two associates so far.
Good on you for no debt, but why two associates? My questioning comes in the sense that 2 associates in terms of time/classes/credits is almost 1 bachelor's.
Because 95% of the required credits apply. Why not get two degrees when it cost me absolutely nothing except an extra 2 hours of my time?
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Barnes93cb wrote: Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:20 am
razr390 wrote: Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:30 am

Good on you for no debt, but why two associates? My questioning comes in the sense that 2 associates in terms of time/classes/credits is almost 1 bachelor's.
Because 95% of the required credits apply. Why not get two degrees when it cost me absolutely nothing except an extra 2 hours of my time?
Makes sense, was asking only because it took you longer so I assumed they were two different programs.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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