Posts by Simon

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No Time to die.

by mickbobcat in

i watched the movie by streaming it off line.

i don't pay to watch woke movies ever.

the film had great cinematography.

Simon

Bond is a guy. He can be black or any race, I don't care

Not really, he's a 1950's British naval officer ... which means he's a white man.

People should create their own stories and characters instead of always wanting to co-opt and ruin someone else's, which is what the "replacement" is always really about, trying to erase and ruin, not really celebrate or enhance a story. It's to stick a finger in the eye of a group someone dislikes.

Unless people would be happy for Black Panther to be a white dude, they should keep the characters as they were written.

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No Time to die.

by mickbobcat in

i watched the movie by streaming it off line.

i don't pay to watch woke movies ever.

the film had great cinematography.

Simon

The woke destroy everything they infect.

5

Money Spinners

by Lost in the fog in

i can remember when i was in that there were numerous articles and assembly talks about not using the congregation as a means of making money from a captive audience of brothers and sisters.. i was looking at the etsy website and stumbled upon a jw themed product.. i wondered if there were any more and discovered that there were lots.

mind you maybe it's people who have left who see an opportunity for making money from gullible jws.. https://www.etsy.com/uk/search?q=jehovah%27s%20witness%20letter%20writing&ref=auto-1.

Simon

Taking advantage of groups that have implicit (often misplaced) trust is called "affinity fraud".

There are a number of examples in JW land of various money making schemes and companies that take advantage of the trust or cheap labor available through congregational contacts.

JWs are ripe for rip-offs ... why? They have already shown they are suckers, and nothing makes you more likely to fall for a scam like being scammed before.

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Are You Concerned About Inflation?

by Simon in

i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

Simon

We still plan, Walmart produce is usually poorer quality than a further away grocer

Walmart specialize in package-size deflation - things may not get more expensive, but the package sizes go down. They often have specially made products by manufacturers (because they are a big buyer) so the prices match other stores but you get less, so they are really more expensive. Sneaky eh?!

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Spoilers JAMES BOND

by peacefulpete in

how the ending of the new film set with you?.

Simon

A lot of the characters seemed to be acting completely out of character, M being the most obvious, but Bond too - sat in a car frozen while people are shooting at them? WTF ...

It wasn't terrible, but what happened to "Bond will return in ..." at the end of the credits? How does that work now ...

I like these Pitch Meeting sketches:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz9kLWsiQjc

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Are You Concerned About Inflation?

by Simon in

i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

Simon

The US has become a dysfunctional country that can't get no-brainer decisions right.

Take the supply chain crisis. Hundreds of container ships, waiting offshore to unload, but docks only work 9-5 hours because "unions". I bet you thought ports would be 24x7 operations even before this crisis, because why wouldn't they be like airports?

The other union-inspired dumb-fuckery that makes the crisis worse is that ships are only allowed to go to ONE port. Now think about this, they claim there is a climate crisis and yet they have rules in place that prevent ships from dropping multiple cargos at the ports closest to their destinations, forcing those containers to travel further by road instead. What happened to "climate! climate! climate!"? Unions and democrat party donations, that's what.

The US has ceased to be a place where things get done, it's become a place of sleazy corruption and ineptitude.

Regular people are just the victims of the broken system, but then so many apparently vote for the people who create it that it's hard to have much sympathy. The EU is equally as bad. Maybe it's something todo with government being so large, the huge inefficiencies and corruption can easily hide in plain view and the momentum of government makes fixing things too difficult to ever get done.

Once a bad decision has been made, it's impossible to revert, so it becomes a death-spiral.

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So the liberals are lying about people moving out of Kalifornia.

by mickbobcat in

my wife works in real estate here in the midwest.

people are moving in so much from kalifornia its crazy.

she said her client told her that they had to drive to nevada to get a rider truck.

Simon

Why would anyone want to leave California?

Sure, it's sky-high taxes and inflated house prices, but you can always live in a tent at the side of the road or take over a local park - I've seen footage showing thousands do just that. And yeah, there's the general lack of order and crime, but it means you can just load up on goods from the local store and walk out knowing that no one will bother you. Well, while the stores are still there of course. California is all about freedom, so what if "free to shit in the street" is the only one they really care about allowing.

Citizens are becoming so demanding. Don't they know they live in the same state as Hollywood stars? They should be grateful for that and not have silly dreams about quality of life or raising a family somewhere safe.

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Are You Concerned About Inflation?

by Simon in

i saw a statistic the other day that something like 25% of all the debt that the us has incurred since 1776 was created in the last 12 months.

that's because they have printed so much currency and instead of letting that stop them, they are going to continue printing more to go on a spending spree on crazy green-new-deal schemes and union handouts.. does anyone think that this can be anything other than inflationary?

they are effectively stealing the wealth of everyone to then hand money out to people.

Simon

So inflation is really kicking in now and the money printing presses are still going "whirrrrr" at full speed.

The official figures shows a jump of 6.2% in Oct, the highest for 30 years. The real rates, without the manipulation where they don't count food, heating, housing, transport or, well, it's probably only including flat-screen TVs now 'cause they always get cheaper ... it's easily 15%

The bottom line is that our money is losing its purchasing power at an alarming and increasing rate and wages are not going up in sync. There are going to be some very hurt people when they finally wake up to it, probably too late. If you are at or near retirement, they just stole half of what you had. If you are saving for retirement, better hope you can outperform Warren Buffet over a 20-30 year stretch. God knows how young people are supposed to buy a house with the prices going up like they are (the only saving grace is that the artificially low interest rates means the debt will be devalued).

On top of it all, any money you do have is going to be taxed more as well, just to rub salt into the wounds.

[sorry, image wouldn't post]

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What do you do before making a very hard decision?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

any takers?.

Simon

Define "hard"? Difficult to decide, or hard consequences to undo?

Usually think of all the pros and cons, weight them, try to put a number to things so you are not letting less significant issues cloud the decision.

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Anyone have this happen?

by mickbobcat in

my wife and i went to a restaurant we go to a few times a year.

we waited for a bit but not horrible to get our drinks and food.

the place was busy but not people waiting in line for a mile to get in busy.

Simon

I'm always amazed when servers mess up when it comes to settling the bill, leaving you sat at the table waiting way too long, especially if the service has been good apart from that. It's the last bit of the experience before you pay and tip.

We went to Earls recently and you could pay for your meal via the unique table QR code and online app, it was WAY better (but still had a personal touch as the server came over and thanked us after we had). The future is probably going to be ordering via those as well, and someone will just bring the food to your table (eventually a robot, because of staffing issues).

I've only ever walked out after we'd waited an hour and 45 minutes, with young hungry children, and the "you're order is just being finished" we'd been told for the last 45 minutes changed to "they will be starting your order real soon"