Random Unthreadworthy Questions

[bagtagley]

Were the Rosenbergs innocent?

[HD333]

My wife retired January 2020 and we were suppose to go to Yurp April 2020. Anyways, fast forward to today and the girl is chomping at the bit to go on vacation ANYWHERE! Canada is out for now, she is talking Maui so what do I suggest do to keep her happy?
I was holding of on Yurp until spring 2022. Do we just go in September or is there another idea you have? I mean where we live is fucking great and everyone comes here to holiday, but lets go somewhere else.

To keep her happy go to Maui.


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[ötzi]

Were the Rosenbergs innocent?

Yes and no.

[The AD]

How the heck are there so many young people who seem to be able to avoid working and just do whatever the fuck they want? Are they all trust-funders/living off their parents?

[KQ]

Can anyone offer up advice on air scrubbers?

Planning for another bad fire season. The smoke was brutal last year despite my best efforts to keep it out of the house.

How the heck are there so many young people who seem to be able to avoid working and just do whatever the fuck they want? Are they all trust-funders/living off their parents?

Gig economy.

[ötzi]

How the heck are there so many young people who seem to be able to avoid working and just do whatever the fuck they want? Are they all trust-funders/living off their parents?

Many of our generation of parents (i.e. "we") is in general super-lenient and tolerant with their kids and a lot of folks seem to think the kids don't need to pay for their own shit. When mom and dad are paying your cell bill, letting you live in your old bedroom or the basement rent-free, feeding you, and giving you pocket money (usually in the form of a credit card), it's pretty easy not to work.

My kids think I'm an ogre for not buying into that concept but we still do a shitload more for them than our parents did for us. It's just the zeitgeist I guess.

[The AD]

Many of our generation of parents (i.e. "we") is in general super-lenient and tolerant with their kids and a lot of folks seem to think the kids don't need to pay for their own shit. When mom and dad are paying your cell bill, letting you live in your old bedroom or the basement rent-free, feeding you, and giving you pocket money (usually in the form of a credit card), it's pretty easy not to work.

Yeah, it probably labels me as a "get off my lawn!" old guy, but I really think every teenager needs to have some kind of job at least during the summer, and at least for a few hours a week. Just something where they are making money from working and not just getting it handed to them.

[Flounder]

Yes and no.

I see what you did there! I laughed.

How about Sacco and Venzetti? All I know is this upstate mosaic I walked past thousands of times implies innocent.

https://art.grace.syr.edu/poi/the-pa...vanzetti-mural

[Danno]

Some of my brothers still pay for their adult kids cell phones. Just one example of what iceman suggests.

[Flounder]

How the heck are there so many young people who seem to be able to avoid working and just do whatever the fuck they want? Are they all trust-funders/living off their parents?

Bitcoin and GME

[The AD]

Bitcoin and GME

But you need the money to invest in the first place...

[Harry]

what do I suggest do to keep her happy?.

der poopenhousen



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[riser4]

My kids think I'm an ogre for not buying into that concept but we still do a shitload more for them than our parents did for us. It's just the zeitgeist I guess.

This.

[BCMtnHound]

Yeah, it probably labels me as a "get off my lawn!" old guy, but I really think every teenager needs to have some kind of job at least during the summer, and at least for a few hours a week. Just something where they are making money from working and not just getting it handed to them.

Our daughter at 8.5yrs is already tired of asking us to buy some junk toy she has a current fixation on. For the past couple weeks she has been making comments on jobs she would like to do to earn money. Real jobs like waitressing, cashier, etc not chores around the house (she's seeing lots of help wanted signs around town and on travels). I applaud her gumption. Will work perfect as she will be finishing high school right around I am able to retire.

[skaredshtles]

Improved.

You'll get no argument from me... but he'd better plan on at *least* 3 weeks. NTTAWWT.

[skaredshtles]

Rent a car or take trains? Business class or premium economy to save a few bucks?

Trains between cities, car for days you want to get further afield. Business class air if possible. You can sleep on a bed in business class international, usually.

[old goat]

Were the Rosenbergs innocent?

No. After KGB archives opened after the fall of the USSR it was revealed they were guilty.

Our daughter at 8.5yrs is already tired of asking us to buy some junk toy she has a current fixation on. For the past couple weeks she has been making comments on jobs she would like to do to earn money. Real jobs like waitressing, cashier, etc not chores around the house (she's seeing lots of help wanted signs around town and on travels). I applaud her gumption. Will work perfect as she will be finishing high school right around I am able to retire.

Polishing the inside of artillery shells. (Schindler's List)

Here's one--why are singular nouns followed by verbs ending in "s", while plural nouns are followed by verbs without the "s". Shouldn't it be the other way around?

[El Chupacabra]

Thanks! I'll check out the exterior phone box when I visit next.

I have a bunch of extra DSL filters that I'll bring with. I can just swap them out and see if it helps.

House is 50 years old, could well be phone wiring connections failing.

Exterior phone box reveals old shit. Doesn't look too corroded. No place to plug in a test phone.

I replaced the DSL filters inside the house, and the static on the line is much much better. So that was at least part of the problem, if not all.

Mom's phone bill from AT&T shows she's paying for "WirePro", which Google says includes inside line repairs. Called AT&T and went through computer assistance, a tech is supposed to call me to schedule a visit.

[AK47bp]

Apparently in May of 2019 I was driving a rental car that ran a red flight in Florida.

Today I received a letter from a law firm saying I owe $394 for failure to respond to previous notices and I could “lose my right to drive”. Whatever that means.

Obviously rental car company never told me, I don’t even know if I did it but who knows.

I would of just paid it if I knew.

Do I have any options here or do I have to suck it up and pay it?


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[weibo]

How can some law firm take away your right to drive? Is it a collection agency attached to a law office? Sounds lame and really old, tell them to pound sand.

[El Chupacabra]

Sounds scammy.

[Benny Profane]

Well, it's gone this far, to the point that they sold your obligation to some Saul level bottom dwelling collection agency, so, I say, play with them. Just have fun. Write creative emails threatening them with some stupid counter lawsuit. Make up a fake law firm letterhead logo. Highly doubtful they can screw with you in any meaningful way.

[AK47bp]

What’s the worst that can happen? I can’t rent a car in Florida?

Chances are I did it but oh well.

If you fail to pay a parking ticket what happens?


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[Benny Profane]

Just ignore it until your state DMV starts sending notices.

[El Chupacabra]

If it were legit, I would have expected to hear from the State of Florida, or the car rental agency, long before random private law firm.