The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Wow. That's going to be... a thing.
My husband's work is literally forcing people to take days off in December because they are worried about burn out due to working from home.
I have near 1000 hours combined Vacation and Sick time. Luckily our sick time does not go away. But there are limits to how much vacation time you can keep. But the excess rolls into sick time. Then if I work on a state holiday I get a free vacation day to burn at will. I mostly get by with burning those.
Of course 9 years ago I was down to a combined 60 hours after my cancer treatments. So I tried to build the time back up and kept my foot on the throttle.
We have forced cash outs too which I try to avoid. Our tax rates are gross. As an accountant, that is the technical term.
Buzzfeed News is actually pretty legit though, isn't it? I seem to recall them putting out some solid reporting.
It can, but it's also interspersed with shopping articles, and "What Disney princess are you in emergency surgery" quizzes. It's sort of all over the place.
Buzzfeed has a higher average accuracy score (40.11 vs. 38.69) and a lower bias score (10.69 liberal vs. 13.18 liberal) than HuffPost, according to the Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart. So this could be an interesting mix.
My first sweater in 20 years.
I randomly saw this house being discussed on Twitter because of its, um, interesting use of materials and excessive printed tiles, particularly in all its bathrooms. I was going to say we found @GasBandit's house's rich cousin.
Followed by, "Jesus, this house is a nightmare. I wonder where OH SHIT I LIVE RIGHT BY IT NOOOOOOOO"
So, in all its "glory", scroll through the photos:
www.zillow.com
So...much... clutter... *shudders*
Followed by, "Jesus, this house is a nightmare. I wonder where OH SHIT I LIVE RIGHT BY IT NOOOOOOOO"
So, in all its "glory", scroll through the photos:
1 Rivers Edge Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 | Zillow
1 Rivers Edge Drive, Colts Neck NJ, is a Single Family home that contains 8234 sq ft.It contains 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.This home last sold for $1,850,000 in November 2021. The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is $8,086/mo, which has increased by $8,086/mo in the last 30 days.
www.zillow.com
So...much... clutter... *shudders*
First few pictures, "Oh that's not too bad."I randomly saw this house being discussed on Twitter because of its, um, interesting use of materials and excessive printed tiles, particularly in all its bathrooms. I was going to say we found @GasBandit's house's rich cousin.
Followed by, "Jesus, this house is a nightmare. I wonder where OH SHIT I LIVE RIGHT BY IT NOOOOOOOO"
So, in all its "glory", scroll through the photos:
1 Rivers Edge Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 | Zillow
1 Rivers Edge Drive, Colts Neck NJ, is a Single Family home that contains 8234 sq ft.It contains 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.This home last sold for $1,850,000 in November 2021. The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is $8,086/mo, which has increased by $8,086/mo in the last 30 days.
So...much... clutter... *shudders*
Scroll down a bit, "Oh what in the name of holy fuck..."
I wonder if this is the same house my wife was looking at last night.
Also your word for today is “gingerbread.”
—Patrick
Also your word for today is “gingerbread.”
—Patrick
So that's the kind of house the witch lived in!
But the house I posted is definitely not gingerbread. A lot of the homes where I grew up in North Jersey, or a good chunk of Martha's Vineyard would be true gingerbread. I don't know if you remember any of it when you were living in Linden, although it was more common in Roselle, Cranford, Westfield, etc.
GasBandit
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It's always astonishing to me how much different places can be, when they're in a small state and ostensibly nearby. NJ is roughly the same size as the DFW metroplex, which itself has about 200 incorporated towns... but outside of downtown areas (and slums), it's pretty homogenous from one end to the other.
Of course, you don't get a lot of architectural diversity across most of Texas. Ranch, ranch, ranch, ranch....
I mean, if you asked me what made, say, Brenham distinct from Belleville or Caldwell or Navasota or Hearne or Madisonville, about the only thing I could say is "Well Madisonville has a Buc-ee's!"
Ooo, you remembered!
I had no private means of travel at the time, so Linden was essentially a bedroom for me and not much else. Most of the time I saw it, it was already dark. Around here, we have many houses built by lumber barons of the 1880’s, and “gingerbread” can also be used to mean “covered with too much ornamental crap.”
—Patrick
Hobo buys good makeup!
Well this is pretty farking neat, I just don't know where to put it.
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Recently Discovered Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Is So Well-Preserved It Even Has The Skin And Guts Intact
A real dinousaur mummy has been found.
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figmentPez
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Not this person.
That just means you're young. Remember your rules of divisibility.
A number can be evenly divided by 8 if the last 3 digits can be divided by 8.
A number can be evenly divided by 9 if the sum of its digits can be divided evenly by 9.
72 = 8 x 9
figmentPez
Staff member
Even knowing that wouldn't allow mean that I could solve it in 15 seconds. Using a calculator it took me well over a minute, and that's just for the math alone, without having to figure out the logic. If I had to do the math by hand/brain, then it would have taken me much longer.
what is a day of a week? i just work and sleep >_>