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“jackal – do you know 100% without a doubt that all of your children are yours?”
Of course not.
“that your mother is your mother?”
Of course not.
QUICK ROB, get over to the cheese shop thread and CALL THOSE MOTHERF#%&ERS OUT for being elitist and causing the price of Kraft Singles, Velveeta and Cheeze-Wiz® to SKYROCKET!!!
jackal – do you know 100% without a doubt that all of your children are yours?
that your mother is your mother?
“A 1932 Duesenberg though is NOT worth less with a replaced fender, new leather or new top.”
It’s funny you mention that dibs. I honestly never thought classic cars were gay until I visited your house.
“Would you walk an extra 5 blocks to save 2 bucks on a pint of ice cream?”
I take the subway to Costco to buy certain items that are noticeably cheaper there.
On the other hand, ice cream is more of an impulse buy and I that I will pick up when the mood strikes me, without much attention to cost.
“It’s embarrassing even if you don’t know about it.”
How can that possibly be true? It’s only embarrassing if you know about it. If you die ignorant, what’s the difference to you?
Dave, the right of a union to bargain is not something you toss out the window when expedient. The unions in Wisconsin have every right to be anxious about that. I hope they win.
The whole idea is the bargain part. If the state gives away the farm to the union, that’s their fault, not the union’s, and blaming the unions when times are tough is a cop out. Bargaining implies a give and take, and good bargaining takes time and is hard. It is human nature to try to get what you can, or at least start at a point of unreasonableness, to then bargain down to what you really can live with. EVERYONE, from a horse trader in Usbekistan, to a contractor in Brooklyn, to a teacher’s union rep in Madison bargains that way. Taking away that ability puts all unions in a position to not be able to advocate for their members, which, in an ideal world, is what a union is for.
Is a repaired painting of the Mona Lisa the same as an original?
Certainly not. Any repaired painting on the market is worth less than an original. A piece of 18th century American furniture with replaced brasses is worth 25-33% less than if it had original brasses.
A 1932 Duesenberg though is NOT worth less with a replaced fender, new leather or new top.
haha BHS, yeah these are perfect conversations for when you’re slurring your words and it’s 2 am and you’re talking to some total stranger about how to solve all of the world’s problems. Definitely drunk bar talk. If you’re not shouting every word you’re doing it wrong.