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Hi Fidelity
Pretty accurate.
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Fedex
Agree about Fed Ex. I run a small business that does a fair amount of shipping. So many problems with Fed Ex that I never ship with them and also avoid ordering from companies that do whenever possible.
USPS and UPS and DHL aren't perfect but both worlds better in terms of customer service and lost packages. USPS is actually slightly better than any of the others and usually much cheaper.
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Exercise? Drinking? Prayer?
For me:
1. DIY projects that I'm not used to doing and require a lot of work.
For example, my Mother had bad accident a few years back and I needed to constantly travel and stay at her house while she was recovering. I gut renovated a bathroom there.
During a bad breakup a few years ago, I repainted every room of my house and built new shelving for my shop.
2. Go out to eat/drink more with friends.
re: Maids are too expensive in the US
Posted by wm72 on 7/25/26 at 3:22 pm to LSURussian
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"If you want to know about the economy here just keep in mind: everyone here either HAS a maid or IS a maid
Started to laugh until I realized we're headed in that direction.
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Wasn't he just choosing what he does with his body?
Yes. The human trafficking charges against the pimps may imply he was the only one though, at least according to Alabama law.
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I was more commenting on the amount of time,rather than the cost. I had read about his costs were a few thousand dollars or so.
He's probably making a killing off being an internet influencer with millions of hits on his posts.
re: White House wants veterans to replace non-English speaking truckers
Posted by wm72 on 7/24/26 at 6:33 pm to bluedragon
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Truck companies nickel and dime drivers to death. The life style is miserable.
I get it. My brother has a very small trucking company and does driving himself. He now does more local routes since he has a kid but it's a lot less money.
What you say is kind of my point about getting more people to do the job. The pay needs to be a lot better.
From my brother's perspective with a small company that had 6 then 5 then 4 then 3 other drivers, he's getting squeezed in all directions as well.
The only people making a killing are huge trucking companies and the shareholders in the big companies getting their stuff hauled around.
re: White House wants veterans to replace non-English speaking truckers
Posted by wm72 on 7/24/26 at 5:18 pm to bluedragon
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Lower pay was not the reason illegals were driving.
Also, if you believe for moment that drivers bring in 100,000 plus a year, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
Not sure I get your point?
On one hand, it seems like you say most truckers do a job that's extremely demanding and don't make great money doing it.
On the other, you seem to say illegals are not filling these jobs because of that issue.
I just said that truck driving may need to pay more to attract non-illegals for the exact reasons you say.
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He got caught trying to get a $100 hooker. Not sure how that translates into human trafficking but I did not write the article.
I would guess that he simply got busted during surveillance for a human trafficking and prostitution operation.
Could work but it's likely going to come down to how much more they're getting paid than the illegals.
And, like with so much in this country, the tough truth is that shareholder profits are pretty much the only place where there's extra "fluff" to make most of these jobs that used to be done by Americans viable again.
People I knew growing up that were truck drivers did it because they made such good money and many ended up getting burnt out.
And, like with so much in this country, the tough truth is that shareholder profits are pretty much the only place where there's extra "fluff" to make most of these jobs that used to be done by Americans viable again.
People I knew growing up that were truck drivers did it because they made such good money and many ended up getting burnt out.
re: World Cup 2030 USMNT
Posted by wm72 on 7/24/26 at 1:44 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
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Heck, even France has a lot of immigrant players on their team that were either born elsewhere or their parents moved there before they were born or while they were young.
A decent percentage of the best players on numerous World Cup teams grew up and trained in France.
They're academy system and scouting of the street footballing culture is remarkable.
It seems more NTs than ever are doing what we do in ramping up recruiting all the German-American kids.
Mybe just my impression but it seems that more high level talent is spreading out over more national teams?
I haven't kept up with it that closely but are many more countries just recruiting possibly eligible players harder? Or did FIFA relax some eligibility rules?
I haven't kept up with it that closely but are many more countries just recruiting possibly eligible players harder? Or did FIFA relax some eligibility rules?
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re: Soccer Freddy Departs America
Posted by wm72 on 7/24/26 at 10:11 am to Meauxjeaux
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If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”
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That’s a good quote
Really true.
It's always funny to see threads about NY or California or Europe where so many responses are either "I see on facebook/X that it's a shithole" or "I went there and really liked it".
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How is this even calculated? I watched almost every match via stream. Except the US ones I watched at a bar.
For events that garner massive turnouts in bars and outside park watching parties etc, ratings probably tend even lower since so many people watch in public.
World Cup, especially when it's held here, is really like no other in terms of public viewing in many places.
This past World Cup in NYC must have sucked for anyone not interested. Even bars and restaurants that don't have TVs installed them just for the matches, public spaces were full of viewing parties, regular businesses had TVs in their front windows or right outside with people stopping to watch on the sidewalks.
You could actually keep up with matches while walking down the street due to the sheer amount of TVs visible and cranked up in almost every business.
I've never seen anything like it in the 20 years I've lived here. Knicks series, for example, had tons of people watching in bars and you could hear reactions to plays all over the city but nowhere that level of simply double the amount of TVs being brought in.
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Free market tells you al you need to know. The private carriers get things there faster and more reliably
Fed Ex vs USPS is about the worst example of a private company working better for the populace I can think of.
USPS isn't perfect but it's a godsend for everyone from small business owners due to their pricing to older folks living on rural routes.
re: Do you trust USPS to deliver your packages?
Posted by wm72 on 7/22/26 at 9:54 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Ups and fedex have figured out ways to deliver goods at a fraction of the cost of the usps
But charging customers double the USPS price.
And, in the case of fed ex, paying their drivers so little that they often just throw boxes toward your house.
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I don't think there is that much difference in quality between 48 and 64.
I would add that in the mix of 16 extra teams you're going to have a handful that are actually stronger / ranked higher than 48.
Going to 64 really takes a lot more drama out of qualifying but there will be some extra teams that can actually put up a fight added to the group stages.
It's also going to be great for smaller countries in Europe that kind of get the short end of the stick by having to qualify against all the Euro heavyweights.
That's good for tourism in the host countries too.
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i see what you're saying. you're probabyl right to a degree. but you'd be astonished at how many people are getting high disability ratings who have never heard a shot fired in anger. some of thos obviously are legit problems from rigorous training here in the states, which is legit. but lots of them havent even done that.
Yeah, I get what you're saying. Seems the only way to get rid of the illegitimate claims is increasing spending on doctors/tests etc and even that is iffy.
Otherwise, you'll almost certainly end up denying benefits to people that actually served and legitimately need support due to it.
Just personally, I had an older relative who fell on the job at the Whiting Field naval base in the 80s and was always pretty sure he was milking the disability payments.
However, I also had an uncle who went to Vietnam and a family friend that served in the first Gulf War and both came back physically OK but legitimately messed up mentally, severe PTSD or whatever the right term.
It just seems to tough to police. Which is why it seems a bit more prudent to make it one more great reason to not keep jumping into all these middle east conflicts one after another.
re: Sankey says SEC-NCAA breakaway talks are real
Posted by wm72 on 7/22/26 at 4:02 pm to AUTiger789
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I think you have to keep all non-football sports separate. I mean you're going to have to let way more than 40 teams in the top division.
I wouldn't make any football decisions based upon a school's basketball appeal (ie Kansas, Arizona, UConn, etc)
Basketball certainly makes it complicated.
I mean it would be a disastrous mess regardless but basketball actually makes a lot of money (maybe the most for the NCAA?) and top basketball programs have the same complaints as football about NIL etc.
Actually threatening the NCAA's basketball revenue may be the best point in negotiating some sort of change that actually makes any sense long term.
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how exactly? i'm not saying i agree with the political decisions that put service members in danger, but how does that limit VA fraud and/or abuse?
Just from people I know, I would assume that a huge percentage of the disability claims -- exaggerated or rightful -- quite specifically come from service in relation to wars in Iraq, Afganistan and soon Iran.
The necessity of the sheer amount of service people put in harm's way in those conflicts that results in disability claims is pretty questionable.
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