Ramblin Wreck
| Favorite team: | Georgia Tech  |
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| Number of Posts: | 4222 |
| Registered on: | 8/20/2011 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Any of y’all buy tickets to the games in Hoover?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/16/26 at 7:04 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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re: Any of y’all buy tickets to the games in Hoover?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/15/26 at 8:08 pm to WG_Dawg
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Why would you do that? Not being facetious at all, I'm picturing if I lived in ACC country I can't imagine going to their tourney that my team had no involvement in. As an aside, wanna sell me your first round tix for Saturday?
I enjoy going to any type of sporting event and this is super easy for me since I now live here. I wish the tournament had been this week because the weather has been spectacular, lows in the 50’s and highs in the low 70’s. It will be a little warmer next week and some rain at times. I’ll hang on to my Georgia ticket for now since you guys have one of the top teams in the tournament. Besides the Georgia fans I sat with at the GT - Georgia game were pretty fun after I got over the barking.
Any of y’all buy tickets to the games in Hoover?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/15/26 at 6:47 pm
I just moved to Birmingham this year so bought the ticket package for the entire tournament. They were about $100 for tickets to every game. An incredible deal.
re: Activist Voters Planning Dissent at ExxonMobil and Chevron Meetings
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/15/26 at 1:34 pm to russinbr
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The poor lady was somewhat flabbergasted when I explained that I sold my last share of that shite stock as soon as I retired.
That shite stock, as you refer to it, has gone up 44% in value in the last year. What is your criteria for a good stock performance? LOL
Anybody have insight on why so many unsolicited calls to buy houses or land?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/15/26 at 1:08 pm
I get calls from people with foreign accents very often asking if I want to sell my house, my parent’s house, etc. I have some land listed on Zillow now and also keep getting calls from people with broken English wanting to make offers site unseen. I’m sure on houses they want to low ball an offer. For my land they are offering 95% of asking price without ever seeing it. I don’t want to sell my land to foreign governments or companies. It feels unpatriotic so I have been rejecting their interest. Does anyone know what the driver of all these inquires are?
re: Activist Voters Planning Dissent at ExxonMobil and Chevron Meetings
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/14/26 at 8:50 pm to rocksteady
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I am confused?
I own stock and don’t vote but my shares are set up to automatically place votes for whatever the board recommends. I assume that the board has the company’s best interest in mind. These people want the ability to automatically have votes just the opposite no matter what the resolution is. Kind of like people being against whatever a particular political party brings to a vote even if it solves every problem in the world.
Activist Voters Planning Dissent at ExxonMobil and Chevron Meetings
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/14/26 at 7:59 pm
I was reading an article for the details and found this little gem interesting -
So basically activists want the right to buy massive amounts of stock so they can automatically vote against anything the board recommends to cripple the company. This is what the world has come to.
Reuters
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ISS also advised approving a proposal ?that Exxon add more options to its retail voting program, including an ?option for retail investors to automatically vote against the board's recommendations.
So basically activists want the right to buy massive amounts of stock so they can automatically vote against anything the board recommends to cripple the company. This is what the world has come to.
Reuters
How smart is your dog?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/11/26 at 11:25 am
We have what is probably a Great Pyrenees / German Shepherd mix we picked up from the Humane Society. She was about a couple of years old when we got her. She has managed to teach herself to push down on our front door latch when she wants back in the house. I guess I should teach her to close the front door when she comes back inside.
re: Is cruise industry about to collapse?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/11/26 at 10:39 am to CAD703X
I haven’t gone on a cruise in about 15 years but will be doing a Mediterranean one in September. Years ago I did a couple of Caribbean cruises, a Panama Canal, and an Alaskan cruise. The secret is not to go on cheap ones. I could care less about how big the water slide is, the amount of buffet food or other stuff the ships market themselves for. I always picked the cruises for the ports. It is a nice way to preview areas you have never been to decide if you want to go back. I have never been to Europe so decided to get a preview of Barcelona, Nice, Florence, Rome, Athens, Ephesus, etc for a decent price. At the end of the cruise I’ll spend $60 to fly from Athens back to Rome for a few days. The $1000 airfare over there and back keeps the Walmart crowd away.
re: Post Interesting Facts About Famous People
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/9/26 at 8:17 pm to MBclass83
In the early 2000s, Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth became a state-licensed EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) in New York City, working over 200 ambulance calls, particularly in the Bronx. Seeking a challenge outside the "rock star bubble," he trained extensively and worked roughly 4.5 summers to gain humbling, real-world experiences. He reported that he was rarely recognized while on duty in the Bronx
re: Check in if your baseball team has won 40 games
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/9/26 at 9:48 am to n64ra
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Who wouldn't have 40 wins with a gauntlet schedule recently of Wake Forest, Kennesaw State, and Xavier, who you someway lost a game to?
Okay, check in if you have won 40 games and beat the first place SEC team utilizing the 10 run mercy rule.
Check in if your baseball team has won 40 games
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/9/26 at 6:55 am
40-8 through Friday!
Federal Court Rejects Alabama’s Emergency Request For A Stay In Redistricting Case
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/8/26 at 10:42 pm
WBRC
Friday, a federal court in Alabama denied Secretary of State Wes Allen’s emergency request for a stay in a congressional redistricting case, saying they lack the authority to intervene while the case is appealed to the nation’s highest court.
Allen had argued that the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, changed the legal standards governing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Adding that the Callais ruling justified revisiting Alabama’s long-running redistricting litigation.
The judges rejection of Alabama’s emergency request comes as a contentious Special Session wrapped up in Montgomery Friday, where lawmakers passed two bills, creating a special primary election.
That special election would only take place if the U.S. supreme court lifts an injunction that requires Alabama to use a court-drawn map through 2030.
Attorney general Steve Marshal has made an emergency request for the nation’s highest court to reconsider the case.
U.W. Clemon, a lawyer in one of the civil rights cases that gave Alabama its current congressional map, says he believes the court will reject Alabama again.
Friday, a federal court in Alabama denied Secretary of State Wes Allen’s emergency request for a stay in a congressional redistricting case, saying they lack the authority to intervene while the case is appealed to the nation’s highest court.
Allen had argued that the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, changed the legal standards governing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Adding that the Callais ruling justified revisiting Alabama’s long-running redistricting litigation.
The judges rejection of Alabama’s emergency request comes as a contentious Special Session wrapped up in Montgomery Friday, where lawmakers passed two bills, creating a special primary election.
That special election would only take place if the U.S. supreme court lifts an injunction that requires Alabama to use a court-drawn map through 2030.
Attorney general Steve Marshal has made an emergency request for the nation’s highest court to reconsider the case.
U.W. Clemon, a lawyer in one of the civil rights cases that gave Alabama its current congressional map, says he believes the court will reject Alabama again.
re: Retired folks - Making the adjustment to freedom
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/8/26 at 5:25 pm to TigerBR1111
I retired in April. I had prepared a resume before I retired, fearing I would be bored within a week. It hasn’t happened yet. I drive across town and mow my Mom’s yard and have coffee with her once a week, we keep our new grandson one night a week so the new parents can get a full night sleep, I organized my garage, built shelves for the attic, go to local college sporting events, go to lots of local festivals, and post lots of things on Tiger Droppings that sounded funnier in my head.
re: Bill in Congress Seeks Moratorium on US Oil Exports
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/8/26 at 5:11 pm to ragincajun03
It is not like oil is harvested and goes to waste if the prices aren’t lowered to a discount. Producers just shut wells down and wait for the price to go back up.
re: What is the funniest text ever sent to you that was meant for someone else?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/7/26 at 2:23 pm to Perfect Circle
This doesn’t really count, but I got a spam text from a company stating “we are in your neighborhood pressure washing houses, would you like for us to pressure wash your house?” I refrained but started to text back “Yes, my house is at 900 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge”. I still might use that one the next time I get one of those texts.
re: Gamestop is preparing a massive bid for Ebay // Update: $125 share per WSJ
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/7/26 at 9:05 am to bayoubengals88
Because Brawndo has electrolytes.
re: Post Interesting Facts About Famous People
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/6/26 at 9:32 pm to Ramblin Wreck
1980’s pop singer Thomas Dolby (She Blinded Me With Science) founded the software company that developed ringtones.
“We'd made a software-based audio engine that could be downloaded very quickly and used files like MIDI files, but which had good fidelity because they could include actual samples of recordings.
Beatnik's strategy was effective because of how it worked—it was a software solution to a problem that other cell phone makers were trying to solve with hardware chips that cost a lot of money. Nokia, which used monophonic sounds previously, was looking to add more layers of depth to the tones coming out.
Dolby's solution was so effective that every major cell phone company of the pre-smartphone era licensed the software after Nokia had success with it.”
“We'd made a software-based audio engine that could be downloaded very quickly and used files like MIDI files, but which had good fidelity because they could include actual samples of recordings.
Beatnik's strategy was effective because of how it worked—it was a software solution to a problem that other cell phone makers were trying to solve with hardware chips that cost a lot of money. Nokia, which used monophonic sounds previously, was looking to add more layers of depth to the tones coming out.
Dolby's solution was so effective that every major cell phone company of the pre-smartphone era licensed the software after Nokia had success with it.”
Post Interesting Facts About Famous People
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/6/26 at 9:01 pm
Sorrell Booke who played Boss Hogg on the Dukes of Hazard enrolled in Columbia University at the age of 16. Booke was a polyglot, fluent in English, French, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, and Italian. He said that he also “fussed" with a half-dozen other languages such as Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Persian, Polish, and Swedish
How often do you buy chips / snacks?
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/5/26 at 4:32 pm
I don’t go out of my way to purposely eat healthy, but am not big on keeping snacks. When I was in my 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s I would occasionally throw a bag of Doritos or a package of Little Debbie Nutty Bars in the shopping cart, but about the only thing I buy now is Tostito chips every two months or so for queso when we do Tex Mex for a family get together. I’m not sure why I quit buying that stuff, it doesn’t taste bad, I just don’t crave it like I did when I was younger. I don’t think it is because of my age, my dad is in his 80’s and is a junk food junkie.
How much of a junk food person are you and what kind do you throw in the shopping cart every week?
How much of a junk food person are you and what kind do you throw in the shopping cart every week?
re: ADP Rankings for Best Place For Recent College Graduate to Work - #1 Birmingham
Posted by Ramblin Wreck on 5/4/26 at 9:44 pm to Eurocat
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Anyone can afford a place in NYC as long as you agree to it being not right in the center of "the action" like the cool parts of Manhattan or Brooklyn
The metro area cited includes parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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