The Syndicate

timmer, so sorry to hear about your upheaval even though it sounds like you have decided it is the best for everyone to move on. My brother is one of those people who is divorced but he and his ex and their child still do many things together as co-parents including coming to our family Christmas at my parents. It is amazing to me how well it all works. I wish you the best.

And I finally gave up on Microsoft Edge and in fact Microsoft in general (too many troubles with damn updates to Windows 10 and my computer randomly shutting down) and bought a Mac. I am in love and highly recommend it.

G-Man wrote:Here is an article that I found interesting. It deals with both taxes and personal financial responsibility. The former is at the forefront of my mind lately because I'm prepping tax documents. The latter is always on my mind because I don't shy away from preaching the gospel of saving. Apparently, tax season is when many people face costly emergencies. Coincidence?

I say coincidence. I don't thing there is any correlation unless people are having heart attacks while filling out their taxes!

Long Con wrote:"HOOK"

What is this again?

It started out as a joke from the Friday chatzy but it has become something unknown to me.

Ricochet wrote:"BOOK"

hahaha your cross to bear Rico

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'm contemplating a change in my sock. Should I do it? I've had this one on for a while now.

Do what feels good to you in this instance MP. So many things we have to do for others, do or don't do this as you wish.

I enjoy all the hoopla about the commercials for exactly the reason epi pointed out: they are for entertainment value. I enjoy trying to decide which were the best and which were the worst and comparing my opinions with the advertising gurus. It all seems like harmless fun surrounding the game.

Several of the commercials are released at least to the media before the game every year. This year there is a Budweiser commercial about immigration that I've seen in several places even though it hasn't been aired as a commercial yet.

llama, I see you are back from your adventure on NPR - tell us all about it -

Good job llama. I'm also interested in what they saw that was a different angle. And I'm also interested in whether you will be able to post a link to the show. I don't think my NPR station airs that show at 11:00 am though I will double check.

Also interesting to me is that the director of the that movie did Saving Mr. Banks and if I'm remembering the movie thread correctly you also liked that movie. I liked it as well so would probably like this one.

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:Congrats Quin on your new job!

llama, how did you get selected to interview the director of The Founder on NPR tomorrow?

I wrote a review of the movie and someone at NPR saw it and found my take interesting. I'm as surprised as you are.

Can you link us to your review? And did I in some way indicate I was surprised?

Congrats Quin on your new job!

llama, how did you get selected to interview the director of The Founder on NPR tomorrow?

Long Con wrote:I am going crazy I need a Mafia game to start.

Agreed.

This is a very sllllooooooowwwwwwww day.

Somebody post something entertaining.

thellama73 wrote:

juliets wrote:Are you located close to the protests llama?

Pretty close, I think. I can't see them from the building I'm in. We're on the second floor of a pretty secure building, so I am not in danger. We'll see how my walk home is though.

Oh yeah not good. How ironic would it be if you are stuck at work?

Are you located close to the protests llama?

Interesting, I get the message the media cannot be played. Must use flash. Or something is wrong.

Any updates you can report llama? I can report the First Lady elect is wearing Ralph Lauren.

Melania has on a pretty coat dress. Or maybe it's a suit.

llama, can you post about how you are enjoying your day at work? And can you come to the chatzy this afternoon? God knows you probably can't get any work done.

Have fun!

G-Man here is a NYT article talking about the very subject of your posts that you might be interested in reading. Confirms what you say about the reduced payment option.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/busi ... v=top-news

G-Man what is the alternative to government backed loans (besides expanding grants) that you are hoping to see in the student loan industry? If it's private student loans, won't the same practices in collection be a problem?

Quin wrote:

juliets wrote:

Quin wrote:Got another job interview today. Fingers crossed that they're being honest about the job role this time.

Thats great quin! Good luck and be sure to tell us how it goes.

It went really well this time!! I feel like I got on really well with the owner and she said she'd give me a call so I'm feeling pretty good about my chances. The job is working with the owner to do social media marketing for her business. The only problem is the hours are irregular and on a 'I need you' basis so I'll never really know when or how often I'll be working. That said, if they offer it to me I'll definitely take it (although we didn't discuss wages, I don't think the conversation ever made it's way there) unless there's a huge issue that comes up.

Thats great quin! It's not unusual for wages to not come up in the first conversation. I hope you get it and it's enough work for you.

Quin wrote:Got another job interview today. Fingers crossed that they're being honest about the job role this time.

Thats great quin! Good luck and be sure to tell us how it goes.

Yikes! Car alarms!

And Happy New Year everyone!

Ricochet wrote:

juliets wrote:I'm sleepy.

Did you get to New Years?

No - but when I went to bed the firecrackers and fireworks kept me up.

I'm sleepy.

I will no longer be able to use my beloved chatzilla to get on irc. Does anyone have any experience with colloquy? Is that the right program for me to use on a Mac?

llama and dom, i just put in my order for my new mac book air! yay christmas!

Vompatti wrote:If I was forced to get a relatively recent laptop I'd get a Thinkpad X200.

Interesting - I have a lenovo now actually but its not a thinkpad.

Epignosis wrote:I'm partial to HPs myself.

Ah yes, there is a new HP that got a good review from The Verge. I may take a look at it, though I'm leaning Mac. I'm just so tired of dealing with these damn windows 10 updates that don't take and are glitchy.

Oh thanks llama that is very helpful. Maybe i will bite the bullet.

So my laptop keeps shutting down randomly after 10 - 30 minutes. My husband says I might as well just get a new one rather than pay someone to fix it. Any suggestions on what I should get? Should I finally bite the bullet and get an Apple? Can i run microsoft office on a Mac? Or should i just stick with a PC?

Dom wrote:Can I just say every LC/BR game?

qft ^

A Person wrote:

thellama73 wrote:It just occurred to me that maybe the 200 zillion antidepressant ads I have to constantly watch on Youtube are because pharmaceutical companies think only depressed people watch Youtube.

Actually there have been studies that correlate certain internet habits to depression.

I haven't seen an ad on the internet in a long time.

What do you use to block the ads?

thellama73 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:After years of trying, I've finally been able to enjoy the taste of whiskey, the past couple weeks.

I dabbled with scotch for years, always kind of liking it but never loving it. Then I discovered bourbon and now I am a full-on whiskey drinker. It's great.

And G-Man, of course you're supposed to sip whiskey. It tastes too good and is too expensive to shoot.

I also dabbled with scotch for years but just because thats what my dad drank. I ultimately gave it up for the wonderful world of wine. Bourbon? Maybe in my eggnog but otherwise I have no taste for it at all.

Oh ok, that explains it. I have years of accumulated "stuff" like extra dishes, kitchen gadgets i don't use daily, etc. We unpacked for a week last time we moved.

Glad you updated us Eloh and that's great about the closing date! Earlier than you expected! I hope that means you can take your time and move over like a week instead of everything at once on one day.

Yeah I didn't get the thing about older people being creepy either. Maybe an older person who lives in the creepiest house in the neighborhood but not just an old person in general.

I agree with Epignosis llama - tell your story.

Glad to hear you're ok Golden. I've been keeping up with it via radionz online - there are some pictures on there as well. Thanks for letting us know.

Congrats Elo and Epi you deserve all this good luck! Your new house is beautiful and looks like a great place to settle your family. Time to celebrate!

Thats great!! I guess my guess that their counter would be at 123K was close! When is the proposed closing date?

Keep us posted as to whether your offer is accepted! The house is really a find, I've got my fingers crossed for you.

Epi come to the chatzy and tell us about it.

Golden wrote:A boy arrived for us on the 7th, not long before midnight. His name is hamish. He was big but not quite as big as they expected. No sleep for me.

For those who know Sophie, she was due the same time as us but hers came earlier, a couple of weeks ago. She had a boy called Julian.

Thats great Golden congratulations! And sophie you as well!

Thanks indiglo. I agree that is heart breaking, not that I went there much any more either but one of my fantasy football games was at that site. Plus SVS and bea (I think bea) have a Stoners II game coming up and I wanted to re-fresh my memory on Stoners I which they ran there. Oh well. I feel bad for Grimmy.

Does anyone know what happened to Hedville?

Epignosis wrote:

juliets wrote:I missed that last post by Vomps. There isn't anything worth stealing on my computer. I only use it for email, the internet, Word, Explorer, and Firefox stuff like chatzilla.

'Cept what the govuhment puts on there to frame you.

lol, I doubt they want to frame me

I missed that last post by Vomps. There isn't anything worth stealing on my computer. I only use it for email, the internet, Word, Explorer, and Firefox stuff like chatzilla.