@Horace said in The Letter: All signees are retired, of course. Retribution proof. Watching this DEI madness happen at my own company has been predictable and not surprising, but sad all the same. The masses are such dimwits. My son no longer works for the fruit company, but still maintains his network of friends. In a conversation last week, one of his friends was griping about a job he had filled recently. The company tends to promote within and senior management had told my son's friend he could fill the position with someone he chose, as long as they were female and already working for the company. This is a real niche part of the company and many skills do not translate, but he hired the best female applicant, even though there were men much better qualified. My son knew the lady that was hired into the team leader position. She's a great gal. Hardworking, personable and absolutely, utterly clueless about this niche. Classic square peg in a round hole. And business is suffering. She can and will get better. Probably will eventually do okay. But it's going to be a business mess and loss of market share during the learning curve.

Bendy straw, or rubber tube and maybe also a funnel ... and just blow. Or a handheld manual pump dirt blower, something like https://www.walmart.com/ip/485735156

@LuFins-Dad the music is what makes that tweet memorable!

It seems like extracting them would be very satisfying.

@Copper said in Grilled up some Chicago style dogs: I had the chicken BBQ at Bubba-n-Frank's, nice @Copper, marko and I love Bubba-n-Frank’s

Meh. We’ve always been better artists than the w1mminfolk.

@George-K that’s not something on her shoulder, it’s another guy in the distance. @Copper It is symmetrical, just not so visible in the picture. There are five “lanes”, the middle one has yellow lin3s on either side. [image: 1685270049043-img_0488.jpeg]

I actually have an indoor RC plane. I haven't made time to do anything with it. Went to an event at a local High School Gym one time. Had fun watching others fly.

@89th if you click on the twitter link, it does.

@Mik said in Anyone have an HP printer?: I've tried to convince her to just go to B&W laser, but for some reason she insists we need color. I put up and fought with inkjet for many years before finally seeing the light 2 years ago and setting up my new home office….went with an HP laser b/w. I never need color and the laser cartridge lasts forever (ok at least 2 years and counting). Our model is the HP LaserJet Pro M29w Wireless, it has been very reliable which is refreshing from inkjet models that always seemed to lose connectivity and or ink from evaporation. Anyway back to the thread, yeah that is shady. Then again, and hopefully my smugness doesn’t backfire, but I’d never go into a HP Plus or subscription. Just give me my printer, and I’ll buy my (laser) ink.

The good news is the Miller Lite thing went nowhere. I think the Target thing will have some legs, though. Not as deep as Bud Light, but maybe a 10% drop in sales. The stock price is hard to pin on this. The stock price had already dropped and they had just announced another drop in sales last quarter.

@Mik said in NIMBY, hypocrite edition...: Could not hear a thing. It must have been new, or well maintained. There used to be one on Nantucket that screamed like a banshee, they tore it down.

Very irresponsible not to take enough water. Disappointed in them.

Love it.

@Jolly said in Chinese Chips: Make no mistake, China is not our friend. In his interview with Gowdy, DeSantis points out that there is a huge difference between our cold-war relationship with the USSR and today's status with China. In the case of the USSR, we were not dependent on them for anything.

Yep, but who reads your stuff?

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