UMB WX

43 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Did you see what Ohio is doing?  They will be having a drawing every week for 5 weeks in which a vaccinated person will win $1 million.

An additional five people under 18 will be given free tuition, room, and board at any state college if they're vaccinated.

10 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

I just opened a cb account. Now, which ones to buy?

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ltc is on 'sale' under 300 ATM..  not the worst entry point but not worth messing my 188 avg up for ATM.  I'd watch  ltc though.  250 and under is attractive.  we wait.

dudes vile

30 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

20+ years ago, I watched people make money off of stupid dot com boom bullshit. Shitty coders fresh from school were being offered Corvettes as a sign-on bonus.

That didn't cause me to want to just sit on my ass and give up, it motivated me to work harder and become like those guys.

I guess that is one of the differences between me and most young people...

Kinda sad that seeing fake shit on social media makes someone give up on working hard. A tiny fraction of people have always made money doing dumb shit that seems worthless.

edibles, bro.

13 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

So should Bezos be allowed to use loopholes or not? 

I am glad folks are getting to see why you don't post. LOL

LoL, never change, Phin.

They’ve all had a free ride since Reagan. Time for Maga changes

5 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I started out washing dishes. Did that for a long while. Hard work and taking risks still pays off. Maybe more should try that instead of being satisfied with collecting unemployment or being paid min wage with zero skills in their mid-20s.

 a lot of us did..  a lot of us still do for slave wages.  

Just now, PhineasC said:

There it is!

That phrase cracks me up. Yeah, let's force the entire business under so 25 people lose their jobs instead.

Or just pay them all 35/hr like they do in VT tourist country and charge the tourists 30 bucks for a pepperoni pizza.

Why do you let the Phrase crack you up.  

5 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I don't think Jeff Bezos dodging taxes when he owns one of the most liberal newspapers in the country and one of the most liberal grocery store chains in the country is really a "MAGA problem."

So only republicans are allowed to use the loop holes without scrutiny.  Build a wall though.... keep our slaves in. USA 

39 minutes ago, bwt3650 said:

We keep using the term "free" as in free college, free housing, free broadband etc.  I think I remember learning somewhere, nothing in life is free.  The college isn't giving you free tuition; someone is paying for it.  Do you need a basic K-12 education to be productive and function in life; most do.  But you don't need college to be productive, even very successful.  College is not some sort of right for everyone.  I'd be favor more pre-school over college.

In regards to min wage,  why can't this just be left up to the states, period.  Cost of living varies tremendously throughout the country.  Big difference in $15 an hour in Mississippi vs. New Jersey.

That's fair.. Its been a long time coming for states to step up or get left behind.   The horror to ensue a $15 minimum wage hike sure makes a lot of people clutch their pearls for a plethora of concerns . But lets be real.. If a business can’t survive without paying their employees slave wages then they shouldn’t be in business. 

LOL at ripping Mississippi and New Jersey off. smh

1 minute ago, PhineasC said:

Again, sounds great, but the large corps dodge taxes and just pass the cost down to consumers and small suppliers. The smaller businesses that can’t write-off a billion dollars take this on the chin. 

How do we fix that Maga problem?

26 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

@UMB WX will hit my post with a weenie emoji, but a lot of this lurched the wrong way when Biden came into office. He pushed the CDC and other Federal agencies so far in the other direction of mandating masks at all times in all places that it will take a long while to dig back out due to gov't inertia. It had zero to do with the science; it was all posturing and "keeping campaign promises." He also pressured states to do the same things.

Like I have said, I work on a Federal installation. Before Inauguration Day, with no vaccine, you could be outside socially-distanced without a mask or be in your office with no mask.

Once Biden came into office, the rules were suddenly tightened and now you need a mask at all times everywhere even if no one is within 100 feet of you. Signs went up all over post overnight and guards are enforcing the rules. Food trucks that had been operating for months were also run out of the area.

That isn't "following the science" at all.

On the flip side there appears to be a population of all aged student personalities  excelling with virtual learning. I have to believe I would have benefited from online learning  for many reasons when I was in school during the 80's/early 90's.  The social part of school can be very damaging.  It just goes to show that education needs to expand its instructional methods so that all students can benefit from the learning style that best suits them.

2 hours ago, Hoosier said:

You could say they are both in the interest of public health, but I do look at the passport issue differently than masks.  

You try to meet a republican base  half way and you get no where but chaos.  Just keep bowing down to them numbskulls huh.  Not.  when will this nightmare end though?  What a Greedy bunch we live amongst.. History won't be kind on our yrs to date.

2 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

If it saves some lives why not?

He thinks he's one of the 1%.  FFS does it take some folks 10+ yrs to figure him out.  This is where we are. Scary.

1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Yup... the lasting effects also aren’t over. Eventually the government aid and beefed up unemployment and stimulus checks are going to end.

A lot of people will still be unemployed or under employed from what they were used too.

Greed catches up. Here we are.  Lets open it all up like nothing happened.   We're so Trash pointing fingers..  One half feeds off this to eat their face.

14 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Braves fire back at MLB after All-Star Game stripped away

https://trib.al/KPWMZnS

Braves  are pissed at MLB decision 

expected statement from a team who moved the franchise from Atlanta to Cobb County. An embarrassment, Hank Aaron played for them at all.

9 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said:

I wish we dedicated the money and time we did to Covid-19 for cancer. Cancer has killed many in my family and my mom has stage 4. Could we have been able to find a cure? 

The Lab wanted nothing to do with walking through the snowpack's softened  consistency this early afternoon compared to this AM's powder below.  He says bring on Chicago's Storms 60's and 70's next week and nuke this sheet.

2 hours ago, madwx said:

up to 41 already at 10 am.  The point forecast high was just bumped from 40 to 44 here.

It's not like the upper 60's and lows 70's of 2-22-2017 and as much as any snow junkie hates those first annual Feb spring teases it was  just an amazing early 8AM with the light wind and blue bird sky. And after yesterday being total trash with the high winds,  todays warmest temps of 2021  were much appreciated by the 4 legged members of the family.   The dogs were full of smiles finally being able to plow around in the snow without freezing their dinks and paws off.   Big big vitamin D haul this afternoon and the dogs will appreciate another romping in the shrinking deep snow to see what new smells are revealed. 

Snow mounds. What a sickness. Been shoveling and mounding snow strategically since a little kid to put up the fight back against warm cutters. 3 yrs ago I also finally succumbed to a snow blower for the biggies, but will go to my grave preferring to pick the up the shovel over pulling the chord on the Ariens.  

I never could have envisioned the turn around most of us would experience after the nearly snowless fall season through after Christmas. Continuous snow pack from just before the New Yr. to through possibly all of Feb seems almost unprecedented in our southern great lakes climate.  This winter has to rank among the best ever for me as I'm all about as many continuous  snow pack days as one can pull off over the the chase of a big dog.   Sad to see winter break and I'm already counting down the days and looking forward to when we all gather again to kick off a new winter season.

The sad and inevitable end to the winter appeal commenced quickly after the neat little snow event last night.  Could have let the Feb sun do its work in no time on the snow but that would be a sin. So we top off the banks, kill the gas in snow blower and send off deep winter how a snow weenie is supposed to.

Do we close the curtains, is this the end of the winter highway for 20/21?  I like to think we timed this winter break right, leaving just enough time to legit have a few more chances  at reading exciting winter AFD'S out of the LOT office.  If not.. so be it and maybe the severe wx weenies can finally transition to an early start to severe tracking.

14 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

just crazy.  I remember DTX issued advisory for November 11, 2019 and upgraded after at least 6" had already fallen lol

Detroit Dusters stigma at the offices.   crappy winter climo is crappy winter climo for winter storm warnings in far Se , Mi. Is what is is.. Hard to polish.. Lets be real.  There is like one single track that crushes se , mi for over 8"<(slight sarcasm but not far off) and its almost as rare as  a Columbus Ohio  snow dump.. Ohio valley up in to se mi gets left over turds 90% of the time with a little Lake Mi dust and clipper snow diamonds thrown in.    Its a battle for every inch of snow we get in the MW/Lower lakes/No snow ohio valley (and good luck building up any sustained snow pack) outside of living up with tree's and nothing in the UP  of MI.

Dab?   zzz? when you're hot your hot?

10 hours ago, Chambana said:

I am kinda glad. I bought a new Traeger pellet smoker/grill and I’m dying to use it. While this stretch was fun, and entertaining, wouldn’t mind some warmth. 

How did you settle for a, Traeger?    The Pellet Pooper market is so far beyond, Traeger.. O well I'm sure it will suit you fine and add some warmth when it starts on fire..  Kidding..  not kidding.   

6 hours ago, Sciascia said:

A few days late & a dollar short, but after leaving my phone in an Uber on Monday evening (got it back today), I couldn’t post a handful more pictures that my family sent me from Monday & Tuesday.

Best climo.. sorry.. detroit dusters and ohio

forecasted high in Madison has been  for around 17-19 for days. Lol at overperforming for hitting the projected high at 3pm.  Spring fever  hallucinations is real on the forums every Feb.