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I watched the beginning of the Rockefeller Center tree lighting last night, and I quickly realized it was like the epitome of why we suck. They make -- (edited) - pmb Dec 2, 08:26 22
- Look at it like a giant floral display, we always honor loved ones, and dead ones with bundles of beautiful flowers to watch wither n rot -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 10:48
- Do they harvest the wood from the tree for lumber? In that case, it saves another tree from being cut for wood anyway -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 2, 08:54 1
  - They apparently do. Goes to Habitat for Humanity. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 09:26
- As far as the home tree? Fake trees eventually end up as pollution in some dump. For the last 15 years I have a potted tree - Bacon Dec 2, 08:50 1
  - nice! -- nm - Andie Dec 2, 08:53
- I find myself not too worked up about it. Urban trees like where they take these from can be replaced quickly. - Reagen Dec 2, 08:46
- ~I guess that love, is like a Christmas card. You decorate a tree, you throw it in the yard. It decays and dies, and the snowmen melt.~ - Spawn Dec 2, 08:45 1
  - nice -- nm - mud Dec 2, 08:47
- What about the Halloween massacres? -- (link) - VMan Dec 2, 08:41
- Or why don't they just transplant a tree there? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:38 1
  - plant a small tree and install a huge magnifying glass. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:39
- this the kind of thing that will change and needs to change. it's probably low priority. but i'll join your grass roots movement :) - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:38 1
  - I have been anti-live Christmas tree most of my life. - Spawn Dec 2, 08:46
- I think there's too much to this - especially if they're taking donations for new plantings, it offsets in the long run - but this tree definitely.... -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 08:34
- “…you cut down a tree, and dress its corpse with candles. I *love* it!” -- nm - Olaf Dec 2, 08:34
- I had to reroute home from midtown last night to avoid the logical bus route because it passed Rock Center. - ty97 Dec 2, 08:28 4
  - At least better in that you only need it once and don't need to keep replacing it. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 08:29 3
    - Growing trees are a carbon sink and you can easily reuse a real tree. It's pretty complicated -- (link) - spamlet Dec 2, 08:36 1
      - As I said, I'm less concerned about home use because of the farming aspect. In Chicago they (at least used to, I'm not sure about now), use ordinary - pmb Dec 2, 08:47
    - They don't last forever and each year it gets harder to make it look as nice as the first year. I have no issue with using a real tree. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 2, 08:35
- Also, I barely avoided LDB while watching the show. Had to dive to get the remote before they started playing it. Just made it. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 08:28
- right on -- nm - prayformojo Dec 2, 08:28
STIS: What fund can I start for each of my nephews and niece so they can have some cash when they turn 18? - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:23 18
- How old are they now? Sounds old fashioned but savings bonds are guaranteed. And the IBonds have a pretty good return right now. Others on here - zunk xometimes Dec 2, 08:29 8
  - 3 months, 2 years, 4 years, 7 years, 8 years, 8 years... so we got some time. - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:32
  - 10 Baron Points for pimping I Bonds. 7.12% annual rate guaranteed for 6 months after purchase. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 08:31 6
    - I Bonds sound cool. i may have to do this for all of them... need more research. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:33
    - But how long do you have to hold them for? -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 08:33 4
      - at least 1 year, you lose 3 month interest if you cash before 2 years, can hold up to 30 years. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:34 3
        
        5 years to cash without penalty. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 08:35 2
        
        So you have to hold for five years and only your first six months rate is set...... -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 08:37 1
        
        Interest rate changes every six months based on inflation, yes. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 08:39
- If they are expected to go to college, I would suggest a 529 account. Your state probably offers one, which may include a state tax deduction. - znufrii Dec 2, 08:27 5
  - i should ask if they already have one.. likely no... -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:28 4
    - Let me know if you decide to set them up or have any questions about specific options. - znufrii Dec 2, 08:32 3
      - this is a tough one because i feel like it's my brother's responsibility. i just want them to have fun money to spend... -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:34 2
        
        Then an UTMA or savings bond is probably the way to go if you’re more interested in them just having cash money. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 08:36 1
        
        the I bonds sound promising. may do that. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:38
- Just put it in an index fund (like an S&P 500 fund or Total Stock Market Index fund). -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 08:25
- just pick an index fund and put some money in there. Also, based on what we know of your brother, they may need that booze now :) -- nm - decline Dec 2, 08:25 1
  - i have a separate cash investment account. i guess i could just make contributions into there on birthdays, christmas, etc. - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:26
taking my first motorcycle trip today. about 20 miles of white knuckle in-town traffic, then 90 miles of nice country roads. - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:17
hey! oy! happy hanukkah! -- (link*) - mud Dec 2, 08:05 [youtube]
Lyc, elf update. After getting up early this morning to find Snowflake, A was disappointed that S didn’t bring her anything like her bestie gets from their elf. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 2, 07:58 8
- 10pm?!!? Gross. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 08:42
- oh Elf is a great "make kid mind" hammer from now till December 24th. "you don't want *Elf's name* telling Santa you didn't listen do you?" -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 08:16 2
  - I can only wonder what the leader of the “respectful parenting” group we are in on fb would think of this. Lol. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 08:22
  - he can hear you arguing with us you know. now eat your veggies -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 08:17
- Also she decided someone need to keep an eye on snowflake while she was at school -- (pic) - znufrii Dec 2, 08:02 [Attachment] 3
  - omg I love this -- nm - Jovian Dec 2, 08:41
  - you should put a piece of candy or something on one of them - decline Dec 2, 08:23 1
    - rip the arms and legs off another one too "that one was naughty" -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 08:37
Well, I take back what I said earlier in the week. I just got my email from AMC that I have a Spiderman NFT now. Um, yeah? -- (edited) - oblique Dec 2, 07:46
Kenny G: one of the best celebrity golfers alive -- (link) - Beaker Dec 2, 07:42 1
- I remember the Celebrity Golf tourney used to be him, Rick Rhoden and Jack Wagner (soap star) as the leaders almost every year. -- nm* - Will Hunting Dec 2, 07:49
Ebay Sale: Sold something, 15% went to them off the top before Shipping Costs -- nm - budice Dec 2, 07:29 2
- And then PayPal fees -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 10:50
- bastards -- nm - decline Dec 2, 07:36
Interesting turn. Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect may be charged. Additionally, the parents were called to the school Tuesday - oblique Dec 2, 07:13 1
- The analyst quoted in the article notes that charging the parents is a high hurdle to clear. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 07:20
New Brunswick to raise 'downright embarrassing' minimum wage $2 next year — to $13.75 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 2, 07:10 1
- Now just embarrassing, no longer downright! -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 07:13
So just off hand who are some of the big name FA that didn't sign before the lockout - eag Dec 2, 07:05 2
- Correa, Freeman, Bryant, Story, Castellanosare on MLbTradeRumors top 10 lost. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 07:14
- Freeman, Rondon, Jansen, Bryant, Schwarber, Castellanos and Cruz would be the best of the free agents you didn't name. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 07:12
Tesla announces all-electric $1900 Cyberquad for kids -- (link) - oblique Dec 2, 07:05 3
- Just in time for Christmas! -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 07:45
- Something about a Cyberwhistle recently. Sold out -- nm - budice Dec 2, 07:13 1
  - It sold out in under 30 minutes. Was $50 and took a jab at the Apple Cloth -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 07:33
Kitty! Still unsure about a name, but I have one I'm leaning towards for now. -- (pic) - Dano Dec 2, 07:00 [Attachment] 16
- Rorschach. Is that a heart, a bat, or a butterfly on its side? -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 07:47
- Develin Osphyalgia Supposer does just roll off the tongue, I supposer. -- nm* - Qale Dec 2, 07:32
- ahhhhhh -- nm - Andie Dec 2, 07:31
- Beautiful! -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 2, 07:16
- OMG, as if he weren't enough of a cutie patootie, there's a heart pattern in his fur. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 07:16 7
  - I'm considering Cupid or Valentino as names -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 07:26 3
    - Cory. Short for Corazon. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 07:30 2
      - If I go with Valentino I will call him Tino -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 07:35 1
        
        Rudolph Valentino! (with a nod to the reindeer as well) -- nm* - Andie Dec 2, 07:43
  - I see two people kissing -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 07:16 2
    - I see two sleeping hedgehogs -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 07:25 1
      - I see 2 mice in his tummy -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 2, 07:55
- cute. -- nm - decline Dec 2, 07:06
- Awww! What a cutie! -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 07:04
- Kyndryl! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 2, 07:02 1
  - Do not take Kyndryl if you are allergic to Kyndryl. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 07:59
Sounds like there is agreement on a CR so any government shutdown will be brief. - spamlet Dec 2, 06:57
Can anyone recommend a channel on Spotify for new music that does not make my brain explode?...... - Walt_Disney Dec 2, 06:54 4
- Have you heard of The Twenty? It's my curated playlist that evolves about every two weeks. Been running over two years now with 13 whole followers! -- (link) - Qale Dec 2, 07:54 [spotify]
- I love Discover Weekly but that one is pretty dependent on just you using the account -- nm - JD Dec 2, 07:36
- I would of suggested a local radio station but they all went Christmas! :) (100.5 out of saint John is the wife's favorite for new Top 40) -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 07:30
- BBC 6Music or Radio 2 (for more mainstream stuff). - LMS Dec 2, 07:13
TSA confirms the mask mandate will be extended through March 18, 2022. It was set to expire in mid-January. -- nm - budice Dec 2, 06:45
Boston Red Sox send Hunter Renfroe to Milwaukee Brewers for Jackie Bradley Jr., two prospects -- (link) - Beaker Dec 2, 06:42 2
- Stroman's deal with the Cubs is 3 years $71M -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 06:43 1
  - Angels thought they had a shot at him. Guess not. -- nm - budice Dec 2, 06:53
MLB Lockout. With the lockout, Players on the mend are responsible for their own health care. Can't work with Team/MLB. -- (link) - budice Dec 2, 06:40 1
- Not dissimilar to what happened in 2020 with COVID. There's a thought a lot of soft tissue injuries were from players being on their own with their - spamlet Dec 2, 06:43
What if an MLB employee was on the same cruise as a player and the player fell overboard. Meanwhile, they crossed the international date line on Dec 1 - Reagen Dec 2, 06:38 6
- *throws the player a door and Kate Winslet* -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 06:48 2
  - "Don't let go Will" -- nm - MLB player Dec 2, 06:51 1
    - *lets go* - Will Hunting Dec 2, 06:55
- They have to become your butler. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 06:43
- Depends. Are they a minor leaguer or not? - spamlet Dec 2, 06:42
- "if he dies he dies" -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 06:40
As someone with a HS senior, from what I can tell the rack rate is paid by very few students. - spamlet Dec 2, 06:30 18
- big firms like EAB help with this kind of work. i have a friend that works there... -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 2, 08:16
- Very true. That $233k Butler "sticker price" is going to be $75k for us after scholarships -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 07:04 7
  - Still.....$75K !!!!!!!!!! -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 07:07 6
    - *increases his 529 contributions* -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 07:47
    - right? that will be ~8 years for our kids here essentially - Beaker Dec 2, 07:11 3
      - That will make a huge difference. Of that $75k, half is room and board -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 07:12 2
        
        So, they’re paying 37k for 37 months of sharing a 12x16 dorm room. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 07:15 1
        
        and food -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 07:19
    - Related: I found this podcast very enlightening around the conversation of debt and specifically student debt -- (link) - oblique Dec 2, 07:09
- It all reads like medical billing discussions. "America, what is you doing" -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 06:39 3
  - Getting sold a bill of goods, of course. It's one of the reasons Obama touted community and technical colleges -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 06:51
  - Basically, yes. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 06:39
  - Not dissimilar there, no. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 06:39
- Thanks! -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 2, 06:34 2
  - It doesn't get that granular but every school is required to have a Net Price Calculator posted prominently on their page listing tuition costs. - spamlet Dec 2, 06:37 1
    - That’s a start. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 06:39
- It's very much akin to a "sticker price." -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 06:33
- f*ckin' algorithms -- nm - decline Dec 2, 06:33
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 2, 06:26 [Attachment] 8
- HAN HOTH NAP MAP - Directions to a Tauntaun carcass -- nm - rollo Dec 2, 08:48
- MAPATHON -the cartographers all nighter -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 07:56
- PANT MONTH - The month we all begin wearing pants again. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 07:24
- Mothnap - Even shorter than a catnap -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 07:03
- MOTHMANPANT -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 06:41
- PHNOM MATH, calculation techniques taught only in Cambodia. I was told there were be Phnom math. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 06:35
- PHOTONMAN - superhero whose only enemy is the dark -- nm - prayformojo Dec 2, 06:28 1
  - And his sidekick, Neutrinogirl, who can operate in total darkness because the sun's neutrinos can penetrate the earth. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:20
STIS: I'd appreciate a haiku on Biology and what someone might have learned in a course (potentials inside). GO! -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 2, 06:21 15
- First is the prophase / Meta and Ana come next / End with telophase - oblique Dec 2, 07:23
- Chromosomes rack DNA / Meiosis scrambles genes / Mitosis splits true -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 07:20
- Photosynthesis / Plants turn light to energy / Simple description -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 06:58 1
  - another great one! -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 07:00
- Not great I am sure - VMan Dec 2, 06:44 2
  - she is going to include this one as a joke one (nicely done!) -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 07:34
  - love it! -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 06:47
- I had a crack, but am no poet, please let me know if this would qualify :) - Beaker Dec 2, 06:31 5
  - About mitosis / A single cell becomes two / And they are the same -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 07:06 4
    - did you all come up with these on your own? -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 07:33 3
      - Yeah. Had to double check definitions and then simplify. A rare creative engineer. -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 07:36 2
        
        nice. I sent the ask your parents one to the wife and daughter, she's using that as a 2nd one as a joke :) - Beaker Dec 2, 07:37 1
        
        As soon as I saw the subject, I was like, parents never want it taught and then never teach it themselves. So went with it. Glad to help. -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 07:40
- Choose your mnemonic / K P C O F G S / Don't make it dirty -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Dec 2, 06:31
- this should be fun, unlike those God damn physics questions I've asked for help with :) -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 06:27
So, doesn't look like we talked about the incredible Tribal Council on Survivor last night. As soon as I can find the video I'll post it up - Turd Ferguson Dec 2, 06:20 1
- this season has been great. we all love it so far. -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 06:22
The biggest takeaway for me from the student loan discussion is that we need to do a much better job of teaching financial literacy in high school, for starters. -- nm* - znufrii Dec 2, 06:19 9
- Also, Brian Kelly’s contract costs billions in student loans. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 06:27
- Missouri requires a personal finance course but it was pretty worthless. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 06:24 2
  - I always think back to a Cosby Show episode with Cliff and Theo "I can live on balony and cereal" -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 06:25 1
    - I mean, who can't? -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 06:28
- As a general rule, yes we do. But I had that from my parents, in spades, and I was still an immature 18/19 year old piling up debt - ty97 Dec 2, 06:23 2
  - Student aid (including loans) is why college is so expensive. - spamlet Dec 2, 06:41
  - Fair points, on both fronts. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 06:39
- See? For me - it's that the cost of college in this country is out of control and no amount of financial literacy is going to help it. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Dec 2, 06:21 1
  - Agreed. Let's stop blaming kids when college degrees from good school are required to get decent jobs. -- (edited) - Inigo Dec 2, 06:27
Your payment is due. -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 06:16

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