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  1. I did know this and early in Shohei Ohtani’s career, there were numerous comparisons to The Babe. What we clearly came to see is that Ohtani is a much more accomplished pitcher and likely hitter but injuries seem to be hampering Ohtani’s pitching career so far and of course he doesn’t have the longevity yet to put up the big numbers The Babe did.
  2. Most here don’t like black licorice so like most things discussed here, if certain people don’t like something, they are universally unlikeable so I didn’t bother… I have tried the Wallaby licorice and TBH don’t care for the texture, they remind me of twizzlers which I also don’t care for. I do like black jelly beans and of course Dutch drop. Black “Red Vines” are also good but hard to come by. Call me weird or maybe just call me Dutch. We consume a vast majority of black licorice world wide.
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    In the police academy, part of pursuit training was learning how to control a skid and we worked on a giant skid pad. They oiled the snot out of it, then watered it down. The skid pad cars had bald tires which helped break traction. Yeah that was a lot of fun! One thing I remember about the pursuit school was I had never driven a car with adjustable steering wheels but the Caprice’s we used had them. Except I didn’t know that. I freaking busted up my knuckles something fierce as the handle to the take down lights would smack my knuckles. One of the instructors saw my bloody & battered knuckles & asked if I got in a fight. No sir the take down lights did that. Move the wheel dummy! Uh what!?!! Oh Jesus here… The rest of the school was much more fun now that I wasn’t killing my knuckles!
  4. Good dialogue, we just see things differently I guess.
  5. Yeah we could buy now if we had no equity. It would be tough but doable. I’m a firm believer that if people are still succeeding, then it can be done. Is it bleak? I don’t know, people are figuring it out but maybe it’s bleak for some. Most? I dunno…
  6. Nah, I’ll walk around with my head in the clouds, or maybe up my arse! I could share the same view with my son & his GF. He’s got a tough road ahead of him based on the choices he’s made. But then I see my daughter & her friends who are earning great money, buying houses and starting families. Also the loan officer I referenced. SoCal is expensive and yet young people are figuring it out. So I’m seeing both sides..
  7. I would have preferred a tiered increase over time. $4.50 is a big jump but as you noted businesses did have to offer higher wages to attract employees. Many were already paying more than the minimum wage. I recently increased wages for my staff to $1.50 an hour and will likely bump them another $1.50 next year. I already pay several dollars over minimum wage. I don’t have retention issues and I think I’m having the opposite issue, my staff has been with me for so long they don’t realize local wages have passed them by. But that $1.50 increase amounts to a $90K hit to my budget. It’s easy to say give the working man more and many here are sure happy to give away corporate money. But I see it as my money and I try to be judicious with my budget as it impact my job.
  8. I know a young lady, the daughter of immigrant parents. She grew up poor, worked her way through college. She started in the call center, is now a loan officer, earning 6 figures & just bought her first place, a condo in Long Beach. We talk often as we both started with the firm the same day & we’re in orientation together. Its because of people like her that I refuse to believe the American dream is dead, most people are screwed do lives of poverty & failure. It’s out there, like generations before, kids today just have to hustle like those before them did.
  9. You reference the situation in one city and then state “most” people feel this way… Do corporations own a majority of the single family homes in the cities were “most” of the population lives? Sure cities like Honolulu, LA, NYC & Toronto may be outliers but do most people in cities across America feel this way? It seems so as you seem to speak for most people. I get not everyone feels the way I do but do most people share your views? Is it really that bleak? I sure hope most people don’t feel that way.
  10. Pretty comparable to SoCal, their tax rate is likely lower but probably pay more for medical. Jobs are always plentiful here though. WoChrisL and I were looking at a single family home yesterday a few blocks away. A screaming deal at 1.1 M… Our neighbors are listing their place, asked $950K and got 3 offers the weekend they showed it… They remind me a lot of our kids too. Young couple, two kids and somehow they were able to buy a townhouse and are upgrading to a larger house.
  11. See I disagree with this. The point you two are missing is the same thing that’s happening to food service workers out here. Wages across the board are much higher. My daughter makes as much as I do now and she’s 30. She’s chosen a field that pays well, excels and is a manager. My SIL earns as much as her. He’s a tax accountant & CPA. Not only can it be done, it is being done. My daughter & SIL bought their townhouse in their late 20’s and we didn’t help them. I just don’t buy the narrative the youth are screwed. The lazy, uninformed slacking youth is but that was the case with every generation. I still believe there is a path to wealth in America. You just have to work your ass off to get it.
  12. Sorry but I don’t buy that narrative, at least not in broad sweeping terms. I’m a firm believer you can be successful, have the home & retirement. You have to make the right choices and take advantage of opportunities and work hard but kids today can do it. I see it now with one of my kids and with the young people I work with.
  13. Just a little perspective, the CA minimum wage is $15.50 an hour.
  14. He’s been there a year and is one of the few that is staying & benefiting from the higher wages. He’s looking though. Yeah he’s committed to food/restaurant industry so we’ll see. What anyone thinks he should do is a lost cause on him, he’s going to do what he’s going to do. We saw that in him early on.
  15. There is a balance of what businesses can afford to pay vs what employees deserve to earn. Personally I believe fast food and small businesses will be impacted, actually severely impacted by the mandated $20 wages. OK great, the entry level worker will earn more but when your local bagel shop closes or ordering a burger becomes a PITA and people stop coming then what? Adapt or die? It’s not just the corporate fat cats who are going to suffer, it’s the mom & pop business owners who will feel this the most.
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