Pro tip: When you drop a small thing quickly look down. Takes practice because you have to do it so fast, has to be a reflex.

You’ll often catch it on the bounce, and in any case, your ears are also pointed the right way.

Wait now, what? I wish to know more.

I travel far out of my way to avoid passing through that foul city. Alabama’s a way nicer state than most realize. That does not apply to Birmingham.

Birmingham’s motto: “Still better than West Memphis!”

My county government office is a well oiled machine. Paying for taxes like car tags and property is a no-brainer, in person or online. Last time I got a new driver’s license I was in and out, 10 minutes flat, including the walk to and from my truck. Prices for all of the above are plenty fair.

NW FL?

Don’t know how the question was phrased, but remember, many people find a comment that disagrees with them or presents a fact they don’t like to be “hate”.

Trump dying now would be an unthinkable tragedy. He would forever be a martyr and we would never be rid of MAGA. FFS, there would be Trump statues everywhere. Oh, and think about all the conspiracies involving liberals killing him.

He has to live through this election and lose ignominiously. Then he has my permission to die.

Look, I hate Musk as well, but I’m not seeing their side of the story here. That’s what courts are for.

Pensacola Beach, FL. It’s survived loads of hurricanes since the 60s.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pensacola-futuro-house

OTOH, so have the single-story cinder block houses(the three in the middle and top left) from the 50s. Slap a new roof on and scrub it out, good to go. The stick houses are total losses. Apparently no one read The Three Little Pigs.

Mostly agreed, but is anyone really getting minimum wage? Walmart pays double that to start in my little town.

I see my life as seasons passing. It just happens.

How is it whitewashing when the woman was white to begin with?

EDIT: Misunderstood the term, though it was being used in a new context. I’m leaving my idiot comment for all to see.

Go read The Grapes of Wrath and The Concrete Jungle. Get back to me on today’s unrelenting misery.

I see the occasional Deere dealership while traveling the countryside. How are they still in business? Every single farmer, bar none, has to know about their business practices. And FFS, independent action like fixing your own shit is core to country life. Maybe they’re coasting on parts sales vs. new machine sales?

Best part the summary missed:

Last year, the company issued a “memorandum of understanding.” The document was a promise to farmers that it would finally let them repair their own equipment, so long as states didn’t pass any laws around the right to repair.

LOL, get real.

Chief among Deere’s promises was that it would provide farmers and independent repair shops with the equipment and documentation they needed to repair their equipment. The promises of the memorandum have not come to pass.

I’ve heard the other manufacturers aren’t locking down repairs. Anyone know if that’s true?

Given my interests and hobbies, I’d love the place!

Got a Pixel 5 with a line in the screen for $120. The seller I’m mainly talking about, the one with grades, shows a picture of each phone and any damage.

I’m desperate ATM. Looking at a crappy onsite tech support role, no benefits, just to get by while I keep looking.

I’ve done it all, from shoveling asphalt to dishpits to customer service, all that and a dozen more. Guess what? Those were shit jobs. Doesn’t make the person doing those jobs shit.

Some of y’all are so eager to be offended it’s ridiculous.

Those would be Fridays at my last job. Swear to god no one did anything unless absolutely necessary and most were gone by mid-afternoon. LOL, which sucked because that’s when I was often jamming along and no one was around to help, question, etc.

If your job has you grinding non-stop, that’s no way to live and a good employer recognizes that.

the hours are still being counted

Refer to my last sentence. And you will note that I didn’t denigrate anyone’s work, only that if they’re on the clock, the job probably sucks.