Everything posted by swraith
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Thread of local businesses that don't survive the coronavirus
Based on the story on website for sky cinema which could very well be 1 sided...with landlord seeking another operator...I would struggle to think an operator wants to take on the risk of that rent currently. The location was very nice the 1 time we went...but If the landlord fails to find a new operator...I wouldn’t have any sympathies for the landlord.
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2020 Gardening: digging up some new dirt on an old hobby
First batch of blueberries started coming in this week. Harvesting 10 to 15 a day. The earliest blackberries came in...all 2 of them. The canes are loaded with hundreds more so I am excited about that. First small grape Tomatoes are ripe. Harvesting a couple a day. Tore out all the kale and spinach remnants last week. Bugs were getting them and I wanted to make space. Planted some bush beans in their place. Watermelon and cantaloupe vines are really starting to sprawl, and I have flower blooms, but no signs of germinating fruit yet. Meyer lemon tree is loaded with tiny fruit...it continues to self prune and drops a couple of tiny fruit every couple days. Miho satsuma did not bloom this year...so on track for no mandarins. I am on track to get zero peaches, plums, or pluots this year. I blame it on the lack of chilling hours in Austin this year, though I haven’t checked the actual count for this last winter. I had pomegranate blooms and small fruit budding but I changed some plans and dig up both my pomegranate trees. They are young and I decided they needed a different spot in the landscape with more space. So I chopped back the trees, dug them up, and replanted them. So assuming they survive the transplant maybe I will get pomegranates in another 2 years.
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Hey Oil Barons.......
Devil’s advocate...if you wait to purchase oil for SPR until crude pricing goes lower...say below $10 for WTI...doesn’t the government get a better deal?
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Surly Thread of Business Owners/Managers, Etc. & Current Business Climate
Our PPP loan from Chase funded today according to my colleague. So that’s good...
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What would you do if the US Treasury sent you $1,000
Yeah. I have a mortgage...most homeowners do.
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What would you do if the US Treasury sent you $1,000
The checks are intended as a stopgap to keep co summers able to spend. Some may need to buy groceries or pay the rent. I am looking at backyard projects...I just don’t have time(too busy at work). From a macro perspective it doesn’t really matter what you spend it on...it should help maintain the economy. Saving the stimulus check...is potentially very good on the micro level for boosting an individual’s safety net...but doesn’t achieve the intended goal of keeping the economy functioning.
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What would you do if the US Treasury sent you $1,000
I want to have someone build me pergola for my back patio. and a grape arbor for my side yard.
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Surly Thread of Business Owners/Managers, Etc. & Current Business Climate
I keep poking at him...trying to convey the urgency...but I can’t force him to do anything. We are at the same reporting level but I have a different portfolio of responsibilities. I have been focused on keeping the train rolling the last 3 weeks. I had the joy of getting IT to build a virtual call center in 3 days over 1 weekend right after Trump’s evening speech. Our head of the call center had the joy of retraining his entire staff of agents to work remote on a new call center software platform in less than 1 day.
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Surly Thread of Business Owners/Managers, Etc. & Current Business Climate
We do almost all our banking with Chase. Our VP of Finance seems to like them. I have been pestering him all week based on updates I see in this thread. Feedback today from him was...yeah maybe chase could help us next week. Neither Chase nor he seem to be in any hurry and it’s pissing me off as I continue to read updates from Troph.
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Markets still falling like whoa
Fed continues to take decisive action
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Markets still falling like whoa
US equity futures shit the end on the open.
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Markets still falling like whoa
^^ Makes me wonder if Boeing is going to need a government bailout to avoid bankruptcy.
- Alex Jones
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Alex Jones
Oh come on Travis County. You can do this right.
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Hey Oil Barons.......
No need to wait. WTI Trading $28 handle now. Fuck....
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Hey Oil Barons.......
Crude weakening further. Maybe it was go to sub $30 before Monday morning.
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Donald Trump 2020
Mulvaney dismissed as special envoy to Northern Ireland seems like quite the demotion/dismissal.
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Super Tuesday - 1,357 Delegates at Stake
Great. Biden has won the South per CNN. A bunch of states that democrats have no realistic chance of winning come November. Who is going to win democratic primary for Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin? Not to be an asshole...but the south isn’t where the Democrats are going to compete against Trump.
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Markets still falling like whoa
TSLA over $900 premarket.
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2019 Property Tax Values are Out
Today, I got a letter from Five Stone about 2020 protest. No mention of any change in fee structure.
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Pollen: Texas ongoing thread
Had to do an outdoor irrigation project to replace a broken irrigation pipe. 5 hours outside equals an allergy shitfest. Work needed to be done but I am now hiding inside.
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Donald Trump 2019
Curious to see what the numbers are come 2024. It’s not like Trump is going to disappear from the media if he loses in 2020. And he won’t disappear if wins either....
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2020 House election thread
^^ Any reasonable probability the Dems net pickup additional seats in the House? Aka expand their majority?
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The Charlie Strong Decision
Lost in the wasteland we are.
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When Trump is impeached, then what thread
Popular vote does not matter. Focus on if the electoral college installs a new president. Trump will never resign.