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Anyone out there have any updates on 804 projects? The NEB has stopped updating anything about it in their minutes ever since Santa got elected.
 
I haven't been posting here because I'm just bored and exhausted, despite so much material on the Hunter Biden laptop being validated, the NY lawsuit on Trump going away, etc.
 
Also MJ What's up with this new thing that keeps randomly chiming every few minutes? I thought it was just my laptop but it's on my phone now too. I think it is the chat and I can't find anywhere to turn it off
 
BDUB said:
If anyone with this job is struggling that much to pay a extra 20 bucks at the pump they need to go to someone about their finances or stop having so many kids….
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Not everyone is making CPC money though; remember the 2 years of union-sanctioned training delays have fucked a lot of people. And it’s not just an extra $20 here or there. People who were paying $50/week-$200/month a year ago for gas are now paying $400-500/month. That’s a lot for people still on the lower pay bands, especially AG’s.
 
Acquired Taste said:
Also MJ What's up with this new thing that keeps randomly chiming every few minutes? I thought it was just my laptop but it's on my phone now too. I think it is the chat and I can't find anywhere to turn it off
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That’s not new. ⚙️ icon in chat bar > notifications
 
Homsar said:
I haven't been posting here because I'm just bored and exhausted, despite so much material on the Hunter Biden laptop being validated, the NY lawsuit on Trump going away, etc.
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And 9 hours of missing call logs from Jan 6 that’s makes Nixon look like mother Teresa

Good news about hunter he stepped down from his non existant role in the White House and he won’t be running for re election
 
ClearanceClarence said:
Not everyone is making CPC money though; remember the 2 years of union-sanctioned training delays have fucked a lot of people. And it’s not just an extra $20 here or there. People who were paying $50/week-$200/month a year ago for gas are now paying $400-500/month. That’s a lot for people still on the lower pay bands, especially AG’s.
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Even as a trainee at most centers you’re making pretty sweet money…..at lower lvl towers you’re making enough to survive a little gas bump as long as you didn’t go buy a house way out of budget or a brand new 50k car for no reason. All I’m saying is our job is infamous for controllers blowing money don’t spend it on stupid shit and everyone would be a lot more prepared for things that come up….
 
BDUB said:
Even as a trainee at most centers you’re making pretty sweet money…..at lower lvl towers you’re making enough to survive a little gas bump as long as you didn’t go buy a house way out of budget or a brand new 50k car for no reason. All I’m saying is our job is infamous for controllers blowing money don’t spend it on stupid shit and everyone would be a lot more prepared for things that come up….
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Most the centers are in high cost of living areas.
 
I was 25 years old, single, and living in Las Vegas; that was definitely the prime time of my life to buy a "dream" vehicle. To me, being a Ford-employee family member, that meant either a Mustang or a F-150. I instead did the "responsible" thing and opted for the new C-Max hybrid. I have logged 135k miles on it without issue (100k in the last 5 years in the Midwest) and it has been a great vehicle that was Union-made in Detroit by an American company. MPG dips hard in winter to ~29mpg with warm-ups and just having to run harder in general, but my yearly MPG average is still in the 36mpg ballpark because I am back up to ~42mpg in the summer.

I still think "what could have been" if I got the vehicle I really wanted instead of the one that I knew was the right choice, but man does that feeling subside every time I have to fill up. A new vehicle purchase will be around the corner in a year or so and I really want the new Bronco, but the plug-in hybrid Escape might be the right choice this time around.

When better options are clearly available to people and they actively choose to make the impulsive choice, that's when my "personal responsibility" side kicks in and my empathy falls to a pretty low level. Yeah I love the F-150 Raptor too, but if you can't afford to put gas in it then it ain't really worth it. Yeah that new cell phone is pretty awesome, but do you really think it is smart to re-up a $1k phone every year? Yeah Jersey Mike's makes a pretty damn good sub, but it's day 4 of your work week and you're averaging $15 a lunch instead of making a really good one at home for about $4. Yeah kids are fine if that's what you're about, but maybe only pump out one crotch-goblin instead of 4 and call it good.
 
32andBelow said:
And 9 hours of missing call logs from Jan 6 that’s makes Nixon look like mother Teresa
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It's just pure desperation from you guys at this point.

32andBelow said:
Good news about hunter he stepped down from his non existant role in the White House and he won’t be running for re election
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Yeah, because there wasn't any news regarding Ivanka or Trump Jr's corruption/scandal/etc during Trump's tenure at all, because they didn't work in the white house and weren't running for election. Are you even trying?
 
BDUB said:
Even as a trainee at most centers you’re making pretty sweet money…..at lower lvl towers you’re making enough to survive a little gas bump as long as you didn’t go buy a house way out of budget or a brand new 50k car for no reason. All I’m saying is our job is infamous for controllers blowing money don’t spend it on stupid shit and everyone would be a lot more prepared for things that come up….
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I agree alot of people probably spend money on stupid stuff, but I knew quite a few families at lower levels that were single income with young kids. Or people had strict budgets to pay debt down or to save for vacations etc. Sure it shouldn't break you but it can still be a huge inconvenience for some.
 
Logical_Mongoose said:
I was 25 years old, single, and living in Las Vegas; that was definitely the prime time of my life to buy a "dream" vehicle. To me, being a Ford-employee family member, that meant either a Mustang or a F-150. I instead did the "responsible" thing and opted for the new C-Max hybrid. I have logged 135k miles on it without issue (100k in the last 5 years in the Midwest) and it has been a great vehicle that was Union-made in Detroit by an American company. MPG dips hard in winter to ~29mpg with warm-ups and just having to run harder in general, but my yearly MPG average is still in the 36mpg ballpark because I am back up to ~42mpg in the summer.

I still think "what could have been" if I got the vehicle I really wanted instead of the one that I knew was the right choice, but man does that feeling subside every time I have to fill up. A new vehicle purchase will be around the corner in a year or so and I really want the new Bronco, but the plug-in hybrid Escape might be the right choice this time around.

When better options are clearly available to people and they actively choose to make the impulsive choice, that's when my "personal responsibility" side kicks in and my empathy falls to a pretty low level. Yeah I love the F-150 Raptor too, but if you can't afford to put gas in it then it ain't really worth it. Yeah that new cell phone is pretty awesome, but do you really think it is smart to re-up a $1k phone every year? Yeah Jersey Mike's makes a pretty damn good sub, but it's day 4 of your work week and you're averaging $15 a lunch instead of making a really good one at home for about $4. Yeah kids are fine if that's what you're about, but maybe only pump out one crotch-goblin instead of 4 and call it good.
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Solution is keep the hybrid for the commute and get the bronco for everything else.
 
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