Hell, in suburban fucking Maryland I had a summer job with a contractor who had a dual-tank pickup. He was smack dab between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
Sounds like a smart guy. Only has to stop half as often to get gas which means less task switching and therefore more money. Carrying around the extra gas has negligible impact on the overall gas mileage.
OG&E certainly does not do this, but that would certainly be a fair way to do it. Of course, then you run the risk of pissing people off with your complicated and proliferous line item charges,
Of course, when pissed off people have nowhere else to go for their electricity needs, it hardly matters. (Unless pissed-off people are more persuasive to lawmakers than OG&E). But then, my ConEd bill has 9 different line items for electricity (and several more for gas).
OG&E always points out that they don't make a profit on generating electricity, they pass on the fuel charge to the customer. OG&E makes it's profit on distribution. Of course, what they DON'T tell you is that the company they buy the fuel from is OneOK, which is the parent company of OG&E. That's how you do an end run around the Citizens Utility Board. The CUB can't regulate OneOK because it is not a utility, so OneOK can charge whatever they want for fuel, so long as OG&E doesn't actually charge us more than OneOK charges them.
Oklahoma is the largest producer of Natural Gas per square mile of any state, but we don't have the lowest rates on Natural Gas of any state. OneOK, Chesapeake, Devon and Sandridge sell most of it out of state and charge us a premium for whatever is left.
If Oklahoma uses this system, then the utility is being fairly compensated for the power lines no matter how little electricity the customer actually buys.
OG&E certainly does not do this, but that would certainly be a fair way to do it. Of course, then you run the risk of pissing people off with your complicated and proliferous line item charges,
Last I checked Oklahoma was not growing at such a fast pace that electrical services are in an "expanding" phase. More like "run and maintain" phase.
Nope, we are pretty much maxed out on power. Thus they are pushing out some programs to highly incentivise (by a factor of 10) to move power consumption out of peak time. They are putting in expensive smart thermostats that communicate rates to you that can change from on day to another depending on the temperature. they have rolled out smart meters that report back every 15 minutes on the usage. Basically, they know they need to build another plant but they are delaying as long as possible because it is a huge capital expense, and of course, no one wants to let them build it either, at least until the rolling blackouts start.
Very few people who make under 6 figures have any business buying a brand new car with the prices of new cars these days. The average price of a new car is at an all time high compared to average income. The AVERAGE new car price is now over $30,000, and the average wage is $42,000. Even worse, the mean wage is only $27k, so an average new car costs more than the typical person makes in a year.
that resell guarantee is only if you use their financing option to actually buy the car.
which is not that smart buying a car on credit is the most wasteful thing you can pretty much do. Cars unlike for example real estate will go down in price guaranteed
That is not argument against buying on credit. That is an argument against buying at all. If you are going to insist on buying, with interest rates being what they are, and with inflation being what it is, it would be stupid to pay cash money in current dollars for it. Plus the lending party is taking all the risk. The risk of your future money being worth less, the risk that you won't even pay them back, etc. All they can do is seize the car, which is worth far less than the original purchase price. They will, however, sell it to their cousin at auction for the lowest price imaginable, and then you will owe the difference.
Indeed. Good luck arguing in court that someone gave up their right to sue. The legal profession tends to be awfully sceptical of such measures, and none more so than judges. While it might stand up if, for example, all parties agreed to use some reasonable form of binding arbitration instead, it's hard to imagine the big company would get anywhere against the little customer under these conditions.
Like locks on a door, this is only to deter the casual litigant. It wouldn't stand up in court, but if someone was to express an interest in suing, GM would reply with "you signed a document saying you wouldn't", and that would be good enough for 99% of the brainless slugs.
The Like button has created a quandary for millions. It may be possible for you to "unlike" something, but that has not nearly the force of a "dislike" button. In order to get your voice heard at all, one has to "Like" the product to become associated with it. Then you can rant and rave about how bad it is. This makes about as much sense as clicking "Start" to shutdown your computer.
The "Like" button also doesn't provide the expression one needs when confronted with a post such as 'My mom just died." What do you do? Like it? Not Like it? Dislike might be a better choice in this instance as well.
Of course, Facebook wouldn't allow a Dislike button. That would be too negative.
So, just don't use Facebook, or acknowledge the existence thereof.
I also received corporal punishment for finally fighting back against a bully in 9th grade. My best friend got suspended for finally fighting back.
There is no doubt in my mind that school administrators actively protect the bully system and punish any of those who fight back against it.
Given that we are talking post-apocalyptic, there are undoubtedly any number of human made things around that are round to within much tighter tolerances than a shotgun blast. Get a string and measure a wheel.
What's wrong with this is that the gun loving Quebecois aren't taking God's word that pi is 3.
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. 2 Chronicles, chapter 4 verse 2.
So, did they measure around the rim, or some other part of the Sea? And disregarding all of that, this was several thousand years ago and now we have some other primitive method which is 3% more accurate and we are going to try to use that as proof that God's word is wrong?
I pay $300 for insurance every six months for full coverage on a $25k minivan and liability on another vehicle. What do you think the owner of a $250k ferarri pays, and how much will it go up with 3 speeding tickets? I'm thinking it pays for itself after 2 tickets!
I don't know about a Ferrari, but I had a Lotus Esprit and the insurance on it was about the same for a year as I paid for a month for my other cars. I had to drive it less than 7,000 miles a year, but it was full coverage.
The folks that are delusional are those that believe that the United States is less corrupt than any other society.
I have visited several other societies and I can tell you that the United States is absolutely less corrupt than any other society that I have visited. Of course, I have only witnessed a few: Several Central American Countries, France, South Korea, India, China.
And that is what the license plate for the Benevolent Order of Speed Cameras is for. To raise money for fallen speed cameras and to get out of speed camera tickets.
All it takes is 3 or 4 speeding tickets in pretty much any state and you won't have a valid license, then the next ticket is typically an arrest... Some states allow more but not many and not much.
That's true. You're much better off getting drunk and running down pedestrians. They'll let you keep your license until you've mowed down at least a dozen and then won't throw you in jail until you've mowed down a dozen more.
is donating $2500 to a charity, really worth avoiding a couple potential traffic tickets?
I don't know about California, but in Oklahoma a speeding ticket is going to cost you at least $200. If you avoid two tickets a year, it would pay for itself in 12.5 years.
Of course, I'm a grown up now, and not as likely to be pulled over at any rate. I haven't been pulled over in about 8 years and haven't had a ticket in about 20.
An agnostic lacks a belief in a god. An Atheist actively believes that god does not exist. It's right there in the word: Agnostic - I don't know if there is a god. Atheist - There is no god.
Funnily enough, you seem to have an unwavering devotion to your own belief system.
How is that funny? Everybody has to believe something. I believe I'll have another drink.
I don't have an unwavering belief in my belief system, but I do have pretty strong faith which can only be moved by evidence to the contrary. I'm not going to refuse to sit in a chair on the assumption that somebody might come along and provide evidence that it doesn't exist.
Why would the universe magically have to have a beginning, but not some sky fairy?
Because in this universe there is such a thing as time, however, if a being created this universe, it seems logical that the being created time as well, and is not subject to the rules of time.
Atheists really need to be lumped in with religious people, because they display the same characteristics. An unwavering devotion to their belief system and a need to convert others to that belief system. Fundamentalist religions and fundamentalist atheists go one step further; they don't even want to convert anybody. they just want them to die. In the last 50 years or so, we haven't had any atheists of this extreme in positions of power, fortunately. But there are political systems run by various religions that will happily kill you if you don't believe what they believe, without giving you even the opportunity to consider switching religions.
An atheist believes there is no God or gods. They can only "believe" this. They must have faith in this. They cannot prove this, because science, which the atheists believe in, cannot prove or disprove a philosophical argument. So the atheist is left with only faith in the non-existence of god or gods.
Give me an agnostic any day of the week over an atheist or any other religious nut. At least an agnostic is scientific about it. They don't know whether there is a God, and they can't prove it one way or the other. Neither can anybody else, but at least the agnostics accept the fact.
The special pleading knows no bounds. No matter what, idiots are always going to claim their sky daddy is an exception to the rules they say the universe is logically subject to.
Why would a creator be subject to the rules of his creation? Is a painter subject to the rules of his painting? Is a musician subject to the rules of his music? Is a programmer bound by the rules of his programming?
A contract benefits both parties. What benefit does the agreement offer you in exchange for those ideas which they "feel" you came up with while you worked for them?
You don't work in the tech industry I take it. I've yet to see a non-compete that offered three years of compensation (typical blackout period that I've seen).
Even if companies did offer three years of compensation, by the time you got to the end of that three years, you would be three years out of date and three years out of a job, and would be lucky to get a job for half of what you were getting paid previously. This is not fair to the employee either. The company would have to compensate you for the three years plus COLA, plus typical raises and bonuses that you got for three years and then continue to pay you at half that rate plus COLA, raises and bonuses for the remainder of your professional career. Or, perhaps they could take the quick way out and just offer you a one time cash settlement. $2 million ought to be reasonable for a typical $100,000 job.
Well, at least they're trying to better themselves, rather than growing up to be a fucking ignorant bitter racist troll like yourself.
Racist? Where did I mention race? Oh, you are assuming that since I mentioned sitting at home and making babies, that I was talking about black people. That makes you a racist.
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Hell, in suburban fucking Maryland I had a summer job with a contractor who had a dual-tank pickup. He was smack dab between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
Sounds like a smart guy. Only has to stop half as often to get gas which means less task switching and therefore more money. Carrying around the extra gas has negligible impact on the overall gas mileage.
You guys should really learn how to vote for 'none Of The Above'
The vast majority does vote for "None of the above". It hasn't helped.
OG&E certainly does not do this, but that would certainly be a fair way to do it. Of course, then you run the risk of pissing people off with your complicated and proliferous line item charges,
Of course, when pissed off people have nowhere else to go for their electricity needs, it hardly matters. (Unless pissed-off people are more persuasive to lawmakers than OG&E). But then, my ConEd bill has 9 different line items for electricity (and several more for gas).
OG&E always points out that they don't make a profit on generating electricity, they pass on the fuel charge to the customer. OG&E makes it's profit on distribution. Of course, what they DON'T tell you is that the company they buy the fuel from is OneOK, which is the parent company of OG&E. That's how you do an end run around the Citizens Utility Board. The CUB can't regulate OneOK because it is not a utility, so OneOK can charge whatever they want for fuel, so long as OG&E doesn't actually charge us more than OneOK charges them.
Oklahoma is the largest producer of Natural Gas per square mile of any state, but we don't have the lowest rates on Natural Gas of any state. OneOK, Chesapeake, Devon and Sandridge sell most of it out of state and charge us a premium for whatever is left.
If Oklahoma uses this system, then the utility is being fairly compensated for the power lines no matter how little electricity the customer actually buys.
OG&E certainly does not do this, but that would certainly be a fair way to do it. Of course, then you run the risk of pissing people off with your complicated and proliferous line item charges,
Last I checked Oklahoma was not growing at such a fast pace that electrical services are in an "expanding" phase. More like "run and maintain" phase.
Nope, we are pretty much maxed out on power. Thus they are pushing out some programs to highly incentivise (by a factor of 10) to move power consumption out of peak time. They are putting in expensive smart thermostats that communicate rates to you that can change from on day to another depending on the temperature. they have rolled out smart meters that report back every 15 minutes on the usage. Basically, they know they need to build another plant but they are delaying as long as possible because it is a huge capital expense, and of course, no one wants to let them build it either, at least until the rolling blackouts start.
Very few people who make under 6 figures have any business buying a brand new car with the prices of new cars these days. The average price of a new car is at an all time high compared to average income. The AVERAGE new car price is now over $30,000, and the average wage is $42,000. Even worse, the mean wage is only $27k, so an average new car costs more than the typical person makes in a year.
that resell guarantee is only if you use their financing option to actually buy the car.
which is not that smart buying a car on credit is the most wasteful thing you can pretty much do. Cars unlike for example real estate will go down in price guaranteed
That is not argument against buying on credit. That is an argument against buying at all. If you are going to insist on buying, with interest rates being what they are, and with inflation being what it is, it would be stupid to pay cash money in current dollars for it. Plus the lending party is taking all the risk. The risk of your future money being worth less, the risk that you won't even pay them back, etc. All they can do is seize the car, which is worth far less than the original purchase price. They will, however, sell it to their cousin at auction for the lowest price imaginable, and then you will owe the difference.
Indeed. Good luck arguing in court that someone gave up their right to sue. The legal profession tends to be awfully sceptical of such measures, and none more so than judges. While it might stand up if, for example, all parties agreed to use some reasonable form of binding arbitration instead, it's hard to imagine the big company would get anywhere against the little customer under these conditions.
Like locks on a door, this is only to deter the casual litigant. It wouldn't stand up in court, but if someone was to express an interest in suing, GM would reply with "you signed a document saying you wouldn't", and that would be good enough for 99% of the brainless slugs.
The Like button has created a quandary for millions. It may be possible for you to "unlike" something, but that has not nearly the force of a "dislike" button. In order to get your voice heard at all, one has to "Like" the product to become associated with it. Then you can rant and rave about how bad it is. This makes about as much sense as clicking "Start" to shutdown your computer.
The "Like" button also doesn't provide the expression one needs when confronted with a post such as 'My mom just died." What do you do? Like it? Not Like it? Dislike might be a better choice in this instance as well.
Of course, Facebook wouldn't allow a Dislike button. That would be too negative.
So, just don't use Facebook, or acknowledge the existence thereof.
I also received corporal punishment for finally fighting back against a bully in 9th grade. My best friend got suspended for finally fighting back.
There is no doubt in my mind that school administrators actively protect the bully system and punish any of those who fight back against it.
Given that we are talking post-apocalyptic, there are undoubtedly any number of human made things around that are round to within much tighter tolerances than a shotgun blast. Get a string and measure a wheel.
What's wrong with this is that the gun loving Quebecois aren't taking God's word that pi is 3.
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. 2 Chronicles, chapter 4 verse 2.
So, did they measure around the rim, or some other part of the Sea? And disregarding all of that, this was several thousand years ago and now we have some other primitive method which is 3% more accurate and we are going to try to use that as proof that God's word is wrong?
I pay $300 for insurance every six months for full coverage on a $25k minivan and liability on another vehicle. What do you think the owner of a $250k ferarri pays, and how much will it go up with 3 speeding tickets? I'm thinking it pays for itself after 2 tickets!
I don't know about a Ferrari, but I had a Lotus Esprit and the insurance on it was about the same for a year as I paid for a month for my other cars. I had to drive it less than 7,000 miles a year, but it was full coverage.
The folks that are delusional are those that believe that the United States is less corrupt than any other society.
I have visited several other societies and I can tell you that the United States is absolutely less corrupt than any other society that I have visited. Of course, I have only witnessed a few: Several Central American Countries, France, South Korea, India, China.
This is what speed cameras are for.
And that is what the license plate for the Benevolent Order of Speed Cameras is for. To raise money for fallen speed cameras and to get out of speed camera tickets.
All it takes is 3 or 4 speeding tickets in pretty much any state and you won't have a valid license, then the next ticket is typically an arrest ... Some states allow more but not many and not much.
That's true. You're much better off getting drunk and running down pedestrians. They'll let you keep your license until you've mowed down at least a dozen and then won't throw you in jail until you've mowed down a dozen more.
Don't forget your yellow ribbon sticker
Yup. How will people know your fella is coming home from jail if you don't have the yellow ribbon?
is donating $2500 to a charity, really worth avoiding a couple potential traffic tickets?
I don't know about California, but in Oklahoma a speeding ticket is going to cost you at least $200. If you avoid two tickets a year, it would pay for itself in 12.5 years.
Of course, I'm a grown up now, and not as likely to be pulled over at any rate. I haven't been pulled over in about 8 years and haven't had a ticket in about 20.
An atheist lacks a belief in a god; nothing more
An agnostic lacks a belief in a god. An Atheist actively believes that god does not exist. It's right there in the word: Agnostic - I don't know if there is a god. Atheist - There is no god.
Funnily enough, you seem to have an unwavering devotion to your own belief system.
How is that funny? Everybody has to believe something. I believe I'll have another drink.
I don't have an unwavering belief in my belief system, but I do have pretty strong faith which can only be moved by evidence to the contrary. I'm not going to refuse to sit in a chair on the assumption that somebody might come along and provide evidence that it doesn't exist.
Why would the universe magically have to have a beginning, but not some sky fairy?
Because in this universe there is such a thing as time, however, if a being created this universe, it seems logical that the being created time as well, and is not subject to the rules of time.
Atheists really need to be lumped in with religious people, because they display the same characteristics. An unwavering devotion to their belief system and a need to convert others to that belief system. Fundamentalist religions and fundamentalist atheists go one step further; they don't even want to convert anybody. they just want them to die. In the last 50 years or so, we haven't had any atheists of this extreme in positions of power, fortunately. But there are political systems run by various religions that will happily kill you if you don't believe what they believe, without giving you even the opportunity to consider switching religions.
An atheist believes there is no God or gods. They can only "believe" this. They must have faith in this. They cannot prove this, because science, which the atheists believe in, cannot prove or disprove a philosophical argument. So the atheist is left with only faith in the non-existence of god or gods.
Give me an agnostic any day of the week over an atheist or any other religious nut. At least an agnostic is scientific about it. They don't know whether there is a God, and they can't prove it one way or the other. Neither can anybody else, but at least the agnostics accept the fact.
The special pleading knows no bounds. No matter what, idiots are always going to claim their sky daddy is an exception to the rules they say the universe is logically subject to.
Why would a creator be subject to the rules of his creation? Is a painter subject to the rules of his painting? Is a musician subject to the rules of his music? Is a programmer bound by the rules of his programming?
A contract benefits both parties. What benefit does the agreement offer you in exchange for those ideas which they "feel" you came up with while you worked for them?
You don't work in the tech industry I take it. I've yet to see a non-compete that offered three years of compensation (typical blackout period that I've seen).
Even if companies did offer three years of compensation, by the time you got to the end of that three years, you would be three years out of date and three years out of a job, and would be lucky to get a job for half of what you were getting paid previously. This is not fair to the employee either. The company would have to compensate you for the three years plus COLA, plus typical raises and bonuses that you got for three years and then continue to pay you at half that rate plus COLA, raises and bonuses for the remainder of your professional career. Or, perhaps they could take the quick way out and just offer you a one time cash settlement. $2 million ought to be reasonable for a typical $100,000 job.
Well, at least they're trying to better themselves, rather than growing up to be a fucking ignorant bitter racist troll like yourself.
Racist? Where did I mention race? Oh, you are assuming that since I mentioned sitting at home and making babies, that I was talking about black people. That makes you a racist.