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"Nor do I think there is anything veiled about the threats at this point. Some of these folks should be arrested."
I'd like anyone to show me anything coming from the "liberal" side remotely equivalent to this obvious threat from our Republican "fr…
Neither of them is particularly pleasant. Gilbert and Sullivan come to mind...
I've got a little list — I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!
There’s the…
@Catch 22 and @hank- Yes, I was wondering how you Michiganders were doing with the smoke. Having been through that ourselves a couple of years ago, we sure remember how crummy it is. 3M makes N95 masks typically used for construction work, which are…
@LewisBraham- Sorry, but I have to disagree on this one- the Examiner article refers to an individual as I described above in reply to Anna: an ordinary person who has fallen on really bad times. There are in fact a number of organizations here in S…
@Anna- Sad experience has shown that there are definitely two distinct types of homeless- some are just ordinary people who have been dealt a really lousy hand and fallen on evil times. These people can respond to and benefit from a helping hand to…
@Derf- For a couple of years during the pandemic SF leased a number of smaller hotels- decent buildings- to use as temporary housing for a number of the street people. When the leases were up, the hotels were found to have been largely trashed. Now …
The problem is that these "high value" properties are only high value if they have tenants. As they empty the value steadily decreases, until no one wants to commit any additional funding to remodel them.
They are, primarily, "built-to-purpose" st…
@Derf- Now, that's an interesting thought. But I don't imagine that it would work unless the entire building was available. I can't see any remaining office workers looking forward to sharing the elevators.
H'mm- has possibilities.
Most manufacturing operations are single-story ground-level buildings, because of the need for easy logistics shipping and delivery, the efficient layout of the manufacturing assembly process, and ease of installation and maintenance of production e…
Here's some info regarding the use of ImgBB, as referred to above by Yogi. It's a screen capture of an account at ImgBB, showing the steps necessary to transfer an image from ImgBB to MFO.
Use of ImgBB is free for smaller personal accounts.
@operation_twist: Instead of trying to pick apart the excerpts that Lewis has posted why not try using the provided link, reading the entire report and figure things out for yourself?
"I prefer to wash dishes by hand and despite all the ads to the contrary I use far less electricity and water than the dishwasher."
"Because of all this "Efficiency" I almost dread ever having to replace my 2009 Silverado."
I prefer to wash dish…
No, certainly no shame. It is most definitely, though, an unpleasant insight into the large-commercial real estate situation in San Francisco and other cities. It's going to be quite a while before all of this sorts itself out.
Allowing the growth and export of water-intensive crops needs to be given a real hard look. To name a few of the worst offenders, we export tons of water in the form of cotton, alfalfa, and almonds from areas increasingly short on water, to China an…
Here's some edited excerpts from a current report in the San Francisco Chronicle:
Home buyers are likely to encounter rising insurance premiums, with coverage more difficult to find, in the wake of news that State Farm and Allstate have stopped writ…
@Sven- I have no idea, since we haven't had a mortgage for many years. I can tell you that with respect to our weekend place at Guerneville, by the Russian River, a number of major carriers have declined or cancelled coverage, for a number of reason…
A bit more on using "Mail" on a Mac- I believe that you can safely inspect suspicious email by using the main menubar "File" dropdown menu and then choosing "Save As".
This will save the email as a TextEdit "rich text" document, which will allow yo…
"Schwab Brokerage CDs are paying 5.3%"
@dtconroe- Did you mean various bank CDs available through Schwab Brokerage, or Schwab Bank CDs, which are also available at Schwab Brokerage? As far as I know, brokerages themselves cannot offer CDs, at least…
"One can verify the email address by hovering over the sender's icon."
Using "Mail" on my Macs, you would have to open the email to see the sender's icon. I don't ever even open a suspect email.
I get at least a couple of these things every week. The last two were from "Oxota tkahcenko", re "BILL NO.#16 PR1095", and "Бахтияр го Апостолов " re "Invoice payment confirmation."
You've got to admit that the names are pretty interesting.
Maybe the Fed all looked at each other and said something like "let's not do anything right now that could remotely blame us for affecting the debt ceiling vote".
Let's be careful not to assume that "absolutes" are in play here. While it's true that many Republicans vote against their own economic interests and vote for the likes of Trump "because of hot button culture war issues", it's also very true that th…
