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If they had a Del Taco there this deal would’ve been done yesterday.

Snowfall season five started last week. Great show.

Just did. Thanks for the reminder.

It's hard to enjoy the respect of others when you're dead.

The Russians took care of most of the Ukrainian farmers about 90 years ago.

I'm sure @cals would also offer Hawaii in hopes of appeasement.

Is that like a combo of the KU/WSU chants?

How dare you.

The picture appears to be from Omaha as well. I can assure you that they give zero fucks about anything not related to the Cornhuskers or eating Runzas out of each others’ b-holes there.

I personally think that was a weird haiku thanks for trying though

I'm pretty sure that not finishing it is kinda the point.

Not sure I agree with the "multiple players had drug problems" thing @nate. It sounds like multiple players were drug users. There is a difference.

My understanding is that a lot of pills being cut with fentanyl come from Mexico (or wherever) pressed and marked to look just like the percocet, oxy, etc... one would get from a legit pharmacy. So once those hit the black market it becomes difficult or impossible to tell what is legit or cut with fentanyl unless you're actively testing each pill/batch of pills. It's a dangerous development that has led to a lot of accidental ODs.

The International Foundation for the Advancement of Deez Nutz.

@ten ocho recon scout I believe you owe @Lou a PM with a link.

Good choice of words there.

Opioids and cocaine don't stay in your urine at detectable levels for all that long either. Obviously testing thresholds matter in results, but it's well within the realm of possibility to use either of those on a Friday and test clean on a Monday.

Dallas McPherson comes to mind. I thought he had a lot of promise. I really think that if he hadn't been so injury-plagued, especially during the 2005/06 seasons, he could've ended up being a sort of Adam Dunn-lite kind of player. Bad luck and poor timing just kinda got him.

I mean it is man-made by pretty much any understanding.

Obviously the only hope the Ukrainians have in a hot war situation are a prolonged insurgency situation, or holding out long enough to get support from a more significant military power (or group of powers) to leverage the situation in their favor. The former situation means a ton of death and destruction over quite a bit of time, and the latter probably ends in a negotiated peace at best. If I'm a Russian strategist right now, I'd be hoping the border buildup leads to Ukraine coming to the table to make some serious concessions in order to avoid either of the above situations.

Isn't that kinda like saying there's a sale at Dollar General?

Come up with a thread that Notherhalo might start Come up with a Notherhalo-esque thread Notherhalo-style thread titles Notherhalo tribute threads I can keep going.

I honestly think it's just a matter of quantifiable costs. It's pretty easy to calculate the cost savings between giving everyone an extra 2% annually vs 4%. It's not very easy to quantify the cost of turnover.

I'd say doing the market value research plus pointing out the value you add is the "soft" approach, which is totally fine if there's a lot of good will between you and management and/or there are personal relationships with superiors that would make that approach work for you both now and going forward at the company. And given that I know nothing about your employer, it's totally possible that could work for you. It's certainly the least abrasive route. The problem, of course, is that it doesn't offer much in the way of leverage. The company I work for is notorious for not offering reasonable regular compensation increases. It's a subject openly talked about among employees. Basically if you'd ever like a raise of more than 2%, it's common knowledge that you'll need an offer in hand before broaching the subject. It's really sucked for us, because when people go out job hunting they sometimes find the 10-15% salary increases, when they might not have even been looking if everyone was just given the standard 3.5-4% annual increase. We've lost a lot of really good people due to that process.

Get another offer. I mean, you could go the route of collecting evidence of what you should be making and why, and it's possible they'll hear you and increase your compensation somewhat; but if you want to force their hand getting another offer is the only way to go. Of course, you'll need to be willing to make the leap if they don't attempt to compromise with you at that point.