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re: What are some fun facts about the business you’re in we might not know?
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:35 pm to Bullfrog
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:35 pm to Bullfrog
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Maybe, but the framework for making independent decisions that lead to a more productive life is not established which results in decisions that may as well have come from a less intelligent beginning.
This is kind of like a causation vs correlation argument.
This has way more to do with how you are raised and your home life than it does school. By default private school kids have someone in their life that cares enough about their education they are willing to pay for it, therefore they are way more likely to learn things like that at home.
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Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:35 pm to stoov
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Folks not aware of the early history of the oil business would be surprised to understand the number of "Iron Horses" in KY and IN. It is why historically gas in KY was some of their cheapest in the USA. The Ashland Oil refinery in Ashland KY was the major beneficiary of this local oil. After the oil shocks of the 70's the Valvoline division of Ashland moved into the historic hotel that is now occupied by LFUCG and they moved to the burbs next door to the Jerrico HQ (Jerry's / Long John Silvers / Olive Garden / Fazzoli's / one or two other I forget now).
Ashland (oil side was bought by Marathon in OH, and gas is no longer the cheapest in the USA) and the rest was moved to NKY.
Jerrico (KY) and Shoneys (TN) have both been absorbed by bigger outfits or now defunct. Sad for both states.
Folks not aware of the early history of the oil business would be surprised to understand the number of "Iron Horses" in KY and IN. It is why historically gas in KY was some of their cheapest in the USA. The Ashland Oil refinery in Ashland KY was the major beneficiary of this local oil. After the oil shocks of the 70's the Valvoline division of Ashland moved into the historic hotel that is now occupied by LFUCG and they moved to the burbs next door to the Jerrico HQ (Jerry's / Long John Silvers / Olive Garden / Fazzoli's / one or two other I forget now).
Ashland (oil side was bought by Marathon in OH, and gas is no longer the cheapest in the USA) and the rest was moved to NKY.
Jerrico (KY) and Shoneys (TN) have both been absorbed by bigger outfits or now defunct. Sad for both states.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:36 pm to Cycledude
There are a lot of Conservative Congress members that supper Biden's Inflation Reduction Act low carbon energy tax credits and have written to Trump to not end Biden's IRA 2022 tax credit plan... because 80% of these tax credits to energy infrastructure projects or EV credits will go to projects that are in a Conservative district.
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Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:37 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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This can’t be a real post
I've been in hundreds of comparable factories in North America and Asia. 20 years ago it was labor. But that's no longer the case. Now they have a technology advantage
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:38 pm to emanresu
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Your doctor will dislike you less if you stop using visits as a pit stop to get 13 things fixed in a 20 minute period.
Doctors require you to see them for every goddamn thing and then get upset when you go see them for every goddamn thing.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:39 pm to Cycledude
Public schools, even the ones in the hood, have more than enough funding, and they buy a bunch of a shite they don't need to keep their budgets from falling.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:39 pm to No Colors
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I've been in hundreds of comparable factories in North America and Asia. 20 years ago it was labor. But that's no longer the case. Now they have a technology advantage
That doesn’t mean that they don’t have a labor cost advantage too. These things aren’t mutually exclusive
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:41 pm to Tiger1242
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Private school kids are not any smarter than public school kids, they just have more people that care about them and how they act.
This is true.
However, most high achieving students will end up in private school for this reason as well. It's both/and.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:41 pm to Cycledude
The continued support of Ukraine has made your life more expensive.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:43 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Public schools, even the ones in the hood, have more than enough funding, and they buy a bunch of a shite they don't need to keep their budgets from falling.
Everything rises and falls on leadership. Compare the leadership of your local private school with your local public school-board and its principals.
You will quickly see why one is a significantly better product.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:44 pm to Cycledude
You’re “local” vet is probably owned by a large corporate group. Zoetis, Merck, etc charge those clinics up to %50 less for the same drugs and hw/flea prevention as they do us. Yet they generally charge you the consumer the same as us.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:50 pm to jdd48
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People still try to defraud insurance despite all the surveillance available today. Private investigators are often sent out on work comp claims to ensure they're actually legit, especially back injuries. I've seen countless cases of bawwws with alleged back injuries doing something dumb like manually lifting and hooking their boat trailer to their truck.
I'm not in this industry anymore, but yes, this is true. And the sad part is we would catch them on camera/video doing yard work, climbing on their roof, etc. and they would still get away with it in court because of the "good day" defense. "Yes, your honor, he was working on his roof that day because that was one of his rare good days." And the judge would buy it, and he would win in court. Pitiful.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:53 pm to Cycledude
Carbon dioxide only makes up about .04% of our atmosphere
Posted on 3/27/25 at 3:56 pm to Cycledude
Politicians can kill up to 3 people a year
As long as their right to kill fee is paid in full
As long as their right to kill fee is paid in full
Posted on 3/27/25 at 4:00 pm to bbarras85
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This one is going to be unpopular. The new tariffs are making the cost of a lot of things related to offshore drilling sky rocket price wise. Yes, I am a republican.
No apologies req’d for Tariff economics. They do not have a political party.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 4:01 pm to Funky Tide 8
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have more than enough funding, and they buy a bunch of a shite they don't need to keep their budgets from falling.
Same thing with most LA state departments. DOTD used to buy new computers every year just to maintain their budget level.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 4:03 pm to Cycledude
Riley Reid is retired and has started a family
Posted on 3/27/25 at 4:06 pm to tilco
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You’re “local” vet is probably owned by a large corporate group. Zoetis, Merck, etc charge those clinics up to %50 less for the same drugs and hw/flea prevention as they do us. Yet they generally charge you the consumer the same as us.
I've read this 5 times and still don't understand. Either I'm dumb or you're dumb.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 4:11 pm to Cycledude
Certain occupancies in buildings above 5 floors have to allow reentry from stairwell upon fire alarm. If you ever REALLY need to get in a building but cant because you are in a stairwell, go to the first floor, pull the fire alarm, then go back up to the 5th floor and reenter via the fail safe trim on the pull side of the exit door. In like Rep Jamaal Bowman but cops on their way for your arrest probably.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 4:12 pm to No Colors
I don't disagree, but aren't their labor costs still dramatically lower?
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