CatfishJohn

Murphy beds are so much more comfortable (if you get the right one) if you're looking for a tucked away sleep option. We are about to buy a Lori Bed for our guest room so we can make it a playroom when guests aren't at the house. ...

We have a local spot with an arcade for the kids and decent beer. They still have 16 year olds and stoner college kids delivering. It's like a blast back to the 80s and the pizza is so much better than big chains. Similar pricing too. I think the owner is killing it. Always packed. I want to inv...

[quote]This was true until 2014ish. One of the reasons Les got fired is because we started to see a big talent decline on the offensive and defensive lines in his final years and we lacked depth.[/quote] Les got fired because he refused to adapt on offense. He didn't get fired because of lack of ...

[quote] got an itemized bill for a hospital stay around 2005 I got charged $80 for a single pill of Nexium[/quote] We got charged like $10 for the gauze when I went it to get stitches once. It was probably 1 foot of gauze, maybe worth 10 cents. :lol: Just how it works....

[quote]My parent's neighbor was a surgeon, lived in a great neighborhood best house on the block. Told my dad that his monthly malpractice insurance was more than his mortgage payments.[/quote] Hell yeah it is. MedMal is insane. Doctors get sued all the damn time. ...

[quote]Unions agree to give up certain rights and benefits, but gain other rights and benefits. [/quote] This is true. By far, the biggest benefit is job security. It makes you a protected class basically. For nurses, their union dues often wipe out most or all of the compensation gains recei...

[quote] I agree with banning non-competes[/quote] So if you bought a dry cleaning business from a single individual owner and part of the transaction the former owner agreed to a 15 mile non-compete, you think that shouldn't be legal? And now you think former non-competes, which caused a pricing...

[quote]If the NCAA can't restrict transfers, why would the SEC be able to? [/quote] The teams all collectively agreed this rule is best for the league. And I wholeheartedly agree....

[quote]Non competes can suppress fair compensation for the talents of the employee.[/quote] True. But in this hypothetical they agreed to these things. [quote]And it can create a trap in bad work environments that the employee cannot effectively escape.[/quote] This is something I hadn't re...

[quote]Wouldn't the free market reign supreme if non-competes weren't a thing? Non-competes are inherently anti-free market. Especially in small markets, where options are limited.[/quote] I guess it depends on how you look at it. Are non-competes anti-free market or a result of it that would eve...