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| Posted by: Boldwin
- [49250121] Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 22:12
Rotoguru without the rancor. |
| | | 1 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 22:14
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I seem to remember MITH was always miffed that I din't post a current personal picture. If he asks, and promises to not publish it anywhere I'll send him a current picture. Something I never do.
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ID: 541392319
Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 23:36
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Any real estate agents out there? anyone know which is more desirable for resale -- a double wall oven or the wall microwave/oven combo?! Convection? Big decisions going down.
Best beer you had this year so far? I'll go Mad Elf leftover from Xmas.
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| | | 3 | holt
ID: 38338181
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 02:46
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Not an agent but I'm an appraiser. Can't imagine that it would make any difference which one you went with. Everyone has their own preferences and kitchen appliances are pretty far down the list of what is important to buyers.
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| | | 4 | biliruben
ID: 28420307
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 03:05
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La Cumbre Elevated IPA in tall boys out of a can. Brewed in Albuquerue. It was good, but I think it was top-choice tasty mainly because I was on vacation.
Not a professional, but my personal opinion is almost every "investment" in your house is rarely going to up it's value more than the dollars you put in. There are exceptions, where the investment is making it move-in ready vs. not, or you are in a massively over-heated market, but my general rule is spend to make yourself happier.
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| | | 5 | Mith
ID: 8018814
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 10:32
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Miller Lite. Possibly as many as 4 of them so far this year.
Dieting doesn't leave much room for tasty beer.
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| | | 7 | Mith
ID: 8018814
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 11:10
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Boldwin
I don't recall bugging you for a photo. If you'd like to send me one anyway, by all means.
josephkinlan-at-gmail.
In the meantime, here's a selfie from last week:
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| | | 8 | biliruben
ID: 105572020
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 11:32
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Are vacationing in siberia ?
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| | | 9 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 18:33
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Yeah MITH, you once refused to friend me on facebook unless I finally produced a current picture as I recall.
Sent
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| | | 10 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 18:35
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I've got a cultural question. Is there any residual anti-beard bias in America these days? Among any significant segment of society?
Boldwin <--- fellow bearded one.
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| | | 11 | Seattle Zen
ID: 301361318
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 18:39
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Is there any residual anti-beard bias in America these days?
The military, the Yankees... that's about it. Maybe food manufacturing? What was the bias back in the day?
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| | | 12 | Mith
ID: 231150292
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 18:46
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Hippy hate, I think.
Photo received Boldwin.
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| | | 13 | Bean
ID: 14147911
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 18:49
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I'm pretty sure that corporate America has an unofficial policy on facial hair as does politics and the media.
Most super heroes in comics still are without facial hair as well.
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| | | 14 | Seattle Zen
ID: 301361318
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 19:07
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I'm pretty sure that corporate America has an unofficial policy on facial hair
Varies by region and industry, certainly. Banking - probably the most conservative industry I had the pleasure of working in, didn't see many beards even in Seattle. And I'm not talking retail branches, I mean corporate headquarters.
Computers/tech. I bet even in Alabama a beard is not going to stop you from getting a job in IT.
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| | | 15 | Mith
ID: 231150292
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 19:08
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I've been a staff employee with Turner Broadcasting, Viacom and NewsCorp. Big facial hair was not a problem for me with any of those corporations.
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| | | 16 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 19:42
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I did a test one time because my religion, [in this country only] worries that it still carries the hippy stigma...maybe that's what they are thinking. If so I think they are way behind the times. See Duck Dynasty if you think it's a signal for 'lefty'.
So I set up at the Walmart entrance and counted 20 bearded and 15 non-bearded men. [a year ago, last winter] If it's possible that it still carries a radical counter-cultural or anti-social flavor I just don't get it.
How could anyone think the majority of people passing thru a Walmart's door were unsociable and counter-cultural?
So the idea is that when Moses went before Pharaoh he made sure to shave because that was the cultural norm and he didn't want to detract from the message.
I look like a very well groomed professor, very neatly trimmed. I think a big headache for them is that if they greenlight it, they will never get a handle on sloppy unkempt grooming.
Then again professors are the most counter-cultural you can get these days.
And I find myself bucking the convention in an organization that values tight cohesion.
Uncomfortable.
If I was in someplace like Norway no one in my organization would think twice about it. I expect that view will make it across the pond before I shave.
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| | | 17 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 19:57
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How does that scary grimace go over with corporate, MITH? Lol!
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| | | 18 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 19:58
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I'll take Tuaca with my coffee and Drambuie to get thru the tuff days.
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| | | 19 | Mith
ID: 231150292
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 20:41
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The grizzled veteran operator scowl keeps annoying tech-averse news producers at bay.
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| | | 20 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 20:48
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Have you considered the 'bone thru the nose' look? You'd be bulletproof.
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| | | 21 | Tree
ID: 161036918
Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 21:07
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there is an anti-hipster bias, and some of that is mocking of facial hair.
hell, in a recent budweiser ad, they took a swipe at those of us who sport facial hair.
i've got a fairly bushy, unkempt beard. i'm in sales, but i sell craft beer, so it's pretty much accepted i'm going to have a beard.
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| | | 22 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Tue, Mar 10, 2015, 08:21
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Bean, I gotta say, you are really harshing my career prospects in the superhero business.
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| | | 23 | nerveclinic
ID: 42105017
Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 10:19
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Tree beat me to it. It's the anti hipster movement and I am in that camp.
I don't think it's Hipsters in general, there's been periods in my life when I was a hipster, it's the current trend, as the definition of a hipster by it's very nature changes over time.
I'm not saying this with any intent to insult anyone, Tree, MITH, Baldwin. (I am sure you don't give a shit what I think anyway) The whole bushy beard thing really bothers me. I actually have a client who is a good friend who started doing it and I actually talked him out of it, literally.
To me it becomes this really aggressive feature, where I begin to think of the person as a beard rather than who they are as a person. (That is just an honest statement in no way intended to insult anyone)
I have another client who did go all out with the hipster beard, like Joes, All I think everytime I see him is how F***ing stupid his beard looks on him (I knew him for 5 years clean shaven) and affected and pandering trendy he is being. My internal voice starts going oh here comes the stupid beard again. It's completely changed how I think of this person. All I think about when I am talking to him is look at that big f**king beard. It's also extremely pretentiously "trendy". (In my opinion)
I am specifically talking about the really bushy beards not a trimmed one which I am fine with.
But hey, that's just what I think, which doesn't amount to squat, I just felt compelled to answer the question. I guess I am just the grumpy old man now who tells the kids to get off his lawn.
I'm sure some people hate my goatee that's about 20 years out of style, but of course I first started doing it when it was hipster trendy, lol.
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| | | 24 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 16:48
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I'm not sure how a full beard could come across as 'hipster trendy' in a muslim country, but ok...
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| | | 25 | Tree
ID: 161036918
Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 21:39
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NC - my beard evolved from the goatee that i, also, have had for 20+ years.
during that time, i've essentially let my beard go from the end of the World Series, until pitchers and catchers report.
and then, in my own rite of spring, shaved all but the goatee, and sometimes, big ol' lamb chops.
but last year, my girlfriend told me she kind of liked the beard, and asked me to let it go.
16 months later, i've still let it go, although i do allow her to trim it when she gets the urge.
i think if i still lived in NYC, as opposed to Texas, i wouldn't have the beard. but here, it's different. yes, there's a definite hipster population who sports the beard, but there's also something that feels, well, Texan, and in particular, Fort Worthian, about sporting copious facial hair.
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| | | 26 | Nerveclinic
ID: 34231523
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 01:00
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If my girlfriend asked me to let my beard grow, that would certainly carry considerable weight in my decision.
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| | | 27 | biliruben
ID: 28420307
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 01:48
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I've moved from a goatee, (or van dyke if you like) that I've had for 15-20 years to a full beard for the last couple. I mainly can't be bothered to shave, though paying f'in 2 bucks per blade, and the fact that I'm a cheap bastard, factored into the decision.
Every few weeks I buzz my head and my beard to about the same, short length, then ignore it for the next few weeks.
Didn't really even notice hipsters were doing it too.
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| | | 28 | nerveclinic
ID: 8832812
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 04:03
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Bili
That's not it. It's the really big shaggy beard that basically doesn't get shaved at all. It's intentionally rough and unkept looking.Kind of like Joe's photo.
Ironically to Baldwins point there are a group of men over here with identical beards to the hipsters. These guys are the complete opposite personality wise. They are the most strict Muslims. Virtually none of them are from the UAE though, UAE men have very trim beards or sometimes just a 5 O'clock Shadow. Most of the hipster beard men here are from Pakistan.
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| | | 29 | biliruben
ID: 28420307
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 08:03
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Okay. Yeah, that's not where I go. This is about as shaggy as I let it get. And that's only when I get too busy to bother getting out the clippers.
Hard to be mistaken for a hipster when you are grey. Even with my chuck taylors.
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| | | 30 | nerveclinic
ID: 8832812
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 16:03
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OK everyone has pulled out the family photos. This is me about two weeks ago. I am driving...
The Red Monster.
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| | | 31 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 16:09
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"Let gravity be your friend." Indeed! Looks like a lot of fun.
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| | | 32 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 21:44
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That is one well organized Youtube account, Nerve!
Still can't find a current picture of you in there tho. Hmmm
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| | | 33 | Boldwin
ID: 49250121
Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 21:46
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Bean has my one person Q. Hopefully 'Great minds' Punk and Boldwin aren't thinking alike. I am gonna nap off and on from here on out. g'nite sorta
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| | | 34 | Boldwin
ID: 15242023
Sat, Mar 21, 2015, 18:29
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I just came across a firefox add-on that afaik allows you to click on a picture on a page that bugs you, and change it to a picture of Nicholas Cage!
Cracks me up.
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| | | 35 | Boldwin
ID: 49572022
Tue, Jun 23, 2015, 13:18
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Wrigley Field
Nail-biter last night, dodging the tornado track.
Sublette and Coal City hit hardest.
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