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The main reason it became as popular as it was, aside from the cheap price, was marketing. Quality, body, and flavor has had absolutely nothing to do with why it was at the top of the heap. It’s effect beer; people drink it for the effect, not for the taste or mouth feel.
And then, they had to promote up a Peter Principle candidate to head the Bud Light division, someone who thought she was smarter than anyone else in the room.
Anheuser-Busch got what it deserved when it entrusted the fate of perhaps the most profitable product in their line-up to a 4th wave feminist social justice hack.
She was definitive proof that education does NOT equate to intelligence.
Calling is “beer” is like calling a Yugo a “car."
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I drink bud light because I want the lesser calories to keep up my figure unlike all the fat beer belly guys that drink bud
Moderate beer consumption tend not to cause problems, including hormonal imbalances in men, but excessive consumption can cause hormonal issues, including gynecomastia in men.
Plus, beer contains a lot of sugars, too. Not all the sugars are consumed by the yeast during fermentation. Yeast begins to die off when the alcohol level reaches around 12-15% ABV.
Diabetics should not be drinking beer.
I’ve always labeled myself as a “cheap date”….. I’m a cheap date because I limit myself to 2 beers. Seriously, 2 beers and I am “loopy”. I’ve loved the taste of beer ever since I was a young girl. A hundred years ago I recall my Pops enjoying a cold beer on a hot Saturday afternoon after he mowed the lawn. The glass was icy cold and contained this golden liquid with a frothy head. Sometimes I would ask for a taste and from time to time he indulge me. Pure YUM! On my river cruise in Europe, while in Germany I was excited to try their beer….. oh my goodness, they serve beer chilled to 38 to 40 degrees F. Yuck!
I understand why I get loopy on 2 beers, it’s because I enjoy the taste and when it’s icy cold, it goes down so easily. There’s no “nursing” beer for me, no siree Bob! And I do prefer to drink Michelob Ultra for the same reason Cody8789 likes to drink Bud Light, less carbs, less calories.
Sadly, my beer drinking days are over. I have to limit anything made with wheat or barley to hardly any, because is makes me hurt all over. I can’t even drink bourbon anymore, and I love a good 80 proof bourbon.
I’m trying sake now, and I’m going to see what rums and tequilas do for me. Wine is fine, especially reds. I love a good cabernet!
BTW, why do go here?
“-Busch got what it deserved when it entrusted the fate of perhaps the most profitable product in their line-up to a 4th wave feminist social justice hack.
She was definitive proof that education does NOT equate to intelligence.”?
I don’t understand why a product should be denigrated just because of its spokesperson. To me it proves your last sentence.
I’m just saying.
Where were you when she said she was actively trying to take the masculinity out of the product? She all but said the image portrayed by the product represented “toxic masculinity,” as if her toxic feminism was any better.
And, why the fuck do you even care? Every time someone has a differing opinion on every petty or trivial little itsy-bitsy subject, there you are, arguing a pointless argument, as if your opinion on every little goddamned teeny-tiny lame-ass subject on the planet is the only one that matters. Don’t you have any hobbies, or is this it?
Jeezus Horatio Christ!
Yes. This is one of my hobbies. It’s where I go to rub people like you the wrong way. 🤣🤣😈
Well, your sad existence does have some meaning, I guess. If you’re here, you’re not standing in front of cars on some city street somewhere cold right now. At least we can be thankful for that.
Keep nit picking. It gives you something to do.
Okay, I didn’t like what you had to say so, now, anything I say or said is stupid or petty. Some hunk of man you are, but, I bet that if you ever get kicked between your legs, nothing will happen.
Now, Look@nothing2, you don’t know me and you will never know me so, you don’t get to address me as “honey”. You can address me as CAT, Cat52! Or even as Candy, but I’m not your honey under any circumstances.
Cry me a river, Karen. No one asks you to butt in with your negative commentary. No one has ever asked you to “correct” their opinions, but there you are, every time, Ms. Annie Buzzkill, inserting yourself with your self-righteous attitude, as if your opinion is the only one that matters.
And, not surprisingly, you’ve whipped out your misogyny card and are waving it around, yelling, “Woman hater! We have a woman hater over here!”
I knew it was just a matter of time before you started crying “woman hater” simply because you have no valid arguments.
Leftist, thy name is predictability!
You’re nothing more but an overblown Socialist troll with an inflated sense of self-righteous moral superiority.
As for me, I think it’s hilarious that you get an eyeful of the head of my ERECT PENIS every time you post another one of your patronizing comments in answer to any one of my posts! That’s my dick you’re forced to see every time you feel compelled to get in the last word!
LOOK AT MY DICK! LOOK AT IT!
Now, I’m ready for your next post, an ad hominem attack about penis size or some other random characteristic of mine, because that is the fallback position Leftists always go to when they have no valid counterpoint to make!
Fire your best shot, Karen Buttinski!
Piece of shit socialist commie car.
Didn't take much to strip them out. THe cars are so pitiful they are cute
Unfortunately, the battery had leaked acid on the front suspension, which broke off during some harsh braking. Then the car steered to the right when the accelerator pedal was pressed and to the left when the brake was pressed.
I asked my dad if he could weld it all back together, but it was too big of a mess.
I was very sad about it, when we dropped it off at the scrapyard.
Skunk beer is beer that is either old or has been exposed to heat or light. Think Miller High Life in the clear bottles.
Not all Continental lagers are immune to that, either. Pilsner Urquell in the green bottles gets skunky after a while.
I know a lot of the houses down there have no furnaces it was 0.
Degrees here in Pennsylvania but we are used to it I use three different heat sources
Propane heaters in every room
A wood stove in the basement
And of course a heating oil furnace
In the Midwest, a lot of homes built in the 50s and 60s had all electric heat, which is expensive as of late. Many older homes built prior to the 1950s had fuel oil heating. Many of those have been upgraded to propane or natural gas now. Some have central wood burning heating that operate just like a propane furnace or even exterior wood burners that heat water for radiant heating.
Those dipshits in Sacramento running California are forcing all new construction to heat with electric only, without bothering to upgrade the grid to handle the extra demand. Wood stoves are being banned in a lot of areas. There are going to be a lot of disappointed people who live in the Sierras and in the north who are going to be miserable come winter and the power goes out, which it always does whenever the wind picks up.
We lived in a house during the 1970s that used radiators with hot water heated by electricity. You could hear the water flushing through the pipes when it operated. We learned real fast not to touch the pipes during the winter.
Yes electric is expensive. BUT we don't have a propane truck pulling in, dumping 400 bucks worth unexpectedly either ,and we have not had to do any maintance or repairs on our electric heat in over 50 years. The neighbors, since 1989 when they moved into a older house,they are on their 5th central heat and air system, the last 1 costing over 9000 dollars. so a little electric over the winter months is not to bad compared to that. plus they have a propane bill!
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I just can’t have enough.
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Who said cats aint smart?
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Not all jacked up, not even 4x4.
Just a stock F350
Similar setups pass by my house all the time.
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One becomes a slave to someone else’s hardware or software.
There is now an entire generation of people today who, if the internet suddenly were to be shut off tomorrow, would have no idea how to fend for themselves. They don’t bother to learn any useful skills, including how to keep themselves fed and warm, simply because they can just look it up on their devices. They know no more than the minimum required to operate a fragile electronic device.
And, do not forget this wise maxim as it pertains to internet information: Garbage in, garbage out. The information is only as good as the idiot who enters it.
There is a difference between knowledge and information. They are not the same thing. Our modern society is woefully short of the former, and completely saturated with the latter.
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This is funny!
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Comforter aside and check everything else, not that I’m a germaphobe
Have you ever seen this video of CSI London?
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I have very specific preferences. This was not possible when we went on vacation
by plane, but the last time was ten years ago, to Barcelona. They had very hot pillows
in that apartment, so the next day we went to IKEA to buy cooler pillows, and we just
left them there after our stay.
The video is not what you're expecting, I think.
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To copy the URL: Right-click on the image. Click Copy Image Address.
Go to google.com.
Click Search by image .
In “Paste image link,” paste the URL.
Click Search.
Is what I use sometimes I use tineye
I feel so bad for this poor robot. it's little wheels got stuck on the rail road track and there was no 1 there to simply help it across. the camera man just laughed, why not step over and save the poor thing. probably cost several 1000 dollars, ruined. The death of that little robot may trigger Ai to take revenge against the camera man in the future.
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Thanks Trump for lowering gas prices
The President is doing a happy dance!
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Since I was a kid.
Do you really need a goddamn oil tanker to drive everywhere?
Why don't you get a small, fuel economical car, like a Toyota, Hyundai
or Suzuki, for rides that you don't need to carry lots of stuff?
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Two summers ago when I was a caregiver, my client wanted a caregiver daily from 8a to noon then 3p to 7p. There was wound care involved, assistance with bathing and making certain that medication was taken however I feel that this assignment was predominantly more for cooking and companionship. Anyway…. In the morning I had to put on a pot of coffee and prepare breakfast. You would think that I could cook an over easy egg for him. NOT. Finally he just told me to not worry about it, whatever way I cooked them would be the way he ate them.
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I don't like my eggs sunny side up but I don't like the yolks broken so I cook my egg basted.
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1. Remote and Isolated Location
- Oil rigs are often hundreds of miles offshore. Workers can’t just “pop home” at the end of a shift.
- This isolation requires higher pay to make the job attractive to qualified workers.
2. Demanding Skill Sets
- Many positions require technical expertise (engineers, drill operators, safety officers).
- High-stakes work with dangerous equipment justifies premium pay.
3. Long Hours in Harsh Conditions
- Typical rotations are 2–4 weeks on, followed by a week or more off.
- Shifts are long, sometimes 12 hours a day, often 7 days a week.
- The high pay compensates for these grueling schedules.
4. High Risk
- Oil rigs are hazardous: heavy machinery, high-pressure systems, exposure to chemicals, risk of fires, and potential for accidents in extreme weather.
- Companies offer hazard pay to attract workers willing to take on these risks.
5. Physical and Mental Stress
- Jobs can be physically demanding: lifting, climbing ladders, standing for hours, and working in confined spaces.
- Mental stress comes from isolation, monotony, and being away from family for weeks.
6. Onboard Living Trade-offs
- Workers live in shared, cramped quarters. Privacy is minimal.
- Meals are provided, but dietary options may be limited.
- Entertainment is restricted (though some rigs have gyms, TV, and internet).
Safer, less uncomfortable jobs, requiring similar skills and that make (almost) the same money are:
- Subsea / Offshore Engineering (onshore-based roles)
- Industrial / Plant Maintenance Engineer (oil, chemical, or power plants)
- Pipeline or Subsea Infrastructure Inspector / Engineer
- Robotics / Automation Technician in Oil & Gas or Manufacturing
- High-Pressure Equipment / Turbine Engineer (if you don't fear heights)
that should be a good incentive by it's self.
Men just don't want to work anymore. Laziness has partook of our society.
There should be plenty of men that would want isolation. haven't you read all the info that is out now about how women use men and judge them so harshly that men have just said to hell with dating and remained single?
Men still want to come home alive, that's not "laziness".
You are projecting too much of yourself on other men.
Most men don't want to sacrifice a life for a job.
You read to much manosphere bullshit. Be a man, not a victim.
Woman are not using men, they are just tired of being used by men.
They are longing back for the time that women were subservient.
Sorry for them, times have changed, and it takes a man to deal with that.
It takes bigger balls to have a partnership with a woman, than to dominate her.
How do you tie that with "...how women use men and judge them so harshly
that men have just said to hell with dating and remained single?"
Do you think that you cannot go on a date, without getting accused of
sexual assault?
Of course not, just keep your hands to yourself, until they are invited.
You're not rich, so they don't let you just grab them by the pussy.
No judge is just going to believe the woman, without good reason.
Like with everything, your ideas are false and based on propaganda.
Judges do not take accusations at face value; they follow strict procedural rules to evaluate credibility:
- Cross-Examination: The defense has the right to question the accuser to find inconsistencies, biases, or motives for lying.
- Corroborating Evidence: Even if not strictly required for a conviction, prosecutors almost always seek other evidence to build a case, such as digital communications (texts, social media), witness statements about the victim's behavior before or after, and surveillance footage.
- Burden of Proof: The "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard is the highest in the legal system. If the judge or jury has any logical doubt about the truth of the accusation, they must acquit the defendant.
Pre-Trial Filtering: Cases are heavily screened before they ever reach a judge:
- Police Investigation: Law enforcement must investigate to determine if there is enough probable cause to make an arrest.
- Prosecutorial Review: Prosecutors (such as the CPS in the UK or DAs in the US) will generally drop cases where the only evidence is an accusation that they believe will not survive a trial.
When you have an accused man, like Trump, who first says that he never met the women, and later says that they kissed in a dressing room, than the judge considers that an inconsistent testimony. If the accused keeps lying, while the story of the accuser checks out, and she has witnesses who say that she talked about getting r@ped, not lang after it supposedly occurred, then yes, the judge is going to decide in her favor, especially when you have an accused man,
who is on record admitting to sexually assaulting women, on several occasions;
the "Access Hollywood" tape and on The Howard Stern Show.
When I say "strong women", I'm NOT talking about women who dominate men,
I'm talking about women who are educated, have careers, are independent, have purpose and drive, and don't need a man to feel safe and secure for the future.
She is not waiting for a dominant man, she is waiting for a man who is educated, has a career, is independent, has purpose and drive, and doesn't need a woman to dominate, to feel like a real man.
In the ideology of MAGA, men dominate women, almost like in Islam.
You haven't been paying much attention to what they're saying, if you think women are equal in their 'culture'.
"And to the woman, God said, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” (Genesis 3:16). The man is clearly to be the provider and toil in the soil, while the woman’s life is to revolve around her children and husband, as she was created to be his help meet."
"Men are the caretakers of women, as men have been provisioned by Allah over women and tasked with supporting them financially. And righteous women are devoutly obedient and, when alone, protective of what Allah has entrusted them with."
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What some folks have a problem with is Social norms that have been a part of how society has operated for century's. For some reason suddenly folks know better,although there is no evidence to show that the world is a better place for it.
It's good that humanity moves beyond it.
Yes, we know a better, because those people knew NOTHING.
Even you know more than they did, and that's saying a lot.
Crime is rampant, starvation is rampant because your side like to have babies spat out by folks that can't afford food and etc. domestic violence is at a all time high, divorce is way high. the world is NO better off than 2000 years ago or 200 years ago for that mattter.
All this new knowledge has accomplished nothing. The despair is still there.
Trump saying that crime is rampant, is one of his many lies, and an excuse for deporting immigrants and occupying blue cities.
My side wants people to be able to afford having children, and keep it a choice, not being forced into it, when contraceptives fail, or they are too dumb to use them or a women gets r@ped. Childcare is of benefit to society, and should therefor not be exploited for profit.
When crime, poverty, divorce and domestic violence are at an all time high, that's a sign of social unrest, stress and unsafety.
Poverty is rampant, because you support the exploitation of the many
by the few. If there is one idea you can learn from history, it's that.
Do you think humanity made no progress, because of crime and divorce?
Divorce is a LUXURY. It means you don't have to stay with a person that you don't love (anymore), just for basic survival reasons. Crime is the result of people feeling no hope, or mental illness not being treated. It both means that society is failing its people, not the other way around.
2000-200 years ago, infectious disease, famine and violence were the dominant killers. Life expectancy around 1800 was probably ~30 years.
Are you dissatisfied with your average life expectancy of 78.4 years?
In my country it's 81.9 years. In Sweden, it's 83.3.
In biblical times, one despot would just have an idea that the other tribe is annoying, occupies land that he would like to occupy, and then tell his own tribe that the other tribe is evil, and god told him that they should be exterminated to the last man, boy and farm animal, but they can keep the young girls as sex-slave. See below.
After your last brutal civil war, some wise men decided that kings should no longer use their people to further their interest and power. The founding fathers wrote The Constitution, to create a stable system of government, to prevent tyranny, by grounding political authority in the people, protecting individual liberty, and restraining the abuse of power through LAW rather than FORCE. That created stability for 72 years, until the American Civil War. The Civil War was not a rejection of the Constitution itself, both sides claimed to be defending it, but a demonstration of the limits of any political system when foundational contradictions are left unresolved. The Reconstruction Amendments, 13th, 14th and 15th, were intended to resolve those issues. That made clear that it is against the interest of humanity as a whole to allow having people as property. The world is definitely better off, with this improvement on biblical 'knowledge'.
International law was created as a response to repeated, catastrophic wars between sovereign states, and to the realization that unlimited national power leads to instability, arms races, and mass civilian suffering. After World War II, major countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, China, and many others, worked together to create:
- The United Nations (1945)
- International treaties governing war, human rights, refugees, and genocide
- Institutions like the International Court of Justice
The core idea was that states should be bound by rules above pure self-interest, just as individuals are bound by law within a society. The result was not the end of war, but a significant change in how the world operates:
- Wars of conquest became illegal under international norms
- Human rights became a matter of international concern, not just internal policy
- Diplomacy, arbitration, and treaties became the default tools for resolving disputes
- Even powerful nations became expected to justify their actions legally, not just militarily
In short, international law was created to reduce war, limit cruelty, and create predictability in a world of sovereign states, accepting that perfect peace is unrealistic, but that rules are better than unchecked force.
Recently, Russia disrespected that agreement by attacking Ukraine.
Yesterday, Trump disrespected that agreement by attacking Venezuela.
The U.S. military attack on Venezuela and forcible removal of its president represents a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, which strictly prohibits the use of force against another sovereign state except in self-defense or with Security Council authorization; by acting without legal mandate, the United States has undermined the very rules designed to prevent war and safeguard global peace, setting a dangerous precedent that weakens the post-World War II legal order and emboldens others to flout norms of sovereignty and peaceful dispute resolution.
Using military force against Venezuela without UN authorization violates international law and erodes the rules meant to prevent war; when powerful states act above the law, they weaken global stability and invite a world where force, not law, decides disputes.
How can you act morally superior over Putin now? When China just takes Taiwan, what principles can you still pretend to have, to show your disapproval?
What is the result? Europe will spend trillions in the arms-race to be able to destroy millions of Russian troops like a meat-grinder, if Putin keeps his ambitions. Does that make the world safer?
The world is safer, when international law and human rights are respected by everyone. The world would be safer with the US as the police of the world. But, by acting as a pirate, it forced all other nations to become pirates too. That will result in wars of self-interests, in perpetuity. The only global morality system to prevent it, was just used as toilet paper by Trump.
The EU will now not just have to create a massive war machine to defend ourselves against Russia, but against the US too.
How delusional must y'all be to think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Numbers 31 — King James Version (KJV)
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
30 And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 And sixteen thousand persons)
47 Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
and it scares many men.
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You don't know what you're having for dinner until you arrive for your reservation (which has a $100 nonrefundable deposit).
You eat and drink what you are served and there are no options. It is a 2.5 hour service and costs $175 per person.
We do this once a month and we always sell out the day we announce it. We have never had a customer forfeit their deposit by not showing up.
To everyone.
Oh, you have a restaurant? That's a business that allows you express all your creativity and managing skills, I'm sure. It sounds like a well working format.
I don't consider myself to be nearly as creative as he is. Most things are his vision and I make sure that his vision ends up on plates for a guests.
It's very interesting to see someone with that dedication from up close.
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I never have but it was July when I quit drinking 13 years ago in September when I quit smoking 14 years ago.
When you have a habit that you need to ditch it doesn't matter what time of the year it is but you do have to want to do it and not because somebody is telling you should make a change in your life.
in spring. In winter, the Netherlands often makes Mordor (Tolkien) look like a happy place. That is not all inspiring.
I am also incredibly stubborn, which means I don't accept any external motivation.
All my motivation needs to be internal. Other people can only have some influence,
if they can shape some circumstances to aid me in my motivation.
I once went to a lifestyle coach, with the idea that the person would have some tips and tricks to help me loose some weight, and periodic appointments would help me keep my focus on my goals. It didn't work out that well, in the first 5 minutes of the first contact.
She started out by saying: "Before we even start, I want to you to promise to give me 100% of your commitment in this program. Will you do that?". I thought: "Is she for real?".
I considered what she was saying for a few seconds, and then answered: "I think that I had the wrong idea of coming here. I was hoping you could help me, but you are not getting 100% of my commitment. You would be working with at maximum 5%. I have a life and lots of other priorities. If I had 100% commitment on losing some weight, I wouldn't be talking to you, it would have already been achieved.". She looked at me like I was a green three-headed alien, then answered: "But isn't your health the most important priority in your life?". To which I replied: "Maybe, you are so lucky that your health is the only thing you need to worry about, but most people have lots of other priorities, to achieve their goals in life.". After that, we briefly discussed mutual expectations, but it was clear that
it wasn't going to work.
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Of course the winner of the Powerball has the option of taking 29 equal payments but they never choose that. I suppose that when you get to a certain age 29 equal payments might outlast your life.
If you win$820 million and I suppose about half of that will go to tax which pockets you $410 million. I could get by on that.
What government takes half of it; is it state or federal?
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Actual Federal income Tax Rate: The 24% withholding is an upfront payment. Your final tax is determined by your total taxable income (winnings plus salary, etc.) and your tax bracket, which can be as high as 37%. You may owe more when you file your tax return if your tax bracket is higher than 24%
Also,
Advertised Jackpot (Annuity Value): The large number you see advertised is the total amount the winner would receive over approximately 30 annual payments, which increase each year. This total is larger because it includes the interest earned from the lottery investing the money over those three decades.
Lump Sum (Cash Value): If you choose the "full payout" (lump sum) option, you receive the AVAILABLE CASH PRIZE immediately. This is the amount of money the lottery would have had to invest to fund the 30-year annuity, so it is naturally a much lower amount (often 40% to 50% less than the advertised jackpot) even BEFORE any taxes are considered.
And, last but not least, there wouldn’t be any lottery games if the original voter approval had not been tied to using a portion to fund education or other benefits.
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I have thought about this over the years and I am interested in purchasing GOLD. I want to diversify my portfolio, so to say, and gold might be the answer. I was talking to my friend about the purchase of gold and he said he invested 11k and now his investment is 28k. Woo hoo, cash it in and let's go on vacation! He said that he has to hang onto it for approximately 10 years to reap the full value otherwise the increase is negligible. He said that the "value" of his gold is not in the quantity, it is the quality of what he has purchased. What I understand him to tangibly have in his possession is 2 coins and some 1 ounce gold bullion. Apparently, the coins are where all the projected value is calculated from. In my head, I say BULLSHIT!
Has anyone purchased GOLD, who/where do you buy from and what should someone anticipate receiving in their purchase?
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If you already have a portfolio talk to your current advisor to may update your portfolio to maximize the return within the times you wish
go this route.
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I can go down to the creek and have some shimmmer in the bottle in a matter of minutes. Been a while since I did it due to my handicap now.
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Remember this post a year ago when I told everyone to buy silver
If I get a wild hair to purchase gold.
Let's just say, 10,000 dollars worth today.
3 years later under harris we go into a serious economic depression.
How does a person use that gold to say buy food?
I remember reading about times in germany being so bad back during the war that a person took a wheel barrow load of money to the bank and someone left the money and stole the wheel barrow.
if you were to sell the gold, and cash is worthless, you would loose money wouldn't you?
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I was spot on
1. Gold bullion, is it like 100% gold or is it a alloy, like some other metal in it (that could be easily extracted, so it may be better for transport & stuff), I know pure gold is soft ?
2. Does bullion only come in 1 size/weight, like a universal thing world wide or do different countries have different size/weights or in general say in a single country 1 size/weight ?
3. You say you have purchased gold, so when ya do, do ya take it to ya car in a shopping trolly, chuck it in the boot (trunk), take it to a secure location or home, or is it stored at the location you purchase it from, so you basically own some of the the stock that is there ?
Nicely done!
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Melt Value: The primary value comes from the silver content, also known as "junk silver" value. As of December 2025, the melt value for a single 1964 half dollar is around $24.06. For 40 coins, the total melt value is approximately $962.40.
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1964 and older coins have 90% silver and 1965-1968 have 70% silver. 69- present are only worth face value, so if you have 40 pre 1964 fifty cent pieces you can get around $950.00 melt value and half that for 65-68 half dollars. All assorted pre1964 coins can be mixed in a one lb bag to receive 950. Dollars
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I brought it home (the turkey not the dog!) and it is in my fridge now and tomorrow it will be turkey stew.
I told my niece that I will take her lunch to work one day next week.
I hope everyone had a great day.
Yesterday was a first for me……Yes, you guessed correctly, I prepared the turkey! I have baked chicken, you know, something the size of what you might purchase fully cooked at the grocery store, HOWEVER THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I PREPARED A TURKEY AND HAM FOR A GROUP OF 18 PEOPLE! The turkey was perfect but unfortunately, I thought the gravy was too salty and there’s no way to fix that!
It was a long day, up at 05:15am, brewed a pot of coffee, combined the stuffing components that were chopped the previous day, stuffed the turkey, turkey in the oven at 06:30am. According to the label, the turkey was only 13.18lbs so it was done roasting at 12:30-ish, pulled out of the oven, allowed to rest, carving began shortly after 1pm and sliced turkey placed in crock pot to be kept warm until 2 o’clock mealtime. Dinner on table at scheduled time and everything was delicious (with exception of the gravy)!
I know that after dinner the cleanup is huge but once they're in your house you have many volunteers and of course many hands make light work.
The gravy would be used for the turkey and/or mashed potatoes so if it is too salty just tell people not to put salt on their turkey or mashed potatoes.
Another thing to do would be to add some wine or water to water it down. If it becomes too thin a little bit of cornstarch and water will thicken it back up.
My Golden rule of spicing anything has always been that you can always add more but you can never take it back.
As an aside, the same rule applies to anger.