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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5166 on: July 21, 2020, 04:54:26 PM »
you don't have to go to Austin

try Round Rock, TX
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5167 on: July 21, 2020, 04:55:33 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on July 21, 2020, 04:51:47 PM
I want to get out of here, honestly. For my career and specialty, ideal places career-wise would be the Bay Area, Seattle, Denver, Austin, RTP, and maybe the Boston area.


  • Bay Area: ideal for career, and I love the weather, but eliminated due to cost of living, taxation, etc.
  • Seattle: Also good for career, but it's blown up SO much over the last couple decades with Microsoft and Amazon that cost of living is horrible, and traffic is just outright absurd.
  • Denver: Potential to transfer with my current job (and current salary). Weather is great--although it gets cold in the winter it's not Midwest-level cold. Low humidity / few mosquitoes in the summer. Cost of living is pretty good, especially in some of the places I'd consider living. Culturally I love it--Denver is one of my favorite cities.
  • Austin: Potential to transfer with my current job (and current salary). Weather is too hot for my tastes, but that's what air conditioning is for, right? Temperate winters. Good culturally, with great food/music/entertainment scene. Good cost of living, I think taxes are pretty moderate.
  • RTP: I'd probably need a job change for this, but it's a good place for engineers. I'd be only 2-3 hrs from my best friend who moved to Charlotte. Weather is temperate, but a little humid and too many mosquitoes in the summer. Cost of living is manageable.
  • Boston/Northeast: No desire to live there whatsoever. It seems so culturally different from me to be foreign, and I can't even explain why. Weather sucks.


So if I can get over the idea of going to court and trying to get the kids for the school year and send them to their mom's for the summers (which she'll fight tooth and nail because she can't afford to keep her lifestyle without my alimony/child support and without money she gets from the state that she'd lose if she didn't have the autistic 11 year old to care for), or if I can get over the idea of leaving and only having then for the summers, I very might become utee's neighbor.
I’ve been to some of those places and talked to people from some of the others. The irksome part is all of them outside RTP have some of the same issues, but to different degrees.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5168 on: July 21, 2020, 05:14:43 PM »
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa egg producers who euthanized hens as a result of plummeting demand caused by the coronavirus will be eligible for government payments to cover disposal costs, a state agency announced Monday.

The Iowa Disposal Assistance Program has been paying pork producers $40 for each market-ready hog they have been forced to euthanize as a result of supply chain disruptions.

Thousands of hogs were killed statewide as processing plants slowed production in April and May due to coronavirus outbreaks.

On Monday, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship said the program would be extended for another round of funding and expanded to benefit egg producers.


The department said 70 percent of Iowa egg-laying hen flocks produce for the liquid egg market, which serves restaurants and schools. Demand plummeted as a result of closures that began in March, and the price of liquid eggs dropped by 68 percent. Producers responded by reducing the size of their flocks.

Egg producers will be eligible for 25 cents for each hen that they euthanized and disposed of between April 1 and July 20. They must provide proof of disposal and other documentation when they apply beginning Aug. 6.

Pork producers will be eligible for payments for hogs and pigs disposed of through July 20.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5169 on: July 21, 2020, 05:34:01 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on July 21, 2020, 04:55:33 PM
I’ve been to some of those places and talked to people from some of the others. The irksome part is all of them outside RTP have some of the same issues, but to different degrees.
I've been to all of those places, and wouldn't choose any of them. West coast would be San Diego, or bust. No interest in any other of those cities out there.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5170 on: July 21, 2020, 05:35:11 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 21, 2020, 04:54:26 PM
you don't have to go to Austin

try Round Rock, TX
Well, obviously. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5171 on: July 21, 2020, 05:40:47 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 21, 2020, 05:34:01 PM
I've been to all of those places, and wouldn't choose any of them. West coast would be San Diego, or bust. No interest in any other of those cities out there.
They’re all places I wouldn’t mind being, but their BS is generally the same kind of BS. 

In HS, I was a little enamored with the idea of San Diego. Then I figured out where UC San Diego actually was. Not in my college wheelhouse. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5172 on: July 21, 2020, 06:39:28 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 21, 2020, 05:34:01 PM
I've been to all of those places, and wouldn't choose any of them. West coast would be San Diego, or bust. No interest in any other of those cities out there.
Oh I'd very much consider moving down to the San Diego area. I love it down there.

Only issue is that it's still close enough that my wife would still need to drive to her same office (Newport Beach) every day, and I'd probably end up maintaining the same schedule with the kids and end up having to drive them to Orange County for school when I had them. And although it's less expensive than here, it's not less expensive by enough to justify that extra driving/hassle. 

Otherwise I might have already done it. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5173 on: July 21, 2020, 07:02:18 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on July 21, 2020, 06:39:28 PM
Oh I'd very much consider moving down to the San Diego area. I love it down there.

Only issue is that it's still close enough that my wife would still need to drive to her same office (Newport Beach) every day, and I'd probably end up maintaining the same schedule with the kids and end up having to drive them to Orange County for school when I had them. And although it's less expensive than here, it's not less expensive by enough to justify that extra driving/hassle.

Otherwise I might have already done it.

I like the harbor at Oceanside. Town has a cool vibe.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5174 on: July 21, 2020, 07:12:39 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 21, 2020, 07:02:18 PM
I like the harbor at Oceanside. Town has a cool vibe.
Oceanside is a strange mix... Being the farthest north from San Diego, it's the cheapest. Which means it also tends to be the area with a little more crime, etc.

But at the same time it's also where a bunch of Marines live, because it's at the front door to Camp Pendleton. Which means that you have a significant population of older Marines who work at the base (officers, NCO, etc) who are the type who keep their shit in line. But balanced against them you have some of the younger, testosterone-fueled Marines who might not have the, ahem, wisdom and restraint of their elders lol... 

All that being said, it's a place I might look at if I were under 30, but when looking for a much quieter scene I'd try to go a little farther south to Carlsbad. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5175 on: July 21, 2020, 07:21:16 PM »
I hear ya. I just like that it has a Marina. I could live on a boat there, year-round.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5176 on: July 21, 2020, 07:41:53 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on July 21, 2020, 07:12:39 PM
OBut balanced against them you have some of the younger, testosterone-fueled Marines who might not have the, ahem, wisdom and restraint of their elders lol...
I refuse to accept that ANY "younger Marines' are testosterone fueled and lacking in great wisdom, maturity, and depth.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5177 on: July 21, 2020, 07:46:16 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 21, 2020, 07:41:53 PM
I refuse to accept that ANY "younger Marines' are testosterone fueled and lacking in great wisdom, maturity, and depth.
I hear that. My boy was nothing of the sort. Basic changed that kid - made him a man of responsibility and accountability. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5178 on: July 21, 2020, 07:54:09 PM »
My son told me after graduation from PI "I can't believe I was what I used to be."

August 3.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #5179 on: July 21, 2020, 08:14:42 PM »
Would you maybe, just a little, venture to say that your boys were not 100% representative of all the young men going through basic?

My brother also says that he was changed, and that the USMC (he was just reserves at the time) got him onto the right path regarding discipline and focus.

I'd venture say that he, as well as your sons, started from a different place than many who went through the same program. 
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