In other news (apolitical thread)...

[Cincydawg]

Cincinnati had a mayor who became a minor TV talk show star who paid a hooker with a check ... and the check bounced.  I forget his name now.  Looked it up, Jerry Springer.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I don't approve of strip clubs for anyone, let alone a 17-18 y/o kid.

I'm not going to yuck someone else's yum, but they ain't for me. 

I refer it as "the illusion of intimacy." 

She doesn't like you. She doesn't care about you. But for as long as you're willing to part with $20/song (if that's inaccurately low, it'll tell you how long it's been since I've been in a strip club), she's going to PRETEND that she likes you. 

I never really wanted to pay someone to pretend to like me. 

[847badgerfan]

I got tricked into going to one a long while back. Don't see those friends anymore. We get inside and there's girls. One of them comes to me and I actually paid her to go away. I'd have waited outside but it was like -5 degrees and I didn't drive.

[FearlessF]

https://youtu.be/mQ_k_VG6Syc

[utee94]

I'm not going to yuck someone else's yum, but they ain't for me.

I refer it as "the illusion of intimacy."

She doesn't like you. She doesn't care about you. But for as long as you're willing to part with $20/song (if that's inaccurately low, it'll tell you how long it's been since I've been in a strip club), she's going to PRETEND that she likes you.

I never really wanted to pay someone to pretend to like me.

I don't go to scrip clubs either but  I'm not going to deny or judge college kids and recruits for doing it.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I don't go to scrip clubs either but  I'm not going to deny or judge college kids and recruits for doing it.

Of course. I did it when I was a college kid. I didn't realize the stupidity/futility of that financial/emotional decision until later in life 

[Cincydawg]

In other news, I don't drive much around the ATL, but today being nice outside I suggested we drive to Sweetwater State Park.  Holy Cow. Midday traffic.  I wasn't in a hurry obviously, but it was ridiculous, people changing lanes like crazy people and stop, go, stop, slow, stop ...

I can't imagine living here and driving to work every day.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Where do all you investors go for earnings call transcripts? 

I am trying to avoid paying for SeekingAlpha. For a short period, it seemed like Yahoo was publishing them (possibly from their acquisition of The Motley Fool?), but for a couple of stocks I'm following, they haven't posted this quarter's transcripts. 

I *hate* listening to recordings. I'd much rather read. But it seems like earnings call transcripts seem to have previously been paywalled, briefly went free, and perhaps are now paywalled again...

[FearlessF]

OK.

I'm fine with it.

But not DUI.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) – A pedestrian has died after police say he was struck by a teacher who was driving under the influence while on her way to school.

The crash happened on the morning of April 16 in Lexington, Kentucky.

Fayette County Coroner identified the victim as 32-year-old Joshua Hampton and said he died two days after the crash.

Police said the teacher, 29-year-old Jamie Caldwell, drove away after hitting Hampton.

Caldwell is a teacher at Glendover Elementary with Fayette County Public Schools, the district confirmed.

Police say that at approximately 6:45 a.m. on April 16, officers responded to the scene of a collision on Georgetown Road near Mercer Road where a pedestrian had been hit by a car.

According to the arrest citation, the driver fled the scene. But police quickly found the vehicle at Glendover Elementary, where Caldwell had arrived for work.

The citation states that officers found Caldwell at the school and immediately saw damage to her vehicle. Officers also said she smelled of alcohol.

Caldwell failed field sobriety tests, and a breath test result came back at .278, more than three times Kentucky’s legal limit.

The citation also says Caldwell admitted to drinking the night before and reported taking prescription anxiety, depression, and blood pressure medications earlier in the morning.

According to the citation, Caldwell told officers she heard a “thud,” but didn’t realize she had hit someone.

[OrangeAfroMan]

We had a kindergarten teacher get fired for being hammered on the job.  Our HR guy had to drive her home, it was so bad.  

Didn't make it to winter break, lol.

[FearlessF]

I don't go to scrip clubs either but  I'm not going to deny or judge college kids and recruits for doing it.

[FearlessF]

https://youtu.be/Gzpmh3Fysro

[Cincydawg]

0.278% BAC is getting into lethal territory, especially when one considers it was morning.

BAC 0.30% to 0.40%: In this percentage range, you'll likely have alcohol poisoning, a potentially life-threatening condition, and experience loss of consciousness. BAC Over 0.40%: This is a potentially fatal blood alcohol level. You're at risk of coma and death from respiratory arrest (absence of breathing).

[FearlessF]

I'm guessing she didn't quit drinking at midnight