A few months waxing chain

On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 8:06:12 PM UTC-8, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:28:51 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:



John, That's it, I'm a failure though my net worth is over a million
dollars.

Wait - you've complained about not being able to find a job, you've
complained loud and long about how terrible your neighborhood is, but
with a million dollars socked away you can't find something better??
Sheesh!

Exactly and shows what a useless wang measure it is.

Easy and very unwise to have that $USmillion locked up in your own home.
we have a more economical and lesser home and an equivalent amount in an
"investment' property now returning an income. Alternatively, you could
have some of it in shares if you wanted the risk.or govenment bonds(YMMV)
for lowest risk.

Another comment from a bigtime investor.

On 12/12/2018 1:57 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 8:37:47 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 12/11/2018 8:51 PM, jbeattie wrote:

Time for a story! After they installed the metal detectors over at the old federal court house, I was going in for a hearing and the Marshals out front decided to play a joke on me. I'm sliding my brief case through the x-ray machine and walking through the metal detector when they stop me and said, "we've got a problem." They tell me to look at the x-ray screen and there . . . in my brief case . . . is a Glock 19. I totally freaked out and started spewing denials. They laughed. It turns out they have some sort of template that they can project to evaluate gun silhouettes. The metal detectors in the new federal courthouse in downtown Portland are the only ones anywhere that pick up the metal in my legs and hand. I always get wanded.
This is Federal courthouse in Portland -- your tax dollars at work: https://bora.co/project/mark-o-hatfield-us-courthouse/ It is impressively ****-free.

Last summer, my wife and I and a friend decided to visit the county
courthouse just to tour the building. The three classic bronze statues
that sit atop it (Law, Justice & Strength IIRC) had been restored and
were sitting out front for close up views before being lifted up to the
roof.

As I remembered, the inside was glorious. Wide staircases, granite
columns, gorgeous murals, ornamental windows... truly beautiful.

Then, since we had to pass by it to get to our car, we decided to visit
the new (maybe 15 years old?) federal courthouse nearby.

It had the same architectural charm as the inside of a refrigerator.
Everything was bleak, sterile and devoid of any and all character.

It did have a heck of a metal detector, though! The county's never
squealed about my wife's replacement hip. But the fed's lit up like a
fire truck. I thought they were going to make her take it off.

The Multnomah County Court House (Portland) was once grand but is now a **** hole. I'm embarrassed taking clients there. We're getting a new one. You can watch the construction on a live feed. http://dwpwebcams.com/mcc/stream.htm You can see the tip-top of my building next to the construction crane.

This is off-topic and based on one tiny sample, but:

There are those like Joerg who brag about how facilities will get SO
many people out of cars, and trumpet Portland's supposed 7% bike
commuting rate.

As I've said, if one actually travels around Portland, one does not see
7% of the people moving by bike. Cars still dominate. It shows in that
live feed. (I'm now watching during lunch time in Portland.)

I'm in favor of more bicycling, but we need to be realistic.


--
- Frank Krygowski

On 12/12/2018 10:57 AM, jbeattie wrote:

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The Multnomah County Court House (Portland) was once grand but is now a **** hole. I'm embarrassed taking clients there. We're getting a new one. You can watch the construction on a live feed. http://dwpwebcams.com/mcc/stream.htm You can see the tip-top of my building next to the construction crane.

It's often difficult to get a lot of support from the public for money
for buildings like court houses, jails, county office buildings, and
city halls even if the existing buildings have significant issues.
Libraries and parks get more support.

Speaking only for myself.

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 12:54:04 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 12/12/2018 1:57 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 8:37:47 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 12/11/2018 8:51 PM, jbeattie wrote:

Time for a story! After they installed the metal detectors over at the old federal court house, I was going in for a hearing and the Marshals out front decided to play a joke on me. I'm sliding my brief case through the x-ray machine and walking through the metal detector when they stop me and said, "we've got a problem." They tell me to look at the x-ray screen and there . . . in my brief case . . . is a Glock 19. I totally freaked out and started spewing denials. They laughed. It turns out they have some sort of template that they can project to evaluate gun silhouettes. The metal detectors in the new federal courthouse in downtown Portland are the only ones anywhere that pick up the metal in my legs and hand. I always get wanded.
This is Federal courthouse in Portland -- your tax dollars at work: https://bora.co/project/mark-o-hatfield-us-courthouse/ It is impressively ****-free.

Last summer, my wife and I and a friend decided to visit the county
courthouse just to tour the building. The three classic bronze statues
that sit atop it (Law, Justice & Strength IIRC) had been restored and
were sitting out front for close up views before being lifted up to the
roof.

As I remembered, the inside was glorious. Wide staircases, granite
columns, gorgeous murals, ornamental windows... truly beautiful.

Then, since we had to pass by it to get to our car, we decided to visit
the new (maybe 15 years old?) federal courthouse nearby.

It had the same architectural charm as the inside of a refrigerator.
Everything was bleak, sterile and devoid of any and all character.

It did have a heck of a metal detector, though! The county's never
squealed about my wife's replacement hip. But the fed's lit up like a
fire truck. I thought they were going to make her take it off.

The Multnomah County Court House (Portland) was once grand but is now a **** hole. I'm embarrassed taking clients there. We're getting a new one. You can watch the construction on a live feed. http://dwpwebcams.com/mcc/stream.htm You can see the tip-top of my building next to the construction crane.

This is off-topic and based on one tiny sample, but:

There are those like Joerg who brag about how facilities will get SO
many people out of cars, and trumpet Portland's supposed 7% bike
commuting rate.

As I've said, if one actually travels around Portland, one does not see
7% of the people moving by bike. Cars still dominate. It shows in that
live feed. (I'm now watching during lunch time in Portland.)

I'm in favor of more bicycling, but we need to be realistic.

I, too, am kind of amazed at the lack of bike traffic in that shot. It's a mess when I'm coming to work, and there is a pretty constant dribble (certainly no Amsterdam) near my office. Maybe they've all gone to an Antifa meeting -- or there was a ****-tastrophy somewhere.


BTW, do you know this woman? https://katu.com/news/nation-world/o...ugs-12-06-2018 This was on our local news. Now the rest of the world knows about Ohio! Don't deny it! You're all a bunch of zombie tattooed drug freaks!

-- Jay Beattie.

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:55:10 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 8:06:12 PM UTC-8, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:28:51 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:



John, That's it, I'm a failure though my net worth is over a million
dollars.

Wait - you've complained about not being able to find a job, you've
complained loud and long about how terrible your neighborhood is, but
with a million dollars socked away you can't find something better??
Sheesh!

Exactly and shows what a useless wang measure it is.

Easy and very unwise to have that $USmillion locked up in your own home.
we have a more economical and lesser home and an equivalent amount in an
"investment' property now returning an income. Alternatively, you could
have some of it in shares if you wanted the risk.or govenment bonds(YMMV)
for lowest risk.

Another comment from a bigtime investor.

Tom, do you actually read? And think? The so called bigtime investors
that you demean are not whining about how they lost their money, or
live in a miserable neighborhood or buy cheap Chinese wheels. But you,
the millionair do....


cheers,

John B.

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:16:43 -0800 (PST), jbeattie
wrote:

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 12:54:04 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 12/12/2018 1:57 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 8:37:47 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 12/11/2018 8:51 PM, jbeattie wrote:

Time for a story! After they installed the metal detectors over at the old federal court house, I was going in for a hearing and the Marshals out front decided to play a joke on me. I'm sliding my brief case through the x-ray machine and walking through the metal detector when they stop me and said, "we've got a problem." They tell me to look at the x-ray screen and there . . . in my brief case . . . is a Glock 19. I totally freaked out and started spewing denials. They laughed. It turns out they have some sort of template that they can project to evaluate gun silhouettes. The metal detectors in the new federal courthouse in downtown Portland are the only ones anywhere that pick up the metal in my legs and hand. I always get wanded.
This is Federal courthouse in Portland -- your tax dollars at work: https://bora.co/project/mark-o-hatfield-us-courthouse/ It is impressively ****-free.

Last summer, my wife and I and a friend decided to visit the county
courthouse just to tour the building. The three classic bronze statues
that sit atop it (Law, Justice & Strength IIRC) had been restored and
were sitting out front for close up views before being lifted up to the
roof.

As I remembered, the inside was glorious. Wide staircases, granite
columns, gorgeous murals, ornamental windows... truly beautiful.

Then, since we had to pass by it to get to our car, we decided to visit
the new (maybe 15 years old?) federal courthouse nearby.

It had the same architectural charm as the inside of a refrigerator.
Everything was bleak, sterile and devoid of any and all character.

It did have a heck of a metal detector, though! The county's never
squealed about my wife's replacement hip. But the fed's lit up like a
fire truck. I thought they were going to make her take it off.

The Multnomah County Court House (Portland) was once grand but is now a **** hole. I'm embarrassed taking clients there. We're getting a new one. You can watch the construction on a live feed. http://dwpwebcams.com/mcc/stream.htm You can see the tip-top of my building next to the construction crane.

This is off-topic and based on one tiny sample, but:

There are those like Joerg who brag about how facilities will get SO
many people out of cars, and trumpet Portland's supposed 7% bike
commuting rate.

As I've said, if one actually travels around Portland, one does not see
7% of the people moving by bike. Cars still dominate. It shows in that
live feed. (I'm now watching during lunch time in Portland.)

I'm in favor of more bicycling, but we need to be realistic.

I, too, am kind of amazed at the lack of bike traffic in that shot. It's a mess when I'm coming to work, and there is a pretty constant dribble (certainly no Amsterdam) near my office. Maybe they've all gone to an Antifa meeting -- or there was a ****-tastrophy somewhere.


BTW, do you know this woman? https://katu.com/news/nation-world/o...ugs-12-06-2018 This was on our local news. Now the rest of the world knows about Ohio! Don't deny it! You're all a bunch of zombie tattooed drug freaks!

-- Jay Beattie.

Beauty, as they say, is certainly in the eye of the beholder :-) Or in
this case, not!

cheers,

John B.

On 12/12/2018 5:35 PM, John B. slocomb wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:16:43 -0800 (PST), jbeattie
wrote:

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 12:54:04 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 12/12/2018 1:57 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 8:37:47 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 12/11/2018 8:51 PM, jbeattie wrote:

Time for a story! After they installed the metal detectors over at the old federal court house, I was going in for a hearing and the Marshals out front decided to play a joke on me. I'm sliding my brief case through the x-ray machine and walking through the metal detector when they stop me and said, "we've got a problem." They tell me to look at the x-ray screen and there . . . in my brief case . . . is a Glock 19. I totally freaked out and started spewing denials. They laughed. It turns out they have some sort of template that they can project to evaluate gun silhouettes. The metal detectors in the new federal courthouse in downtown Portland are the only ones anywhere that pick up the metal in my legs and hand. I always get wanded.
This is Federal courthouse in Portland -- your tax dollars at work: https://bora.co/project/mark-o-hatfield-us-courthouse/ It is impressively ****-free.

Last summer, my wife and I and a friend decided to visit the county
courthouse just to tour the building. The three classic bronze statues
that sit atop it (Law, Justice & Strength IIRC) had been restored and
were sitting out front for close up views before being lifted up to the
roof.

As I remembered, the inside was glorious. Wide staircases, granite
columns, gorgeous murals, ornamental windows... truly beautiful.

Then, since we had to pass by it to get to our car, we decided to visit
the new (maybe 15 years old?) federal courthouse nearby.

It had the same architectural charm as the inside of a refrigerator.
Everything was bleak, sterile and devoid of any and all character.

It did have a heck of a metal detector, though! The county's never
squealed about my wife's replacement hip. But the fed's lit up like a
fire truck. I thought they were going to make her take it off.

The Multnomah County Court House (Portland) was once grand but is now a **** hole. I'm embarrassed taking clients there. We're getting a new one. You can watch the construction on a live feed. http://dwpwebcams.com/mcc/stream.htm You can see the tip-top of my building next to the construction crane.

This is off-topic and based on one tiny sample, but:

There are those like Joerg who brag about how facilities will get SO
many people out of cars, and trumpet Portland's supposed 7% bike
commuting rate.

As I've said, if one actually travels around Portland, one does not see
7% of the people moving by bike. Cars still dominate. It shows in that
live feed. (I'm now watching during lunch time in Portland.)

I'm in favor of more bicycling, but we need to be realistic.

I, too, am kind of amazed at the lack of bike traffic in that shot. It's a mess when I'm coming to work, and there is a pretty constant dribble (certainly no Amsterdam) near my office. Maybe they've all gone to an Antifa meeting -- or there was a ****-tastrophy somewhere.


BTW, do you know this woman? https://katu.com/news/nation-world/o...ugs-12-06-2018 This was on our local news. Now the rest of the world knows about Ohio! Don't deny it! You're all a bunch of zombie tattooed drug freaks!


Beauty, as they say, is certainly in the eye of the beholder :-) Or in
this case, not!

I hold as a matter of faith that she is some other guy's
dream. Celebrate diversity!


--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:37:44 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:


It did have a heck of a metal detector, though! The county's never
squealed about my wife's replacement hip. But the fed's lit up like a
fire truck. I thought they were going to make her take it off.

Rent-a-cops and even wanna-be-cops can demonstrate extreme stupidity.

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:54:00 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:


This is off-topic and based on one tiny sample, but:

There are those like Joerg who brag about how facilities will get SO
many people out of cars, and trumpet Portland's supposed 7% bike
commuting rate.

As I've said, if one actually travels around Portland, one does not see
7% of the people moving by bike. Cars still dominate. It shows in that
live feed. (I'm now watching during lunch time in Portland.)

I'm in favor of more bicycling, but we need to be realistic.

You don't see bicycles because they use other routes. Cars are restricted
to car roads and create their own traffic and blockages.

On 12/12/2018 7:32 PM, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:37:44 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:


It did have a heck of a metal detector, though! The county's never
squealed about my wife's replacement hip. But the fed's lit up like a
fire truck. I thought they were going to make her take it off.

Rent-a-cops and even wanna-be-cops can demonstrate extreme stupidity.


As always.
Designate any third grader a 'hall monitor' and tomorrow he
will be Goebbels incarnate.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971