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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • Willow
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    This is happening everywhere, not just the art world
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  • VR3
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    Pretty sure the banana with duct tape was simply money laundering in public view
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • mhardy6647
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    The purloined letter approach.
    Clever -- nay, artistic.

    :|
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    The purloined letter approach.
    Clever -- nay, artistic.

    :|

    At work we had a fellow named Arnie, an older gentleman, a man of many wisdoms, one of which was:

    "In France they call them 'Artistes'.
    Over here, we call them ***********".
    ...He kind of had a point. 🤔
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  • VR3
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    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Sal Palooza
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  • Willow
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    ^^^ absolutely disgusting. People hitting a ball get paid that much yet people who save our lives and people who protect our lives and countries don't make enough.
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  • billbillw
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    Willow wrote: »
    ^^^ absolutely disgusting. People hitting a ball get paid that much yet people who save our lives and people who protect our lives and countries don't make enough.

    The solution there is for America to quit supporting overpriced sporting events and cancel their overpriced cable subscriptions, which largely go towards ESPN and the Regional Sports Channels. As long as people keep supporting higher and higher sports related pricing, the money will keep getting higher and higher for the players.
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  • CottageChz
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    billbillw wrote: »
    Willow wrote: »
    ^^^ absolutely disgusting. People hitting a ball get paid that much yet people who save our lives and people who protect our lives and countries don't make enough.

    The solution there is for America to quit supporting overpriced sporting events and cancel their overpriced cable subscriptions, which largely go towards ESPN and the Regional Sports Channels. As long as people keep supporting higher and higher sports related pricing, the money will keep getting higher and higher for the players.

    Yep. Feel the same way about concert tickets too. Some of the people who complain about ticket prices are the same people who will turn around and spend $200+ on a ticket regularly.
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  • billbillw
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    CottageChz wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    Willow wrote: »
    ^^^ absolutely disgusting. People hitting a ball get paid that much yet people who save our lives and people who protect our lives and countries don't make enough.

    The solution there is for America to quit supporting overpriced sporting events and cancel their overpriced cable subscriptions, which largely go towards ESPN and the Regional Sports Channels. As long as people keep supporting higher and higher sports related pricing, the money will keep getting higher and higher for the players.

    Yep. Feel the same way about concert tickets too. Some of the people who complain about ticket prices are the same people who will turn around and spend $200+ on a ticket regularly.

    The only concerts I go to are the ones that are offered during Live Nation's $25 concert promotion week which happens once a year, usually in late Spring. This year, I managed to see DJ Shadow and Thievery Corporation. Both were on a list of shows I've long wanted to see.
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  • daddyjt
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    The irony here is that this sports deal is playing out against the backdrop of half the country literally celebrating the execution of a CEO for being a “greedy millionaire”…
    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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  • CottageChz
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    daddyjt wrote: »
    The irony here is that this sports deal is playing out against the backdrop of half the country literally celebrating the execution of a CEO for being a “greedy millionaire”…

    I’d hazard a guess that most of the people celebrating the execution wouldn’t mind seeing the same thing happen to the largest beneficiaries of the sports deal, too, just sayin… not sure it’s the example of irony you think it is.

    I think the professions of those involved in the sports deal are probably less offensive to the people you’re talking about, but the amounts of money involved in the deal are certainly disgusting, as mentioned…
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  • CottageChz
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    billbillw wrote: »
    The only concerts I go to are the ones that are offered during Live Nation's $25 concert promotion week which happens once a year, usually in late Spring. This year, I managed to see DJ Shadow and Thievery Corporation. Both were on a list of shows I've long wanted to see.

    That’s a good deal for some good shows! Most of the shows I end up at are $50 or less, which seems pretty reasonable to me.
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  • Upstatemax
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    daddyjt wrote: »
    The irony here is that this sports deal is playing out against the backdrop of half the country literally celebrating the execution of a CEO for being a “greedy millionaire”…

    There is greedy and being massively overpaid, and there is being those same things, but getting there by destroying people’s lives.

    United Healthcare, and its executives are scumbags.

    Beyond just the insane amount of denials and **** over members, what’s generally less known is that they also own Change Healthcare.

    Change Healthcare is essentially a payment processing entity for tons of health providers.

    Recently Change had a data breach and shut down its service for an extended period of time.

    That shutdown royally screwed providers. They literally were not being paid, at all, for months.

    Some providers relied heavily on Change for payments. Many went bankrupt.

    Guess who is swooping in and scooping up those bankrupt and desperate businesses?

    You guessed it, United Healthcare and Change.

    The company that bankrupted them, stockpiled cash that wasn’t being paid out, because they weren’t paying them, bought those practices for pennies on the dollar.

    Scumbags.
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  • Upstatemax
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    I feel like I should point out, I’m not condoning the murder.

    But pointing out the difference between sports star contracts, and CEO’s of corrupt/unethical companies, and why they aren’t going to generate the same feelings and thoughts with the general public.
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  • daddyjt
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    CottageChz wrote: »
    daddyjt wrote: »
    The irony here is that this sports deal is playing out against the backdrop of half the country literally celebrating the execution of a CEO for being a “greedy millionaire”…

    I’d hazard a guess that most of the people celebrating the execution wouldn’t mind seeing the same thing happen to the largest beneficiaries of the sports deal, too, just sayin… not sure it’s the example of irony you think it is.

    I think the professions of those involved in the sports deal are probably less offensive to the people you’re talking about, but the amounts of money involved in the deal are certainly disgusting, as mentioned…

    I respectfully disagree. The folks cheering on the murder of Brian Thompson and routinely vilifying CEOs and corporate executives never spread their ire to athletes, musicians or celebrities - they CELEBRATE the fact that Taylor Swift is a multi-billionaire…
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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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  • mhardy6647
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    ^^^ looks like me on cruise control on I-89 in NH. :#
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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  • msg
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    daddyjt wrote: »
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    You know those guys are laughing at all the drivers getting pissed.
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  • treitz3
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    Things like that are why I love driving a truck that can easily and very quickly pass them on an oncoming merge ramp/lane. What infuriates me most is when they move over to the passing lane at the bottom of a hill, knowing full well that they won't be able to pass the other truck because their downward momentum is no more. Yet, the &^%$@!'s do it anyway.

    Tom
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  • motorstereo
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    The double trailers at night hauling furniture and US mail for me were the worst of the worst. They never lifted in our construction zones and a highway cone was often all that kept us from becoming another statistic. And knowing what normally sits behind those wheels made things even scarier. That's one aspect of my working life I do not miss.
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  • boston1450
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    Y'all did notice 1 of those trailers is different in each picture
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  • treitz3
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    The moral of the story is this...

    Same chit, different flies....

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • msg
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    boston1450 wrote: »
    Y'all did notice 1 of those trailers is different in each picture
    Don't try to justify your brethren's behavior Randy!
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  • boston1450
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    Lol. They look the same. Look at the left trailers right hand door. Stickers are in different spots....
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