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11 July 2016
All Zastava All The Time
Two are Serbian, four are Yugoslavian.
Top pistol is an M99, the Tokarev is an M57. Of note is the M57 lacks any manual safety whatsoever past the magazine disconnect. A real live battlefield pick-up.
Top to bottom on the rifles.
Century imported M70ABM.
Mitchell imported M70.
PW Arms imported M59/66A1.
Century imported M48A.
The M70 has dead tritium night sight inserts and is pre-Bush imported!
Ship Ownership
The standard GURPS: Traveller paradigm is paying 20% down and making 480 payments of 1/240 of the sale price.
For a Type A this is a Cr 28,855,200 vessel. It's Cr 5,771,040 down and 480 payments of Cr 120,230.
Total outlay after 40 years is Cr 63,481,440. GURPS: Traveller: Far Trader says that's a 5.57% APR.
This is fine for GURPS: Accounting, but how do you get a ship for your character in GURPS: Traveller?
Since starting wealth at TL10 is G$50,000 the full price of the ship is 577.104x starting wealth. That'd be one level of Multimillionaire or 75 points to own a ship outright (Cr 50,000,000 starting)
Filthy Rich for 50 points just barely falls short of the down payment with Cr 5,000,000 starting.
Remember how we calculated the payments? The Debt disadvantage lets you assume a monthly payment up to 20% of your starting wealth. Cr 120,230 is 12.023% of the Cr 1,000,000 starting wealth that comes with Very Wealthy [30]. So Debt 13 [-13]. The value of the down payment is balanced against repossession if payments are missed and the down-payment is forfeited. This also assumes you've got 480 payments in your future. Buy equity and subtract payments due with wealth normally.
An A2 Far Trader's Cr 156,917.50 payment is Debt 16 [-16].
Ownership of a Subsidized Merchant is very different. The government is making your payment in exchange for 50% of your profits for 40 years. This ends up being a Patron/Duty relationship.
For a Type A this is a Cr 28,855,200 vessel. It's Cr 5,771,040 down and 480 payments of Cr 120,230.
Total outlay after 40 years is Cr 63,481,440. GURPS: Traveller: Far Trader says that's a 5.57% APR.
This is fine for GURPS: Accounting, but how do you get a ship for your character in GURPS: Traveller?
Since starting wealth at TL10 is G$50,000 the full price of the ship is 577.104x starting wealth. That'd be one level of Multimillionaire or 75 points to own a ship outright (Cr 50,000,000 starting)
Filthy Rich for 50 points just barely falls short of the down payment with Cr 5,000,000 starting.
Remember how we calculated the payments? The Debt disadvantage lets you assume a monthly payment up to 20% of your starting wealth. Cr 120,230 is 12.023% of the Cr 1,000,000 starting wealth that comes with Very Wealthy [30]. So Debt 13 [-13]. The value of the down payment is balanced against repossession if payments are missed and the down-payment is forfeited. This also assumes you've got 480 payments in your future. Buy equity and subtract payments due with wealth normally.
An A2 Far Trader's Cr 156,917.50 payment is Debt 16 [-16].
Ownership of a Subsidized Merchant is very different. The government is making your payment in exchange for 50% of your profits for 40 years. This ends up being a Patron/Duty relationship.
10 July 2016
Statistics
By the way...
While we're talking about it...
Hardly anyone is killed by a cop (990 in 2015 and mostly white people).
Hardly any cops are murdered. 129 died in the line of duty in 2015, 55 to some sort of assault (maybe not all murder).
The numbers are almost small enough to be statistical noise.
Sure, if it's YOUR anyone or YOUR cop, it's big news. On a national scale with 300 plus million people going about their lives, it's machts nichts.
To theBureau of Land Management Black Lives Matter crowd, if you want to save black lives; stop shooting each other.
14,429 people were murdered in the US in 2014. So 14,374 people who aren't cops.
What are the rates?
There are over 900,000 sworn officers in the US. So the attacked and killed rate is less than 6.11 per 100,000.
There are 318.9 million people in the US. So the murder rate is 4.52 per 100,000. The killed by the cops rate is 0.31 per 100,000.
We've a shit load more to fear from our fellow citizens than we do the cops. Even if we don't like or trust the government.
While we're talking about it...
Hardly anyone is killed by a cop (990 in 2015 and mostly white people).
Hardly any cops are murdered. 129 died in the line of duty in 2015, 55 to some sort of assault (maybe not all murder).
The numbers are almost small enough to be statistical noise.
Sure, if it's YOUR anyone or YOUR cop, it's big news. On a national scale with 300 plus million people going about their lives, it's machts nichts.
To the
14,429 people were murdered in the US in 2014. So 14,374 people who aren't cops.
What are the rates?
There are over 900,000 sworn officers in the US. So the attacked and killed rate is less than 6.11 per 100,000.
There are 318.9 million people in the US. So the murder rate is 4.52 per 100,000. The killed by the cops rate is 0.31 per 100,000.
We've a shit load more to fear from our fellow citizens than we do the cops. Even if we don't like or trust the government.
Uncomfortable Feeling
The Dallas Police used a bomb-disposal drone armed with a remote detonated explosive to kill off the shooter.
He'd barricaded himself in and they made the decision to kill him.
This comes barely a month after Joe Mancin calls due process an obstacle.
I am uncomfortable with this.
He'd barricaded himself in and they made the decision to kill him.
This comes barely a month after Joe Mancin calls due process an obstacle.
I am uncomfortable with this.
09 July 2016
Disappointed
NASA makes a lot of press about the arrivals of their probes around other heavenly bodies, but they sure don't keep us updated.
The Ceres mission didn't get any fanfare at all once it'd made orbit.
Juno doesn't actually start its mission until October, the arrival the other day is just the first orbital capture.
The Ceres mission didn't get any fanfare at all once it'd made orbit.
Juno doesn't actually start its mission until October, the arrival the other day is just the first orbital capture.
08 July 2016
Awwwww Too Bad
Corrine Brown has been a carbunkle on the ass of Florida for a long while.
She was in the sit-in.
She's also being indicted.
Hopefully she'll go away for a good long time. Or will they say she didn't intend to commit fraud?
She was in the sit-in.
She's also being indicted.
Hopefully she'll go away for a good long time. Or will they say she didn't intend to commit fraud?
Still Can't Name The Real Cause
Obama dances in the blood.
I say again: Wasn't me, didn't do it. I refuse to be blamed. I refuse to be punished for the actions of others.
I say again: Wasn't me, didn't do it. I refuse to be blamed. I refuse to be punished for the actions of others.
Ain't That A Hoot
Schedule several rants about the police and size of government and a racist goes and shoots up some cops.
If it weren't for bad timing, I'd have no timing at all.
Edit to add...
It's possible and rational to be both against racist murderers and the creeping leviathan which law-enforcement has become.
If it weren't for bad timing, I'd have no timing at all.
Edit to add...
It's possible and rational to be both against racist murderers and the creeping leviathan which law-enforcement has become.
Grudging Acceptance
I've noticed in a couple of gun and political blogs that they hate the government, but love the cops.
Dears, the cops ARE government.
Just like government, I want the smallest number that actually gets the job done and I want that job narrowly and clearly defined.
Because it's such a position of trust, when those narrow boundaries are exceeded I want the punishments to be swift, severe and irrevocable.
I understand the nature of government and two things are certain about it. It always seeks to grow. It always uses any capability it has access to.
It will break the law to grow and use those capabilities.
To keep the growth in check, the citizenry must be vigilant. They've got to vote the issues. They've got to be involved in the candidate selection process, not just the election.
When the government (and police) exceed their narrow boundaries in a republican government, it's the people's fault for letting it happen.
If the world was a perfect place, we wouldn't need any cops (or government for that matter). But the world isn't a perfect place. Anarchy is a world of might-makes-right and endless vendetta.
The thing to always bear in mind is that our government exists to secure our unalienable rights and nothing more. Always remember that it does so only with our consent. You'd think that four days after Independence Day I wouldn't have to sit here and remind people of that.
Dears, the cops ARE government.
Just like government, I want the smallest number that actually gets the job done and I want that job narrowly and clearly defined.
Because it's such a position of trust, when those narrow boundaries are exceeded I want the punishments to be swift, severe and irrevocable.
I understand the nature of government and two things are certain about it. It always seeks to grow. It always uses any capability it has access to.
It will break the law to grow and use those capabilities.
To keep the growth in check, the citizenry must be vigilant. They've got to vote the issues. They've got to be involved in the candidate selection process, not just the election.
When the government (and police) exceed their narrow boundaries in a republican government, it's the people's fault for letting it happen.
If the world was a perfect place, we wouldn't need any cops (or government for that matter). But the world isn't a perfect place. Anarchy is a world of might-makes-right and endless vendetta.
The thing to always bear in mind is that our government exists to secure our unalienable rights and nothing more. Always remember that it does so only with our consent. You'd think that four days after Independence Day I wouldn't have to sit here and remind people of that.
Non Combatant
Dear Law Enforcement,
Though it appears that racists have declared war on cops, try to remember that most of us have not.
Promulgating policies that treat every citizen like the racists who've declared war on you will not make you safer. Treating the innocent exactly like the guilty never has and never will. It simply breeds further animosity at a time when you really should want more citizens on your side.
Sadly, as a citizen and voter, I cannot simply transmit my wishes to my elected officials and expect to be listened to.
I did not declare war on cop, I'm the proverbial law abiding citizen; but I do have a long standing policy that if you punish me for something I didn't do then I might as well be doing what I am being punished for.
Don't punish me for the actions of others and we'll never come into conflict.
Thanks, Thag.
Though it appears that racists have declared war on cops, try to remember that most of us have not.
Promulgating policies that treat every citizen like the racists who've declared war on you will not make you safer. Treating the innocent exactly like the guilty never has and never will. It simply breeds further animosity at a time when you really should want more citizens on your side.
Sadly, as a citizen and voter, I cannot simply transmit my wishes to my elected officials and expect to be listened to.
I did not declare war on cop, I'm the proverbial law abiding citizen; but I do have a long standing policy that if you punish me for something I didn't do then I might as well be doing what I am being punished for.
Don't punish me for the actions of others and we'll never come into conflict.
Thanks, Thag.
Note To Self
"Save As Draft" is what you want to save your free-form un-coalesced thoughts on a topic not "publish".
The free form includes the Devil's advocate side and is there to form a reply to rather than be the thought I express.
Especially important when on a touchy subject.
The free form includes the Devil's advocate side and is there to form a reply to rather than be the thought I express.
Especially important when on a touchy subject.
Can We Finally Name It
Can we finally say that bigotry is egalitarian and that anyone can hate?
That being a member of a minority group does not absolve you of being a bigot?
Can we now say that there are black people as racist towards white people as any Klansman ever was the other way?
Used to be the charge of racism was deflected by saying that blacks had no power, therefore their hatred couldn't be racism. With a black president and attorney general, can you actually say blacks have no authority and power?
Be honest.
Never mind they admit to the hate while deflecting the label of racist.
If you cannot name the problem, you cannot fight the problem. Well, five cops are dead now because of the racism that cannot be named. Six more are wounded because of a the racism that cannot be named.
Bonus: Racists continually show how stupid they are too: Cops in Dallas, TX being shot over something that happened in Minnesota. To get farther from the triggering event he'd almost have had to leave the country.
That being a member of a minority group does not absolve you of being a bigot?
Can we now say that there are black people as racist towards white people as any Klansman ever was the other way?
Used to be the charge of racism was deflected by saying that blacks had no power, therefore their hatred couldn't be racism. With a black president and attorney general, can you actually say blacks have no authority and power?
Be honest.
Never mind they admit to the hate while deflecting the label of racist.
If you cannot name the problem, you cannot fight the problem. Well, five cops are dead now because of the racism that cannot be named. Six more are wounded because of a the racism that cannot be named.
Bonus: Racists continually show how stupid they are too: Cops in Dallas, TX being shot over something that happened in Minnesota. To get farther from the triggering event he'd almost have had to leave the country.
07 July 2016
Überpost Of The Day
"We've got a populace that knows something is wrong, but has been robbed
of the education necessary to grasp exactly what and then reason
themselves out of the problem by the same forces that are intent on
building that Utopia." - Kevin
06 July 2016
Salvage
The lower we ruined by over-drilling the rear pocket pilot hole might be salvageable.
There's enough thread left to hold a pistol grip, but no sure way to get the screw into the hole because it wants to skip out into the mistake.
But a stud threaded from the other end once we have the milling done should work, with a nut to secure the grip.
Stay tuned.
There's enough thread left to hold a pistol grip, but no sure way to get the screw into the hole because it wants to skip out into the mistake.
But a stud threaded from the other end once we have the milling done should work, with a nut to secure the grip.
Stay tuned.
Distrust
Prosecutorial discretion is a huge factor in why people don't trust the cops anymore.
Look at the FBI refusing to charge Hillary, for example.
It's not prosecutorial, per se, but Selective enforcement is another place to look and a good example is speeding tickets. We've all seen someone going the same speed as us get the ticket while we blithely continue on (or been the one to get the ticket).
It's a real problem.
I'm a believer in the Peele maxim that "the police are the people and the people are the police." When the relationship between the people and the police is an adversarial one based on mutual distrust, the wheels are already off the cart.
We might already be there.
If you haven't seen this video, go watch it now.
Do you know a lawyer? Show them that video and see if they contradict the advice.
The wheels are off when the best advice you can get is to clam up and not speak to the police at all until you've got your lawyer there to speak for you.
It sometimes feels like we're approaching The Jigsaw Man point. If you're not familiar it's a Larry Niven story where increasingly minor crimes get the death penalty to feed the organ banks. A traffic offender temporarily escapes and breaks into the body banks and ruins much of the harvested stock and is recaptured at peace with himself that he's finally done something worth the death penalty he'll receive for running a red light.
The increasing sentences from arcane and obscure laws and the surety that we lowly peons will be convicted (and get the maximum sentence) is reaching a point where some might be tempted to say, "if I'm going to jail anyway, I might as well stand and fight." Because the bullshit, obscure and arcane laws don't create a feeling in the mind of the "perpetrator" that they've done something wrong.
That makes things more dangerous for everyone!
Sadly the solution is to get off our asses and spend as much time canvassing to unfuck the government as we spend watching television. To look at the world as it is rather than as we wish it to be and focus on what can be done rather than what cannot.
To demand a legal system where we don't need a lawyer to navigate the obscure and arcane before we build a shed in our own back yard.
Guess what we're not going to do?
But we're probably going to have violators of the environmental protection act shooting it out with the cops over cutting down a tree that once had a nest of animal on the protected species list.
Look at the FBI refusing to charge Hillary, for example.
It's a real problem.
I'm a believer in the Peele maxim that "the police are the people and the people are the police." When the relationship between the people and the police is an adversarial one based on mutual distrust, the wheels are already off the cart.
We might already be there.
If you haven't seen this video, go watch it now.
Do you know a lawyer? Show them that video and see if they contradict the advice.
The wheels are off when the best advice you can get is to clam up and not speak to the police at all until you've got your lawyer there to speak for you.
It sometimes feels like we're approaching The Jigsaw Man point. If you're not familiar it's a Larry Niven story where increasingly minor crimes get the death penalty to feed the organ banks. A traffic offender temporarily escapes and breaks into the body banks and ruins much of the harvested stock and is recaptured at peace with himself that he's finally done something worth the death penalty he'll receive for running a red light.
The increasing sentences from arcane and obscure laws and the surety that we lowly peons will be convicted (and get the maximum sentence) is reaching a point where some might be tempted to say, "if I'm going to jail anyway, I might as well stand and fight." Because the bullshit, obscure and arcane laws don't create a feeling in the mind of the "perpetrator" that they've done something wrong.
That makes things more dangerous for everyone!
Sadly the solution is to get off our asses and spend as much time canvassing to unfuck the government as we spend watching television. To look at the world as it is rather than as we wish it to be and focus on what can be done rather than what cannot.
To demand a legal system where we don't need a lawyer to navigate the obscure and arcane before we build a shed in our own back yard.
Guess what we're not going to do?
But we're probably going to have violators of the environmental protection act shooting it out with the cops over cutting down a tree that once had a nest of animal on the protected species list.
05 July 2016
Wrote My Rep
Name: Mr. Angus McThag
Address: My house
City/State/Zip: my town, FL
E-mail: me@there.com
Telephone: home-phone
Issue: WEBGOV
Message Subject: Defund the FBI
Message Text:
It's apparent that the Federal Bureau of Investigations no longer serves any useful function at all any more. Therefore it no longer requires funding. I eagerly await the word that this waste of money has been cut from the budget. At present burning the money spent on the FBI would at least warm the cold or cook food and we'd get some use of it.
Address: My house
City/State/Zip: my town, FL
E-mail: me@there.com
Telephone: home-phone
Issue: WEBGOV
Message Subject: Defund the FBI
Message Text:
It's apparent that the Federal Bureau of Investigations no longer serves any useful function at all any more. Therefore it no longer requires funding. I eagerly await the word that this waste of money has been cut from the budget. At present burning the money spent on the FBI would at least warm the cold or cook food and we'd get some use of it.
Idiots
If you are planning on voting for Hillary, you are a fucking idiot and I hope you get a lingering form of cancer that almost responds to decades of chemo-therapy where you're right on the edge of death from both the disease and the drugs for which there is absolutely no effective palliative care to alleviate your suffering.
Defintitions
It's not that we want terrorists to get hold of guns.
It's that what we'd call a terrorist won't match what will be a terrorist by law.
It's that what we'd call a terrorist won't match what will be a terrorist by law.
A Rather Advanced Form Of Firecracker
M16A1 clone (semi-auto, of course).
M15A2 blank adapter.
M200 blanks.
Let freedom ring!
M15A2 blank adapter.
M200 blanks.
Let freedom ring!
04 July 2016
Eastern Yellow Ratsnake
Found this charming fellow in my backyard.
He was resolutely unafraid of me, even when I got in close to get a shot of his head.
Rat snakes are good-life.
He was resolutely unafraid of me, even when I got in close to get a shot of his head.
Rat snakes are good-life.
Contrast
June gun sales crush previous records.
People are out there buying guns in the face of a threat of a ban. They're not expecting to hand them in a few months.
Contrast this with California. With fatalistic resignation they started looking for how they could be in compliance with the new tyranny, because they'd already surrendered the most important part of gun ownership... letting the government know exactly how many you have and where they are.
There was no mass purchase of anything that was being banned by the passed legislation in California. Because they knew they'd just have to hand them in... Never mind the 5th amendment violation of confiscation without compensation...
To gun owners everywhere.
Buy a gun that nobody knows you have. Push comes to shove that might be the only gun you're left with.
People are out there buying guns in the face of a threat of a ban. They're not expecting to hand them in a few months.
Contrast this with California. With fatalistic resignation they started looking for how they could be in compliance with the new tyranny, because they'd already surrendered the most important part of gun ownership... letting the government know exactly how many you have and where they are.
There was no mass purchase of anything that was being banned by the passed legislation in California. Because they knew they'd just have to hand them in... Never mind the 5th amendment violation of confiscation without compensation...
To gun owners everywhere.
Buy a gun that nobody knows you have. Push comes to shove that might be the only gun you're left with.
I Only Have Two Questions
For Loretta Lynch.
1. How much was the bribe Bill Clinton offered you?
2. Did you accept?
I think we can confirm that #2 was "Yes" when no charges are ever filed against Bill's wife.
All that remains will be deciding if Loretta was a cheap whore or not.
1. How much was the bribe Bill Clinton offered you?
2. Did you accept?
I think we can confirm that #2 was "Yes" when no charges are ever filed against Bill's wife.
All that remains will be deciding if Loretta was a cheap whore or not.
Oh Gods We've Africanized
Look at nearly any African nation as a colony.
Now look at the arc that nation took after the white foreigners left and the first African president was elected.
Look at the United States.
Now look at the arc our nation took after we elected our first African-American president.
It's not even racism. It's that Mr Obama wasn't raised as an American and brings decidedly non-American values to everything he does.
Just as the leaders of former colonies weren't raised as the colonial leaders were.
He's got the Socialist thing in common with most of them too. Considering the polling that's taken place about whether people would vote for him for a third term, one wonders if he'd like to adopt the "one-person-one-vote-one-time" paradigm too.
Now look at the arc that nation took after the white foreigners left and the first African president was elected.
Look at the United States.
Now look at the arc our nation took after we elected our first African-American president.
It's not even racism. It's that Mr Obama wasn't raised as an American and brings decidedly non-American values to everything he does.
Just as the leaders of former colonies weren't raised as the colonial leaders were.
He's got the Socialist thing in common with most of them too. Considering the polling that's taken place about whether people would vote for him for a third term, one wonders if he'd like to adopt the "one-person-one-vote-one-time" paradigm too.
Recurring Problem
When you make character templates for a points based character generation system, you often find that the players make the template with no variation or personalization.
I have yet to find the magic combination of words that explains that it's a guide rather than a command.
Well, at least for the people who need it explained.
The players that don't need it explained already knew it and made their character accordingly.
I have yet to find the magic combination of words that explains that it's a guide rather than a command.
Well, at least for the people who need it explained.
The players that don't need it explained already knew it and made their character accordingly.
Hope Nobody Missed Me
I took yesterday off to play with my favorite girl in the WHOLE world, Harvey.
We went out for lunch and strolled around beautiful Dunedin like tourists.
Had a great time!
We went out for lunch and strolled around beautiful Dunedin like tourists.
Had a great time!
Shame Shame Shame Shame
The instructions are clear about where to measure the depth from.
If you remember to read them, that is.
Marv now has a paper-weight.
His bare lower went better. But he's a bit, um, eager on the router so he exceeded the feed rate and managed to chip the tips of the flutes. New one ordered.
02 July 2016
Mother Of Invention
The banning of bullet-buttons has already been bypassed...
By the inventor of the bullet-button no less.
h/t Miguel.
By the inventor of the bullet-button no less.
h/t Miguel.
What A Deal!
Saved By The Digital Nanny
I believe myself to be a better than middlin' driver.
I have a couple of certificates to show that I've taken some classes and receipts for running in races and autocrosses (track day, Brah?).
I leave the active handling and traction control engaged.
Why?
Because when 436 hp breaks loose the rear tires they're LOOSE and I'm 45˚ off center before I can counter-steer. Then when you back off the tires grab and you're now 45˚ pointed wrong.
The traction control and active handling will cut the power for you and tap the brake on the offending wheels. Instead of a 45 degree fishtail, you get a thud of lost power then you can resume your travels.
It's faster than recovering from the drift!
I have a couple of certificates to show that I've taken some classes and receipts for running in races and autocrosses (track day, Brah?).
I leave the active handling and traction control engaged.
Why?
Because when 436 hp breaks loose the rear tires they're LOOSE and I'm 45˚ off center before I can counter-steer. Then when you back off the tires grab and you're now 45˚ pointed wrong.
The traction control and active handling will cut the power for you and tap the brake on the offending wheels. Instead of a 45 degree fishtail, you get a thud of lost power then you can resume your travels.
It's faster than recovering from the drift!
01 July 2016
Nothing Is Impossible Now
Saw Zootopia.
It hits me that CGI is absolutely capable of finally telling the story of Louis Wu and his motley crew.
Larry doesn't need the money from a movie deal, so he could keep creative control...
C'mon, Larry, make the deal.
Known Space is as big as the Marvel Universe, it needs to be told!
It hits me that CGI is absolutely capable of finally telling the story of Louis Wu and his motley crew.
Larry doesn't need the money from a movie deal, so he could keep creative control...
C'mon, Larry, make the deal.
Known Space is as big as the Marvel Universe, it needs to be told!
Opportunity Cost
It's a simple concept.
Maybe too simple.
I grokked opportunity cost in its fullness within minutes of the idea being given name to me.
The rest of the class in microeconomics didn't.
It took another week of the professor explaining it for a plurality of the class to get it, but I am certain we moved to the next topic with some still baffled.
Just in case you've never encountered the term...
If you spend something on something, you cannot spend it again on something else.
Most often this is expressed in terms of money.
If you have $5 and a hamburger is $5 and a movie is $5 you can only choose one. Buying the hamburger costs you the opportunity to go to the movie.
Money spent on expensive trips is money that cannot be used for home repairs.
Money spent on home repairs means forgoing expensive trips.
It's a matter of priority.
You will also find that people who grasp opportunity costs have little sympathy for your plight when you waste the opportunity to fix the essentials by taking the opportunity to neglect them.
Especially when they fixed the burst pipe and sucked up paying the water bill rather than go on the Hot Rod Power Tour.
It's truly the bed you made by being the grasshopper instead of the ant.
Maybe too simple.
I grokked opportunity cost in its fullness within minutes of the idea being given name to me.
The rest of the class in microeconomics didn't.
It took another week of the professor explaining it for a plurality of the class to get it, but I am certain we moved to the next topic with some still baffled.
Just in case you've never encountered the term...
If you spend something on something, you cannot spend it again on something else.
Most often this is expressed in terms of money.
If you have $5 and a hamburger is $5 and a movie is $5 you can only choose one. Buying the hamburger costs you the opportunity to go to the movie.
Money spent on expensive trips is money that cannot be used for home repairs.
Money spent on home repairs means forgoing expensive trips.
It's a matter of priority.
You will also find that people who grasp opportunity costs have little sympathy for your plight when you waste the opportunity to fix the essentials by taking the opportunity to neglect them.
Especially when they fixed the burst pipe and sucked up paying the water bill rather than go on the Hot Rod Power Tour.
It's truly the bed you made by being the grasshopper instead of the ant.
Priority
77% of Marine Air is grounded for a lack of spares and funding to work on the planes.
Good thing transgender folks can enlist!
HEADDESK
I am not opposed to transgender serving, but is that really the most important thing to be spending time on at this juncture?
Good thing transgender folks can enlist!
HEADDESK
I am not opposed to transgender serving, but is that really the most important thing to be spending time on at this juncture?
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