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    Anheuser-Busch InBev lost $1.4B in sales

    It's looks like the post mortem has been done on Bud Light's adventurous marketing campaign. $1,400,000,000 in losses. After more than 20 years, the best selling beer in America is now Modelo. BL has adjusted its marketing and has recovered some of its market share, but it is a slow process...
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    Link: Why Is Panera Exempted From California's New Minimum Wage Law?

    This is so shocking. Reason More regulations for thee, but not for me. Reminds me of the incident about 15 years ago when Nancy Pelosi, ever the champion of the little guy, exempted American Samoa from a federal minimum wage increase. Why? Because StarKist is based in her district, and...
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    IRS gave access to hundreds of contractors who failed background checks

    I regularly get IG reports on various government agencies. I relayed the audit that found the $47,000,000,000 of waste at the VA in FY22. Just got one today of interest. A review found that the IRS hired 300 nearly contractors, gave the contractor's access to personally identifiable...
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    Why neither my wife nor I will vote for Trump or Biden

    Not voting for Trump is easy. He’s a cancer. We don’t want cancer. The end. So, for a member of Team Donkey, not wanting Trump means you must like Biden. Heh. It’s also very easy to eliminate the chance we’d vote for Biden based on his lacking mental ability. It’s been demonstrated for a long...
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    Charity and Tet 2024

    Tet (lunar new year) begins on Feb 10. As with the last year and years before, my wife and I try to send as much money as we can to buy food and otherwise assist as many poor Vietnamese as we can. We send money to one of my wife's best friends. She puts together food bundles (10 kg bag of rice...
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    The salad dressing conundrum

    Ok, so I bring back a salad to the office for lunch. I got two sides of salad dressing because if I get one it is never quite enough. However, as always happens when I get two, I never tap into the second one. This has me peeved. Miffed even. Perhaps vexed.
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    Question: Any Bama book (histories, biographies) recommendations?

    I actually haven't read too many books about Bama football. Over the Christmas break I did read Snake: The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler by Mike Freeman. Kenny was from my neck of the woods. His alma mater (Foley) and mine (Fairhope) were arch rivals back in the day. This was before Daphne...
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    How was everyone's Christmas/New Year's holiday?

    Back to work after 11 days off. My SIL, niece, and her husband visited us. And we were gloriously lazy! My nephew-in-law and I channeled our inner 12-year-olds and bunkered down in the man cave and played video games and watched football all day every day (except for the half-day I had to...
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    Amusing example of government efficiency

    Yesterday was our office Christmas Non-specific Holiday celebration. Included in such events are acknowledgements and awards for various achievements. One such acknowledgement is a certificate and lapel pin for five years of government service. A woman was acknowledged for 15 years. Except...
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    Anyone taken a vacation to Japan? Any advice?

    We will soon finalize our Spring Break plans by taking a few extra days off and spend 10 days in Japan. I think we'll fly into Osaka and spend a few days there and a few days in Kyoto with day trips to Hiroshima and Nara. We'll finish up by going to Tokyo for a couple of days and flying home...
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    What are your Thanksgiving plans?

    We decided not to visit anyone or host an event this holiday - first time in a while we will not do either. My wife and I have been very busy lately, and lounging at home with mass quantities of good food and a long weekend of football on tv without having to play host is extremely appealing at...
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    Financial (and other) problems - People who can’t get out of their own way

    Last weekend a friend of ours came to visit. Sandra is a nurse and used to work with my wife at the hospital in Virginia. She was the one that introduced me to Lan. Sandra is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. Too nice, in fact. She’s always doing for others to the extent she puts...
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    19th century fishing boat found under street in downtown St. Augustine

    I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago. My office is walking distance from downtown St. Augustine. On my drive to work, I usually go along the waterfront to enjoy the marina, Castillo de San Marcos, and the architecture of downtown. Just south of the Bridge of Lions, the road was to be...
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    Saw Sammy Hagar and George Thorogood last night

    I took my wife to the St. Augustine Amphitheatre last night to see Sammy Hagar* & The Circle. George Thorogood & The Destroyers opened. We saw Sammy a couple of years ago on his last tour. Dude is 76 and still puts on a great show. George is 73 and still entertains as well. About 3.5 hours...
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    I'm going to miss (most of) the Tennessee game

    Taking my daughter and several of her friends to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Saturday. I'll be able to watch maybe the first quarter at the hotel and then have to follow the rest on my phone at the park. Lily better have an extra-good time for my sacrifice. :p
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    Last weekend - my worst in years

    The only thing good about last weekend was that I missed most of the Bama-Texas game. Saturday mornings are when I visit my Mom at her assisted living/memory care facility. I was almost out the door when I got a call that she passed out during breakfast, could not be revived, and that an...
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    Melty Goodness - a simple hearty dish

    I made this dish starting way back in college and still make it every now and then. Supper simple. I'm sure it has been made before and has a more official name. But, since I created this without seeing anything from a predecessor, I have just always called it "melty goodness." 1 lb. ground...
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    Florida Man: Got any Cocaine Sharks? I do.

    If you liked Cocaine Bear ... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12320841/Cocaine-sharks-Marine-biologists-warn-drug-addled-predators-eating-narcotics-dumped-smugglers-Florida-coast.html :cool:
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    Question: Any scuba divers on the board?

    I spent a long weekend getting certified. About 20 hours of class time and exams. Then a couple of hours of lecture and hands on work with the equipment last Thursday night. All day Friday was spent in the pool at the dive center going through various drills. Woke up at 0530 Saturday for a...
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    Do good people steal carrot juice from the elderly?

    I need my TFNS friends to make a call here. This is a summary of my post-work phone call to my wife yesterday: Me: Hey, babe. Heading home now. Need me to pick up anything on my way? Lan: Yes, we need carrot juice for my Mom. Me: Are you sure? I just bought a bottle two days ago. Lan...

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