[The-Shoveler]

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It would be good if there were better reclaimed water systems… That or people can start peeing on their own lawn. Rich in nitrogen, I’m told…
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LOL flu,

I say we just put these boats off the northern CA coast so we don’t have the rain come down here LOL (just kidding).

They are already using reclaimed water on parks and some golf courses, more could be done.

[The-Shoveler]

I saw an article on Geo engineering where they proposed taking medium sized boats (maybe 40 foot)
And putting high pressure pumps and spray ocean water a few thousand feet in the air a few hundred miles off the coast of California.

I say give that a try.
(although we may get permanent June gloom)

A billion dollars should be enough for say a few hundred of these boats for a several year (trial).

[The-Shoveler]

“Damn those evil 1% rich people that control 90% of this country’s wealth and their banks…..:) )”

Fly below the radar.

I still play the lottery (I know it’s a waste of money), but for me it’s kind of like when I go to Vegas, I always find one of those oversize slot machine to throw a buck or two at (that’s about where my gambling ends at that point), (but I have had better luck than my stock picks but that is another topic altogether).

But I have been thinking lately (what if I win)?
I am not sure I want to LOL.

Fly below the radar.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=Hobie]Flyer gets the point for calling the retirement issue here first. 100%agree this will soon trump student loans and dare I say foreign policy issues.

With personal saving at such lows and non-existant pentions for private sector careers I bet we will see a huge increase in (fraudlent)disability claims to support people in retirement with no savings. Sad.[/quote]

This does not sound like “any” of the boomers I know.

Most have several hundred thousand in 401k’s and own their home out right.
But maybe I run with a small crowd.

[The-Shoveler]

You guys realize this was a story about Florida right ?

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=svelte][quote=rockingtime]My friends’ local companies ( 3 companies ) moved out of san diego to Dallas TX
My other friend working in Toyota mentioned me that Toyota is also moving out of Irvine to Plano/TX..[/quote]

Yeah I hear the doomsday predictions on CA all the time. Folks quote stats like that. What they don’t quote are the jobs being created.

Another thing: if folks were leaving in droves, why aren’t home prices dropping? Makes no sense.

Re: Texas

Find it hard to swallow that things are better in TX than here.

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-local-lawyer-has-admitted-to-putting-whites-only-stickers-on-austin-stores-2015-3

The point of my including the link isn’t the racial angle. It is the following quotes;

“I’ve lived in Austin for 23 years,” another wrote. “There used to be neighborhoods and lofts and warehouses for poor artists, punks, poor minorities … As it is, the neighborhoods have been overpriced. Either we’re cleaning your toilets and driving in from Buda, or we live somewhere in Austin and half our salary goes to rent! How is it that Adam Reposa is taking static for pointing that fact out?”

“Why I did it is pretty clear,” a shirtless Reposa says in the video, “because it would be obvious that even though people know the real problem — and the problem is people without money are getting f—-d — they’re getting pushed out, and pretty quick.”

Wow…that’s Texas…sounds like what the doomsdayers say about San Diego…[/quote]

Anywhere you have high paying Tech Jobs (or other finance Jobs etc..) you start to see this dichotomy.

(Minimum wage need to be about twice what it is just to catch up in these places).

There was quite a bit of poverty in Austin when last I was there (Not as great a place they try to make it out to be).

[The-Shoveler]

“I’m starting to think the way to grow old is hard labor”

There is a Avocado farmer who lives near me who is about 90 (not sure his exact age but he is at least in his late 80’s), still works his grove.

[The-Shoveler]

Honestly it was NEVER easy to make it in SoCal (well at least in L.A.)

I remember/know many Boomers not really owning a home until in their 40’s and then is SoSo area’s.

One thing I do remember very vividly was experts telling us we were never going to have what our parents had.

Seriously you should have been around in the late 70’s and early 80’s, it is much much better now trust me.

[The-Shoveler]

I also had a 1978 Trans-Am that I bought for about $1000.00

I traded it for a 600 xl Honda motorcycle.

Well I still had no brains 10 years later what can I say.

Yea I know I was just never that much into German metal.

[The-Shoveler]

That 65 Mustang, i bought for about 400 dollars back in the mid 70’s.

I keep wondering, if only I had a brain back then.

Same for my first house. If only I had a brain I would have held on to it, I did not really need to sell it at the time.

but at the same time I don’t remember any rich Dad type Guru’s running around at that time. I do remember a lot of so called experts who were supposed to know telling us we were all doomed to a life of less though.

[The-Shoveler]

Yea OK, I would not recommend anyone deciding they wanted to be a librarian or a clerk or anything that can be easily automated.

So OK I kind of get it.

[The-Shoveler]

Sorry flyer I just don’t get it.

“there are definitely a lot of strong indicators as to where jobs are ultimately headed”

In my mind there will still be a growing need for trades people and strong trend (just as there has been for the last 30 years ) for software engineers and Automation engineering.

Also medical personal, Fire and police will be in need for the foreseeable future IMO.

And yes there are construction people making 150K-200K a year.

So I kind of don’t get it
(what are the strong indicators)?

It will be quite a while before we have robots running around serving us drinks on the beach (or controlling us) if ever.

[The-Shoveler]

IMO The only thing I think the PhD in engineering will get you is maybe you would get to work for SkunkWorks on the cool fusion project or maybe Boeing on the Laser ray gun LOL.

Or maybe even something cooler that we don’t know about yet.

But yea I don’t think the money will be more than a 4 year CS degree.

I don’t think Einstein gave a Sh#! about prestige after reading about him. anyway just my two cents.

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Yea I should of held on to my 65 mustang, it was in good shape when I turned it in on a new truck.

But the funny thing I noticed is that new economy cars have gone down quite a bit in price,

In recession, they seem to go up in price, in good times they seem to go down in price.

Must be a volume thing.

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Yea I wonder at the wisdom of my younger relatives going for their PHD in engineering right after they just graduated with their Masters.

I am not sure what a PHD in engineering will actually get you.

Maybe if you go into some super secrete Gov Job.

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