Steuben Jerry

A lot of small thinking by the left. Amazon was promising 25,000 jobs with an AVERAGE salary of $150k. Unless my math is wrong, the state income tax that could have been annually collected on that payroll would have been roughly $3 billion/year. Then there's the ancillary job creation and the tax collection on those salaries and the business taxes on those that employed them. And Amazon was planning on leasing and additional ONE MILLION sq ft of office space in NYC. That's a lot of taxes on the leasing corporations that would have collected that rent. Those taxes could have paid for a lot of infrastructure improvements in the area. NYS has a $2.5 billion shortfall in this year's suggested budget. That's OK, all of us homeowners can just kick in another few hundred buck in next year's property taxes to offset the shortfall. We don't mind at all, right? I don't see any side of an argument that says it's a good thing to lose the chance at gaining 25,000 high paying jobs in this state.

A gift for her and a good night's sleep for you. Win-Win!

Everyone needs a little distraction now and then. Something about making Jack dull.

So football is evil?

Was out and about last evening so I missed it. There's a 4:00 pm game on today that I'll watch. MIke Singletary is the head coach of one of the teams.

I'd love to step back at 62, but that's a big difference to push it a few years to 65 or a bit longer. I pound what I can into my 401k, but I've sought little real financial guidance in that regard. Need to step up my game there. NYS taxes makes a big difference in what I'll need to plan for.

X2! Consider snow use too. I retrieved a couple of deer out back a half mile in the worst of that snow last rifle season. And it was mud underneath. Quads were high centering and kind of useless. Tractor with the AG tires just churned on through without a worry. It's a 4WD tractor, but I didn't notice it was in 2WD until I was back out getting the second one.

Found it, phew!

As another tractor owner (green one), what are we going to do when the new green deal outlaws diesel fuel in 10 years? Is there an electric conversion kit that's going to be developed?

I need detailed and current info on his financial situation to decide. Sounded good in '13, but that crypto-crap since then could have hurt him..

Eh, would you? Parked for six years, it's developed some good patina. Plus a lot of the folks you were going back and forth with are no longer active. Let that one lay as the current gold standard.

One stroll through that thread that got Biz banned says yes. No other derailed thread on here tops that one. That's the benchmark. Pursuit of a new benchmark is a worthy offseason pursuit.

Hit the Cortland Wally at lunch time. $38 still. Two others on the way home.

I have a bit of a drive to and from work and pass 4 Walmarts on the way home. Think I'll go Walmart hopping tonight. Like you did for your sons, they'll make good but inexpensive gifts.

I stopped by the Wally in Ithaca last evening. They had 8 of them on the shelf, but $38 still. Going to try another on the way home this evening.

I'm thinking Friday at work is going to go fast today. Hope the IT dept. doesn't turn me in for browser time!

I send flowers to our two daughters (with small stuffed animals for the granddaughters) and roses to my wife at work. Been doing that for many years. Can be expensive, but would be weird to stop now. Seems to be a big hit. Wife and I will take ourselves out to dinner Friday or Saturday.

Holy crap, I just browsed through that thread. I wasn't very active here back then so I missed it at the time. Have to make time to read it all this weekend. Epic!

Post 'em up!

This thread is getting a little odd with some guys asking for pics of other guys. Which way ya swiping? Seriously though - keep it going, there hasn't been a compelling multi-direction thread in weeks. Like a bad accident, I can't look away.

Such wonderful eyes!

Who's the doll at the top of page 3? I really like her.. uh.. eyes.

Criminal as defined by the Cuomo dictionary = non Democrats or any gun owner in NYS.

Already in the NYS Senate I believe.