Hmmm... Ok the boss (Tom) is away..

[Bwifan]

What shall we do first any ideas ....
While the cats away the mice will play...

 

[Midnighter]

What shall we do first any ideas ....
While the cats away the mice will play...

 

[Bwifan]

Have to admit made me spit my coffee out over my keyboard...

 

[MtNittany]

I think we should rationally discuss immigration.

 

[IoffendwithTruth1]

I think we should rationally discuss immigration.

Agree, lets see how long that will last.
O/U on the amount of responses or posts before someone gets very upset. I will set the O/U bar at 9.5. What do you think? Too high?

 

[LaJollaCreek]

Country Club kids turn out be such a-holes in most cases?

 

[psuro]

Agree, lets see how long that will last.
O/U on the amount of responses or posts before someone gets very upset. I will set the O/U bar at 9.5. What do you think? Too high?

 

[MtNittany]

Agree, lets see how long that will last.
O/U on the amount of responses or posts before someone gets very upset. I will set the O/U bar at 9.5. What do you think? Too high?

I'm just thinking about Russian, Ukraine, Swedish, etc. females. I believe they should be fast-tracked. Maybe we can just trade HOA Karens for them on a 1 for 1 basis.

 

[Connorpozlee]

 

[LionJim]

I'm just thinking about Russian, Ukraine, Swedish, etc. females. I believe they should be fast-tracked. Maybe we can just trade HOA Karens for them on a 1 for 1 basis.

Over the years I’ve learned to wait for you to come back with the punchline.

 

[IoffendwithTruth1]

I'm just thinking about Russian, Ukraine, Swedish, etc. females. I believe they should be fast-tracked. Maybe we can just trade HOA Karens for them on a 1 for 1 basis.

I don't think that's too much to ask.

 

[psuro]

Country Club kids turn out be such a-holes in most cases?

As do their parents.

 

[IoffendwithTruth1]

 

[MtNittany]

As do their parents.

"He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots, too. Lorraine, you ever have a kid who acts that way, I'll disown you."

 

[MtNittany]

I don't think that's too much to ask.

I think we owe it to our Republic.

 

[Nitt1300]

bring back the draft

 

[Phils rug]

What shall we do first any ideas ....
While the cats away the mice will play...

 

[prt]

Start another butter v. margarine thread?

 

[Woodpecker]

Anyone know about the weather?

 

[Shepdogg]

We can talk about Nick Warren from American Ninja Warrior!

 

[Midnighter]

Not sure if true but we can all meet here later for happy hour to celebrate (or start now - it’s evening in France).

 

[LafayetteBear]

Not sure if true but we can all meet here later for happy hour to celebrate (or start now - it’s evening in France).

And it is a Friday. I fully intend to do my civic duty, starting around 5:00 P.M. Maybe even a tad earlier.

 

[Bwifan]

Not sure if true but we can all meet here later for happy hour to celebrate (or start now - it’s evening in France).

Maybe a poll for the hottest women wearing red lipstick....

 

[MtNittany]

And it is a Friday. I fully intend to do my civic duty, starting around 5:00 P.M. Maybe even a tad earlier.

Wait til you get shoved into temporary early retirement. The hours tend to broaden.

 

[BobPSU92]

 

[Knickslions69]

Anybody going fishing in lake America this weekend

 

[IoffendwithTruth1]

Anybody going fishing in lake America this weekend?

 

[MtNittany]

Looks like Ronnie Heller. Hah.

 

[LionJim]

Maybe a poll for the hottest women wearing red lipstick and nothing else.

Fixed, ffs. Tom’s out, reach for the stars while you can.

 

[psu83]

Wait til you get shoved into temporary early retirement. The hours tend to broaden.

Just started mine; turn 65 in October and was going to wait until I turned 67 to draw SSI but I realized I may not make it until then so I signed up as a 65th birthday present. I must have done well in the 40+ years in the workforce as my "benefits" are quite nice.

 

[LionJim]

I must have done well in the 40+ years in the workforce as my "benefits" are quite nice.

Likewise for me. My wife and I were hired just before our A+ pension and benefits were downgraded for further hires. It seems to me that very few people have had the luck I’ve had in my life.

 

[psu83]

Likewise for me. My wife and I were hired just before our A+ pension and benefits were downgraded for further hires. It seems to me that very few people have had the luck I’ve had in my life.

Had similar experience-worked for an electric utility and the company went away from offering new hires benefits-they gave them a higher salary but in turn employees were responsible for their own benefits and retirement.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

@Tom McAndrew isn't actually away on vacation. He's posted 60 times on his first day away from this board

 

[fairgambit]

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*****No credit cards accepted for this special sale. Only small, unmarked, bills.

 

[Alphalion75]

bring back the draft

Good solution for getting those guys out of their parent's basements. But I'm not sure the Canadians would appreciative.

 

[Midnighter]

Likewise for me. My wife and I were hired just before our A+ pension and benefits were downgraded for further hires. It seems to me that very few people have had the luck I’ve had in my life.

Yeah, these things don’t exist anymore for new workers. Being able to afford a nice home and a vacation a year working a mid but safe job that will give you a pension and medical is what the boomers were promised and received - GenX (me) also benefitted. New generations of workers are mostly boned between this and insane student loans to pay for college. And GenX too as far as SSI goes. Yay!!

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5898447/social-security-trust-fund-voters?renderPlatform=nprone_ios&unified=true

 

[LionJim]

Yeah, these things don’t exist anymore for new workers. Being able to afford a nice home and a vacation a year working a mid but safe job that will give you a pension and medical is what the boomers were promised and received - GenX (me) also benefitted. New generations of workers are mostly boned between this and insane student loans to pay for college. And GenX too as far as SSI goes. Yay!!

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5898447/social-security-trust-fund-voters?renderPlatform=nprone_ios&unified=true

It’s a comfort to know I can help my kids.

 

[EricStratton-RushChairman]

Can we pick back up debate over MA Catholic Conf vs private school QB talent?

 

[Midnighter]

It’s a comfort to know I can help my kids.

It is nice . And nice to know the hard work was worth it.

 

[Steve JG]

What shall we do first any ideas ....
While the cats away the mice will play...

in honor Tom's absence we could hold serious, in depth discussion of socioeconomic forces and political personalities that led to the Revolutionary War.........