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Did you stop at the Rockland Bakery on the way home?
I don't think I have. I have a customer whose business shares a parking lot with a local senior center. I was advised to park my car at the far end of the lot lest I come back and find that a senior's car has "kissed" my corner panel while the senior trying to park.
I took that advice.
Have you ever seen a 94 year old drive?:
A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with an old work colleague. He's 87 years old; pulled up in his late model Lincoln and parallel parked like a pro.
For 2 1/2 hours we sat in a private room at his favorite Italian restaurant where they know him by name and bring him goodies: a free glass of wine (waiter said another patron paid for the bottle and didn't finish it), little bites brought to the table and after dinner drinks. He was full of entertaining stories going back to his youth; a time when the now densely populated suburb he still lives in had small farms scattered about and when he had a summer job waiting tables at a resort in the Catskill Mountains.
At one point he mentioned that he has an uncle who was still kicking at 100. The uncle gets a new Mercedes every year and still drives.
Good genes can make a hella difference in your later years.
Have you ever seen a 94 year old drive?
The "Black Jobs" thing is making the rounds on Twitter. African Americans posting selfies of them putting on surgical scrubs, working the controls of a passenger jet, etc. "Here I am working my 'black job."
Any A/A who votes for him at this point is complicit in his racism.
Shall we talk about his "Black jobs"?
I'll say...
Former US Senator Al Franken has said he "absolutely" regrets resigning from his post in 2017 following a wave of accusations of sexual misconduct.
The Minnesota Democrat stepped down just three weeks after allegations of unwanted touching first surfaced, amid mounting pressure from colleagues. Mr Franken told The New Yorker he wished his case had first been examined by the Senate Ethics Committee.
Now, seven of the 36 Democrats who demanded he resign say they regret it.
Mr Franken's hastened resignation came after Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden claimed the former Saturday Night Live comic "aggressively" kissed her while they rehearsed a scene during a 2006 tour to entertain US troops in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Ms Tweeden's account was bolstered by a photo of the two, in which Mr Franken appeared to touch her breasts while she slept. Her accusations were quickly followed by claims from seven additional women of groping or unwanted touching.
Meanwhile, the GOP fully backs a candidate for President who was adjudicated a rapist.
The Dems, unlike the Republicans and MAGAs, are quick to panic, and quick to abandon candidates.
A hard 30.
That's insane. He looks 30.
Were you making a funny, Janice?
Ooops!!
Gerald Ford would like a word.
Not died, but...stepped in...
Though it had happened several times before, it hasn't happened since.
Google the name of darts champion "Luke Littler" and tell me if you think he looks a tad bit older than his biological age of 17.
Thanks for the heads up.
How was it?
In any case, I'm watching it now. It's in some ways different from what I remember.
I was in my car listening to CNN starting at around 7pm. They were talking about TFG's prep sessions which largely had him trying to stay on message and not resorting to childish outbursts. They said he was doing well.
Let's see if he can suppress the inner toddler for more than 5 minutes.
What channel are you referring to?
But any way that channel is a joke
And she really wanted a milkshake along the way to help her regain her appetite for the burgers.
I've seen her eat more food than that in one sitting. Much more.
All very true. And it's unfortunate that a patent is only as good as the owner's ability to defend it.
But somehow ZRFY (then SFOR) was able to engage two of the most experienced patent firms in the U.S.A. and they still have a liability on the books that financed at least part of that effort. IIRC Microsoft was the only company to pay up and that was likely just to avoid the cost of a protracted legal battle.
That the company came up short suggests that the patents were not strong and/or the tech was not being infringed.
And the point you make about the company turning into an ATM for Mark, George and Ram has been made repeatedly. Mark gave up any sense of decency that he may have had and decided to take shareholders for a ride.
That will be his legacy.
Funny timing. Last evening at my gym I ran into a young feller (early 30s I'm guessing) who, around 18 months ago, told me he was moving to Nashville.. His employer (a medical device manufacturer) allowed his engineering team to go "fully remote" and he decided he wanted to give Nashville a try.
Well, his employer, a medical device manufacturer, decided that fully remote was not working out and now he has to be back in the New Jersey office 2 or 3 days a week.
I asked how he liked Nashville and he said he enjoyed it quite a lot, especially the music scene of which he seems very fond. Not necessarily all C&W.
I mentioned to him that this week my YouTube presented me with a video of a young lady who, despite her relatively small size, eats massive amounts of food at various restaurants. I've seen a few of her episodes before. In the most recent she visits an outlet of a regional burger chain called Jack Brown's that has locations in Memphis, Nashville and cities in Alabama and Mississippi.
If you are interested, here she goes for the 2024 record eating 16 cheeseburgers during one sitting:
It's surprising that no one ever asked the boat manufacturer that question before. The mention of his relationship to MIT. Just over the top stupidity at every turn.
And the crowd goes wild!
Yeah, but why waste money on silly things like rent when that money can go into your pocket instead?
I also think that Mark is cunning enough to dig into his pocket to pay the auditors. If he can get the financials out then he can proceed with the RS, issue billions more shares and keep the payroll money train going.
Stupid Mark.
Could be, but Rory is the kind of guy who could sell snow to (stupid) Eskimos. He can be very convincing.
Guys like Rory thing they are smarter than everyone else. "Build it and they will come."
What Rory lacks, IMO, is the understanding of the need to market these platforms. Could a really good CMO and a big promotions budget be enough to gain traction in both the CRM and on-line selling arenas? Who knows.
In the end, he is a failed businessman no matter how many times he pivots...spending millions of investor money every step of the way...including putting millions into his own pocket.
The BOD should have fired him long ago.
Per the 2022 annual report, the company has been paying $ 60K per year for the Edison, NJ office.
No one works there so why bother having an office? Mark and George can make their once per year phony videos in a sleazy no-tel motel along Route 1 for a lot less money.
That $ 60K could have been funnelled into Mark's pocket instead of the landlord.
Stupid Mark.
Actually, they did file an 8k back in December about this. I missed it at first: https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001285543/000147793223009353/zrfy_8k.htm
And no 8K regarding the change of accounting firms.
I'm not aware of a hard and fast SEC rule on this and I don't see a defined number of days in this document:
https://www.sec.gov/investor/alerts/ib-delinquent-filers
If the company is indeed out of cash, you would think that the three amgios would pool their vast resources and loan ZRFY the money needed to pay for an audit. It's clearly in their best interest to keep the gravy train running.
I am no expert, but I believe they are close to getting put into the 15 day grace period before they get booted to the Expert Market.
Be sure to check out the livestream schedule on Market.live
They only stream on Wednesdays and there are just 3 sellers who bother to do so. Three streams this week. Three streams next week and then only one on the schedule for each of the following two weeks.
Rory promised "scores" of livestreams going on simultaneously. That would suggest at least 40...hundreds a day and thousands each month.
As it stands the "run rate" is about 10 per month.
What does Rory have to say about this colossal failure?
I don't recall Mark saying anything about a reverse split.
The company is seriously delinquent in its filing of 2023 financial results and now the company is delinquent in its 2024 first quarter filings.
ZRFY hired a new accounting firm 6 months ago. My guess is that Mark can't come up with the money the new CPAs demand UP FRONT to conduct an audit and compile the financial statements.
The SEC could suspend trading in the stock without advance notice. That would cause the stock to be kicked to the "expert market" and that will likely end Mark's ability to sell more shares (money that goes into the pockets of himself, George, Ram and apparently relatives that they have put on the payroll).
This scam may soon be coming to an end. That is LONG overdue.
Does Trump Media and Technology Group count?
Can sleazy penny CEOs be far behind?
The grift never ends. And the scammers know where they can find marks who have more money than common sense.
They Came to See Trump. First They Heard a Pitch to Buy Gold and Silver.
At a recent campaign speech, one of Donald Trump’s warm-up acts was a precious metals salesman being sued by federal regulators for fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/us/trump-turning-point-gold-silver.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.wyR1.tf4Kf4hv8iqu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
I don't have a fundamental dislike of avocado, but I can't remember the last time I had any. Maybe it was growing up during the 1970s when so many appliances were "avocado green" or "harvest gold" that causes me some agita.
You aren't a pumper for the avocado cartel, are you Janice?
You don't eat avocados??
Peaches have largely declined in quality since, like so much other produce, they grow varieties designed to transport well vs. taste good. They also harvest them too early so they can withstand the rigors of cost-to-cost trucking.
As I noted a while back, I've seen more than the usual amount of bad onions this year. Some sort of rot...maybe due to too much rain? And I don't think I've ever purchase an avocado. What do you do with them?
onions, sweet potatoes, and an avocado
I opened the link. The amusing part is the product..
Ships from and sold by changchunshixinshengbinshangmaoyouxiangongsi
How does s/he fit all of that on the signature line of their checks?
I sometimes get a photo of the delivered package. When a package is AWOL I've looked for the photo and either there is no picture or there's a picture but I can't identify where the photo was taken, so not helpful.
And there was a time that the Amazon driver decided that he would leave packages for the entire office complex in our drop-off area. I would do what you described: I'd make the rounds and drop off packages at the proper locations. I stopped doing that when one of the guys in the complex started ordering rocks for his mineral collection (I opened one of the boxes without checking the name on the label so I saw what was inside).
There was an episode of Cheers where someone (Woody??) followed Cliff Clavin the mailman as he made his deliveries. After Cliff completed dropping off letters at each door of an apartment building, like clockwork the tenants opened their doors and started to trade the envelopes with others on the floor since Cliff made so many mistakes.
Hmmm. I would never trust someone else to pick produce for me.
Yesterday I stopped at a LIDL. The store can be very hit or miss. I purchased some peaches that came in a pre-packaged 2 pound bag. I thought I looked at them pretty closely, but clearly not closely enough. When I got home and opened the package I found that half of the peaches were very bruised; one was starting to rot. They went into the trash.
Considering what was edible the price ended up to be double what the bag cost. Certainly not worth making a return trip to get a refund.
I regularly purchase Atlantic never frozen salmon from a supermarket by me. It's usually $ 10 a pound. This week it was on sale for $ 9.
The market has a cooler with pre-packaged pieces, but there's usually a guy working the fish counter and he will happily pull a fresh filet out of the case and cut it to order. The pre-packed pieces usually have a very thick side and a thin belly flap. Fish guy will cut off the belly flap so you have something that cooks evenly.
I've prepped it in a variety of ways including S&P, lemon and balsamic glaze, but lately I've just been doing S&P and lemon slices. Pair it spinach, green beans or, this time of year, asparagus and either a sweet potato or mashed potatoes.
Good stuff. And one of the healthiest fish you can eat.
Well, duh!
It'd probably still be better than a big hairy spider
Is Amazon Fresh the delivery arm of WF?
You just reminded me how Amazon deliveries to me (which I have go to my office) have been very hit or miss lately. Items the driver claims to have been delivered are AWOL. I don't think they've been stolen, I believe some drivers just leave packages in random places because they don't read signs on the buildings. I've gone to other businesses in the compex hunting down my stuff. Sometimes I find it, other times I don't. Earlier this year I had two items marked as "delivered" that I never received. Amazon issued a credit and I re-ordered them. About 6 weeks later the missing items arrived somewhat battered (and I don't mean that in a delicious way). Where had those items been? They weren't talking.
And a couple of months ago an Amazon driver called me at 9pm trying to make a delivery. He didn't speak English so he expected me to speak Spanish. Well, I don't. He called back with a friend conferenced in and I was able to give the driver instructions on where to find the building.
You can, of course, buy it online if you can't find it in a local store
All it takes is one.
Are there a lot of careening buses in Christchurch?
Do you mean that TFG doesn't need FLA's electoral votes or do you mean that TFG has FLA locked in his column already?
Trump doesn't need FL
Lemme guess. And the crowd roared in applause?
Donald Trump took time at his rally in Pennsylvania today to call Philadelphia one of the most egregious places in the world.
Oh, please. Tuberville lives in Florida but he says he resides in Alabama so he can represent that state in the Senate. Hawley lives full time in Virginia but uses his sister's Missouri address as his "in state" residence. And remember when Mark Meadows stated that he lives in a mobile home in North Carolina so he could vote there? Residency requirements are a joke.
Rubio can "live" in the basement of some MAGA's house and say that is his primary residence.
Even if that violates the law, do you think the government will enforce it? And if they do, if TFG becomes President again do you think he will permit whatever agency is supposed to enforce it will still exist?
Apparently he doesn't want to move.
In all the talk about Life, was there any mention of providing free breakfast and lunch to any student that needs it?