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QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jun 3, 2016 -> 09:08 AM) Ok home electricians, here's a question: I installed some Ikea under cabinet lights this weekend. The Omlopp LED spotlight kit, 4 lights that plug into a transformer that is plugged into a wall. When I flip the switch, there's a good half second to full second delay before the lights come on. Any ideas why? The old light that was connected to the switch (hard wired) did not have this issue. I took that down and added an outlet and then plugged the transformer into that. No power issues, doesn't matter how many lights are plugged into the transformer. There's still the delay. I'm thinking maybe the transformer is bad? Or maybe the switch somehow went bad coincidentally? That is considered normal with LEDs. It is just the amount of time it takes for the energy to build up within the diode.

I will be covering my 12x22 patio over the next couple weeks. We're still deciding between a couple designs. I'm starting to opt for the simplest to build.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Jun 3, 2016 -> 07:40 AM) It's more of he's better than the other two remaining candidates. Not much more to say than that. This is not better on a world stage.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 2, 2016 -> 11:34 PM) Nicely said. I agree that winding the boomers down is going to be full of available money since they have most of it. I agree about the businessman too. A career being an unskilled businessman is looking bleaker. Any company can just hire younger people without mouths to feed for much less. Scary proposition to sell yourself as a good manager in business and make a career out of it. How hard is it to tell a younger person to "watch ted & margaret, and keep track of these files, and answer these phones, manage these accounts. If you get sick of it I'll jist hire that dude over there since all you are is a warm body that follows orders". I know that was vague and impersonal but it's just tough being unskilled with so many people now. Management is no longer a skill. It's just next man up. There's gonna be a ton of money made for whoever creates dense communities for the baby-boomers who got passed over to live in. Like all the guys who had cush "management" positions ripped out from under them in the last decade and now they are going to retire broke working part time at home depot and whatnot. The industry I started in, electronic distribution was founded by individuals who were excellent salespeople. They took pride in selling items at a fair prices and paying their employees well would could deliver. Then as a few companies were taken over by large corporations they knocked the margins ways down and hired twice the staff at one third the cost each and sent them out with cheaper prices. The better salespeople who commended a premium based on their customer service skills, long term relationships with customers, etc. were squeezed out by cheaper prices. Now with everyone following that approach you still have salespeople busting their butts, but now they are doing it for half the pay of a generation before. Plus, because they can, a college degree is required for most of the companies. Hell, I remember working with a guy who was hired because the sales manager met him while he was painting the offices. They had a mess up, the painter worked his ass to make us happy and was so customer orientated he was almost hired on the spot. He went on to have a great career for a while.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 3, 2016 -> 05:30 AM) I don't think being a racist piece of garbage creates an actual "conflict of interest" I can't believe people can read comments like this and believe he would be an effective president.

I prefer grass. I like the fast low stuff.

Every career politician at some point will endorse his party's nominee.

This doesn't come up often but I seem to remember some trades that went down right after the draft that were prearranged. Draft this guy and we'll trade this for that kind of thing.

I have no sympathy for these guys and the supplements. When it is your job to know what you eat and drink contains and that you could lose your career for eating or drinking the wrong stuff you just make damn certain the ingredients are not banned. But at his age, he's just trying to hang on and not have to work a "real job".

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 2, 2016 -> 08:32 AM) Regardless, people shouldn't vote for Hillary because she would be the 'first woman', just like people should not have voted for Obama because he would have been the 'first black'. if you think they can do they job, fine. But to vote simply because they would be the 'first' is idiotic. First person without any government agency or elected position experience?

It feels like the most focal Bernie and Don supporters are new voters.

I just graded the last final. It's all over except for the paperwork. Then a week off. A few weeks of training. A writing project in New Mexico. Family in Chicago and Wisconsin. Another training. And we start over again.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 2, 2016 -> 11:25 AM) You cant trade draft picks in baseball. Except compensation picks iirc

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 10:02 PM) So my buddy just told me a hilarious relationship story today. Guy really hasnt had much luck with the women since Ive known him. He just recently starting seeing this girlperson who is crazy as hell but its his first girlfriend. He finally told me where he met her this person. Casual encounters, craigslist, free BJ ad. No s*** based on the meeting place I fixed your post.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 09:18 AM) I would be OK if we got the same detail of look at the Clinton Foundation. Exactly. I would like to read the pros and cons of requiring full financial disclosure before running for office. Tax returns would be the start. Any privately held corporations of any stripe as well. I'm not certain what the downside would be, but I imagine there are, which is why I'd like to learn more.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 02:21 AM) The part that was most interesting was how she hates the press, which confuses me since if you polled the press, 95 percent of them, maybe more will vote for her. That percentage actively wants her to win. 100% of the rich media owners will fund Trump's campaign, write editorials praising him, and work hard to assure that their reporters support the candidate that the owner's want. The WSJ, NY Post, National Review, Fox News, Forbes, NY Times editorial board, and every radio talk show host will campaign for Trump.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 31, 2016 -> 10:05 AM) WebMD = Universal Healthcare! Exactly.

QUOTE (Coach @ May 31, 2016 -> 01:31 PM) I simple cannot give Ventura a free pass. How many base running mistakes have there been over the years that Ventura refused to address? That's on him. But, that being said, the game absolutely falls on the players. A good manager can create a good culture. Look at the Royals. They never give up enen down 6 runs in the 9th. That attitude comes from the manager. If a manager will not hold the players accountable, then what good is having a manager in the first place. Any idiot can watch a game from the dugout. And you know this how? Because he doesn't go through the press and make this stuff public? It seems to me any decent manager learns to praise in public and reprimand in private. There are plenty of good reasons to fire Ventura, but keeping negativity out of the press shouldn't be one of them.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 31, 2016 -> 01:24 PM) Also, name one private-sector occupation where the complete failure of a team doesn't cost the manager his job? Why is it in baseball that many fail to hold the manager accountable and say "blame the players". When an entire team underperforms, the manager must be held responsible too. I'm just shocked that there are this many people willing to give Robin a free pass at this point. Complete failure of the team? How many private sector managers would be fired if their unit had a great first quarter then fell back and hit their annual budget? How corporate managers with multiple years tenure get fired over a five week stretch? Not many. Over a thirty year business career I can think of a lot more managers that survived this sort of "total failure". Most private sector companies do not overreact. Equating a sports team to a private sector job is a stretch. So I'm not using this as a way to defend Ventura, just pointing out the analogy isn't that great.

Obviously almost anyone here could manage as well as every Sox manager we've had. Same goes for every other sport. What happens when someone is named head coach or manager? Do they try to hard to be unique and forget basic fundamentals, stats, and sound strategy?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 31, 2016 -> 02:53 PM) It is all perspective. If they were sitting two games out on May 31 without the 23-10 start, and without the 4- whatever streak on the other end, most people would be thrilled. The falloff from one extreme to the other is what is killing people. As of today, we are on a pace for about 84 wins, which really is really close to about what most people thought they would do for the whole season. The mode prediction was 86-87 wins. A win today changes that projection back to 86 wins. The irony is if you had switched the cold streak and hot streaks around, this place would be going crazy with optimism right now. The reality that a team is never as good as its hot streaks, and never as bad as its cold streaks. QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 31, 2016 -> 02:56 PM) This is without even the slightest bit of context, though. Fact of the matter is, this team has blown 5 games in the last 3 weeks that they should have won & have won 4 games in their last (20?). Obviously they aren't this bad but to operate under that mindset w/o any sort of context doesn't make much sense to me. But those are the stats. It really is meaningless when the wins occurred or in what order.

QUOTE (joemg311 @ May 31, 2016 -> 02:45 PM) I have never hear of that before. I don't think a lender can tell you whom you can use for a cosigner, they can just tell you if you are approved or not. On demanding a spouse as a cosigner, the only situation I could see that happening is if you are married and your spouse has good credit and or a nice granishable long term employement, and you just flat out refuse to give them your wifes information or say she won't cosign. A lender might get scared off that your wife will not be part of a loan, but If you do not have a spouse, or they have bad credit, a sibling or parent is the best possible cosigner. Who would it benefit if they can't tell you exactly under what circumstances they would extend the credit?

On June 1 they will be over .500 and within a decent streak of being in first. My GOD how they suck.

It's all about getting repaid. They also are looking for someone that will kick your ass to get the loan paid.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ May 30, 2016 -> 03:03 PM) Would love to see what half the people here can do managing. Monday morning quarterbacking is easy You don't have to have a manager. Just have a laptop in the dugout and follow the stats.