Would you be happier with my solution?
I should have added that there should be an upper income limit to avail oneself of this "benefit".I'm all for reducing the population. Instead of paying people to have MORE babies, perhaps we should pay people to get abortions (AND sterilized).
Great idea. You don't seem to need much intelligence for that job.
It is slower, per transaction, due to the unprofessional people scanning and packing. But at our local Kroger, they've packed in 12 self-checkouts in the space of four full-service lanes, so the total net time is less.
Remove all of the product warning labels and let the problem sort itself out?
But they can still take their hair dryers into the shower.
I have a lot of half-glassed ideas.
Plus, checking yourself out in public is just a little vain… but then, so is assuming that grocery employees want to check you out, I guess.
I've noticed that having someone check me out is getting more and more rare as time goes on.
I’d say I know the feeling, but I don’t think we want to go there.I've noticed that having someone check me out is getting more and more rare as time goes on.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Using their cell phones while driving can hurt them.
One of those warning signs certainly saved my life.
Changed yours just a bit. Where I live (Winter Springs/Oviedo, northeast of Orlando) there are no non-luxury houses or apartments to be found. They are building tons of apartments but they are all luxury and start around $2,000 per month. City councils won't approve zoning for small, cheap houses (NIMBY) and developers won't build them because they can make more money off bigger. There's no shortage of demand, but we have people who work in hospitality near Disney World who are driving from Ocala to get affordable housing. That's well over an hour...
Proof that Darwinism will eventually sort this out.
Yes it is. We like to tout that we have more autonomous miles than Tesla. I've never fact checked it but if my overlords says it's true, it must be.
Yep, lots of dozers now are equipped with gps systems to hit grade. Not sure if the miles claim would be true, but I bet hours would be.
It's the mines where we get most of the miles. They've been automating those big trucks for years. They go up and down the mines 24/7 so the miles rack up.
Find me a 900sq foot single family home or condo that can be purchased on the median single earner income in any major metropolitan area (NY, Boston, SF, LA). My partner and I are looking to purchase in Boston and everything within public transit / biking distance (two cars being a luxury per your post and we both work) is 600k minimum, 700-800k more typically. Anything less is something which has massive issues and is basically being sold as land for the house to be razed and re-done. Here is a Zillow screenshot with the only filter being >750sqft and <1000sqft.
https://ibb.co/4ZcGKXv
Not to mention that most things here are going 5-10% over asking with zero contingencies, throw in another few percent if you demand an inspection. My partner and I recently had a few major life changes and are now earning incredibly good money but it will stil
National real housing prices have more than doubled since the mid-60s. It’s certainly worse in many areas like here where real prices have quadrupled since the mid-80s
https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-vs-inflation/
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BOXRSA
Healthcare and education prices have followed similar trends while real wages haven’t budged
https://www.kff.org/report-section/health-care-costs-a-primer-2012-conclusion/view/print/
https://educationdata.org/average-cost-of-college-by-year
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-ta...rs-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/
In my area, as is typical of so many as jsstevens indicates, NIMBYs have fought tooth and nail to build more housing. These people bought their housing 30, 40, 50 years ago when it was cheap and saw their “investment” go nowhere but up and fight/vote to make sure it stays that way. They took advantage of the post-war building and economic boom and then turn around and refuse that same opportunity to the next generations, while simultaneously slandering them as lazy, dumb, and worthless.
Your post screams how out of touch you are about how much the economic situation has changed since your idyllic childhood of the 60s
No joke, I've had numerous cagers nearly kill me with idiotic road stunts. Recently, almost all of them were either looking at or had their ear glued to a phone. Idiotic drivers have always been murder machines, but it has gotten way more prevalent in later days. Plenty dangerous for me I'd say.
They probably drive the speed limit in the left lane and no intent of turning left or passing anyone.
Exactly one reason why I usually didn't wait in line with car traffic when I used to bike commute.
I have what I call my Steiney sense, I am on high alert for anything that looks wrong. Most riders have this if they ride for long, only way to stay alive on the street. I usually see what's coming at me long before it becomes an acute danger and take evasive action. Used to be I'd do this a few time a year, now it's a few time a week during riding season. I am a bit worried, I'm starting to get surprised by folks imperiling me that I didn't see coming. Bound to happen with the rise of idiot driving. Nothing I can't handle, but a worry nonetheless. Like I said, phones, lots of them.
