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Perhaps a silly question, but since a geothermal system only requires about 8 ft of depth to get a more consistent temperature is there a reason below ground storage would be cost prohibitive?

For 20 years now Jeff Cirillo has been the answer to the question: Who would be really great to slot into 3rd base. Good defense, modest power, high OBP and that high average has always looked good. In Brewerfan world he was appreciated at the time of the trade (and most of us thought the trade wasn't all that great from the beginning), but generally I do think he was underappreciated with that lower HR total in the steroid era.

I concur Strange New Worlds is really fun. Anson Mount is a very fun captain.

I'll certainly take that slash line, but more than happy to just get a more modest .300+ Batting average, .400+ OBP and threaten .500 on the SLG. AKA something like Rickey Henderson with fewer steals (but a way better percentage).

On the other hand it is worth considering that if we are talking specifically about capturing methane that would otherwise be released, converting that into CO2 is a net win in terms of climate impact. Having a diversity of approaches is good because inevitably 1 solution will not work best in all situations.

I think in this case though the fleet vehicles took longer because of their larger size needing larger batteries and creating a mismatch until the energy density of the batteries improved. Fleet vehicles have started at least, it will just take some time because they are a big capital investment for those companies and I'm sure it is much easier to do that as part of their normal replacement cycle. I do believe that Chevy is offering 1 charging station with their new EVs if that helps anyone out. Between lower tradesmen rates and a better set-up it would be way cheaper for me to install 1 at my cabin ( easy access to a breaker box already in the garage) vs. my city garage that has no electricity currently. I could see the sort of cost difference on the generator, but my cabin rarely needs the back-up (It's on a major transmission line and is always a high priority to get back up) so having to maintain a gas generator isn't terribly appealing. My bigger issue is seeing how the technical specs work since I have a number of higher voltage circuits.

It would be game over homer, but based on how much power consumption it takes to move a vehicle I don't believe even 100% efficient panels can generate enough to keep a car going continuously. I have seen some designs that do add panels to increase range.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the pick-ups as generators feature. I haven't gone so far as getting quotes, but standard pick-up plus installed gas generator may well be more expensive of an initial investment than just getting an EV. I'm not quite ready to jump in just yet, but it's a pretty good value if your looking at a truck anyway. The potential for large scale adoption to alter the peak draw times for electricity is pretty real, but I would think one could solve a lot of that with some pretty simple software in the at home chargers to just automatically wait to start charging so I don't really see that is any kind of major obstacle. I do know from the monthly electrical co-op magazine that the WI electrical co-ops have already installed charging stations in very rural locations so it wouldn't be an issue for me going to my cabin in the middle of Mennonite country, so it seems like access is being addressed. I will say I was surprised that more of the travel plaza's along I94 haven't already gotten farther ahead on getting chargers installed or even the sit down restaurants it seemed pretty clear to me a few years ago that getting those installed would be good money makers to draw people in for that somewhat longer wait time.

While I haven't added T-mobile Home Internet, since I don't need near that speed at my current location, I would consider it as my customer service over the years with T-mobile phone has been great (20 years and never a rate increase until I upgraded plans voluntarily)

Raising taxes without raising spending is inherently deflationary, in the same way that raising spending without raising taxes is inflationary. It's basic macroeconomic theory, the reality is that the magnitude of both of those effects can depend on a great deal of real world factors, my Door County tour guide today was saying that despite growing up in Door county and enjoying it he was moving because he had saved enough for a down payment on a $250K house but had still been priced out of the market locally. That is a lot of inflation driven by high end consumption (aka the people who can afford multiple houses). Very different then the types of things that money would tend to get spent on in other configurations. So even at a macro level there is some nuance that can be achieved in setting policy, just not a lot. And certainly very little if interest rates are the only thing you focus on.

I've been struggling for a good medical metaphor, but couldn't find one that didn't sound overly ridiculous. Trying to fight inflation with primarily interest rates is not ridiculous but it is incredibly imprecise at best when most of the causes are well removed from immediate lending. On the positive side a lot of fake pure inflation inducing value has gone out the window with the crypto collapse, so that a helpful little deflationary piece. Now wouldn't be the ideal time, but speculation tied to excessive stock market valuations is a perpetual inducer of end of cycle inflation spikes and looking at increasing taxes or fees on high income or capital gains would be helpful in the future. Ultimately though the lesson of the last couple of years is that the free market isn't particularly adept at adapting on the fly. Which is on some level a fair reflection that change is challenging regardless. I do look forward to some different types of calculus going forward that think more about robustness both on the business side and on the policy side.

There is something to said for identifying the talent for sure, but seriously 6 average or way better pitches? Starter after start developing. Random reliever after reliver showing up with average or better results. The Brewers now how to teach pitching at the moment in a way that no other organization can match. I don't know how long those trade secrets will last and it isn't intended to minimize anything about Burnes. More a statement that I think he deserves some extra accolades for going beyond and maybe a recognition that the front office couldn't have predicted this level of success.

There is something to said for identifying the talent for sure, but seriously 6 average or way better pitches? Starter after start developing. Random reliever after reliver showing up with average or better results. The Brewers now how to teach pitching at the moment in a way that no other organization can match. I don't know how long those trade secrets will last and it isn't intended to minimize anything about Burnes. More a statement that I think he deserves some extra accolades for going beyond and maybe a recognition that the front office couldn't have predicted this level of success.

I don't have a direct answer, but perhaps supplementing your older letters with a more current letter from a colleague and not an administrator? Having interviewed my fair share of teachers over the years I can't think of a single time that age of a letter was an issue.

But did you ask Rodgers before you mock drafted a quarterback in the middle rounds?

I teach in a shirt and tie, put me in the camp of you should show up in at least that for any type of white collar work. On a completely different note my wife just tested the job market and got a response from the hiring manager saying when they would close the position and start scheduling interviews 6 minutes after applying. I consider it a good sign that her potential boss is actually acting like there is a shortage of employees.

I do in fact have networking access to a rather diverse group of professionals as a teacher, but I've never heard any of my colleagues network in such a way and given my position I get 1 ask before everyone knows. Ultimately seeing some of the barriers was useful to be able to pass along to my students, and made me comfortable sticking with teaching.

Just to clarify my comment was about networking to find a job, not references.

We don't allow cell phones, do have discipline, and focus on academics. In short you are reminding me why I don't mind having left large district school 15 years ago. It cost me money, but I do get to enjoy doing my job and observing students actually learning. On the theme of the thread I have been a key part of a lot of that success over the years, but I find that translating that into resume language is rather challenging for a variety of reasons. I have done a variety of management type functions, but never been a manager as an example. Sat on the school board and reviewed, but never prepared financials... It's not a combination of skills others are expecting. So I have found switching careers (for reasons that have nothing to do with satisfaction or the pandemic) to be difficult at this stage. For example my network is almost entirely other educators or parents whom I can't really use to switch careers.

Andre won a Rumble I do believe

Somewhere in there you also have to have a big enough mortgage to make itemizing matter these days. A HELOC on a primary residence to lower the balance on a second home or investment property might have an angle for some savings though.

Lot's of good stuff here, I would add that I hope any passive readers are using some of the examples to help them think about what is most applicable. Homes are important but tricky assets. A co-worker of mine for example bought his first house midway through his second year of teaching, and sold it just over a year later out of sheer luck. He actually moved because of his wife to rural MN and needed to sell, but because they had looked originally in the middle of winter they had effectively bought the house at a discount, so even with the short turn around they more than made enough to cover closing costs and turn around and buy 80 acres. It worked out incredibly well, but I think it is way more common that moving forces people into suboptimal decisions on selling the home. So factoring in the smaller liquidity is important in how one approaches the mortgage. When we moved to MN 20+ years ago it was at the tail end of a housing boom, and we bought at 5% down, FHA and 7% interest. In a year we were able to refi, get rid of the PMI due to home value increase alone and borrow in a special low-income program for a bunch of repairs and kept the total payment the same. On the other hand our value had dropped off enough by 2008 that we were probably back to just 5-10% equity. By 2015 though we were hitting closer to peak earning years and we would have had the house paid off easily by now except we decided to invest in our retirement home. In many ways the big value in our first house has been that it's cost of ownership has been way less than inflation. My current payment is what we were paying 20 years ago so that's pretty huge. The point I'm hoping to get across is that when it comes to think about housing investment risk make sure you build in flexibility for changing circumstances or plans. We've changed our thinking at least 4 or 5 times over the years and flexibility is a tough thing to quantitate.

It's probably also worth pointing out that the BF crowd is also a lot more analytical in general which is makes a difference. Crunching stats and interest rates looking for advantages is all pretty similar.

Thanks I'll try that. The company in question is small enough that I'd rather not say. I was able to locate the listed transfer agent, though so far their website seems expertly crafted to avoid direct customer contact.

So perhaps a weird question, but since I don't normally sell individual stocks I'm looking for some insight. I'm helping a relative how owns a small number of shares purchased a long time ago. They have the original paper certificate, and the company is still in business. The share value is pretty modest so the total amount of money is pretty small. However the internet stories also indicate the company split and issued shares in a new company over a decade ago that my relative never received but should have, and both stocks having issued dividends for as many years as I can verify easily on the internet. My relative certainly hasn't gotten those at all for the last 10+ years, and may have never actually seen those. The stocks have been owned long enough I don't have easy access to a full picture of what happened to the stock that whole time. The relative does not have any unclaimed property records, so any other thoughts on how to pursue missing compensation and ultimately sell off the shares?