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  1. OldSchoolSnapper
    I think the Bucks have reached the point where a ticket package makes sense. I bought an 11-pack and split it with a sibling, I think the total was $2175 for 2 seats to 11 games in the lower bowl, they are great seats but not right at midcourt where the cost explodes. There are some great games in there; the home opener, about 5 weekend games including one with Miami, and the Golden State game. I'm probably overpaying for Tuesday night with Indiana, but I got sick of wanting to go and then backing out because one single game would cost $450. Setting a schedule ahead of time makes it much more likely to go. 11 games for just over $1k to see one of the best teams in the league in the lower bowl is a great value imo. I made the decision not to renew my Brewers tickets so it just transferring an expense elsewhere.
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    Beauchamp will get to play. I think they are just doing the whole rookie thing right off the bat. I will say he looks pretty explosive based on his one bucket, definitely a strong athlete. I agree though that he needs to find solid minutes eventually. With the construction of this roster they badly need one of those types to pan out. I was at the game last night and was struck by the amount of open seats on a home opener on a Saturday night. I was in the lower bowl and my row was empty. Lousy opponent yes. But it was 70 degrees on a weekend. It wasn't what I'd call low attendance but I was just surprised by how many empties there were.
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    IMO, about 5 of those teams are clearly superior this year. I thought we were a bubble team for most of the season. Padres, without some of their injuries, would be even more comfortably ahead. Even if the Brewers make it, I do not think they have a team like 2011, 2018 or even 2019 or 2021. IMO, last season was more of a missed opportunity than this one, just having a bad week against an ATL team they were good enough to play with. It's baseball though. Anything can happen.
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    IMO, about 5 of those teams are clearly superior this year. I thought we were a bubble team for most of the season. Padres, without some of their injuries, would be even more comfortably ahead. Even if the Brewers make it, I do not think they have a team like 2011, 2018 or even 2019 or 2021. IMO, last season was more of a missed opportunity than this one, just having a bad week against an ATL team they were good enough to play with. It's baseball though. Anything can happen.
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    I am content with the season. Maybe not the right word, but, they are not that good. It doesn't feel like a missed opportunity to me. I don't think they are better than any of the 6 ahead of them. If they get in, someone blew it, basically. We are not bad, but not what I'd call good.
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    I am content with the season. Maybe not the right word, but, they are not that good. It doesn't feel like a missed opportunity to me. I don't think they are better than any of the 6 ahead of them. If they get in, someone blew it, basically. We are not bad, but not what I'd call good.
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    Philly is not playing well though. 10 games is enough to blow this. I'd think the Brewers have to go 7-2 though. Opponent quality matters least of all in baseball. The bad teams left on the schedules are probably more energized honestly at the end of the year when they have a chance to impact results. That's more exciting than slogging through July 20 games under .500.
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    Philly is not playing well though. 10 games is enough to blow this. I'd think the Brewers have to go 7-2 though. Opponent quality matters least of all in baseball. The bad teams left on the schedules are probably more energized honestly at the end of the year when they have a chance to impact results. That's more exciting than slogging through July 20 games under .500.
  9. OldSchoolSnapper
    I'm in favor it all. It's just gotten too hard to hit MLB pitching. The shift rules are liberal enough that the shift isn't really "dead." The clocks, I'm in total support of. Almost anything that gets the game time down is good. I'd love to see 7 inning games, personally, but that's radical.
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    What really sucked about last season vs. other flame outs was that the team was REALLY good. It is just still such a shame they not only couldn't finish, but went out so sheepishly. It's one of the reasons I'm over the moon about the two guys they added. They usually lose by way of some glaring hole you can see all season long. I don't know what happened that night, but it just wasn't the same team that played all year (well, other than the ST). I'm so stoked to see what they can do defensively.
  11. OldSchoolSnapper
    Wondering if any among our ranks have taken up overemployment with the Covid-remote job explosion, i.e. holding multiple FT jobs simultaneously from home...
  12. OldSchoolSnapper
    I love the direction they are going. Just overload on premium defensive talent. Rodgers is year to year, so having a great defense if and when he chooses to go away is the best thing they can do. And if he is this incredible QB (he is) he doesn't need Davante Adams to win. They definitely need to bring in at least 1 WR from some place, but both picks are exactly what I was hoping to see them do with two first rounders. Anything else in the draft is gravy, I am just elated they used both premium picks on impact defensive players.
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    Saw The Batman. I have comic burnout, but am a huge Batman guy so I had to see it. Very, very good if you like the true to source material character. More detective and less brute. I have some nit-picky things but it's well done. It is the best depiction of the comic book character by a wide margin.
  14. OldSchoolSnapper
    The market is absolutely insane for candidates. I just took an offer. I requested matched PTO and countered saying the offered salary was not adequate. They gave me both. The next day, I got a request for another interview. I said I needed to know the salary before proceeding any further. Normally I would let that play out naturally but the candidates hold all the cards right now. My brother is an engineer around Milwaukee early in his career. He was making roughly $85k. A government defense contractor based in Virginia offered him a remote position for $125k after one interview. He put in his 2 weeks and management immediately matched the $125k and made him a senior. If you are even considering a move, now is the time, in almost any industry.
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    Suit and tie is major overkill unless like, director at F500 or something. Even then, everything is so much more anything goes now. A nice clean shirt and pants are fine.
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    I'd like to see them continue to build defense. Can never have too many edge players.
  17. OldSchoolSnapper
    Let's say you're a generic business analyst. My main point was more that instead of putting something like "assisted in building new marketing campaigns," you want something like "led campaign that increased year over year shoe sales 45%". Many, many people do the former, but the latter shows clear value and lends itself to discussion in an interview.
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    I don't, but there's nothing they're going to tell you that isn't on Google or YouTube. All I will say is that today vs even 10 years ago, resumes need actionable things. A list of duties will not tell anyone anything. It's impossible to get specific without any kind of knowledge of position or field but for example: -Stocked shelves vs. -Managed inventory for grocery chain location that saw 25% reduction in food waste and top 3 net sales in market When you are specific about value added it is always better than just rambling about tasks. Shifting careers is easier if you can easily promote yourself as useful. Again, without line of work it is impossible, but sometimes it is as simple as YouTubing a new program, grasping a basic knowledge of it, then, well, lying on a resume and knowing enough to pass an interview, and learning it on the job. A ton of analyst/software positions basically end up with you Googling how to do things anyway. I'm not suggesting you fake being a software engineer, but things like SalesForce, yeah, you can totally lie about and learn as you go.
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    I find Indeed superior to anything else. Especially recently they seem to be getting employers away from applying on their own websites and making them accept resume drops and brief applications. It's possible to apply to 20 jobs in 10 minutes. You can also just a post a resume there and recruiters will find you. I get a lot of callbacks even when I'm not looking. LinkedIn will be more useful in some fields than others. I would say that any objective field of work will do better on LinkedIn. If you're a programmer that knows these specific XYZ languages and have it on your page, you will be inundated by recruiters without doing a lick of work. If it's a more subjective field like general marketing, then LinkedIn is just a bunch of people blowing self-promotional hot air. It's another thing that was distinctive in 2007 but now everyone has one so it's useless. Just friends writing endorsements for each other and people exaggerating their duties.
  20. OldSchoolSnapper
    I thought Don't Look Up stunk. Just way too on the nose and starts to come off as smug and preachy. The Lost Daughter was just WAY too slow.
  21. OldSchoolSnapper
    I own and I love owning, and I love doing extensive DIY upgrades. However I've always felt like the idea of a house as some cornerstone part of your portfolio is exaggerated and in most cases due to luck more than anything else. And my house has appreciated $100k+ since buying in 2014. Yeah rent is a constant payment for eternity. But you are not replacing the roof, HVAC (this is currently like $10k due to supply chain crisis), painting siding, cutting your grass. Yet I constantly see people claiming things like "Yeah we made $80k in the sale." No, you really didn't. You did like $25k in sticker price maintenance in that time + all the labor and costs associated with routine stuff. In most scenarios, I feel like the kind of money you make in a sale over a house you lived in for a long time would be dwarfed by what you could do in the markets. I fully understand that it's not intended to be the main investment vehicle, I just have always felt that people really exaggerate its actual value as an investment. There are always stories where a guy bought a house for $150k and the is now worth $1.7 million (think booming vacation spots), but I personally don't even consider my house when planning for retirement. It'll be paid off or whatever, but I'm not really looking at it as something to extract value. It's just a place I have to live so I bought modest and just what I needed.
  22. OldSchoolSnapper
    I've been binging Succession (HBO Max). About halfway through Season 3 and loving it.
  23. OldSchoolSnapper
    I tried to watch the Lost Daughter because it was critically acclaimed but my God, I couldn't do it. I'm OK with a slow burn that keeps me guessing but I was unbelievably bored. There's a huge discrepancy between critic and audience score.
  24. OldSchoolSnapper
    I'm not even sure a lot of folks are waiting for anything. There's a major shifting demographic with more people not having kids at all, getting married later...I think way more people are now just happy to rent perpetually and not deal with any of the burden that can come with a house.
  25. OldSchoolSnapper
    We bought our house in 2014. I really did not want to buy a house at the time at all. My wife was pregnant and relentless about it to the point I'd get home and she'd say "we have a showing tomorrow at 1:00." The market was really bad for sellers at the time but I was just out to lunch on all those kinds of things. It ended up being the luckiest financial move of my life to this point. We went USDA, 0 down at 4.25% on a 4BR that had been sitting for 9 months. Our offer $206k was accepted, $15k below list. A year later refi'd at 3.25%, then I just refi'd again to conventional last November to remove PMI as the market value is now above 300k. By not having to ever do the huge down payment thing I was able to pay off my sizable student loans (% between 5 and 6) way ahead of schedule. My payment was something like $256/mo but I was paying a very painful $1200 on it for a couple years. When I got done doing that it felt like I got some huge promotion. We love the area so we'll be here until kids graduate HS, then either become snowbirds or just move altogether...not sure on that yet.
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