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This is of great interest to me since most of my retirement is handled by WRS, but the state investment board has added bitcoin to the pension fund: https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-pension-fund-bitcoin
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I looked up the record for any D1 game and it was 40-0 by Ohio U in 2020. I haven't found the record for a tournament game.
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Most teachers and government workers that work in states that offer a pension have absolutely no say in how their pensions are invested. I have two choices; keep 100% my funds in the core fund or put 50% in the variable fund. And I'm required to contribute to the pension, I cannot opt out. Maybe there are some states where individual or state-wide unions have more say, but I highly doubt the average teacher or government worker has any influence in how their money is invested. So we're not "making our bed" if WRS is going heavy in investment properties because I have no choice in the matter.
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One thing that needs to be done is for the FHA to change its rule on condo financing. At present, a developer has to have 80% of the units sold, and one entity cannot own more than 10% of the units in a 20+ unit complex in order to get the loan to build the condo. This is, of course, a reaction to the Great Recession, but it has nearly stopped any multi-family owner-occupied construction from happening in many parts of the country. If more owner-occupied multi-family housing can be built (a combination of condos, townhouses, and duplexes/triplexes, etc...) it may ease rent increases a bit. But again, it's not happening overnight. Cities are starting to redo their zoning codes to encourage different uses of land, but look up the westside Madison meeting from the other night to see how that's going right now.
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While we're on the topic of snowplowing, this could very easily be a "bugging you" post, but it fits here better. Let's discuss Madison. I do not live in Madison, I live in Middleton. My street has 10 houses on it, and it's in better shape than Gammon Rd, Mineral Point, and most of University Ave. I keep hearing, "salt doesn't work when it's cold!" but then I look at what other communities do, and clearly they are doing something right that Madison just can't figure out. Driving down Gammon from Middleton to Madison you can see a clear line where Middleton stops clearing the street and Madison begins. Madison has cut down on salt usage due to the lakes, but they also haven't added plows to keep up with new miles of roads built over the past 20+ years. It took nearly twice as long to get home tonight due to the road conditions, and it snowed three days ago.
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They had Bo Ryan and Bruce Pearl as their back-to-back head coaches, so it's clear why they saw a lot of success under Bud Haidet. It's too bad Rob Jeter couldn't continue the success. I haven't followed UWM in a long time but still want them to see success. It has been hard to see how far they've fallen.
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I subscribe to the Wisconsin State Journal online edition. In June, I paid $8/month. That jumped to $18/month in July, and now will jump to $27/month in January. I don't mind paying for news, but more than tripling the price in six months is ridiculous. I have to call to cancel, can't do it online, so I hope to negotiate a reduced subscription fee.
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Sorry this doesn't add to the discussion, but I thought the use of this word was spectacular. What does add to the discussion is that according to Eric Stokes, the message today was that explosive plays will get you beat. https://twitter.com/ByRyanWood/status/1736843776641872361
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Brewers have new members of ownership team
NeedMoreFans replied to nate82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Back during the big oil boom in North Dakota, when wages for retail jobs were skyrocketing, he flew people from the corporate offices in Eau Claire, put them up at a hotel for two weeks at a time, and had the work as cashiers and lumber yard attendants, all so he didn't have to raise wages in North Dakota. -
Both Dike and Bell hit the portal today. This coming off the heels of the WR coach being hired by Notre Dame, though I would be skeptical if that had anything to do with the transfers.
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Game 12: Chiefs @ Packers - Sunday, Dec. 3rd 7:20 PM
NeedMoreFans replied to HarryDoyle's topic in Other Sports
There was one. The booth commented on how this was the second Sunday night game she's been to. -
Me too, and it's a nice watch that I have no desire to replace.
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Green bean casserole was an invention of the Campbell Soup Company to sell more cream of _______ soup (I'm assuming mushroom). I feel like at least half of the "traditional" holiday sides were invented by food companies to sell more product.
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Generally it's 2 kids meals, my wife and I each get a butterburger, and we get any combination of two fries, onion rings, or curds. I will occasionally splurge for one of their limited time burgers or a rueben.
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A new job and he doesn't have to sell his house!
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Here's my main issue with Culver's. It tastes great, better than most fast food, but I'm still hungry when I'm done eating. Also, it's usually $25-30 for our family of 4 to go to Culver's, and for that much, I can order good pizza or Chinese food and have leftovers for a few days.
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I've been comparing this season with 2018, the one season where I thought we had a legitimate World Series chance when the playoffs began, and came within a game of making it. I don't dig deep into advanced stats, but some basic ones stood out. Pitching: team ERA was 3.73, 4th in the league. This year it was 3.71, best in the league, but not a huge difference. We gave up 659 runs in 2018 compred to 647 this year. Again, no difference. Offense: team OPS in 2018 was .747 (4th), .705 (14th) this year. We scored 754 runs (7th) in 2018, 728 (8th) this year. We hit 218 HRs in 2018 (2nd) and 165 (12th) this year. We had more SB this year (129 to 124), but that was 7th in the league, and 124 was best in the league. The numbers were pretty striking to me-very similar pitching numbers, but pretty different offense numbers, especially considering the DH this season. I don't know where they go from here, but offense is pretty darn important to he successful in the playoffs.
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For my flex, one of: Michael Pittman Breese Hall Calvin Ridley I have Pittman in right now, but apparently, Hall is free of limitations going against the Broncos, and we all saw what Miami did against that defense.
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We got a piece of mail from the Immortalist Society addressed to the person that used to live on our property. Do I contact them to let them know he died at least 4 years ago?
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Pre-snap penalties need to stop; there were way too many of them last night. The game was not as close as the final score indicated. A few dropped balls on passes that would have been big plays and some red zone issues in the second half "limited" us to 38 points. If you watched most of last season, you knew the defensive problems were going to be there. They lost two of their three best players to the NFL and really didn't have anyone coming up the pipeline to replace them, and it's not like they were great against better teams last year. It's nice to have a good place kicker for once. We've had ok ones in the past, but I always cringed any time there was a FG attempt past 35 yards. There is so much more talent at WR than in the past, they just need to catch the ball. Mordecai was fantastic, and I put the INT more on Dike than Mordecai. Losing Mellusi will hurt.
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The transition to what it seems everything being subscription-based or once free things now costing money bugs me. There are some journalists and columnists I read that were either laid off or chose to move on from the news/entertainment sources I frequent that still write the columns, you just have to pay for access. I get that they need income, but I only have so much I can shell out each month for a subscription. Take Deadspin/Defector for example. Deadspin was free to read, everyone fled for lots of legitimate reasons, now it's $8/month to subscribe to Defector. Another example of what I mean is Disney. We are going to Disney World in a month, and I found that lots of perks for resort guests that were free in 2018 now cost money. Gone are the free airport transportation, fast passes, and, magic bands.
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Regular Sudafed has pseudoephedrine, which is amazing (and it's the stuff you have to show an ID to get and is behind the counter or locked up, because of meth). It's the stuff that has phenylephrine doesn't work.
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Game 1: Packers @ Da Bears - Sunday, September 10th 3:25 PM
NeedMoreFans replied to CheezWizHed's topic in Other Sports
This sums up pretty much every QB from Ohio State. -
My walk to the bus stop after work each afternoon requires me to cross both Johnson and University on campus at UW-Madison. I choose the crosswalk outlined in red below: The only issue with this crosswalk is that it has no signals so you have to cross when there's a break in traffic. This is usually not an issue because there is a stoplight to the left and another to the right on University that stops traffic and allows me to cross. Each road is 4 lanes wide. While I appreciate the state law requiring cars to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk, I do not like it when drivers use it at this location to let me cross. I'll give an example of why. Number the lanes on Campus Dr, with 1 being closest to me on the south/bottom and 4 being at the top. A car stops in lane 3, but cars fly by him in lane 2, and he almost got rear-ended. He decides to go after I waive him forward. Moments later, a car stops in both lane 2 and 3 (no traffic in lane 1), so I proceed, only there was a car in lane 4 that did not see me and I almost got hit. Yes, I could walk a block to a signaled intersection, but I figure there is a crosswalk there for a reason, and there is usually never an issue crossing when the lights are red.
