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Hi there. I'm Forever Ben. http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/139760004/original.jpg IO!

In to say hello while you read up on the stickies and put on your suit of armor. Sounds like a cool build. Waiting on pics.

Anal retentive ; does it have a hyphen?

I'm sure for a small fee, there's a mod that would delete this entire post for you. Sort of like a forum doctor, they would amputate the limb before long term damage sets in.

Fess up, that's your bike isn't it.

Agree completely. Accountability and a plan to change thier lives are what most people is this country lack. Worse than smokes and beer though are kids. I feel so bad for their kids. They can't afford to care for themselves, now they need assistance for thier pets, yet they make a decision to have kids. Sad. Hey, even the working stiffs do the same though. How many drive nice cars yet bitch about or can't afford to take care of them? Worse yet they drive a car that equals their annual income and live in the hood. Their one step away from your clients.

:gabe: Here's one for Ben too. http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/139760004/original.jpg

Come back when there's a truck on top of it. The. The thread and title will match.

V8 swap and even add boost for added sleeper effect.

The wifi and BT control is what I've been waiting for with Siri.

So the long term gains realized by ditching the salary schedules and steep increases and replacing them with merit pay provisions don't count towards making a better Ohio? Last I heard the elimination of automatic step and longevity pay increases currently built into most contracts would save us huge money. So eliminating excesspublic employer contributions toward health care & benefit costs isn't going to save Ohio? So capping vacation, sick and other paid leaves and limit what employees can cash in from those benefits when they leave their positions isn't a fiscally wise move? So requiring annual evaluations of teachers to include student performance data isn't going to better Ohio? and requiring that any lay-offs be based in part on these evaluations isn't the right thing to do? But you want numbers right? Okay, SB5's intent capped school district contributions at 85 percent, so that teachers would have to pay 15 percent. By comparison, the collective bargaining agreement for Cleveland sets the employee share of premiums at about five percent. So what else is happening, the nearly $300k per year admin for Cleveland is coming to Columbus.....why? More money and to reek the same havoc down here as he did up there. Let's look at their insurance plan in Cleveland...Currently collective bargaining agreements established that there are no deductibles at all for in-network coverage. Really? Damn, even I don't have it that good and I work for an insurance company! Zero deductables are below industry standards, even for generous plans, like those at Ohio State and other Universities, let alone grades schools. But hey, these provisions are written into the union contract so they stay..... Great news eh? Okay, so tell me how the City of Cleveland is going to afford that? They can't. So what do you think they are going to do if they can't afford the benefits for teachers? Hmmm....cut teachers? Yep, that's a win for everyone. Well, I hate to say it, but what would you do if you were running a business and had to make a choice? Would you fire people or offer them to take less? Their call to make really. How are you going to pay for this otherwise? Again, has the Union or FD shown them another way? Nope. Perhaps they need to go water the money tree. As a voter, I know that there will be fire fighters. There's a line out the door for qualified candidates that are waiting their turn to train. Employees that are willing to take less and allow the budget to work. We all have to do more with less and in the case of the link about fire fighters getting a bonus to work 9-5...really? Where was that story a couple weeks ago? Well, the voters have been waiting around for the Union who currently has the power to offer up a solution to the numbers but guess what...they can't deliver a plan that works. They only know one thing, fight for what they have now, even if the numbers don't pan out. Again, great minds we have there. Really? How's that Union understanding worked out over the past few years for us all? It hasn't. The education system and pension systems in place are ABSOLUTELY Fucked up and breaking the system. That's not bullshit coming from the other side; it's a fact. The pensions we pay all the retired Police and FD people are sucking the system dry just as all the pensions for General Motors did to them. How did GM respond? Closed plants, and did what they had to do to stay alive. Guess what the local municipalities are going to do? The same thing. Again, good luck with all that.

It's not a dead horse man. I'm not going to go through all the economic measures that were clearly outlined in SB5. Your friend is either ignoring them or I'm sorry, just too dumb to understand them. The profit he speaks of is the opposite of where we are today and if he thinks more of the same is good for "the little guy" he's a fool. Let me just leave you with this now that public employee unions will continue to hold their way over local governments' budgets thanks to the recent voting last week. IMO, the victory is short lived. Folks who posted in this thread are dead right; the Republicans in the General Assembly will get right to work on passing laws that codify the many things in Senate Bill 5 that are widely listed under one single bill. It's just a matter of time. So from here on out, look out all you union members who are low on the totem pole. Don’t celebrate but rather as I just warned above, you better get your resumes in order. Mark my words, most all of the low-seniority union members are going to get the ax. How can I be so sure? I’ve already said it. 1. The economy sucks and it’s going to get even worse before it gets better because the gov’t and private debt won’t let it. Remember, the state is bleeding money. 2. Tuesday’s election didn’t come with a bag of money to support public service workers, so unless there’s a money tree on the Statehouse Lawn, good luck making the budget work. You all got taken big time as supporting your local public employee costs real money and there isn't a pot of gold at the end of your rainbow to do it. Opposition to SB5 did a great job funding a propaganda campaign to drag the local school or public safety levy’s across the finish line, expect they forgot one thing….. the taxpaying voters in most every jurisdiction to took a different view and said FUCK YOU to more taxes. The irony of it all is the only thing that’s rich; The public employee unions string the voters along with self-serving threats and promises, in turn the voters are stringing along the public employee unions with support that will dissipate when levies hit local ballots and they say FUCK YOU – NO. Congrats on your voting SB5 down. Now you can continue to preserve the old, familiar game of hostage-taking. No school levy? Fine, no sports and no buses -- and that's the taxpayers' supposed advocate, the school board, talking! If that doesn't break the public's resistance, a teacher strike will. Want to lay off a firefighter? Fine, here's a union grievance and a bill for thousands of dollars, payable by the taxpayers. You may win, but it will cost you a bundle. And you may not win. Or you may win for now, only to have an arbitrator decide you shouldn't win later. Then you get a bill for the reinstated employee's back pay, too. Way to support the public you serve. :dumb: Look, I’m not against the public employees. I supported SB5 for a lot of reasons but it’s not because I hate public employees, or envy them, or because I believe public employees are overpaid. The reason I and thousands of others supported SB5 is because we have studied the financial status of our very own household and have decided, on that basis alone, we are unable or not interested in committing more money to mis-managed programs that abound in this government. The BULLSHIT is that SB5 opponents have worked hard to fill the heads of the public with emotion. They have also ignored the certainty that the financial situations of localities all across Ohio will necessitate layoffs. They are quite prepared, though of course they will not say so, to resort to the time-honored union practice of "eating their young" when layoff time comes, so as to protect union leaders and other senior employees. Again, if you’re low man on the pole, bend over and get out the lube. Again, congrats you won. IMO it’s just another gleaming example of how Ohioans do not understand the seriousness of an impending fiscal crisis at all levels of government. Eventually, though, it will become clear that neither the money nor the public will exist to sustain the system that SB 5 aimed to change. Wait and see; or please, show me how it will survive. The only reason the union bullshit existed as long as it did, the only reason all the structural defecst in the system continued as long as they did is because for nearly the past 30 years there was enough money was sloshing around that system to satisfy everyone. Too bad not everyone is willing to admit it, that is no longer the case. Good luck to you all. You’re going to need it. Sorry for the long rant.

styling wise, welcome to 2001 too. :dumb:

LOCK IT UP! Found some!

Enjoy :bangbang:

http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/139661711/original.jpg Now I just need to add in some orange barrels. :dumb:

I won't disagree that having both on is going to use more than just having wifi only. The phone has to maintain that wifi connection which sips power. However, I know using both directs the web use and downloading to wifi which is way more efficient. I don't shut off my wifi at home just to try and conserve a few bits of power when idle. I use my phone all the time. Most of my use today has been with emails and text. I've had one conference call. I just find using dictation for emails is so superior to typing, even vs typing on my computer. If I used it like this on 3G only, not only would that be slower, but my battery would have dropped considerably more. I know, as I've tried all kinds of combos. Here's where I'm at today after a full charge last night and a bright an early morning with my daughter who wouldn't go back to sleep. :fuuuu: http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/139655666/original.jpg

Not sure what they meant by that. 3G aka cell takes more juice than wifi in both standby and download modes. Pretty widely known. I rarely use my iPad on 3G and when here at the house it's wifi only. Turning cell off greatly improves the capacity / time.

$100k+ buys a lot. Might opt for a CTS-V though.

Bad Ass. However, a 5.0l is more than enough for me and likely a better bang for the buck. We can easily add horsey power if needed as proven over and over by folks here.

Thanks! GLWS.

I have that option too but balance it with travel. Back OT, I'll have a great chance to see the impact of 5.0.1 this week as I have more travels and will be power-using the 4s on the road. GPS, music, Bluetooth, emails, web, texting, all day from 7am through 10pm at night. I do anticipate using it to the red. on 5.0 I got phenomenal use from it and drained it to 10% each day, doing the above. I don't anticipate this time being much different. Hopefully based on my indications, it will be slightly better.

Nope....home office FTW :fuckyeah:

WOW!

fixed :lolguy: