Yeah, I hate that racket. The issue here is the fact that 25% of the people on the road have no insurance.

If I never have a wreck I don't need any insurance...Here, hold my beer.

Yeah, I hate that racket. The issue here is the fact that 25% of the people on the road have no insurance.

Yeah, I hate that racket. The issue here is the fact that 25% of the people on the road have no insurance.

My car insurance payment went up $7/month with no claims or tarnished record. Here is the reason in the FAQ:

• Increase in costs associated with rising accident frequency. The auto industry has seen a dramatic increase in the number of claims over the last year. This increase is driven by factors such as:

  • Population growth

  • Lower gas prices

  • Distracted driving (driving while engaged in other activities such as texting, talking on the phone or to a passenger, watching videos, eating, or reading)

  • Increase in the number of registered vehicles

  More cars on the road often result in more accidents, and GEICO needs to rate all affected policies for this shared ris

*Yes, I know I moved here too - I had absolutely NO idea the population was growing so rapidly, though, when I made my move

hobbitt's 40-year career is ending with the same whimper. Also with the threat of (that thing we may not need but have been planning on) SS being slashed. FUCKITOL.

Working at my job for thirty years.
Chief of my department for twenty.
Crafted a unique, efficient, high-quality, very appreciated niche function that others haven't been able to duplicate.
Have a team of fifteen who seem to really like the job, and my leadership. Clients love what we do.
I routinely get acknowledged as one of the best in northern CA at this job. Have won other awards, including our version of an Oscar.

New leadership. Has no idea what mistakes were made fifteen-twenty years ago, because they were still in college then.
Took me into a room today and told me that they were taking the whole thing apart to create a DMV-like experience - because that's what people want. It's what we had in the past, and was so expensive and disliked that it had to be taken apart.

My team will have to learn new skills, be deployed elsewhere.
Quality will become haphazard. Costs will go up - we're taking order and creating chaos.

Fortunately, I can retire in two years - which is about how long it will take for this to all play out...
My project will be dismantled as I head for the rocking chair.

Now. Do the competitors want my knowledge if these folks don't?....

Working at my job for thirty years.
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Working at my job for thirty years.
Chief of my department for twenty.
Crafted a unique, efficient, high-quality, very appreciated niche function that others haven't been able to duplicate.
Have a team of fifteen who seem to really like the job, and my leadership. Clients love what we do.
I routinely get acknowledged as one of the best in northern CA at this job. Have won other awards, including our version of an Oscar.

New leadership. Has no idea what mistakes were made fifteen-twenty years ago, because they were still in college then.
Took me into a room today and told me that they were taking the whole thing apart to create a DMV-like experience - because that's what people want. It's what we had in the past, and was so expensive and disliked that it had to be taken apart.

My team will have to learn new skills, be deployed elsewhere.
Quality will become haphazard. Costs will go up - we're taking order and creating chaos.

Fortunately, I can retire in two years - which is about how long it will take for this to all play out...
My project will be dismantled as I head for the rocking chair.

Now. Do the competitors want my knowledge if these folks don't?.... 

Our local rag, er newspaper hasn't changed a lick in the past 40 years. This morning they ran the tragic story of a recent high school grad who died in a car crash yesterday. That was news, yes, but WHY include in the article the names and circumstances of two other young people who died a year ago? Just because they graduated from the same high school. I know the pain that caused the families of those two young people, because that's exactly what the DNR did after my brother was killed. Every time there was a crash on Port Republic Road they resurrected the accident for us. I hate that newspaper.

A reference to the Benicio Del Toro bathtub scene in "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas"

If you haven't seen the movie, my comment would make absolutely no sense. 

 porphyrius wrote: 
What the Hell man??!!

50 mics of LSD, a hot soapy tub, a large knife/handgun (your choice) and JeffPlane on the boombox. That'll do 'er.