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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 11:55:35 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. And the election will probably be stolen again. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Dec 29 12:09:53 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. Facts! |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 12:28:31 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Dec 29 12:09:53 2023. Except for the stuff about the Mets and Giants, absolutely not. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 12:28:43 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 11:55:35 2023. Again? |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 12:29:25 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. And you’re still going to post twice, hours apart. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Dec 29 12:41:48 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 12:28:31 2023. Crime and lack of punishment is running rampant. The irony is that the Libs who vote in those responsible for making this happen are the softest and easiest targets. Antisemitism is also running unchecked, in fact, encouraged by the Dems/Libs. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 12:46:41 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Dec 29 12:41:48 2023. It isn’t. Crime was up, but it’s back down.Antisemitism has always been an issue, people are just finally paying attention. The exception is in schools, where it HAS reached a fever pitch. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Dec 29 12:49:56 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 12:46:41 2023. Criminals are not being punished and there is no deterrent to committing crimes. |
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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 12:55:35 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 12:28:43 2023. Again. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 13:13:36 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. Just become a Yankee fan!! |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 13:17:01 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. Just shut off your TV and radio as everything you stated except for the sports teams were lies manufactured by the media. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 13:19:14 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 11:55:35 2023. Face reality: Biden won fair and square. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 13:20:12 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 12:55:35 2023. When was the first time? 1824? Adams won fair and square. |
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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 13:46:06 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 13:19:14 2023. 
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Posted by WayneJay on Fri Dec 29 13:49:45 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. The Giants will definitely won't be strong next season, but yet again... they will have a good opportunity pickup a top QB in the draft. I'm hoping that they resist any urges to pursue a current veteran QB, and largely build around a draft pick. Also... resist any urges to do a Daniel Jones 2.0 type pick. Obviously they need to build a decent o-line. If they address this now... they can be nicely positioned down the road. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 29 14:03:06 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. You're the one who called left wingers good people. Now you complain about what they did to society? |
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Posted by jimmymc25 on Fri Dec 29 14:05:28 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. The Mets scare me too, Young Mitchel.As for the Giants...guess it's no more Tommy cutlets. |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Fri Dec 29 14:08:11 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by WayneJay on Fri Dec 29 13:49:45 2023. I don't mind having a vet QB that the rookie can learn from. I don't want to see them overpay for a Baker Mayfield-type. The difference between Top 5 and Top 10 QB is greater than the difference between Top 10 and Top 50 QB. |
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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 14:13:08 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Fri Dec 29 14:17:12 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 14:13:08 2023. If the White Sox move to Tennessee would you change your loyalty? |
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Posted by WayneJay on Fri Dec 29 14:19:49 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by mtk52983 on Fri Dec 29 14:08:11 2023. I don't mind either as long as that veteran QB is in the building, and can truly mentor the new guy about both, NFL QB 101 and the NYG system. It makes for a nice transition, but if they decide (during this offseason) that D. Jones is not in their long term plans... I hope they don't do something like pursuing a high dollar veteran QB. Not saying they need to pursue the top picks, but they're plenty of talented QBs coming out of the '24 draft class, and I hope the Giants will draft one of them. |
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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 14:22:03 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by mtk52983 on Fri Dec 29 14:17:12 2023. LOL! Of course not. I am still a Blackhawks fan. I can never cheer for the Predators. |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Fri Dec 29 14:45:20 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. ANGELS WILL SUX AGAIN |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 14:59:12 2023, in response to Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Dec 29 11:31:51 2023. Crime seems to be down from its 2020/2021 peak, both in New York and nationwide. It's actually surprising that New York has benefitted from this trend, given how soft on crime it is, but I suppose there's no arguing with a good thing. Based on my somewhat limited experience, I both live and work in Suffolk County, I haven't really noticed the streets and subway getting dirtier, but views may differ.As I've said many times before the city's biggest risks by far are WFH and the loss of factories, but that's nothing new. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:06:25 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 14:59:12 2023. As I've said many times before the city's biggest risks by far are WFH and the loss of factories, but that's nothing new.My employer requires people to come in three days a week but has nevertheless massively cut its floor space. How did they do this? By dramatically increasing density: - No offices. - Not even dedicated desks. Every day when you come in you pick an empty desk in the field of 6-desk cubicles. |
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Posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Fri Dec 29 15:07:51 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Dec 29 12:49:56 2023. I can't buy a cheap pair of underwear or socks at my local Target without waiting for store person to unlock the case.They've closed the 2nd entrance to Target permanently, the self serve registers are still there working with the one clerk to address problems but they have made the exit there an emergency exit only. I am surprised they haven't locked up the food yet the way prices are. Meat is still out in the open for taking but socks are locked up. Figure that one out. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 29 15:11:10 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Fri Dec 29 15:07:51 2023. Target had a massive traffic drop in the south after their new bathroom policy was announced and people boycotted.Targets CEO said that they don't know the reason for the disparity in revenue and couldn't figure it out, but was sure it had nothing to do with that. Target also announced a change after their stores were burned down in 2020 to redesign the layout, because apparnetly having the pharmacy in the middle was deemed "racist" to the board. Target will close and blame amazon, and not what you mentioned. Every CEO is this dumb today. |
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Posted by WayneJay on Fri Dec 29 15:13:50 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:06:25 2023. Even pre-pandemic my employer had already taken steps to reduce on-site office space by converting some areas into mixed use space that can be reserved. Nowadays most positions that don't requiure a presence on-site are classified as either hybrid and remote. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 29 15:14:46 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 13:46:06 2023. jeff rosen obviously hates math and science from that post. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 29 15:16:11 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 13:17:01 2023. Crime and hate crimes are made up by the media?That explains why Amazon and television are ignoring the anti-Jewish crimes and not giving them the same treatment as "stopAsianHate" It all makes sense now. |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 29 15:17:47 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by WayneJay on Fri Dec 29 15:13:50 2023. "Nowadays most positions that don't requiure a presence on-site"Which is the overwhelming majority of office positions. Or close to all of them without saying 100% |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 29 15:22:43 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Fri Dec 29 15:07:51 2023. The bums that steal socks don’t have stoves or ovens to cook that meat. But they desperately need socks. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 15:25:50 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Fri Dec 29 15:07:51 2023. It actually makes perfect sense. Perishable food has no resale value because nobody’s going to buy unrefrigerated meat from some dude on the street. But socks don’t go bad. |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 15:32:51 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:06:25 2023. My employer requires people to come in three days a week but has nevertheless massively cut its floor space.How did they do this? By dramatically increasing density: - No offices. - Not even dedicated desks. Every day when you come in you pick an empty desk in the field of 6-desk cubicles. That sort of desk sharing was once called "hoteling," though I haven't heard that term in a while. Of course I can remember when WFH was "telecommuting." My view is that while hybrid work is less economically destructive than full-time WFH it can still wreak havoc in some places, especially NYC with its eggs in one basket economy. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:34:13 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 15:25:50 2023. I just noticed at my local Duane Reade that toothpaste is locked up but roach traps are not.Not sure about the logic there, though obviously someone made that decision. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:37:47 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 15:32:51 2023. My view is that while hybrid work is less economically destructive than full-time WFHBut it isn't less destructive to the real estate industry. My employer has managed almost all the space reduction they could achieve, while still mandating extensive presence at the office. If they had X square feet to begin with, now they only need maybe 0.4X square feet. They can't reduce below maybe 0.2X square feet no matter what, so they've achieved 75% of the possible reduction already, without allowing WFH. |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 15:38:54 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 29 15:11:10 2023. Target had a massive traffic drop in the south after their new bathroom policy was announced and people boycotted.What was the new policy? |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 15:42:06 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:37:47 2023. My employer has managed almost all the space reduction they could achieve, while still mandating extensive presence at the office.If they had X square feet to begin with, now they only need maybe 0.4X square feet. They can't reduce below maybe 0.2X square feet no matter what, so they've achieved 75% of the possible reduction already, without allowing WFH. Is 0.6X square feet now back on the market? |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 15:48:18 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:34:13 2023. I mean they should just install vending machines. Otherwise there’s no reason not to Amazon these things. |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 15:54:09 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:34:13 2023. I just noticed at my local Duane Reade that toothpaste is locked up but roach traps are not.Not sure about the logic there, though obviously someone made that decision. In all probability the corporate office rather than individual store managers make those decisions. They have lists of "high shrink" items that get locked up, and in some cases there are no obvious explanations for why shoplifters target certain items. For instance, Oil of Olay has been a high theft item for many years, even as more expensive cosmetics are left alone. And in other cases the reasons are apparent: powdered baby formula is almost always locked up, not because desperate moms steal it to feed their infants, but because drug dealers use it as an extender for cocaine. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Dec 29 16:17:20 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 15:34:13 2023. Well thats an easy one...folks want less cavities than roaches, that makes toothpaste is a larger theft target! |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 16:39:23 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 29 15:42:06 2023. Yes, and amazingly they seem to have sublet a lot of it. But obviously their success is someone else's empty space. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 29 16:42:37 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Dec 29 16:17:20 2023. I'd think both would be important items for low income people. |
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Posted by Kevin from Midwood on Fri Dec 29 16:46:37 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 15:48:18 2023. If you live in a non-doorman building in NYC, there is the risk that your packages are delivered to a common area and subject to quick and easy theft. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 16:49:26 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Dec 29 13:46:06 2023. From someone who hasn't been in NY for years. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 16:51:37 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 16:49:26 2023. Sorry, I thought your reply was for my reply to Mitch about his pessimism. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 29 16:56:29 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri Dec 29 15:16:11 2023. Yes, NYC is very safe and I haven't witnessed any hate crimes and since Oct 7th I've been wearing Israeli flags on my outer clothing every day and also occasionally wear IDF and FIDF tee shirts. |
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Posted by Kevin from Midwood on Fri Dec 29 16:57:04 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Fri Dec 29 15:07:51 2023. I know that Target store well. A couple of years ago, I saw a man checking himself out at the quieter side of the store when that entrance was still open. He scanned a couple of products and paid from them. While the "remember to grab your receipt" recording played, he dumped all the other items still in his shopping basket directly into a couple of plastic bags, picked everything up, and walked right out.The weight sensor surfaces at that store's self-checkouts don't enforce anything for some reason. They all seem to be disabled. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 29 16:58:30 2023, in response to Re: Very Pessimistic About 2024, posted by Kevin from Midwood on Fri Dec 29 16:46:37 2023. Amazon Locker. Still easier than finding an employee to unlock the products.I’ve also had things delivered to work. |
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