mymanchris

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[–] mymanchris@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

My wife and I once had enough saved up to buy a used car from the dealership. The sales manager told us their incentives were structured around financing, so paying cash up front wouldn't count towards their monthly sales figures, and to them it was "useless".

Ended up financing with an open loan and paying it off, in full, on the first payment. Probably lost them ~$1000 in processing fees but they knocked off another $150 for my first interest payment.

[–] mymanchris@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nobody is saying that women are inadequately equipped for those roles, they are observing that women don't choose those roles, even when barriers are removed. It's not a coincidence that everyone is clamoring to bring equity into the C suite and boost women enrolling in STEM programs, but nobody is trying to bring equity to mining jobs, janitorial services, garbage collectors, etc.

[–] mymanchris@lemmy.ca 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In John Wick, when he interrogates Francis the bouncer outside the Russian nightclub, John asks him if he's lost weight. Francis responds, in Russian, "yes, 23 kilograms," but the subtitle converts it to "over 60 pounds." This completely destroys the fact that Francis was using code to tell John there were 23 guards inside.

[–] mymanchris@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know. Patrick Stewart seems to have done ok too.

[–] mymanchris@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No you're understanding is incorrect. There is a big difference between an expired cheque and a reissued cheque.

If I walk into a bank with an expired cheque, they will not honour it, so there is no risk of 2 people cashing the separate cheques. If I walk in with a valid certified cheque, they MUST honour it, even if someone already cashed the reissued cheque.

You are correct that the recipient could wait ~1.5 years for the cheque to expire and then issue a new cheque, but that's a significant delay and the estate likely wants to close its books before then.

[–] mymanchris@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

It makes sense that they are rebranding to X given how many people have broken up with them in the past few years.

[–] mymanchris@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not a silent era film, but you should add High Noon (1952) to your list of classics to watch. Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly and loads of tension.