# Random Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** reactions\ **Created:** [September 28, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393 "2020-09-28T16:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/623 "2021-07-04T22:42:16Z")
The floot floot did a boom boom on the jim jam. ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/624 "2021-07-05T03:55:30Z")
this week I learned that raccoons …can be gingers! neighbor has one in the big tree in the yard. it is reddish. No typical black/gray. Just reddish all over. ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/625 "2021-07-05T11:14:18Z")
> [@tommie.frazier](#): > > raccoons …can be gingers Did it escape from a nearby zoo? ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/626 "2021-07-06T15:14:44Z")
If “Oliver James Associates” and “DW Simpson” merged they could rebrand as “OJ Simpson.” ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/627 "2021-07-06T15:21:15Z")
I found their logo: ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/365c3b2718b0e224c06ad41ad63a8bb98e06c9cd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/628 "2021-07-07T12:43:12Z")
I wonder what this lighthouse blend coffee is. If it will take me back to my time spent in Michigan along the Great Lakes.. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/629 "2021-07-07T17:06:21Z")
> [@U.S. Qualification Standards](https://community.goactuary.com/t/u-s-qualification-standards/3330/9): > > The response letters to the first draft can be found here, just to pop out this link: > [American Academy of Actuaries](https://www.actuary.org/node/13857) I half-expect the second response from Ms. Carpenter to start, “Oh, and another thing…!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/kenny/32/53_2.png) [@Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Kenny)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/630 "2021-07-07T17:51:38Z")
I think she has more letters after her name than me! I better go buy some more designations. ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/631 "2021-07-07T18:10:35Z")
> [@1695814](#): > > I half-expect the second response from Ms. Carpenter to start, “Oh, and another thing…!!!” Yeah, one should sit and think on it before sending one’s remarks to the Academy on this. I’ve sent two responses before, to a similar kind of process, but it was because something substantive (and a few months) were between the two responses. The org (GASB) was kind enough to combine my remarks into one file. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/632 "2021-07-08T15:09:53Z")
Marky mark owns a bunch of car dealerships in Columbus now. Just saw this ad on my phone, still feels unnatural. ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d2c4f509b37cffcdeb6d49e3d16a4e7e78833bd5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/633 "2021-07-08T15:28:45Z")
I haven’t viewed a microfiche slide in quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![Marcie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/marcie/32/8789_2.png) [@Marcie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Marcie)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/634 "2021-07-08T16:47:14Z")
Missed marketing slogan opportunity, imo. > [@Funky Bunch](#): > > Ah yeah huh..America the Beautiful > Huh, yeah, let me introduce y’all..to the Wildside ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/635 "2021-07-08T18:49:29Z")
And I see that he’s got some endorsement deal with Hy-Vee grocery stores . . . and a restaurant chain called “Wahlburgers” ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/636 "2021-07-09T02:02:02Z")
Do you get motion sickness going through the microfiche? I remember nausea causing me to need to take breaks. Worse than car sickness. I haven’t looked at microfiche in over a decade. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/637 "2021-07-09T04:32:52Z")
> [@twig93](#): > > Do you get motion sickness going through the microfiche? I don’t recall that ever happening to me, but I can definitely understand how it could happen. It’s quite possible that I had very mild symptoms, but, as I said, “I haven’t viewed a microfiche slide in quite a while.” I don’t really remember. ---
**Author:** ![Klaymen](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/klaymen/32/194_2.png) [@Klaymen](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Klaymen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/638 "2021-07-10T03:54:30Z")
Going to Europe in September. I’ve got some leftover coins from previous trips. England has 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, 100p, and 200p coins. Think euros might be the same. That seems like overkill. I want to spend them but it’s a hassle trying to sort out which is which. Even our system: 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c (50c and 100c get little use) is overkill. Why not just do powers of 5: pennies, nickels, and quarters - dimes seem redundant. Of course getting rid of the pennies too would be great - round all transactions to the nearest quarter (nickel) like in Canada (or at least a grocery store I went to there) ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/639 "2021-07-10T10:11:22Z")
> [@Klaymen](#): > > . Of course getting rid of the pennies too would be great - round all transactions to the nearest quarter like in Canada Clarification, they round to the nearest nickel. And only if you’re paying cash - if you’re paying electronically they don’t round it’s still to the penny. ---
**Author:** ![Klaymen](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/klaymen/32/194_2.png) [@Klaymen](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Klaymen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/640 "2021-07-10T14:41:59Z")
Yeah I meant nickel. I keep my change in the car and give away the pennies they are a nuisance ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/641 "2021-07-10T17:42:21Z")
Every once in awhile, I get rid of unwanted loose change by tossing it into the machine at the self-checkout, then pay the rest with my card. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/642 "2021-07-11T01:09:59Z")
> [@JFG](#): > > I get rid of unwanted loose change by tossing it into the machine at the self-checkout I’ve never considered that. Brilliant! Ever since WF got rid of their coin counting machines the spare change has been piling up. Of course, I haven’t even been to an atm in over a year, so I really don’t deal with much cash at all anymore. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393.md?page=31) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393.md?page=33)