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Gamecock-YT

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  1. Put in my request through the GCC! $345 isn't bad for 3 games. I'm wondering what our allotment will be given the stadium holds 70k? Stubhub tickets have dropped over $100 since this AM. Get you in the door price for all three games is $413 as of now. Already have the hotel booked and looking to fly out Thursday night.
  2. Good Luck! It would be nice to have a school that hasn't won the National Championship win this year. Many thanks. A very surreal experience. They haven't been in the tourney since before I was an undergrad, and now in the final 4! I was at the game yesterday at MSG. Was like going to a Florida/SC football game.
  3. Merrill Edge gives you free trades if you are a Platinum or Platnium Honors rewards member with BOA. I think it requires >$50K in assets.
  4. You said that for the 2016 thread too. A year early! ;D
  5. Still would be pretty stupid and is nothing more than a pie in the sky idea they use to sucker in people looking for growth IMHO. They don't have the plane to do it, would lose efficiencies that they have with fleet commonality, etc. If your idea for investing in SWA has anything to do with Europe you are a flat out sucker.
  6. The obvious question is why does Norwegian have such a low cost structure? They buy the same planes. They use the same fuel. Apparently, they even hire Americans. So either Norwegian has a tax advantage, illegal subsidy, or some other structural advantage that I am missing. Or the cost advantage is an illusion. For example, flying to cheaper but less desirable airports. Or packing more seats on a plane. I think the cost advantage of many of these ULCC's comes simply from cramming more seats on the plane. But this isn't really a sustainable competitive advantage. United can easily re-configure its planes. We saw this with Air Canada Rouge, for example. But presumably United uses lower density configurations because they can charge more to business flyers. So the network carriers let the LCCs and ULCC's pick off the leisure travellers. L-A-B-O-R
  7. Titans vs. someone getting beat by the Titans.
  8. They are finally in a position to get some leverage after the recovery. You see all the pilot unions getting new contracts, American's pilots negotiated poorly and want a second bite at the apple after seeing cargo/delta pilots get fat raises. You'll see more labor unrest to come. You don't have strikes when people are actively being furloughed. Also, a topic that has been mentioned before on here that will be continuing trend in the industry is a shortage of pilots. Due to the industry dynamics where it was cheaper to work at McDonalds than be an entry level pilot (and take on the associated debt to get trained to even be in that position) there's a shortage of pilots at the regional airlines that will continue to work its way throughout the system with the mandatory retirement age of 65. Labor costs will continue to increase. So sure, it seems like this is a play on a consolidating industry with semi-rational actors (although capacity keeps increasing, never mind low fuel prices artificially keeping CASM in check). But, it just seems like we're a lot closer to a cyclical top for the aviation industry than we are a bottom.
  9. My Blood alliances are looking strong.
  10. It's almost as if hockey equipment has become commoditized. You walk in to any hockey shop or shop online, how do you differentiate between any of the brands? When Easton first came out with the Synergy it was a game changer, but now you can get a composite stick off ebay not very different than that of the big brands for $50. I had to look up what brand Crosby and Ovie are using.
  11. Long Guns. Ammo. Easily defensible land. Blood alliances. Personal health. Zero Hedge.
  12. Pretty neat. Stalled that sucker out. Also you can see the mach number just above the black box.
  13. Whatever will lead to you taking on the least amount of debt possible.
  14. For the big banks you are seeing tellers being let go and ATMs taking over. BOA now has ATMs where you can speak to customer service people from a centralized location that can provide services for you from the ATM. The big push at the bank branches (at least at BOA) now are towards sales, specifically wealth management. They're about to open their first new branch in Charlotte since 2012 and it's going to be geared big time towards sales and a lot less towards operations. Not to mention the big push into technology, though I'm still waiting to be able to use my smartphone as my ATM ID....supposed to be coming by the end of the summer in certain markets. And of course cant forget the almighty buzzwords: "responsible growth" "Simplify and Improve"
  15. I had incredibly low expectations going into it and they couldn't even hit those. It was like they made a movie and someone came in afterwards and just randomly cut out scenes for no rhyme or reason.
  16. x2! Worst movie I've ever watched in my life.
  17. frozen orange juice concentrate
  18. Yep, here are the headlines at FT.com Overseas buyers race to secure London property bargains after Brexit vote Opportunistic overseas buyers are jumping to buy property in some of London’s wealthiest areas and take advantage of effective discounts caused by sterling’s nosedive after the UK voted to leave the EU. .. not exactly blood in the streets.....maybe try Venezuela.
  19. All the devils are here
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