Oregon has been killing it in recruiting

[itseasyas1-2-3]

Your story would make Horatio Alger smile.

Thanks, but many have had it much worse that me and still managed to make an impact on those they had under their care.

Not to editorialize, but growing up with a non-existent old man drove me to having a fantastic relationship with my kids and certainly my grandchildren. I'm never sure how I feel when my fellow Husker fans have to deliver the sad news that their aging father has passed. Because I had that void in my life, I feel sorry for them, but I can't relate to it.

I remember when I was 12 years old and my mom told me she had some bad news, and I asked her what it was. She said, "Well, you dad passed away." I said, "I don't care, I don't even know the guy."

He and my mom both were abusive alcoholics.
Maybe that explains why I never drank, I seen all the bad things that happen.

Sorry for the negative tone.

 

[V-Doub]

In no way am I in favor of amnesty. For those that come legally, I say more power to them. Either we are a nation of laws or we're not, (and we're not). How the hell can we justify giving debit cards and putting those people up in hotels when we have hundreds of thousands of homeless people in this country living on the streets? Granted, they may be homeless by choice because they can't function in society, but giving them their little debit cards is such a slap in the face.

This country is so broken and much of it is because of the Cloward-Pivens strategy. It's all been the plan since the 1960's. The purpose of the Federal Reserves, since it's inception, and around the world is to bankrupt the entire world, and its happening and will officially happen at some point.

I don’t agree with giving illegal migrants anything other than a trip back home. Amnesty on the other hand… for certain people I think it would be an acceptable concession to/for the left. (I’m talk kids who grew up here, brought here as small children and are now 18 years of age, legal migrants with college degrees and/or 10+ years of work record and no criminal record.)

 

[NikkiSixx]

I don’t agree with giving illegal migrants anything other than a trip back home. Amnesty on the other hand… for certain people I think it would be an acceptable concession to/for the left. (I’m talk kids who grew up here, brought here as small children and are now 18 years of age, legal migrants with college degrees and/or 10+ years of work record and no criminal record.)

I've been back in Florida for my sisters passing for about 3 weeks so far, and the impact of the migrant crisis has hit me like a ton of bricks. It was not like this just a few short years ago.. I see big differences since I have been gone.

Even casually jumping into a game of Warzone (yes I still play at 55) I can estimate that Spanish is spoken over 60% or more of the time in game. It feels more like a foreign country to me, than the foreign country that I just left in a lot of ways.

All that stuff aside, the capitalist engine here is still alive and well. The friction points and general competition in the society are ever present and will propel the next generation.

As I looked out over the mid to upper neighborhood street from my sisters place this morning, I saw lots of cars in driveways.. only a few cars leave for work (on a Monday morning). Everyone else is either working from home, or most likely living on savings, and renting out the 3rd bedroom to another family member to share in the economic pain.

America is going to get another reboot, but it's going to continue to change.. There won't be any going back to the way it used to be. They won't be able to deport millions of people without wrecking the economy even further.. the next generation has moved in and is going to make their claim, and hopefully pay for the benefits that us citizens were promised.. Smoke a cigar and take it all in fellas.

It's only a bad ponzi scheme where you're the last one holding the bag.

 

[Wasker77]

I’ll stop buying Nike. Like Oregon or Knight give AF, but what really should happen is schools should stop being sponsored by Nike. That’s a conflict of interest if I ever heard one.

I've been writing this for years. I don't own one piece of Nike trash. Why fund the Ducks? Oregon has Ohio State at home. That will be their toughest game. I would think every other game is winnable. They may put up 100 points in their opening game against Idaho. Sure, they have to go to Ann Arbor to play Michigan, but Michigan will not be the same without Harbaugh. I think the BIG gave the Ducks a very favorable schedule. I wrote this a couple of weeks ago. If Wisky has anything in them the game in Madison on Nov. 16 could be a game where the Ducks stub their toe. Lastly, there is something about Oregon. They buy all kinds of great players, give them everything they want, spend more money than anyone else on uniforms, yet they still always manage to lose that one key game they need to win.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Thanks, but many have had it much worse that me and still managed to make an impact on those they had under their care.

Not to editorialize, but growing up with a non-existent old man drove me to having a fantastic relationship with my kids and certainly my grandchildren. I'm never sure how I feel when my fellow Husker fans have to deliver the sad news that their aging father has passed. Because I had that void in my life, I feel sorry for them, but I can't relate to it.

I remember when I was 12 years old and my mom told me she had some bad news, and I asked her what it was. She said, "Well, you dad passed away." I said, "I don't care, I don't even know the guy."

He and my mom both were abusive alcoholics.
Maybe that explains why I never drank, I seen all the bad things that happen.

Sorry for the negative tone.

No worries. I’ll drink enough for the both of us.

What a lame Whitney day though!!

 

[TruHusker]

I'm looking at macroeconomics. The job market has been red hot. Unemployment under 4% is the longest streak since Vietnam War. Job growth 43 consecutive months despite rising interest rates. Inflation rate around 3% for about a year. Major stock market indexes have been at an all time high. Those are all good signs. But credit card debt is up. People love spending and don't seem to love working. People prefer to sit around on their phones and bitch. Every economy has winners and losers unfortunately.

I recently saw a chart that blew my mind. It showed job growth since the last low (can’t remember where I saw it) as it showed job changes over many years on a graph from the lows of 2008. Bottom line is nearly all the growth was from immigration, not jobs for US citizens.

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

I recently saw a chart that blew my mind. It showed job growth since the last low (can’t remember where I saw it) as it showed job changes over many years on a graph from the lows of 2008. Bottom line is nearly all the growth was from immigration, not jobs for US citizens.

I "think" I either posted that a couple weeks ago, or I may have posted it in another forum, but you are correct, almost every new job has went to immigrants.

I'll try to locate it somewhere.

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

I "think" I either posted that a couple weeks ago, or I may have posted it in another forum, but you are correct, almost every new job has went to immigrants.

I'll try to locate it somewhere.

Jobs for native born Americans fell by 183,000 from 4th quarter 2019 through 4th quarter 2023. Foreign born jobs were 2.9 Million in the same period.

This is from PoliFact and I've never used them as a source.

I know Zero Hedge had exact numbers a couple weeks ago, and they use real numbers.

 

[scopeandtime]

Jobs for native born Americans fell by 183,000 from 4th quarter 2019 through 4th quarter 2023. Foreign born jobs were 2.9 Million in the same period.

This is from PoliFact and I've never used them as a source.

I know Zero Hedge had exact numbers a couple weeks ago, and they use real numbers.

Native born workers are such lazy pieces of human garbage, bud. So true, you're right.
Glad we have these hero immigrants or else we'd be done for!

 

[scopeandtime]

Bingo. I heard @scopeandtime had to start servicing 3 different glory holes. At the same time. Times are tough in this shit economy.

HEY!

 

[HBK4life]

HEY!

I'm just trying to help ya. Your broker EF Nothing called. He said don't quit your day job at the truck stops. Also, keep your night job mopping the stalls at the peep show. Hang in there little buddy. 4 to 6 more months and the adults are back in charge.😌😜

 

[huskerfan1414]

Inflation has been about 3% for a year.✅

I have no idea how someone could be dumb enough to actually believe this.

 

[huskerfan1414]

The national debt is a huge issue and neither party wants to do jack sh*t about it. As for illegal entries, who knows? I'm against illegal immigration. I will tell you that much. But driving around Lincoln, take a peek at who in the hell is roofing today. A lot of those guys work their ass off. Illegal or legal.

You think the guys on the roof came over the border illegally the past 3 years? Why?

And you assume other people wouldnt do that job if market forces increased wages naturally due to competition for labor?

Statements like this show me how people really have no clue whats gone on at the border the past few years.

 

[huskerfan66]

I have no idea how someone could be dumb enough to actually believe this.

3%inflation my ass. My insurance alone went up 28%

 

[HBK4life]

3%inflation my ass. My insurance alone went up 28%

Bingo.

 

[huskerfan66]

Bingo.

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Naw can't be

 

[HBK4life]

Naw can't be

That old dumb broad Janet Yellen said it's transitory. 😂😰

 

[TampaBaySkers]

That old dumb broad Janet Yellen said it's transitory. 😂😰

And the media parroted it for several months. Good little sheep

 

[huskerfan66]

That old dumb broad Janet Yellen said it's transitory. 😂😰

You can be totally incompetent and lie when the media won't do their jobs and carries your water

 

[HBK4life]

And the media parroted it for several months. Good little sheep

If you're dumb enough to vote for another 4 years of this clown show you're literally too stupid to breathe the same air as the rest of us with a brain and common sense.

 

[huskerfan1414]

If you're dumb enough to vote for another 4 years of this clown show you're literally too stupid to breathe the same air as the rest of us with a brain and common sense.

I just dont know how people can mentally believe things from people who have PROVEN to be lying to them (one example joe biden is just fine! until the debate they couldnt hide it anymore) and not only believe them but even when itngoes against that their own eyes and wallets literally experience.

 

[HuskerO]

I just dont know how people can mentally believe things from people who have PROVEN to be lying to them (one example joe biden is just fine! until the debate they couldnt hide it anymore) and not only believe them but even when itngoes against that their own eyes and wallets literally experience.

Because the other guy "is a meanie".

 

[RBigredMax]

I have no idea how someone could be dumb enough to actually believe this.

At least Easy pointed different metrics he used. Please share your source.

What’s interesting is that you jump in with insults straight away. I literally track every expense every month in my personal life and track our raw materials at work.

My raw materials after Q1 were down over 5% year over year.

From a personal standpoint my groceries from May - July of last year versus this year are down 2.9%.

My fuel cost was down 11% for the same period.

My insurance up 8.9%.

My power bill is up 14% over the same period.

Using a weighted average my expenses are .1% lower during this time period than a year ago.

why don’t you bring something other than a torch and pitchfork to the discussion. Also keep in mind the actual data I was quoting from deanpope was about the last 12 months, not the last 4 years.

But again, looking for you to share your data - I’m sure it’s enlightening.

 

[Huskers123456]

Bingo.

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Wouldn't those numbers include covid? Is that really an accurate comparison to use a time period that was so abnormal? I'm also constantly amazed at the number of people who refuse to acknowledge how much money was proudly given away in the first 2 stimulus checks and the effect that had on inflation later on.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Wouldn't those numbers include covid? Is that really an accurate comparison to use a time period that was so abnormal? I'm also constantly amazed at the number of people who refuse to acknowledge how much money was proudly given away in the first 2 stimulus checks and the effect that had on inflation later on.

Stimulus with high unemployment doesn’t typically cause inflation. History shows us this. It was the continuation of spending and manipulated interest rates in 2021 that caused inflation.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

If you're dumb enough to vote for another 4 years of this clown show you're literally too stupid to breathe the same air as the rest of us with a brain and common sense.

The new memo given to media was “soft landing.” They have parroted this now for at least a year. There will be no soft landing.

 

[Dean Pope]

I recently saw a chart that blew my mind. It showed job growth since the last low (can’t remember where I saw it) as it showed job changes over many years on a graph from the lows of 2008. Bottom line is nearly all the growth was from immigration, not jobs for US citizens.

A couple narratives there. Obviously there's a lot of work intensive, lower paying jobs that are there for the taking for anyone. Thank God for immigrants (legal) for taking those jobs and doing a great job with it. If those jobs didn't get filled, one can only imagine how long it would take to get a new roof put on or how many fast food places would be closed on week nights, weekends. Just for example- I think the pandemic gave us an example for what a worker shortage is like.

The other take away I have is that for the most part the economy has trended in a manner that makes the middle class American dream more difficult to achieve than it was years ago.

 

[Dean Pope]

You think the guys on the roof came over the border illegally the past 3 years? Why?

And you assume other people wouldnt do that job if market forces increased wages naturally due to competition for labor?

Statements like this show me how people really have no clue whats gone on at the border the past few years.

I have no idea whether the workers I saw on the roof were legal or illegal. I never said that I thought they were illegal. The border issue should have been fixed many years ago and accurately informed people know that. Kinda weird how it hasn't been fixed over all of these years, isn't it? Makes one wonder how badly people really want the border to be fixed. Peaked in 2005, on the rise again since 2019. We don't have data over the last two years and while it takes time to gather actual data I'm sure that there are some online "sources" that have magically figured out the stats in real time.

As for your 2nd question, there's already a worker shortage in a lot of areas right now. Seen any help wanted signs? Do you think roofing companies, construction, and the like are fully staffed, able to hire & retain good people as things are right now? There already are market forces pushing for higher wages. The question is how much higher do the wages have to go for more people to put on the long sleeved hoodie & jeans and climb that ladder when it's 100 degrees in the shade?

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

I have no idea whether the workers I saw on the roof were legal or illegal. I never said that I thought they were illegal. The border issue should have been fixed many years ago and accurately informed people know that. Kinda weird how it hasn't been fixed over all of these years, isn't it? Makes one wonder how badly people really want the border to be fixed. Peaked in 2005, on the rise again since 2019. We don't have data over the last two years and while it takes time to gather actual data I'm sure that there are some online "sources" that have magically figured out the stats in real time.

As for your 2nd question, there's already a worker shortage in a lot of areas right now. Seen any help wanted signs? Do you think roofing companies, construction, and the like are fully staffed, able to hire & retain good people as things are right now? There already are market forces pushing for higher wages. The question is how much higher do the wages have to go for more people to put on the long sleeved hoodie & jeans and climb that ladder when it's 100 degrees in the shade?

There's not enough money in the world to get me on a roof on a 65 degree day.

 

[Dean Pope]

There's not enough money in the world to get me on a roof on a 65 degree day.

I did a little roofing back in the day. On the farm at my own pace! Which was slow because I'm afraid of heights!

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

I did a little roofing back in the day. On the farm at my own pace! Which was slow because I'm afraid of heights!

I helped my brother about 25 years ago on his house with a really pitched roof... screw that job.
I wouldn't even do it now and I have virtually no slant on my roof. Thats a helluva hard way to make a living.

 

[RBigredMax]

I helped my brother about 25 years ago on his house with a really pitched roof... screw that job.
I wouldn't even do it now and I have virtually no slant on my roof. Thats a helluva hard way to make a living.

I was climbing roofs from 11-20 every summer. Barns, 2 story sloped, I’m terrified to get on my roof now

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

At least Easy pointed different metrics he used. Please share your source.

What’s interesting is that you jump in with insults straight away. I literally track every expense every month in my personal life and track our raw materials at work.

My raw materials after Q1 were down over 5% year over year.

From a personal standpoint my groceries from May - July of last year versus this year are down 2.9%.

My fuel cost was down 11% for the same period.

My insurance up 8.9%.

My power bill is up 14% over the same period.

Using a weighted average my expenses are .1% lower during this time period than a year ago.

why don’t you bring something other than a torch and pitchfork to the discussion. Also keep in mind the actual data I was quoting from deanpope was about the last 12 months, not the last 4 years.

But again, looking for you to share your data - I’m sure it’s enlightening.

We can all make changes to our personal expenses. I can purchase store brand vs name brand for my groceries, perhaps I got rid of my F250 and bought a Civic. Maybe I got a new job and don't commute as far. To look at inflation, you can't look at a behavior that can be changed to adjust for the increase in costs. As an example if a dozen eggs are 20% higher than they were a year ago, you can cut out eggs from your diet and you will save money and your groceries expense will reflect that change.

Same for your business raw materials means nothing to me without knowing all of the other aspects of your finances. Like, if you are producing the same amount of product, if your sales are down etc... If you are producing less product, it makes sense that your raw materials are down.

 

[baseball31ne]

At least Easy pointed different metrics he used. Please share your source.

What’s interesting is that you jump in with insults straight away. I literally track every expense every month in my personal life and track our raw materials at work.

My raw materials after Q1 were down over 5% year over year.

From a personal standpoint my groceries from May - July of last year versus this year are down 2.9%.

My fuel cost was down 11% for the same period.

My insurance up 8.9%.

My power bill is up 14% over the same period.

Using a weighted average my expenses are .1% lower during this time period than a year ago.

why don’t you bring something other than a torch and pitchfork to the discussion. Also keep in mind the actual data I was quoting from deanpope was about the last 12 months, not the last 4 years.

But again, looking for you to share your data - I’m sure it’s enlightening.

Curious if there was any change in your behavior or purchasing habits period vs period? Switching of brands from more to less expensive, for example.

 

[RBigredMax]

We can all make changes to our personal expenses. I can purchase store brand vs name brand for my groceries, perhaps I got rid of my F250 and bought a Civic. Maybe I got a new job and don't commute as far. To look at inflation, you can't look at a behavior that can be changed to adjust for the increase in costs. As an example if a dozen eggs are 20% higher than they were a year ago, you can cut out eggs from your diet and you will save money and your groceries expense will reflect that change.

Same for your business raw materials means nothing to me without knowing all of the other aspects of your finances. Like, if you are producing the same amount of product, if your sales are down etc... If you are producing less product, it makes sense that your raw materials are down.

I agree you can make different buying and transportation decisions. The point I was making is that I have not adjusted any of my purchasing behaviors, driving habits or vehicles. We’ve not changed our power usage and temperature settings of our home. There are small items which could be variable but in the end of the day would not drive the prices up to some obscene level of inflation.

From a work standpoint regardless of how many times you say the same thing about volume being down. The 5% number is the raw material cost per unit produced. Not the overall cost of my raw materials for a quarter. It’s a per unit basis. I didn’t make that clear in my initial post so I hope this distinction makes more sense now. Obviously slight variations of mix can adjust this number, but overall mix and attributes have stayed relatively similar. Due to our large production volumes it would take significant changes in mix to impact the whole.

I’m not saying every business or every person is feeling the same as my situation but when I have someone saying I’m dumb for repeating a national statistic and I back it up with literal facts in my own life to explain why I could see that making sense, then I will defend my position.

I’m sure the guy who said I was a fool could give insight into his own finances. So many people just spout headlines without even understanding the ACTUAL impact it has on them. Honestly it was a good exercise for me on the personal front because I didn’t have any idea. I was surprised at the actual facts - which helps when you take emotion out of it and just look at the raw numbers.

 

[RBigredMax]

Curious if there was any change in your behavior or purchasing habits period vs period? Switching of brands from more to less expensive, for example.

We made changes late 2022 where we started purchasing organic and gluten free and we did see a big bump in our prices from inflation and the behavior change. But for the dates given we have been consistent with our buying habits.

I may be the only geek on the board who tracks their expenses monthly. I would be curious what other’s expenses look like. I’ve got a spreadsheet of 16 years worth of monthly expenses 🤓

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

I agree you can make different buying and transportation decisions. The point I was making is that I have not adjusted any of my purchasing behaviors, driving habits or vehicles. We’ve not changed our power usage and temperature settings of our home. There are small items which could be variable but in the end of the day would not drive the prices up to some obscene level of inflation.

From a work standpoint regardless of how many times you say the same thing about volume being down. The 5% number is the raw material cost per unit produced. Not the overall cost of my raw materials for a quarter. It’s a per unit basis. I didn’t make that clear in my initial post so I hope this distinction makes more sense now. Obviously slight variations of mix can adjust this number, but overall mix and attributes have stayed relatively similar. Due to our large production volumes it would take significant changes in mix to impact the whole.

I’m not saying every business or every person is feeling the same as my situation but when I have someone saying I’m dumb for repeating a national statistic and I back it up with literal facts in my own life to explain why I could see that making sense, then I will defend my position.

I’m sure the guy who said I was a fool could give insight into his own finances. So many people just spout headlines without even understanding the ACTUAL impact it has on them.

I understand. My point was just that there are too many variables when you look at yourself. You are in control of certain expense aspects.

Fuel expense, maybe, gas is roughly the same price it was a year ago, and was actually 50 cents cheaper in January. But it is also short sighted to only look at 2023-2024 year over year. In June 2022 gas was hovering around $5 per gallon, in Jan 2021 it was $2.50. So your June 2021 to June 2022 year over year, would have been up significantly.

I will agree that inflation is "only" 3% higher year over year, but it is up 20% or more from June 2020 to today. Which is what that graph was used to show. It clearly says at the same time in their presidency.

 

[RBigredMax]

There's not enough money in the world to get me on a roof on a 65 degree day.

65 degrees?? That was the best time to do it 😁. 85 degrees+ - yikes!

 

[RBigredMax]

I understand. My point was just that there are too many variables when you look at yourself. You are in control of certain expense aspects.

Fuel expense, maybe, gas is roughly the same price it was a year ago, and was actually 50 cents cheaper in January. But it is also short sighted to only look at 2023-2024 year over year. In June 2022 gas was hovering around $5 per gallon, in Jan 2021 it was $2.50. So your June 2021 to June 2022 year over year, would have been up significantly.

I will agree that inflation is "only" 3% higher year over year, but it is up 20% from Jan 2021 to today.

I won’t dispute that it’s up that much since 2021. The original conversation was year over year metrics so that’s why I pulled those😁

Fortunately we are very blessed and haven’t had to change our lifestyle as a result of the inflation. So we literally have made no decisions not do “x” or buy cheaper brands as it relates to food or power decisions in our house (which was up 14%).

Again, I’m not arguing that we didn’t drive an extra 300 miles in the month of June last year. It was an overall seasonal snapshot. For giggles and grins I may go back to 2020 and see what those same costs were. Since that time our diets have changed, the state I live in has changed and therefore my house did as well, so there were many more variables to account for.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

I understand. My point was just that there are too many variables when you look at yourself. You are in control of certain expense aspects.

Fuel expense, maybe, gas is roughly the same price it was a year ago, and was actually 50 cents cheaper in January. But it is also short sighted to only look at 2023-2024 year over year. In June 2022 gas was hovering around $5 per gallon, in Jan 2021 it was $2.50. So your June 2021 to June 2022 year over year, would have been up significantly.

I will agree that inflation is "only" 3% higher year over year, but it is up 20% from Jan 2021 to today.

Looking at inflation YoY is pretty disingenuous. I believe they used to look at it as a two year measurement which makes much more sense.

I can you tell you housing inflation has like doubled since 2021 in my area… meaning you have to spend to twice as much for the same house.

Good to see used car prices dropped 10% from a year ago. Need major deflation across all sectors.