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2024.05.12 20:03 Efficient-Forever341 In memory of... (Do You remember who died on May 13, 2014 in Chicago Fire?)
In memory of Leslie Shay
10 years ago, on May 13, 2014, Leslie Shay (played by Lauren German), the fan-favorite character of the NBC studio's series Chicago Fire, died in the finale of the second season. True, viewers only learned about this when the third season started. The death of the character was followed by an uproar from the audience, the popularity of the series (which had been on the rise until then) and the number of viewers decreased, because many people stopped watching the series due to Shay's death, including the author of this post (I reached the end of the third season). Due to the anniversary, I started researching on the Internet to better understand why Shay's character was destined for this fate, and using quite a few references and also abundant with spoilers, I will share with everyone what I came up with in this post. I will also write my own opinion.
(I apologize for any grammatical errors, I did not write the post in English and I created the English version with the help of Google Translate)
Shay's character probably doesn't need to be introduced to anyone, but if you do, this link nicely summarizes why everyone loved her so much.
https://screenrant.com/chicago-fire-leslie-shay-lauren-german-best-traits-facts-trivia/
When I started researching the topic, I read that despite the fact that Chicago Fire is already in its 13th season, Shay remains one of the most loved and most missed characters to this day. However, later, when I wrote the post, I could not find the source again, if anyone can send a link to this topic, please do so.
It is clear that if the series loses such a popular character, it will have an impact and will shake the viewers. Well, it turns out, more than anything in the show's 13 seasons. I found a lot of sources to prove this:
1)
People's Choice Awards, USA, 2015 / Favorite TV Character We Miss Most
In the above category, Shay made it to the top 5, which no one else did later.
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000530/2015/1?ref_=nmawd_ev_1
2)
Most shocking TV deaths of all time
https://tvline.com/lists/shocking-tv-deaths/leslie-shay-chicago-fire/
Shay is also included in the top 100 list above, as well as two other characters from the entire One Chicago franchise, Elias Koteas as Alvin Olinsky and Yuri Sardarov as Otis. Thus, Shay was on a list with the likes of Teri Bauer (24), Lance Sweets (Bones), Bobby Ewing (Dallas) or Ned Stark (GoT)
3)
And this is what ChatGPT answered when it was asked which of the characters in Chicago Fire had the most heartbreaking death (short quote from the answer):
"The most heartbreaking character death was definitely Leslie Shay. Oh, it was gut-wrenching! Shay, played by the incredibly talented Lauren German, was such a beloved and integral member of Firehouse 51....."
https://onechicagocenter.com/2023/07/24/heartbreaking-chicago-fire-death-according-ai-not-otisi/
4)
If I use the Google Search service, the answer to this search will also be Shay:
Question: "chicago fire most heartbreaking death"
Answer: "Leslie Shay died in a fire"
Searching the internet, it became clear to me that it wasn't just Shay's death that shocked viewers, but also the fact that the show's creators made the decision to get rid of Shay's character. This decision raised many questions and problems, which I will go through below. There are a lot of posts and articles on the internet about why Lauren German left the series, but in fact they were all based on a single, otherwise amazingly short interview that was made with Matt Olmstead. I found this at this link:
https://tvline.com/interviews/lauren-german-leaving-chicago-fire-shay-killed-off-549958/
If anyone has seen or read other interviews or other information, please share them.
I read a lot of comments under the link above, and I would like to thank everyone for expressing their opinions there. I read a lot of things in the comments that I didn't even think of at first, but it's good that they brought them to my attention, because I completely agreed with them.
A)
Let's return briefly to the fact that the popularity of the series decreased during the third season. This can be checked here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(franchise))
Based on this, it can be definitely stated that whoever made this decision, for whatever reason, caused damage to the series.
The data:
First season, ranking 51, number of viewers 7.78M
Second season, ranking 31, number of viewers 9.70M
Third season, ranking 47, number of viewers 9.65M
The first season brought good numbers, and it can be seen from the data that its popularity increased for the next season. However, the ranking of the series dropped almost to the initial level by the third season, and although the number of viewers did not decrease so significantly, the reason for this is probably that, in addition to the viewers who left, there were still those who only joined at that time. Another interesting fact is that the third season is the only one where Dick Wolf is mentioned as showrunner. It is possible that during the third season he wanted to be more involved in the development of the story, and it was his decision to pull something unexpected in the series, so Shay's death is due to him. Here is a show-like interview with the whole team, in which I found it strange that Dick Wolf was given the central place on the stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2tCrma7t5o&t=2s
It was as if they suggested that he was the most important person. It can be imagined that he always had the final say in making decisions. As a counter-example, I saw an interview with the actors of The Avengers, where one of the directors was present, and the Russo brother remained nicely in the background, since everyone was interested in the actors, Iron Man, and Thor, etc. However, this was not the case in this interview. Obviously, I'm not a behavioral researcher, so I can't draw important conclusions from a single interview.
Of course, it is also easy to imagine that the writing team made an independent decision, but did not count on how much the omission of Shay's character would turn fans away from the series. Thus, Dick Wolf was the savior when he was forced to intervene personally in shaping the story to mitigate the damage. Of course, it is also possible that these events and what I wrote about the video above have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
B)
It's also strange how many storylines with negative outcomes were connected to Shay's character during the first 2 seasons. She was seriously injured several times (the ambulance accident in the first season, the hospital bombing in the second season), and she went through several crises in her personal life. Her first love, Clarice, left her, and months later she broke Shay's heart a second time. Devon tricked and robbed her. When Severide and Shay wanted a baby, she failed to conceive. A patient of her, Daryl, whom she sympathized with, committed suicide in front of her eyes, and Shay also fell into depression after that, while her paramedic partner and friend, Dawson, did not care about Shay's mental breakdown at all. During the two seasons, she was almost hit by a car, almost shot, stabbed with a syringe, which could have been contagious, and there must have been other cases that I left out of the list. Then came the third season, where basically the firefighters who were inside a huge explosion were not hurt at all, while Shay, who was on the ground floor of the building, died in this explosion. On the part of the writers, this amount of negativism was perhaps already excessive and quite unrealistic (like the case of Doctor Romano in ER, who was hit by the helicopter). It's like the creators didn't really like the character, or didn't want to do anything with her other than build viewers' empathy / sympathy for Shay so they could switch it to a dramatic twist when the time was right. But that's the opposite of good storytelling in my view. My opinion is that the reason for Shay's popularity is not to be found in the "grateful" storylines written for her, because we will find it only and exclusively in the fantastic performance of Lauren German
C)
It's very strange that Leslie Shay was a main character in the first 2 seasons, but if you look at the Instagram page of the series (more specifically, the entire One Chicago franchise), you can see that Shay's character received very little attention.
https://www.instagram.com/nbconechicago/
At the time of writing this post, there were 3588 posts on the site. I took the trouble to check if my hunch was right and scrolled through to the posts about the first 3 seasons.
Number of pictures where Shay is clearly visible among many people in a group picture: 15
Number of photos where Shay is with 1-2 other people: 27
Number of photos featuring only Shay: 6
Yes, I didn't write a bad number, among 3588 pictures a total of 6 individual photos were given to one of the main characters of the first 2 seasons of the series, perhaps the most popular character of the series to date. Although Lauren German is a famously reclusive actress, she even has more selfies on her Instagram than that
D)
It's also very strange that in the third season they introduced a storyline that says Shay's death was caused by arson. Unfortunately, the execution of all this was extremely clumsy and illogical for me. It was already revealed during the first 2 seasons that Shay's parents are divorced, they live in two separate cities, and that she has no sisters. You could tell this from the fact that when Severide and Shay talked about who would take care of their baby if something happened to both of them, Dawson's name immediately came up. It's illogical that Shay wouldn't have said her sister. In fact, the whole thread felt more like a readjusting to placate fans who would channel their frustration and anger over Shay's death onto the arsonist in the story - instead of the show's writers.
E)
It occurred to me that maybe Lauren's relationship with her colleagues was not good, and for the sake of peace, the creators got rid of the character. This suggestion is probably the furthest from reality, I have a lot of hits that prove that Lauren maintained a very good relationship with her co-stars even later. Here are some examples of this
Trees R fun
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-rn0w-CTv-0
Shayveride back together
https://twitter.com/TaylorKinneyARG/status/1128137229577216000
S03 E14
https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/2814818493493352/
https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/630785491553579592/
From Lauren's Insta
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlRQVXqgxqP/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWZMBislmnE/
https://www.instagram.com/p/_50dHgFijd/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2014/10/15/18477177/chicago-fire-if-anyone-can-saveseveride-it-s-casey
In real life, Kinney is grieving the loss of his costar, too.
"I miss her like crazy," he said about Lauren German. "She was a great scene partner. Great actor. Someone to work with and someone to confide in. It was an honest relationship. We hung out off the stages, too. I didn’t take that too easy.”
F)
It's also interesting that I've been able to find almost nothing online about what Lauren thought about what happened to Leslie Shay's character. What we do know from Matt Olmstead's interview is that she joked that she wasn’t going to miss the Chicago winters (she’s a California girl). Other than that, this is the only reaction from Lauren that can still be found, it's completely professional and polite, and perhaps it's no coincidence that she thanked the fans the most for their support
https://cartermatt.com/133627/chicago-fire-season-3-lauren-german-speaks-shay-premiere-shocke
"Hello beautiful people! I want to say thank you to NBC, Dick Wolf and the entire team for letting me be a part of such an amazing experience. I have to say I've never been around a more gifted, special, heartfelt, funny and loving cast and crew as with the CF gang. The show gave me so many priceless gifts. I'm forever grateful. I mostly want to thank the fans for their support and love on this journey. You all are so beautiful. It was a great honor to portray Shay. I love her: her spirit, her flaws, her honesty. And most of all she brought me the most genuine & meaningful interactions with you all, the fans, & my heart swells with gratitude. Thank you, thank you! So much love to you all.”
F) UPDATE
I just found this article, which for some reason didn't come up amongst the search results for the past few weeks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/1/22/18408021/chicago-fire-alum-lauren-german-having-devilishly-good-time-on-lucifer
In this article, Lauren told a sweet story that I believe happened during the filming of the pilot episode of Lucifer:
Given her time on “Chicago Fire,” guest starring on “Chicago P.D.” and now on “Lucifer,” has German changed the way she reads about or watches crime stories in the news?
“I think so, but mainly I think my experiences have made me have even more respect for first responders than I did before I went to Chicago. Sure, I always respected them and paid attention when I’d see a fire truck going by or hear about the cops getting the bad guy.
“But after the training we went through with the firemen and paramedics in Chicago — plus now having worked with homicide detectives to prepare for ‘Lucifer’ — I can’t tell you how much I respect these guys and women.”
German found herself the butt of a few jokes during the filming of a huge scene in Los Angeles near the Dolby Theatre — the site of the annual Oscars show.
“There were helicopters flying overhead, there was all this commotion, but we also had real firemen there. It wasn’t too long after I left ‘Chicago Fire,’ so they were yelling at me, ‘You went to the dark side!’ They were really kidding me about going from playing a paramedic to playing detective.
“Of course the cops on the scene were yelling just the opposite — telling me, ‘No! You’ve come to the bright side!’ I loved that, because that’s the fun friendly competition between the firemen and police officers. It’s kind of like Army vs. Navy.
“But of course, at the end of the day, everyone’s on the same team. These people are my heroes.”
In addition, she also talked about her previous work here, based on which it can be stated that the rumors that she wanted to quit are completely unfounded (I considered this suggestion so unfounded that I didn't even include it in my post). She also confirmed what was also discussed in point E).
German did admit she misses “the whole Chicago crew I worked with — and the wonderful fans in Chicago too. Everyone in your town is so great.”
The actress said she considers co-star Monica Raymund “my best girlfriend” and also keeps up with fellow “Chicago Fire” castmates Taylor Kinney and Jesse Spencer “quite a bit.”
“In fact just the other day, Monica asked me that after I wrap [the initial 13 episodes of] ‘Lucifer’ to come over [to Chicago] for a few days and hang out with those guys. So I may do that around the end of February.”
If so, it’s likely German and her “Chicago Fire” pals will make a beeline to the Palm restaurant on East Wacker Drive.
“Taylor and Jesse and I lived in the same building [on the New East Side], and we’d go to the Palm like three times a week. It was so cozy there. We even had our own regular little booth!”
End of update
In regards to the oddities above, I can even imagine that Lauren's agent or agents had a hard time agreeing on a possible contract extension, and because of this, the creators preferred to get rid of the character of Shay. If that was the case, we will never know. However, if the decision-making really took place in the way and according to the criteria as stated in the Matt Olmstead interview, then it can be seen in retrospect that this was an extremely bad decision by the studio and that the writing team made a huge mistake
I am slowly coming to the end of my research, but before that I would like to discuss the mistakes that the writers made in the first part of the third season - perhaps these mistakes could indicate that they were very hasty during the implementation, or that they did not think through at all how to put together such an episode well. When an average viewer saw this episode for the first time, the shock was guaranteed by it (believe me, it HITS HARD), in this way the creators achieved their goal, but it was enough later to think about what happened, and the shock was already replaced by completely legitimate indignation of the viewing public.
Regarding the mistakes, for the sake of fairness, I also have to say that I consider 4 things to be extremely outstanding from the first 2 seasons of the series:
1)
The visual implementation of the series was amazingly fantastic, as if you were watching a 45-minute movie, and it still stands today. I don't know if this changed after the third season, but I assume not, since the series is still active today
2)
Atli Örvarsson's music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ABsDFMJr2E&list=PLXT2pBWM8DxfN4znwe3esSqg4LtBzlQz8
3)
The actors Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Lauren German, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Eamonn Walker, Joe Minoso, Yuriy Sardarov, Christian Stolte were all fantastic in their roles
4)
The writers did something really brilliant when they built Severide and Shay's relationship. The way these two people moved mountains just out of love as a friend to help the other was simply wonderful. The relationship between the two of them was central to the show, which is why it was so painful and infuriating at the same time that the writers didn't think it was important enough to keep it going after 2 seasons. So I didn't consider the series important enough to continue watching after the third season either, or to start anything else from the One Chicago group.
Mistakes in S03 E01:
Devon's character:
Final thoughts:
This is how far I've come in my research. Unfortunately, I didn't find any reassuring answers, only strange things. If there was something else in the background why Shay's character had to die, it will probably never be revealed. If the whole truth was told in the Matt Olmstead interview, then in my opinion the creators of Chicago Fire made the biggest mistake of their lives by firing Lauren and letting the Shayveride friendship vanish. Plus, Leslie Shay's character didn't deserve such fate. Anyway, the first 2 seasons were a fantastic experience for me.
Although Lauren couldn't have known it at the time, she was doing very well, because after being unemployed, she auditioned for the role of Chloe Decker in the series Lucifer. Here she joined the team that involved Tom Ellis, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Rachael Harris, Scarlett Estevez, and later Aimee Garcia, Tricia Helfer, Tom Welling, Inbar Lavi, Rebecca De Mornay, Dennis Haysbert and Brianna Hildebrand. The rest, as they say, is history. Lucifer was the biggest series of 2021 by racking a whopping 18.3 billion minutes of streaming across the year making the series the most-streamed show not just on Netflix, but among the entire crop of streaming originals. Lucifer was voted the best fantasy series of 2021 also, and Lauren German became very, very worldwide-famous.
https://netflixlife.com/2022/01/26/lucifer-best-netflix-show-2021/
After Lucifer ended, Lauren retired from acting, making her last appearance in November 2023 at an event in Chicago, the Heaven and Hell Convention. Here, of course, she was hilarious again, or to put it stylistically, funny as hell, and she simply proved why she was the actress who played Leslie Shay back then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um_hcX4FkfM
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzHxlcMqM3
Here are a few links at the end
My favorite fan video commemorating the Shayveride friendship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjS1LmJgCIo
Others have written their opinions before me on the Leslie Shay topic, e.g. a great post
https://www.thetvaddict.com/2014/09/29/did-chicago-fire-kill-off-the-wrong-characte
A little fun
https://www.tiktok.com/@chicagofires/video/7255400196711107886
Still a little fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZOsrSHql0
Thank you for reading through!
PJ
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10 years ago, on May 13, 2014, Leslie Shay (played by Lauren German), the fan-favorite character of the NBC studio's series Chicago Fire, died in the finale of the second season. True, viewers only learned about this when the third season started. The death of the character was followed by an uproar from the audience, the popularity of the series (which had been on the rise until then) and the number of viewers decreased, because many people stopped watching the series due to Shay's death, including the author of this post (I reached the end of the third season). Due to the anniversary, I started researching on the Internet to better understand why Shay's character was destined for this fate, and using quite a few references and also abundant with spoilers, I will share with everyone what I came up with in this post. I will also write my own opinion.
(I apologize for any grammatical errors, I did not write the post in English and I created the English version with the help of Google Translate)
Shay's character probably doesn't need to be introduced to anyone, but if you do, this link nicely summarizes why everyone loved her so much.
https://screenrant.com/chicago-fire-leslie-shay-lauren-german-best-traits-facts-trivia/
When I started researching the topic, I read that despite the fact that Chicago Fire is already in its 13th season, Shay remains one of the most loved and most missed characters to this day. However, later, when I wrote the post, I could not find the source again, if anyone can send a link to this topic, please do so.
It is clear that if the series loses such a popular character, it will have an impact and will shake the viewers. Well, it turns out, more than anything in the show's 13 seasons. I found a lot of sources to prove this:
1)
People's Choice Awards, USA, 2015 / Favorite TV Character We Miss Most
In the above category, Shay made it to the top 5, which no one else did later.
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000530/2015/1?ref_=nmawd_ev_1
2)
Most shocking TV deaths of all time
https://tvline.com/lists/shocking-tv-deaths/leslie-shay-chicago-fire/
Shay is also included in the top 100 list above, as well as two other characters from the entire One Chicago franchise, Elias Koteas as Alvin Olinsky and Yuri Sardarov as Otis. Thus, Shay was on a list with the likes of Teri Bauer (24), Lance Sweets (Bones), Bobby Ewing (Dallas) or Ned Stark (GoT)
3)
And this is what ChatGPT answered when it was asked which of the characters in Chicago Fire had the most heartbreaking death (short quote from the answer):
"The most heartbreaking character death was definitely Leslie Shay. Oh, it was gut-wrenching! Shay, played by the incredibly talented Lauren German, was such a beloved and integral member of Firehouse 51....."
https://onechicagocenter.com/2023/07/24/heartbreaking-chicago-fire-death-according-ai-not-otisi/
4)
If I use the Google Search service, the answer to this search will also be Shay:
Question: "chicago fire most heartbreaking death"
Answer: "Leslie Shay died in a fire"
Searching the internet, it became clear to me that it wasn't just Shay's death that shocked viewers, but also the fact that the show's creators made the decision to get rid of Shay's character. This decision raised many questions and problems, which I will go through below. There are a lot of posts and articles on the internet about why Lauren German left the series, but in fact they were all based on a single, otherwise amazingly short interview that was made with Matt Olmstead. I found this at this link:
https://tvline.com/interviews/lauren-german-leaving-chicago-fire-shay-killed-off-549958/
If anyone has seen or read other interviews or other information, please share them.
I read a lot of comments under the link above, and I would like to thank everyone for expressing their opinions there. I read a lot of things in the comments that I didn't even think of at first, but it's good that they brought them to my attention, because I completely agreed with them.
- The creators of the series killed off the third female character in 2 seasons, who was also one of the main characters.
- Killing a character directly just for the sake of dramatic effect is already quite a boring solution
- Olmstead praised Lauren German's talent a lot in the interview, but then why didn't the producers try to keep the actress?
- Olmstead stated that there will be no flashbacks involving Shay. But in the first episode there were 4 (from Severide, Dawson and Boden)
- The LGBT community also received a slap in the face, as an openly lesbian character was killed off. This is also a solution that has been seen many times and is boring.
- Shay and Severide's relationship was one of the prominent aspects of the series, which made it worth watching, in fact, according to many, it was such a novel and well-constructed thread that the creators of the series were praised for this. After Shay's death, without the dynamism of their relationship, the series became boring.
- Opinions also suggested that perhaps the goal was to attract the right target audience with Shay's lesbian character, but they no longer wanted to retain this group of viewers, so it was a harsh decision made from a business point of view by the creators
- Olmstead defended the decision by saying that they could bring more and more storylines into the series, while without Shay's character, the exact opposite was true.
- He also claimed that all the characters were assessed on equal footing when the decision was made. In comparison, they immediately replaced Shay with a new character who looked like her, was not a lesbian like Shay, and was 10 years younger. Because Lauren German was born in 1978, Kara Killmer in 1988. The message of this change was extremely bad in the eyes of the viewers
- There was a commenter who suggested that the change was made so that the new character could be romantically involved with one of the male characters, and this actually happened during the third season when Brett and Cruz got together
- If the purpose of Shay's death was to show how unpredictable life is, they should have paid much more attention to the details. The first part of the third season is full of mistakes and unrealistic solutions
- It is strange that the interview only mentions in a few sentences what Lauren said to the fact that the creators of the series essentially fired her. In connection with this, it occurred to me that something else could have been behind the decision, which was never made public, but of course this is just a hunch.
- As far as I know, Lauren German was the only main character in the history of Chicago Fire who did not leave the series by her own decision
A)
Let's return briefly to the fact that the popularity of the series decreased during the third season. This can be checked here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(franchise))
Based on this, it can be definitely stated that whoever made this decision, for whatever reason, caused damage to the series.
The data:
First season, ranking 51, number of viewers 7.78M
Second season, ranking 31, number of viewers 9.70M
Third season, ranking 47, number of viewers 9.65M
The first season brought good numbers, and it can be seen from the data that its popularity increased for the next season. However, the ranking of the series dropped almost to the initial level by the third season, and although the number of viewers did not decrease so significantly, the reason for this is probably that, in addition to the viewers who left, there were still those who only joined at that time. Another interesting fact is that the third season is the only one where Dick Wolf is mentioned as showrunner. It is possible that during the third season he wanted to be more involved in the development of the story, and it was his decision to pull something unexpected in the series, so Shay's death is due to him. Here is a show-like interview with the whole team, in which I found it strange that Dick Wolf was given the central place on the stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2tCrma7t5o&t=2s
It was as if they suggested that he was the most important person. It can be imagined that he always had the final say in making decisions. As a counter-example, I saw an interview with the actors of The Avengers, where one of the directors was present, and the Russo brother remained nicely in the background, since everyone was interested in the actors, Iron Man, and Thor, etc. However, this was not the case in this interview. Obviously, I'm not a behavioral researcher, so I can't draw important conclusions from a single interview.
Of course, it is also easy to imagine that the writing team made an independent decision, but did not count on how much the omission of Shay's character would turn fans away from the series. Thus, Dick Wolf was the savior when he was forced to intervene personally in shaping the story to mitigate the damage. Of course, it is also possible that these events and what I wrote about the video above have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
B)
It's also strange how many storylines with negative outcomes were connected to Shay's character during the first 2 seasons. She was seriously injured several times (the ambulance accident in the first season, the hospital bombing in the second season), and she went through several crises in her personal life. Her first love, Clarice, left her, and months later she broke Shay's heart a second time. Devon tricked and robbed her. When Severide and Shay wanted a baby, she failed to conceive. A patient of her, Daryl, whom she sympathized with, committed suicide in front of her eyes, and Shay also fell into depression after that, while her paramedic partner and friend, Dawson, did not care about Shay's mental breakdown at all. During the two seasons, she was almost hit by a car, almost shot, stabbed with a syringe, which could have been contagious, and there must have been other cases that I left out of the list. Then came the third season, where basically the firefighters who were inside a huge explosion were not hurt at all, while Shay, who was on the ground floor of the building, died in this explosion. On the part of the writers, this amount of negativism was perhaps already excessive and quite unrealistic (like the case of Doctor Romano in ER, who was hit by the helicopter). It's like the creators didn't really like the character, or didn't want to do anything with her other than build viewers' empathy / sympathy for Shay so they could switch it to a dramatic twist when the time was right. But that's the opposite of good storytelling in my view. My opinion is that the reason for Shay's popularity is not to be found in the "grateful" storylines written for her, because we will find it only and exclusively in the fantastic performance of Lauren German
C)
It's very strange that Leslie Shay was a main character in the first 2 seasons, but if you look at the Instagram page of the series (more specifically, the entire One Chicago franchise), you can see that Shay's character received very little attention.
https://www.instagram.com/nbconechicago/
At the time of writing this post, there were 3588 posts on the site. I took the trouble to check if my hunch was right and scrolled through to the posts about the first 3 seasons.
Number of pictures where Shay is clearly visible among many people in a group picture: 15
Number of photos where Shay is with 1-2 other people: 27
Number of photos featuring only Shay: 6
Yes, I didn't write a bad number, among 3588 pictures a total of 6 individual photos were given to one of the main characters of the first 2 seasons of the series, perhaps the most popular character of the series to date. Although Lauren German is a famously reclusive actress, she even has more selfies on her Instagram than that
D)
It's also very strange that in the third season they introduced a storyline that says Shay's death was caused by arson. Unfortunately, the execution of all this was extremely clumsy and illogical for me. It was already revealed during the first 2 seasons that Shay's parents are divorced, they live in two separate cities, and that she has no sisters. You could tell this from the fact that when Severide and Shay talked about who would take care of their baby if something happened to both of them, Dawson's name immediately came up. It's illogical that Shay wouldn't have said her sister. In fact, the whole thread felt more like a readjusting to placate fans who would channel their frustration and anger over Shay's death onto the arsonist in the story - instead of the show's writers.
E)
It occurred to me that maybe Lauren's relationship with her colleagues was not good, and for the sake of peace, the creators got rid of the character. This suggestion is probably the furthest from reality, I have a lot of hits that prove that Lauren maintained a very good relationship with her co-stars even later. Here are some examples of this
Trees R fun
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-rn0w-CTv-0
Shayveride back together
https://twitter.com/TaylorKinneyARG/status/1128137229577216000
S03 E14
https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/2814818493493352/
https://hu.pinterest.com/pin/630785491553579592/
From Lauren's Insta
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlRQVXqgxqP/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWZMBislmnE/
https://www.instagram.com/p/_50dHgFijd/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2014/10/15/18477177/chicago-fire-if-anyone-can-saveseveride-it-s-casey
In real life, Kinney is grieving the loss of his costar, too.
"I miss her like crazy," he said about Lauren German. "She was a great scene partner. Great actor. Someone to work with and someone to confide in. It was an honest relationship. We hung out off the stages, too. I didn’t take that too easy.”
F)
It's also interesting that I've been able to find almost nothing online about what Lauren thought about what happened to Leslie Shay's character. What we do know from Matt Olmstead's interview is that she joked that she wasn’t going to miss the Chicago winters (she’s a California girl). Other than that, this is the only reaction from Lauren that can still be found, it's completely professional and polite, and perhaps it's no coincidence that she thanked the fans the most for their support
https://cartermatt.com/133627/chicago-fire-season-3-lauren-german-speaks-shay-premiere-shocke
"Hello beautiful people! I want to say thank you to NBC, Dick Wolf and the entire team for letting me be a part of such an amazing experience. I have to say I've never been around a more gifted, special, heartfelt, funny and loving cast and crew as with the CF gang. The show gave me so many priceless gifts. I'm forever grateful. I mostly want to thank the fans for their support and love on this journey. You all are so beautiful. It was a great honor to portray Shay. I love her: her spirit, her flaws, her honesty. And most of all she brought me the most genuine & meaningful interactions with you all, the fans, & my heart swells with gratitude. Thank you, thank you! So much love to you all.”
F) UPDATE
I just found this article, which for some reason didn't come up amongst the search results for the past few weeks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/1/22/18408021/chicago-fire-alum-lauren-german-having-devilishly-good-time-on-lucifer
In this article, Lauren told a sweet story that I believe happened during the filming of the pilot episode of Lucifer:
“I think so, but mainly I think my experiences have made me have even more respect for first responders than I did before I went to Chicago. Sure, I always respected them and paid attention when I’d see a fire truck going by or hear about the cops getting the bad guy.
“But after the training we went through with the firemen and paramedics in Chicago — plus now having worked with homicide detectives to prepare for ‘Lucifer’ — I can’t tell you how much I respect these guys and women.”
German found herself the butt of a few jokes during the filming of a huge scene in Los Angeles near the Dolby Theatre — the site of the annual Oscars show.
“There were helicopters flying overhead, there was all this commotion, but we also had real firemen there. It wasn’t too long after I left ‘Chicago Fire,’ so they were yelling at me, ‘You went to the dark side!’ They were really kidding me about going from playing a paramedic to playing detective.
“Of course the cops on the scene were yelling just the opposite — telling me, ‘No! You’ve come to the bright side!’ I loved that, because that’s the fun friendly competition between the firemen and police officers. It’s kind of like Army vs. Navy.
“But of course, at the end of the day, everyone’s on the same team. These people are my heroes.”
The actress said she considers co-star Monica Raymund “my best girlfriend” and also keeps up with fellow “Chicago Fire” castmates Taylor Kinney and Jesse Spencer “quite a bit.”
“In fact just the other day, Monica asked me that after I wrap [the initial 13 episodes of] ‘Lucifer’ to come over [to Chicago] for a few days and hang out with those guys. So I may do that around the end of February.”
If so, it’s likely German and her “Chicago Fire” pals will make a beeline to the Palm restaurant on East Wacker Drive.
“Taylor and Jesse and I lived in the same building [on the New East Side], and we’d go to the Palm like three times a week. It was so cozy there. We even had our own regular little booth!”
In regards to the oddities above, I can even imagine that Lauren's agent or agents had a hard time agreeing on a possible contract extension, and because of this, the creators preferred to get rid of the character of Shay. If that was the case, we will never know. However, if the decision-making really took place in the way and according to the criteria as stated in the Matt Olmstead interview, then it can be seen in retrospect that this was an extremely bad decision by the studio and that the writing team made a huge mistake
I am slowly coming to the end of my research, but before that I would like to discuss the mistakes that the writers made in the first part of the third season - perhaps these mistakes could indicate that they were very hasty during the implementation, or that they did not think through at all how to put together such an episode well. When an average viewer saw this episode for the first time, the shock was guaranteed by it (believe me, it HITS HARD), in this way the creators achieved their goal, but it was enough later to think about what happened, and the shock was already replaced by completely legitimate indignation of the viewing public.
Regarding the mistakes, for the sake of fairness, I also have to say that I consider 4 things to be extremely outstanding from the first 2 seasons of the series:
1)
The visual implementation of the series was amazingly fantastic, as if you were watching a 45-minute movie, and it still stands today. I don't know if this changed after the third season, but I assume not, since the series is still active today
2)
Atli Örvarsson's music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ABsDFMJr2E&list=PLXT2pBWM8DxfN4znwe3esSqg4LtBzlQz8
3)
The actors Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Lauren German, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Eamonn Walker, Joe Minoso, Yuriy Sardarov, Christian Stolte were all fantastic in their roles
4)
The writers did something really brilliant when they built Severide and Shay's relationship. The way these two people moved mountains just out of love as a friend to help the other was simply wonderful. The relationship between the two of them was central to the show, which is why it was so painful and infuriating at the same time that the writers didn't think it was important enough to keep it going after 2 seasons. So I didn't consider the series important enough to continue watching after the third season either, or to start anything else from the One Chicago group.
Mistakes in S03 E01:
Devon's character:
- In the last 2 episodes of the second season, it was revealed that Devon might not be as a bad person as we thought. The writers hinted at the possibility that maybe Shay could finally find her happiness with her. Whether Devon had really changed, whether she was telling the truth, was never revealed after Shay's death.
- Why didn't the paramedics wear helmets when they entered a potentially dangerous building? In other episodes, the characters paid attention to this, but here they generously forgot about it
- During the first flashback, we saw that they started to treat an injured person. When the explosion occurred and Shay was lying on the ground, the injured person was disappeared.
- The firefighter (played by Preston James Hillier) who ran into the building before the explosion also disappeared
- In the flashback, we saw that Dawson was thrown backwards by the shock wave of the explosion before the ceiling collapsed. Shay, on the other hand, sat still, unaffected by the shock wave
- The firefighting team was in the middle of the explosion, the only injury in comparison was a broken leg. Andy Darden died instantly in the Pilot episode, according to the script, when a house fire started in a similar way.
- Shay's CPR was interrupted to take her to the ambulance. At the same time, the one who could have taken care of her was Dawson, who was next to her, and Shay herself, maybe even Mills, who had a broken leg. So why was it important to take Shay to the ambulance, if not because it gave the scene a dramatic, albeit illogical, ending?
- Several people (e.g. Cruz, Otis) in the episode did not behave like those who recently lost a friend, and this could not be the fault of the actors, but rather of the script. The situation was similarly strange in the Pilot episode after Darden's death
- Shay said that she has a good relationship with her parents, so it's very strange that they didn't apply for Shay's things, but Casey and Severide collected them a month and a half after Shay's death. Not to mention the later invented sister
- When Severide looked at a photo of Shay before playing the video, it can be seen that the creators did not bother to take a real photo, but instead used a screenshot from the first season.
- It's quite unlikely that Dawson would pick up a diary a month and a half later that still had Shay's signature on it, and the signatures were completely different
Final thoughts:
This is how far I've come in my research. Unfortunately, I didn't find any reassuring answers, only strange things. If there was something else in the background why Shay's character had to die, it will probably never be revealed. If the whole truth was told in the Matt Olmstead interview, then in my opinion the creators of Chicago Fire made the biggest mistake of their lives by firing Lauren and letting the Shayveride friendship vanish. Plus, Leslie Shay's character didn't deserve such fate. Anyway, the first 2 seasons were a fantastic experience for me.
Although Lauren couldn't have known it at the time, she was doing very well, because after being unemployed, she auditioned for the role of Chloe Decker in the series Lucifer. Here she joined the team that involved Tom Ellis, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Rachael Harris, Scarlett Estevez, and later Aimee Garcia, Tricia Helfer, Tom Welling, Inbar Lavi, Rebecca De Mornay, Dennis Haysbert and Brianna Hildebrand. The rest, as they say, is history. Lucifer was the biggest series of 2021 by racking a whopping 18.3 billion minutes of streaming across the year making the series the most-streamed show not just on Netflix, but among the entire crop of streaming originals. Lucifer was voted the best fantasy series of 2021 also, and Lauren German became very, very worldwide-famous.
https://netflixlife.com/2022/01/26/lucifer-best-netflix-show-2021/
After Lucifer ended, Lauren retired from acting, making her last appearance in November 2023 at an event in Chicago, the Heaven and Hell Convention. Here, of course, she was hilarious again, or to put it stylistically, funny as hell, and she simply proved why she was the actress who played Leslie Shay back then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um_hcX4FkfM
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzHxlcMqM3
Here are a few links at the end
My favorite fan video commemorating the Shayveride friendship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjS1LmJgCIo
Others have written their opinions before me on the Leslie Shay topic, e.g. a great post
https://www.thetvaddict.com/2014/09/29/did-chicago-fire-kill-off-the-wrong-characte
A little fun
https://www.tiktok.com/@chicagofires/video/7255400196711107886
Still a little fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZOsrSHql0
Thank you for reading through!
PJ
(this post is free to use and redistribute, but please at least credit the source! Thanks)
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2024.05.09 07:25 le09idas Apt Situation Question
I moved to Brooklyn last October for an apt I thought was a steal. At that moment in time, I got a slightly basement apt around the corner from a train station and a bunch of restaurants and other useful places. The deal was a 12 month lease for 1900 a month with all utilities included.
But the first few weeks were rough. I had to pay out of pocket for new cabinets for the bathroom because the ones left were heinous and old. That was around 300 bucks.
Supposedly the exterminator came but literally the second day a big Bertha cockroach was in my kitchen. I had to get my own spray which I use once a month in the bathroom and kitchen.
Winter wasn’t too bad for me but I had company over and the heat didn’t work too good and my gf was so cold. I needed to talk to a neighbor who controls the heat to ask if the heat was on and she said that it was. And then there sprung a leak in the steam pipes that nearly ruined my computer. I ended up moving my whole setup to the opposite wall.
Now comes the more imminent discomfort: summer. I am a big, hairy dude and if there is anything I need, it’s AC. Fans won’t cut it. I ask about that and I am not really allowed to used window ACs. I needed to buy a big portable Black and Decker AC, around 400. I try to run it and a whole side of the apt loses power. I tried this about a month ago and the old both the landlord and her henchman, her brother, about this. The brother says he’ll find someone to take a look at the circuits and help figure out how to run the AC. I have been waiting a month and still no response.
I am most definitely overpaying for the actual value of this apt. I understand that back then, in Oct 2023 1900 was on the lower end but then again I dont even have laundry onsite. My lease was for 1 year but I seriously can’t afford any longer to remain in this place. I have about 6 months left.
I have found plenty of places worth less but seemingly have more perks that are beneficial to me like onsite laundry and at least heat and hot water included in rent.
But I am still at the mercy of the lease. And a seemingly unconcerned and faraway landlord that is pretty much ineffectual unless you borderline harass them. I maybe had the luxury of semi decent maintenance at previous apt I live at but there isn’t even a person to clean up the place, that is on me and my neighbors.
I even sucked it up and asked the landlord if she’d be willing to bump my rent down if I offered to pay electric and gas and extend the lease to a couple of more years. She responded by noting that electric is included but I know from experience that during winter time I definitely don’t use as much electricity. And she asks me if I am unable financially to afford the apt and I attempted to explain that that wasn’t issue it was literally what I was paying for. We ended the conversation with her saying she had to ask her husband. This was about a week after my AC debacle and I haven’t heard from the landlord since. I would try to keep in touch with either landlord or her brother but I have been dealing with other matters as of late.
I read over the lease agreement and looked for anything to at might help me but it seems to just chalk up to the landlord decides what you need to pay and you must pay it within the length of the lease.
I saved describing my landlord last because I feel that if they are the main source of my problems. She always answers my texts and takes my calls. She is ok to get a hold of. But she literally hires creeps to maintain the property. Or at least to come and check whenever they want. And on top of that, no one ever comes around to clean up the litter or trash. Mind you, I understand this isn’t maybe usual but I mean for an apt where each tenant is at least paying 1900 a month in rent I would like someone to at least come rake the leaves and make sure the garbage cans are usable.
I am not sure if I should just bite the bullet and take a hit from my security deposit for ending the lease early or wait it out and find someplace a month or two before moving out. I would really like some help on this. Is there anything I can do that I am not aware of in this situation to not suffer too much financial loss and to peaceably end the lease so that I can start looking for a new apt?
Tl;dr
I moved in to a Brooklyn apt with a crappy landlord that overcharges for the apt and I need to know what options if any I have to break the lease and move to a new apt.
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But the first few weeks were rough. I had to pay out of pocket for new cabinets for the bathroom because the ones left were heinous and old. That was around 300 bucks.
Supposedly the exterminator came but literally the second day a big Bertha cockroach was in my kitchen. I had to get my own spray which I use once a month in the bathroom and kitchen.
Winter wasn’t too bad for me but I had company over and the heat didn’t work too good and my gf was so cold. I needed to talk to a neighbor who controls the heat to ask if the heat was on and she said that it was. And then there sprung a leak in the steam pipes that nearly ruined my computer. I ended up moving my whole setup to the opposite wall.
Now comes the more imminent discomfort: summer. I am a big, hairy dude and if there is anything I need, it’s AC. Fans won’t cut it. I ask about that and I am not really allowed to used window ACs. I needed to buy a big portable Black and Decker AC, around 400. I try to run it and a whole side of the apt loses power. I tried this about a month ago and the old both the landlord and her henchman, her brother, about this. The brother says he’ll find someone to take a look at the circuits and help figure out how to run the AC. I have been waiting a month and still no response.
I am most definitely overpaying for the actual value of this apt. I understand that back then, in Oct 2023 1900 was on the lower end but then again I dont even have laundry onsite. My lease was for 1 year but I seriously can’t afford any longer to remain in this place. I have about 6 months left.
I have found plenty of places worth less but seemingly have more perks that are beneficial to me like onsite laundry and at least heat and hot water included in rent.
But I am still at the mercy of the lease. And a seemingly unconcerned and faraway landlord that is pretty much ineffectual unless you borderline harass them. I maybe had the luxury of semi decent maintenance at previous apt I live at but there isn’t even a person to clean up the place, that is on me and my neighbors.
I even sucked it up and asked the landlord if she’d be willing to bump my rent down if I offered to pay electric and gas and extend the lease to a couple of more years. She responded by noting that electric is included but I know from experience that during winter time I definitely don’t use as much electricity. And she asks me if I am unable financially to afford the apt and I attempted to explain that that wasn’t issue it was literally what I was paying for. We ended the conversation with her saying she had to ask her husband. This was about a week after my AC debacle and I haven’t heard from the landlord since. I would try to keep in touch with either landlord or her brother but I have been dealing with other matters as of late.
I read over the lease agreement and looked for anything to at might help me but it seems to just chalk up to the landlord decides what you need to pay and you must pay it within the length of the lease.
I saved describing my landlord last because I feel that if they are the main source of my problems. She always answers my texts and takes my calls. She is ok to get a hold of. But she literally hires creeps to maintain the property. Or at least to come and check whenever they want. And on top of that, no one ever comes around to clean up the litter or trash. Mind you, I understand this isn’t maybe usual but I mean for an apt where each tenant is at least paying 1900 a month in rent I would like someone to at least come rake the leaves and make sure the garbage cans are usable.
I am not sure if I should just bite the bullet and take a hit from my security deposit for ending the lease early or wait it out and find someplace a month or two before moving out. I would really like some help on this. Is there anything I can do that I am not aware of in this situation to not suffer too much financial loss and to peaceably end the lease so that I can start looking for a new apt?
Tl;dr
I moved in to a Brooklyn apt with a crappy landlord that overcharges for the apt and I need to know what options if any I have to break the lease and move to a new apt.
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| 馬雷克斯集團有限公司 | Marex Group plc | 1,692,900,000 |
| 奧克塔公司 | Okta, Inc. | 1,682,000,000 |
| CMS能源公司 | CMS Energy Corporation | 1,682,000,000 |
| 佩里戈公司 | Perrigo Company plc | 1,679,300,000 |
| Veeva 系統公司 | Veeva Systems Inc. | 1,671,941,000 |
| 敏銳品牌公司 | Acuity Brands, Inc. | 1,671,100,000 |
| 核心與主要公司 | Core & Main, Inc. | 1,671,000,000 |
| 洞察企業有限公司 | Insight Enterprises, Inc. | 1,669,525,000 |
| 埃弗吉公司 | Evergy, Inc. | 1,666,100,000 |
| 泳池公司 | Pool Corporation | 1,660,044,000 |
| 地板與裝飾控股公司 | Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. | 1,659,048,000 |
| Resideo 科技公司 | Resideo Technologies, Inc. | 1,658,000,000 |
| 泰利福公司 | Teleflex Incorporated | 1,647,031,000 |
| 光與奇蹟公司 | Light & Wonder, Inc. | 1,646,000,000 |
| 亨廷頓英格斯工業公司 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 1,646,000,000 |
| MSC 工業直接公司 | MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. | 1,642,965,000 |
| SEI投資公司 | SEI Investments Company | 1,626,079,000 |
| 艾迪克斯公司 | IDEX Corporation | 1,622,800,000 |
| 駿利亨德森集團有限公司 | Janus Henderson Group plc | 1,619,000,000 |
| PTC公司 | PTC Inc. | 1,616,025,000 |
| 豪邁航空航太公司 | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | 1,614,000,000 |
| 拓普建設公司 | TopBuild Corp. | 1,603,820,000 |
| GMS公司 | GMS Inc. | 1,599,038,000 |
| DXC科技公司 | DXC Technology Company | 1,589,000,000 |
| 新東方教育科技集團股份有限公司贊助 | New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. Sponsored | 1,588,322,000 |
| 自由全球有限公司 | Liberty Global Ltd. | 1,584,400,000 |
| 安捷倫公司 | Allegion plc | 1,581,500,000 |
| 貿易台有限公司 | The Trade Desk, Inc. | 1,580,522,000 |
| 西部中游合夥人有限合夥人 | Western Midstream Partners, LP | 1,578,680,000 |
| 希悅爾公司 | Sealed Air Corporation | 1,574,400,000 |
| 托羅公司 (The) | Toro Company (The) | 1,558,900,000 |
| 貓途鷹公司 | TripAdvisor, Inc. | 1,552,000,000 |
| 大地公司 | Big Lots, Inc. | 1,550,107,000 |
| 埃培智集團公司（這） | Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (The) | 1,549,900,000 |
| H&R 布洛克公司 | H&R Block, Inc. | 1,548,733,000 |
| 倫諾克斯國際公司 | Lennox International, Inc. | 1,547,800,000 |
| 卡萊爾公司 | Carlisle Companies Incorporated | 1,544,000,000 |
| 梅里蒂奇家園公司 | Meritage Homes Corporation | 1,542,391,000 |
| 卡瓦納公司 | Carvana Co. | 1,541,000,000 |
| 環中心公司 | RingCentral, Inc. | 1,539,014,000 |
| 艾仕得塗料系統有限公司 | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | 1,536,600,000 |
| 克利夫蘭克里夫斯公司 | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | 1,535,000,000 |
| 簡柏特有限公司 | Genpact Limited | 1,534,231,000 |
| 拉什企業公司 | Rush Enterprises, Inc. | 1,533,260,000 |
| 努塔尼克斯公司 | Nutanix, Inc. | 1,530,281,000 |
| 濱特爾公司 | Pentair plc. | 1,526,200,000 |
| 摩德納公司 | Moderna, Inc. | 1,526,000,000 |
| 維里斯克分析公司 | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 1,523,500,000 |
| 第一現金控股公司 | FirstCash Holdings, Inc. | 1,521,108,000 |
| Alnylam 製藥公司 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1,517,886,000 |
| 布魯克公司 | Bruker Corporation | 1,516,800,000 |
| 米德爾比公司 | The Middleby Corporation | 1,512,162,000 |
| 戴德梁行 | Cushman & Wakefield plc | 1,506,500,000 |
| Teladoc 健康公司 | Teladoc Health, Inc. | 1,505,313,000 |
| 羅林斯公司 | Rollins, Inc. | 1,503,655,000 |
| Zillow 集團公司 | Zillow Group, Inc. | 1,503,000,000 |
| PagSeguro 數位有限公司 | PagSeguro Digital Ltd. | 1,499,971,666 |
| 西聯匯款公司 (The) | Western Union Company (The) | 1,495,200,000 |
| 威克斯公司 | WEX Inc. | 1,492,700,000 |
| 斯巴達納什公司 | SpartanNash Company | 1,485,556,000 |
| 羅庫公司 | Roku, Inc. | 1,482,044,000 |
| 華盛頓 Expeditors International, Inc. | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 1,477,834,000 |
| A.O.史密斯公司 | A.O. Smith Corporation | 1,475,600,000 |
| 金融科技集團 | FinVolution Group | 1,472,955,240 |
| 林肯電氣控股公司 | Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 1,471,704,000 |
| 美國鋼鐵公司 | United States Steel Corporation | 1,468,000,000 |
| 托爾工業公司 | Thor Industries, Inc. | 1,455,090,000 |
| 阿特莫斯能源公司 | Atmos Energy Corporation | 1,453,951,000 |
| 統一軟體公司 | Unity Software Inc. | 1,453,595,000 |
| 恩維斯塔控股公司 | Envista Holdings Corporation | 1,450,500,000 |
| 泰瑞達公司 | Teradyne, Inc. | 1,448,421,000 |
| 索諾科產品公司 | Sonoco Products Company | 1,447,641,000 |
| 鐵姆肯公司（The） | Timken Company (The) | 1,447,600,000 |
| 來福車公司 | Lyft, Inc. | 1,445,517,000 |
| O-I 玻璃公司 | O-I Glass, Inc. | 1,443,000,000 |
| 航空租賃公司 | Air Lease Corporation | 1,442,005,000 |
| BrightSpring 健康服務公司 | BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. | 1,433,794,000 |
| 蘭姆韋斯頓控股公司 | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 1,432,100,000 |
| Bio-Rad 實驗室有限公司 | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 1,431,346,000 |
| 米勒諾爾公司 | MillerKnoll, Inc. | 1,430,000,000 |
| 美國行動通訊公司 | United States Cellular Corporation | 1,429,000,000 |
| 諾信公司 | Nordson Corporation | 1,425,405,000 |
| 艾里遜變速箱控股公司 | Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 1,425,000,000 |
| 藍貓頭鷹資本公司 | Blue Owl Capital Inc. | 1,421,041,000 |
| 品尼高西資本公司 | Pinnacle West Capital Corporation | 1,420,711,000 |
| UFP 工業公司 | UFP Industries, Inc. | 1,418,938,000 |
| 和弦能源公司 | Chord Energy Corporation | 1,410,695,000 |
| 相干公司 | Coherent Corp. | 1,409,283,000 |
| 卡特公司 | Carter's, Inc. | 1,395,935,000 |
| 西維塔斯資源公司 | Civitas Resources, Inc. | 1,392,322,000 |
| 西姆普萊斯公司 | Cimpress plc | 1,392,148,000 |
| 知識庫首頁 | KB Home | 1,391,754,000 |
| 查爾斯河實驗室國際有限公司 | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | 1,391,744,000 |
| 二疊紀資源公司 | Permian Resources Corporation | 1,390,164,000 |
| 右.H. | RH | 1,389,019,000 |
| J.B.亨特運輸服務公司 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 1,385,107,000 |
| GXO 物流公司 | GXO Logistics, Inc. | 1,382,000,000 |
| 草案國王公司 | DraftKings Inc. | 1,373,218,000 |
| 帕特森公司 | Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1,372,945,000 |
| 蓋茲工業公司 | Gates Industrial Corporation plc | 1,366,800,000 |
| 阿爾克梅斯公司 | Alkermes plc | 1,365,079,000 |
| SiteOne 景觀供應公司 | SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. | 1,363,500,000 |
| 豐捷公司 | Vontier Corporation | 1,360,200,000 |
| 如新企業有限公司 | Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. | 1,357,281,000 |
| 獅門娛樂公司 | Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation | 1,348,400,000 |
| 騰訊音樂娛樂集團 | Tencent Music Entertainment Group | 1,347,489,268 |
| Qorvo 公司 | Qorvo, Inc. | 1,343,546,000 |
| nVent 電氣公司 | nVent Electric plc | 1,342,100,000 |
| MKS 儀器公司 | MKS Instruments, Inc. | 1,340,000,000 |
| 希捷科技控股有限公司 | Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 1,332,000,000 |
| 確認控股公司 | Affirm Holdings, Inc. | 1,330,642,000 |
| 鬥牛士資源公司 | Matador Resources Company | 1,330,531,000 |
| 加州資源公司 | California Resources Corporation | 1,326,000,000 |
| 瑞維提公司 | Revvity, Inc. | 1,322,191,000 |
| EPAM 系統公司 | EPAM Systems, Inc. | 1,316,531,000 |
| 旅遊休閒公司 | Travel Leisure Co. | 1,314,000,000 |
| 大正製藥控股股份有限公司 | Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd | 1,312,377,006 |
| 科慕公司 (The) | Chemours Company (The) | 1,311,000,000 |
| 英格爾斯市場公司 | Ingles Markets, Incorporated | 1,304,136,042 |
| 愛瑪客 | Aramark | 1,301,586,000 |
| 福斯公司 | Flowserve Corporation | 1,297,840,000 |
| 樂信金融科技控股有限公司 | LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. | 1,297,238,236 |
| 博伊西卡斯卡德有限責任公司 | Boise Cascade, L.L.C. | 1,296,467,000 |
| 威瑞信公司 | VeriSign, Inc. | 1,295,800,000 |
| AMC 網路公司 | AMC Networks Inc. | 1,294,275,000 |
| 第一太陽能公司 | First Solar, Inc. | 1,293,807,000 |
| 上行集團有限公司 | Upbound Group, Inc. | 1,284,464,000 |
| 清潔港公司 | Clean Harbors, Inc. | 1,283,600,000 |
| QuidelOrtho公司 | QuidelOrtho Corporation | 1,283,400,000 |
| 安特格公司 | Entegris, Inc. | 1,283,128,000 |
| 超微計算機公司 | Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 1,283,012,000 |
| 阿特科雷公司 | Atkore Inc. | 1,281,697,000 |
| 阿特斯陽光電力公司 | Canadian Solar Inc. | 1,279,983,000 |
| 自由 TripAdvisor 控股公司 | Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. | 1,279,000,000 |
| UL 解決方案公司 | UL Solutions Inc. | 1,265,000,000 |
| 通用控股公司 | Generac Holdings Inc. | 1,261,237,000 |
| CVR能源公司 | CVR Energy Inc. | 1,261,000,000 |
| WillScot Mobile Mini 控股公司 | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. | 1,260,949,000 |
| OGE能源公司 | OGE Energy Corp | 1,256,000,000 |
| Zscaler 公司 | Zscaler, Inc. | 1,254,469,000 |
| 德希尼普FMC公司 | TechnipFMC plc | 1,254,400,000 |
| 海科公司 | Heico Corporation | 1,249,261,000 |
| Paycom 軟體公司 | Paycom Software, Inc. | 1,248,634,000 |
| MongoDB 公司 | MongoDB, Inc. | 1,247,926,000 |
| 卡萊雷斯公司 | Caleres, Inc. | 1,245,849,000 |
| 瓦爾蒙特工業公司 | Valmont Industries, Inc. | 1,243,091,000 |
| 約翰威利父子公司 | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 1,242,478,000 |
| 雜貨店控股公司 | Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. | 1,241,679,000 |
| 遊戲驛站公司 | GameStop Corporation | 1,238,900,000 |
| 愛奇藝公司 | iQIYI, Inc. | 1,237,843,839 |
| 墨菲石油公司 | Murphy Oil Corporation | 1,237,359,000 |
| 應用工業技術公司 | Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 1,233,894,000 |
| 奧林公司 | Olin Corporation | 1,231,600,000 |
| Acushnet 控股公司 | Acushnet Holdings Corp. | 1,231,307,000 |
| U-Haul控股公司 | U-Haul Holding Company | 1,230,542,000 |
| 派珀桑德勒公司 | Piper Sandler Companies | 1,227,042,000 |
| 凱傑公司 | Qiagen N.V. | 1,222,924,000 |
| G-III服飾集團有限公司 | G-III Apparel Group, LTD. | 1,214,324,000 |
| 你猜？ | Guess?, Inc. | 1,211,776,000 |
| 聯合愛馬仕有限公司 | Federated Hermes, Inc. | 1,211,264,000 |
| 帕森斯公司 | Parsons Corporation | 1,206,014,000 |
| 費爾艾薩克公司 | Fair Isaac Corporation | 1,201,404,000 |
| 雅寶公司 | Albemarle Corporation | 1,201,009,000 |
| 加州緬因州食品公司 | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 1,196,457,000 |
| 安吉公司 | Angi Inc. | 1,194,639,000 |
| 安控股公司 | On Holding AG | 1,187,668,080 |
| 奧本海默控股公司 | Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. | 1,186,627,000 |
| ASGN公司 | ASGN Incorporated | 1,181,800,000 |
| 耶爾普公司 | Yelp Inc. | 1,180,649,000 |
| 藍貓頭鷹資本公司 | Blue Owl Capital Corporation | 1,178,612,000 |
| 富途控股有限公司 | Futu Holdings Limited | 1,176,626,486 |
| 葛拉漢控股公司 | Graham Holdings Company | 1,175,840,000 |
| 全民健康服務公司 | Universal Health Services, Inc. | 1,175,381,000 |
| 豪華公司 | Deluxe Corporation | 1,174,913,000 |
| 紐蒙特公司 | Newmont Corporation | 1,170,000,000 |
| 科帕控股有限公司 | Copa Holdings, S.A. | 1,169,595,000 |
| 英蘇萊特公司 | Insulet Corporation | 1,168,300,000 |
| 布林克斯公司（The） | Brinks Company (The) | 1,167,500,000 |
| 西南能源公司 | Southwestern Energy Company | 1,167,000,000 |
| 固瑞克公司 | Graco Inc. | 1,161,021,000 |
| 布魯克菲爾德再生能源公司 | Brookfield Renewable Corporation | 1,159,000,000 |
| C.H.羅賓遜環球公司 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 1,157,282,000 |
| 太陽石油公司 | Sunoco LP | 1,157,000,000 |
| Tradeweb 市場公司 | Tradeweb Markets Inc. | 1,152,869,000 |
| 唐納森公司 | Donaldson Company, Inc. | 1,152,100,000 |
| AMC 娛樂控股公司 | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | 1,149,700,000 |
| 杜比實驗室 | Dolby Laboratories | 1,147,178,000 |
| 格瑞夫公司 | Greif Inc. | 1,146,100,000 |
| 五下公司 | Five Below, Inc. | 1,143,078,000 |
| ChampionX公司 | ChampionX Corporation | 1,139,639,000 |
| 全球商旅集團有限公司 | Global Business Travel Group, Inc. | 1,138,000,000 |
| 新堡壘能源公司 | New Fortress Energy Inc. | 1,136,297,000 |
| 西方製藥服務公司 | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 1,132,700,000 |
| 埃梅內吉爾多·傑尼亞 (Ermenegildo Zegna) | Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. | 1,132,490,216 |
| FTI 顧問公司 | FTI Consulting, Inc. | 1,128,867,000 |
| 貸款倉庫公司 | loanDepot, Inc. | 1,127,488,000 |
| 辛克萊公司 | Sinclair, Inc. | 1,123,000,000 |
| 資訊公司 | Informatica Inc. | 1,119,143,000 |
| 天睿公司 | Teradata Corporation | 1,116,000,000 |
| 皮博迪能源公司 | Peabody Energy Corporation | 1,113,500,000 |
| FactSet 研究系統公司 | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | 1,112,283,000 |
| 赫克控股公司 | Herc Holdings Inc. | 1,111,000,000 |
| 朝聖者的驕傲公司 | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | 1,110,237,000 |
| UiPath 公司 | UiPath, Inc. | 1,109,392,000 |
| 亞倫控股公司 | Aarons Holdings Company, Inc. | 1,108,971,000 |
| 國際電話電報公司 | ITT Inc. | 1,107,300,000 |
| 達令配料公司 | Darling Ingredients Inc. | 1,105,607,000 |
| 睡眠號碼公司 | Sleep Number Corporation | 1,104,469,000 |
| 傑尼斯科公司 | Genesco Inc. | 1,098,820,000 |
| AMN 醫療服務公司 | AMN Healthcare Services Inc | 1,094,667,000 |
| 國際服務公司 | Service Corporation International | 1,091,807,000 |
| 紐約時報公司 (The) | New York Times Company (The) | 1,090,976,000 |
| 勁量控股公司 | Energizer Holdings, Inc. | 1,089,400,000 |
| 森薩塔科技控股有限公司 | Sensata Technologies Holding plc | 1,083,037,000 |
| 泰格納公司 | TEGNA Inc | 1,078,837,000 |
| FS KKR 資本公司 | FS KKR Capital Corp. | 1,072,000,000 |
| 遠藤國際有限公司 | Endo International plc | 1,069,617,000 |
| 墨菲美國公司 | Murphy USA Inc. | 1,067,300,000 |
| 柯蒂斯萊特公司 | Curtiss-Wright Corporation | 1,067,178,000 |
| Kontoor 品牌公司 | Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 1,064,694,000 |
| 先進排水系統公司 | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 1,062,331,000 |
| SM能源公司 | SM Energy Company | 1,060,382,000 |
| 聯合能源公司 | Alliant Energy Corporation | 1,058,000,000 |
| 韋斯市場公司 | Weis Markets, Inc. | 1,053,503,000 |
| 佩加系統公司 | Pegasystems Inc. | 1,052,763,000 |
| 大西洋控股公司 | Atlanticus Holdings Corporation | 1,052,696,000 |
| Sarepta 治療公司 | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1,048,596,000 |
| 移動眼全球公司 | Mobileye Global Inc. | 1,047,000,000 |
| 辛普森製造公司 | Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 1,043,910,000 |
| Enphase能源公司 | Enphase Energy, Inc. | 1,041,022,000 |
| 康泰倫特公司 | Catalent, Inc. | 1,040,000,000 |
| 中視資訊科技有限公司 | ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. | 1,039,500,000 |
| 晨星公司 | Morningstar, Inc. | 1,037,900,000 |
| 維斯塔戶外公司 | Vista Outdoor Inc. | 1,030,897,000 |
| 三網集團有限公司 | TriNet Group, Inc. | 1,030,000,000 |
| Wix.com 有限公司 | Wix.com Ltd. | 1,028,420,000 |
| 國家願景控股公司 | National Vision Holdings, Inc. | 1,027,306,000 |
| 齊夫戴維斯公司 | Ziff Davis, Inc. | 1,024,584,000 |
| H.B.富勒公司 | H. B. Fuller Company | 1,023,909,000 |
| 必能寶公司 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | 1,022,090,000 |
| 單晶片電力系統公司 | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1,021,119,000 |
| 阿普塔集團有限公司 | AptarGroup, Inc. | 1,014,806,000 |
| 科睿唯安公司 | Clarivate Plc | 1,014,100,000 |
| M/I 之家公司 | M/I Homes, Inc. | 1,013,533,000 |
| 斯蒂爾凱斯公司 | Steelcase Inc. | 1,013,400,000 |
| 格里芬公司 | Griffon Corporation | 1,011,573,000 |
| La-Z-Boy 公司 | La-Z-Boy Incorporated | 1,008,699,000 |
| IHS控股有限公司 | IHS Holding Limited | 1,003,694,000 |
| 馬西莫公司 | Masimo Corporation | 1,003,500,000 |
| 瑞爾森控股公司 | Ryerson Holding Corporation | 1,002,400,000 |
2024.05.02 16:26 this0great 美國上市企業毛利額(1/2)
| 中文名字 | 英文名字 | 毛利 |
|---|---|---|
| 亞馬遜公司 | Amazon.com, Inc. | 270,046,000,000 |
| 字母公司 | Alphabet Inc. | 174,304,000,000 |
| 蘋果公司。 | Apple Inc. | 169,148,000,000 |
| 沃爾瑪公司 | Walmart Inc. | 157,983,000,000 |
| 微軟公司 | Microsoft Corporation | 146,052,000,000 |
| 房利美 | Fannie Mae | 137,511,000,000 |
| 元平台公司 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 108,896,000,000 |
| 房地美 | Freddie Mac | 107,664,000,000 |
| 埃克森美孚公司 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 82,326,000,000 |
| 波克夏海瑟威公司 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 70,946,000,000 |
| 康卡斯特公司 | Comcast Corporation | 70,474,000,000 |
| 威瑞森通訊公司 | Verizon Communications Inc. | 61,463,000,000 |
| 強生公司 | Johnson & Johnson | 58,722,000,000 |
| CVS 健康公司 | CVS Health Corporation | 54,928,000,000 |
| 美國電話電報公司 | AT&T Inc. | 53,528,000,000 |
| 百事公司 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 49,828,000,000 |
| 家得寶公司（這） | Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 48,287,000,000 |
| 阿里巴巴集團控股有限公司 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 44,722,393,102 |
| 英偉達公司 | NVIDIA Corporation | 44,301,000,000 |
| 默克公司 | Merck & Company, Inc. | 43,894,000,000 |
| 美國運通公司 | American Express Company | 41,522,000,000 |
| 寶潔公司 (The) | Procter & Gamble Company (The) | 39,406,000,000 |
| 布魯克菲爾德公司 | Brookfield Corporation | 38,142,898,658 |
| 艾伯維公司 | AbbVie Inc. | 37,668,000,000 |
| 雪佛龍公司 | Chevron Corporation | 36,920,000,000 |
| T-Mobile 美國公司 | T-Mobile US, Inc. | 36,192,000,000 |
| 思科系統公司 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 35,857,000,000 |
| 國際商業機器公司 | International Business Machines Corporation | 33,498,000,000 |
| 甲骨文公司 | Oracle Corporation | 32,808,000,000 |
| 阿波羅全球管理公司（新的） | Apollo Global Management, Inc. (New) | 32,297,000,000 |
| 克羅格公司（The） | Kroger Company (The) | 30,239,000,000 |
| 好市多批發公司 | Costco Wholesale Corporation | 29,704,000,000 |
| 輝瑞公司 | Pfizer, Inc. | 29,283,000,000 |
| 通用汽車公司 | General Motors Company | 29,038,000,000 |
| 可口可樂公司 (The) | Coca-Cola Company (The) | 27,382,000,000 |
| 目標公司 | Target Corporation | 27,261,000,000 |
| 勞氏公司 | Lowe's Companies, Inc. | 27,127,000,000 |
| 禮來公司 | Eli Lilly and Company | 27,041,900,000 |
| 百時美施貴寶公司 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 25,357,000,000 |
| 維薩公司 | Visa Inc. | 25,143,000,000 |
| 沃爾格林博姿聯盟公司 | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 24,815,000,000 |
| 福特汽車公司 | Ford Motor Company | 24,310,000,000 |
| 萬事達卡公司 | Mastercard Incorporated | 24,187,000,000 |
| 華特迪士尼公司 (The) | Walt Disney Company (The) | 24,080,000,000 |
| Salesforce 公司 | Salesforce, Inc. | 23,500,000,000 |
| 迪爾公司 | Deere & Company | 23,498,000,000 |
| 卡特彼勒公司 | Caterpillar, Inc. | 23,453,000,000 |
| 博通公司 | Broadcom Inc. | 23,300,000,000 |
| PDD控股公司 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 22,006,351,254 |
| 菲利普莫里斯國際公司 | Philip Morris International Inc | 21,761,000,000 |
| 耐吉公司 | Nike, Inc. | 21,685,000,000 |
| 英特爾公司 | Intel Corporation | 21,539,000,000 |
| 查特通信公司 | Charter Communications, Inc. | 21,271,000,000 |
| 吉利德科學公司 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 21,039,000,000 |
| 埃森哲公司 | Accenture plc | 20,703,742,000 |
| 預訂控股公司普通股 | Booking Holdings Inc. Common Stock | 20,700,000,000 |
| 戴爾科技公司 | Dell Technologies Inc. | 20,574,000,000 |
| 仲量聯行 | Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated | 20,522,400,000 |
| 艾伯森公司 | Albertsons Companies, Inc. | 20,433,500,000 |
| 雅培實驗室 | Abbott Laboratories | 20,037,000,000 |
| 高通公司 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 19,951,000,000 |
| 安進公司 | Amgen Inc. | 19,595,000,000 |
| 嘉信理財公司 (The) | Charles Schwab Corporation (The) | 19,341,000,000 |
| 聯邦快遞公司 | FedEx Corporation | 19,166,000,000 |
| 美敦力公司 | Medtronic plc. | 18,904,000,000 |
| 康菲石油公司 | ConocoPhillips | 17,809,000,000 |
| 通用電氣航空航太公司 | GE Aerospace | 17,720,000,000 |
| 聯合包裹服務公司 | United Parcel Service, Inc. | 17,706,000,000 |
| 特斯拉公司 | Tesla, Inc. | 17,660,000,000 |
| 賽默飛世爾科技公司 | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 17,194,000,000 |
| 奧多比公司 | Adobe Inc. | 16,846,000,000 |
| 馬拉松石油公司 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation | 16,600,000,000 |
| TJX 公司（這） | TJX Companies, Inc. (The) | 16,287,000,000 |
| 貝萊德公司 | BlackRock, Inc. | 14,496,000,000 |
| 麥當勞公司 | McDonald's Corporation | 14,413,300,000 |
| 霍尼韋爾國際公司 | Honeywell International Inc. | 14,294,000,000 |
| 奧馳亞集團公司 | Altria Group, Inc. | 14,284,000,000 |
| 3M公司 | 3M Company | 14,162,000,000 |
| 同步金融 | Synchrony Financial | 14,092,000,000 |
| 丹納赫公司 | Danaher Corporation | 14,034,000,000 |
| Netflix公司 | Netflix, Inc. | 14,007,929,000 |
| 西斯科公司 | Sysco Corporation | 13,849,997,000 |
| 貝寶控股公司 | PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 13,426,000,000 |
| 億滋國際公司 | Mondelez International, Inc. | 13,334,000,000 |
| 瓦萊羅能源公司 | Valero Energy Corporation | 13,167,000,000 |
| 史賽克公司 | Stryker Corporation | 12,494,000,000 |
| 應用材料公司 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 12,321,000,000 |
| 怡安公司 | Aon plc | 12,317,000,000 |
| RTX公司 | RTX Corporation | 12,089,000,000 |
| CRH公司 | CRH PLC | 11,963,000,000 |
| 麥克森公司 | McKesson Corporation | 11,869,000,000 |
| 美國航空集團公司 | American Airlines Group, Inc. | 11,810,000,000 |
| 達樂通用公司 | Dollar General Corporation | 11,719,024,000 |
| 優步科技公司 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | 11,557,000,000 |
| 林德公司 | Linde plc | 11,546,000,000 |
| 雷蒙德詹姆斯金融公司 | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 11,453,000,000 |
| 費瑟夫公司 | Fiserv, Inc. | 11,427,000,000 |
| 雅詩蘭黛公司（這） | Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) | 11,315,000,000 |
| 菲利普斯 66 | Phillips 66 | 11,285,000,000 |
| 高露潔棕欖公司 | Colgate-Palmolive Company | 11,251,000,000 |
| 惠普公司 | HP Inc. | 11,082,000,000 |
| 德州儀器公司 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | 11,019,000,000 |
| 再生元製藥公司 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10,872,700,000 |
| 達美航空 | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 10,829,000,000 |
| 財捷公司 | Intuit Inc. | 10,742,000,000 |
| EOG 資源公司 | EOG Resources, Inc. | 10,691,000,000 |
| 宣偉公司 (The) | Sherwin-Williams Company (The) | 10,688,600,000 |
| 聯合太平洋公司 | Union Pacific Corporation | 10,492,000,000 |
| Expedia 集團公司 | Expedia Group, Inc. | 10,459,000,000 |
| 黑石公司 | Blackstone Inc. | 10,021,745,000 |
| 惠普企業公司 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 9,923,000,000 |
| 洛克希德馬丁公司 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 9,831,000,000 |
| 百度公司 | Baidu, Inc. | 9,818,873,562 |
| 西方石油公司 | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 9,742,000,000 |
| 梅西百貨公司 | Macy's Inc | 9,723,000,000 |
| HCA 醫療保健公司 | HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 9,627,000,000 |
| 百思買公司 | Best Buy Co., Inc. | 9,542,000,000 |
| 博士霍頓公司 | D.R. Horton, Inc. | 9,350,400,000 |
| 美元樹公司 | Dollar Tree, Inc. | 9,309,900,000 |
| 能量轉移LP | Energy Transfer LP | 9,245,000,000 |
| 亞瑟·J·加拉格爾公司 | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 9,230,000,000 |
| 汽車區公司 | AutoZone, Inc. | 9,070,422,000 |
| 卡夫亨氏公司 | The Kraft Heinz Company | 9,065,000,000 |
| 江森自控國際股份有限公司 | Johnson Controls International plc | 8,999,000,000 |
| 聯合愛迪生公司 | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 8,959,000,000 |
| 波士頓科學公司 | Boston Scientific Corporation | 8,831,000,000 |
| 華納兄弟。探索公司-A系列 | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A | 8,815,000,000 |
| 自動資料處理公司 | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 8,805,500,000 |
| 網易公司 | NetEase, Inc. | 8,792,299,583 |
| 弗格森公司 | Ferguson plc | 8,704,000,000 |
| KKR 公司公司 | KKR & Co. Inc. | 8,620,324,000 |
| 肯維公司 | Kenvue Inc. | 8,612,000,000 |
| 超微半導體公司 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 8,591,000,000 |
| 福泰製藥公司 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 8,576,800,000 |
| 阿默普萊斯金融公司 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 8,545,000,000 |
| 杜克能源公司（控股公司） | Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company) | 8,503,000,000 |
| 伊頓公司 | Eaton Corporation, PLC | 8,433,000,000 |
| 萊納公司 | Lennar Corporation | 8,226,090,000 |
| 貝克頓迪金森公司 | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 8,170,000,000 |
| 切尼爾能源公司 | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 8,117,000,000 |
| 康明斯公司 | Cummins Inc. | 8,099,000,000 |
| GE醫療保健技術公司 | GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. | 7,956,000,000 |
| 原廠配件公司 | Genuine Parts Company | 7,940,143,000 |
| 凱斯紐荷蘭工業公司 | CNH Industrial N.V. | 7,889,000,000 |
| 泛林研究公司 | Lam Research Corporation | 7,850,279,000 |
| 紐柯公司 | Nucor Corporation | 7,824,027,000 |
| 星巴克公司 | Starbucks Corporation | 7,815,700,000 |
| 森科拉公司 | Cencora, Inc. | 7,756,497,000 |
| 波音公司 | Boeing Company (The) | 7,708,000,000 |
| 奧萊利汽車公司 | O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. | 7,699,903,000 |
| Keurig 胡椒博士公司 | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | 7,611,000,000 |
| 盈透證券集團有限公司 | Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. | 7,376,000,000 |
| 南方公司 (The) | Southern Company (The) | 7,309,000,000 |
| 恩智浦半導體公司 | NXP Semiconductors N.V. | 7,264,000,000 |
| 佩卡公司 | PACCAR Inc. | 7,251,700,000 |
| 標準普爾全球公司 | S&P Global Inc. | 7,213,000,000 |
| 易趣公司 | eBay Inc. | 7,213,000,000 |
| 多米尼恩能源公司 | Dominion Energy, Inc. | 7,211,000,000 |
| 韋萊韜悅公眾有限公司 | Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company | 7,161,000,000 |
| 聯合航空控股公司 | United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | 7,137,000,000 |
| 布洛克公司 | Block, Inc. | 7,125,896,000 |
| 可口可樂歐洲太平洋合作夥伴股份有限公司 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc | 7,106,172,858 |
| 現在服務公司 | ServiceNow, Inc. | 7,050,000,000 |
| 金佰利克拉克公司 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | 7,032,000,000 |
| 愛彼迎公司 | Airbnb, Inc. | 7,028,000,000 |
| 先鋒自然資源公司 | Pioneer Natural Resources Company | 7,004,000,000 |
| 自由市場有限公司 | MercadoLibre, Inc. | 6,951,000,000 |
| 類比器件公司 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 6,917,813,000 |
| 艾默生電氣公司 | Emerson Electric Company | 6,902,000,000 |
| PPG 工業公司 | PPG Industries, Inc. | 6,897,000,000 |
| 自由港麥克莫蘭公司 | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 6,881,000,000 |
| 派拉蒙全球 | Paramount Global | 6,846,000,000 |
| 通用磨坊公司 | General Mills, Inc. | 6,821,400,000 |
| 米高梅國際酒店集團 | MGM Resorts International | 6,796,559,000 |
| 下一代能源公司 | NextEra Energy, Inc. | 6,792,000,000 |
| 洲際交易所公司 | Intercontinental Exchange Inc. | 6,770,000,000 |
| 伊利諾州工具廠公司 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 6,678,000,000 |
| 通用動力公司 | General Dynamics Corporation | 6,672,000,000 |
| 傑富瑞金融集團公司 | Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 6,659,041,000 |
| 科迪瓦公司 | Corteva, Inc. | 6,633,000,000 |
| 康德樂健康公司 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 6,601,000,000 |
| 維亞特里斯公司 | Viatris Inc. | 6,567,800,000 |
| 東芝公司 | Toshiba Corp. | 6,567,234,892 |
| 諾斯羅普格魯曼公司 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 6,551,000,000 |
| 斯倫貝謝公司 | Schlumberger N.V. | 6,482,000,000 |
| 派克漢尼汾公司 | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | 6,459,765,000 |
| W.W.固安捷公司 | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 6,432,000,000 |
| Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | 6,423,999,993 |
| 開利環球公司 | Carrier Global Corporation | 6,401,000,000 |
| 百健公司 | Biogen Inc. | 6,388,800,000 |
| 阿徹-丹尼爾斯-米德蘭公司 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | 6,283,000,000 |
| 科爾公司 | Kohl's Corporation | 6,229,000,000 |
| 高知特技術解決方案公司 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation | 6,193,000,000 |
| 庫龐公司 | Coupang, Inc. | 6,190,000,000 |
| 藝康公司 | Ecolab Inc. | 6,177,200,000 |
| 科蘭公司 | KLA Corporation | 6,173,224,000 |
| 美國食品控股公司 | US Foods Holding Corp. | 6,148,000,000 |
| V.F.公司 | V.F. Corporation | 5,987,884,000 |
| 全球支付公司 | Global Payments Inc. | 5,926,898,000 |
| 貝克休斯公司 | Baker Hughes Company | 5,909,000,000 |
| 特靈科技公司 | Trane Technologies plc | 5,857,200,000 |
| 建商 FirstSource, Inc. | Builders FirstSource, Inc. | 5,853,259,000 |
| 海運有限公司 | Sea Limited | 5,841,267,749 |
| 碩騰公司 | Zoetis Inc. | 5,834,000,000 |
| 富蘭克林資源公司 | Franklin Resources, Inc. | 5,826,500,000 |
| 蓋普公司（這） | Gap, Inc. (The) | 5,761,000,000 |
| 功能食品集團公司 | Performance Food Group Company | 5,758,200,000 |
| 廢棄物管理公司 | Waste Management, Inc. | 5,749,000,000 |
| 世邦魏理仕集團公司 | CBRE Group Inc | 5,677,200,000 |
| CSX公司 | CSX Corporation | 5,665,000,000 |
| 美國電力公司 | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 5,624,500,000 |
| 露露檸檬運動公司 | lululemon athletica inc. | 5,604,395,000 |
| 百特國際公司 | Baxter International Inc. | 5,585,000,000 |
| 羅斯商店有限公司 | Ross Stores, Inc. | 5,575,340,000 |
| 艾克賽隆公司 | Exelon Corporation | 5,450,000,000 |
| 工作日公司 | Workday, Inc. | 5,426,000,000 |
| 諾德斯特龍公司 | Nordstrom, Inc. | 5,390,000,000 |
| 聯合租賃公司 | United Rentals, Inc. | 5,382,000,000 |
| PVH公司 | PVH Corp. | 5,352,100,000 |
| 藝電公司 | Electronic Arts Inc. | 5,331,000,000 |
| 力勁泉公司 | LKQ Corporation | 5,296,000,000 |
| 德文能源公司 | Devon Energy Corporation | 5,200,000,000 |
| 瑞致達公司 | Vistra Corp. | 5,171,000,000 |
| 利安德巴塞爾工業公司 | LyondellBasell Industries NV | 5,167,000,000 |
| 金德摩根公司 | Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 5,134,000,000 |
| T. Rowe Price 集團公司 | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 5,069,300,000 |
| 萬豪國際飯店 | Marriott International | 5,057,000,000 |
| 好時公司 | The Hershey Company | 5,051,428,000 |
| 利西亞汽車公司 | Lithia Motors, Inc. | 5,033,100,000 |
| 帕洛阿爾托網路公司 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 4,983,000,000 |
| TE 連接有限公司新瑞士記名股票 | TE Connectivity Ltd. New Switzerland Registered Shares | 4,979,000,000 |
| 陶氏公司 | Dow Inc. | 4,972,000,000 |
| 通用電氣韋爾諾瓦公司 | GE Vernova Inc. | 4,965,000,000 |
| 微芯科技公司 | Microchip Technology Incorporated | 4,960,000,000 |
| 歐特克公司 | Autodesk, Inc. | 4,944,000,000 |
| Live Nation 娛樂公司 | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | 4,940,260,000 |
| AutoNation公司 | AutoNation, Inc. | 4,911,000,000 |
| 星座品牌公司 | Constellation Brands, Inc. | 4,909,500,000 |
| 嘉年華公司 | Carnival Corporation | 4,908,000,000 |
| 凱撒娛樂公司 | Caesars Entertainment, Inc. | 4,872,000,000 |
| 響尾蛇能源公司 | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 4,871,000,000 |
| 拖拉機供應公司 | Tractor Supply Company | 4,835,170,000 |
| 多普勒克斯LP | MPLX LP | 4,832,000,000 |
| 福斯公司 | Fox Corporation | 4,813,000,000 |
| 瑞特援助公司 | Rite Aid Corp. | 4,803,940,000 |
| 摩托羅拉解決方案公司 | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 4,800,000,000 |
| 潘世奇汽車集團公司 | Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 4,792,800,000 |
| 直覺外科公司 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | 4,729,500,000 |
| 掛毯公司 | Tapestry, Inc. | 4,721,200,000 |
| 普爾特集團公司 | PulteGroup, Inc. | 4,708,947,000 |
| 努控股有限公司 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 4,695,500,000 |
| 溶劑公司 | Solventum Corporation | 4,693,000,000 |
| 皇家加勒比遊輪有限公司 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | 4,684,000,000 |
| Zimmer Biomet 控股公司 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 4,663,000,000 |
| 韋斯科國際有限公司 | WESCO International, Inc. | 4,662,400,000 |
| CDW公司 | CDW Corporation | 4,652,400,000 |
| 愛德華茲生命科學公司 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4,566,100,000 |
| 阿爾蒂斯美國公司 | Altice USA, Inc. | 4,562,925,000 |
| 迪克體育用品公司 | Dick's Sporting Goods Inc | 4,545,735,000 |
| 芝商所集團公司 | CME Group Inc. | 4,540,400,000 |
| 先進汽車零件公司 | Advance Auto Parts Inc. | 4,523,502,000 |
| 布魯克菲爾德基礎設施合作夥伴有限合夥企業 | Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP Limited Partnership | 4,461,000,000 |
| 新思科技公司 | Synopsys, Inc. | 4,458,112,000 |
| OneMain 控股公司 | OneMain Holdings, Inc. | 4,435,000,000 |
| 流明科技公司 | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 4,428,000,000 |
| L3哈里斯技術公司 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 4,426,000,000 |
| 共和服務公司 | Republic Services, Inc. | 4,423,000,000 |
| 納維特公司 | Navient Corporation | 4,402,000,000 |
| 凱拉諾娃 | Kellanova | 4,399,000,000 |
| 安波福公司 | Aptiv PLC | 4,382,000,000 |
| 烏爾塔美容公司 | Ulta Beauty, Inc. | 4,381,100,000 |
| 切尼爾能源合作夥伴有限合夥人 | Cheniere Energy Partners, LP | 4,378,000,000 |
| 哈里伯頓公司 | Halliburton Company | 4,360,000,000 |
| 南方銅業公司 | Southern Copper Corporation | 4,319,500,000 |
| 羅珀技術公司 | Roper Technologies, Inc. | 4,307,200,000 |
| 信實公司 | Reliance, Inc. | 4,301,900,000 |
| 斯蒂菲爾金融公司 | Stifel Financial Corporation | 4,294,748,000 |
| 奧的斯全球公司 | Otis Worldwide Corporation | 4,230,000,000 |
| 莫爾森庫爾斯飲料公司 | Molson Coors Beverage Company | 4,218,300,000 |
| 羅克韋爾自動化公司 | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 4,207,100,000 |
| 網應用公司 | NetApp, Inc. | 4,178,000,000 |
| 辛塔斯公司 | Cintas Corporation | 4,173,368,000 |
| 餐廳品牌國際公司 | Restaurant Brands International Inc. | 4,142,602,300 |
| 史丹利百得公司 | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 4,098,900,000 |
| 西南航空公司 | Southwest Airlines Company | 4,095,000,000 |
| IQVIA 控股公司 | IQVIA Holdings, Inc. | 4,093,000,000 |
| 安費諾公司 | Amphenol Corporation | 4,084,100,000 |
| 愛迪生國際 | Edison International | 4,079,000,000 |
| 布朗與布朗公司 | Brown & Brown, Inc. | 4,051,100,000 |
| 飛塔公司 | Fortinet, Inc. | 4,048,700,000 |
| 康寧公司 | Corning Incorporated | 4,043,000,000 |
| 新聞集團 | News Corporation | 4,041,000,000 |
| 布魯克菲爾德資產管理公司 | Brookfield Asset Management Inc | 4,034,658,385 |
| 太平洋天然氣電力公司 | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 4,002,000,000 |
| 斯凱奇美國公司 | Skechers U.S.A., Inc. | 3,970,479,000 |
| 艾睿電子公司 | Arrow Electronics, Inc. | 3,967,902,000 |
| NRG 能源公司 | NRG Energy, Inc. | 3,946,000,000 |
| 拉爾夫·勞倫公司 | Ralph Lauren Corporation | 3,936,900,000 |
| 固特異輪胎橡膠公司 | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | 3,928,000,000 |
| 安維斯預算集團公司 | Avis Budget Group, Inc. | 3,927,000,000 |
| APA公司 | APA Corporation | 3,916,000,000 |
| 陸金所控股有限公司 | Lufax Holding Ltd | 3,914,042,493 |
| 邦吉有限公司 | Bunge Limited | 3,914,000,000 |
| 特尼姆有限公司 | Ternium S.A. | 3,905,518,346 |
| 拉斯維加斯金沙集團 | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 3,901,000,000 |
| 國際紙業公司 | International Paper Company | 3,855,000,000 |
| 穆迪公司 | Moody's Corporation | 3,854,000,000 |
| 威廉斯公司（這） | Williams Companies, Inc. (The) | 3,849,000,000 |
| 安森美半導體公司 | ON Semiconductor Corporation | 3,832,500,000 |
| 伯靈頓商店公司 | Burlington Stores, Inc. | 3,827,026,000 |
| 聯合天然食品公司 | United Natural Foods, Inc. | 3,824,000,000 |
| 高德納公司 | Gartner, Inc. | 3,812,613,000 |
| 怪物飲料公司 | Monster Beverage Corporation | 3,794,206,000 |
| Sirius XM 控股公司 | Sirius XM Holdings Inc. | 3,785,000,000 |
| 康寶萊有限公司 | Herbalife Ltd. | 3,780,600,000 |
| 空氣化工產品公司 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 3,771,300,000 |
| 傳迪格姆集團公司 | Transdigm Group Inc. | 3,751,000,000 |
| 歐加農公司 | Organon & Co. | 3,748,000,000 |
| DBA 森普拉 | DBA Sempra | 3,747,000,000 |
| 愛科公司 | AGCO Corporation | 3,737,600,000 |
| 鋼鐵動力公司 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 3,733,896,000 |
| 安捷倫科技公司 | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 3,719,000,000 |
| 赫斯公司 | Hess Corporation | 3,693,000,000 |
| 泰克資源股份有限公司 | Teck Resources Ltd | 3,679,696,500 |
| LPL金融控股公司 | LPL Financial Holdings Inc. | 3,676,852,000 |
| 富達國家資訊服務公司 | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 3,676,000,000 |
| 韋費爾公司 | Wayfair Inc. | 3,667,000,000 |
| AerCap 控股公司 | AerCap Holdings N.V. | 3,657,119,000 |
| 亨利·沙因公司 | Henry Schein, Inc. | 3,651,000,000 |
| Spotify 技術有限公司 | Spotify Technology S.A. | 3,642,278,466 |
| Cadence 設計系統公司 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 3,636,783,000 |
| BJ 批發俱樂部控股公司 | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | 3,634,660,000 |
| 杜邦德內穆爾公司 | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 3,633,000,000 |
| 唯品會控股有限公司 | Vipshop Holdings Limited | 3,630,315,903 |
| Arista 網路公司 | Arista Networks, Inc. | 3,630,281,000 |
| 福蒂公司 | Fortive Corporation | 3,594,100,000 |
| 迴聲星公司 | EchoStar Corporation | 3,582,344,000 |
| 道明聯強公司 | TD SYNNEX Corporation | 3,581,852,000 |
| 納斯達克公司 | Nasdaq, Inc. | 3,572,000,000 |
| 佩切克斯公司 | Paychex, Inc. | 3,554,100,000 |
| 歐歐克有限公司 | ONEOK, Inc. | 3,552,000,000 |
| Shopify 公司 | Shopify Inc. | 3,550,947,448 |
| 門達什公司 | DoorDash, Inc. | 3,537,000,000 |
| 景順有限公司 | Invesco Ltd | 3,532,100,000 |
| 卡普里控股有限公司 | Capri Holdings Limited | 3,521,000,000 |
| 是德科技公司 | Keysight Technologies Inc. | 3,519,000,000 |
| BioNTech S.E. | BioNTech SE | 3,509,841,805 |
| 火箭公司 | Rocket Companies, Inc. | 3,504,236,000 |
| 嗯！品牌公司 | Yum! Brands, Inc. | 3,496,000,000 |
| 李維·施特勞斯公司 | Levi Strauss & Co | 3,494,600,000 |
| 歐文蒂夫公司（德國） | Ovintiv Inc. (DE) | 3,448,000,000 |
| 雅各解決方案公司 | Jacobs Solutions Inc. | 3,439,715,000 |
| 第一能源公司 | FirstEnergy Corp. | 3,430,000,000 |
| 因塞特公司 | Incyte Corporation | 3,380,499,000 |
| 萬寶盛華集團 | ManpowerGroup | 3,358,000,000 |
| 科蒂公司 | Coty Inc. | 3,357,100,000 |
| 永源能源 (D/B/A) | Eversource Energy (D/B/A) | 3,339,694,000 |
| 韋斯特洛克公司 | Westrock Company | 3,315,600,000 |
| 威廉斯-索諾瑪公司 | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 3,302,378,000 |
| 康尼格拉品牌公司 | ConAgra Brands, Inc. | 3,283,600,000 |
| 艾克賽爾能源公司 | Xcel Energy Inc. | 3,279,000,000 |
| 日本酸素控股株式會社 | Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp. | 3,236,704,672 |
| 巴斯與身體工程公司 | Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 3,234,000,000 |
| 瞻博網路公司 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 3,233,800,000 |
| UGI公司 | UGI Corporation | 3,219,000,000 |
| 安特吉公司 | Entergy Corporation | 3,201,359,000 |
| 惠而浦公司 | Whirlpool Corporation | 3,193,000,000 |
| 緊固件公司 | Fastenal Company | 3,187,900,000 |
| 變焦視訊通訊公司 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | 3,185,841,000 |
| 阿維內公司 | Avnet, Inc. | 3,182,143,000 |
| 奮進集團控股有限公司 | Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. | 3,157,027,000 |
| 美國實驗室控股公司 | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | 3,145,100,000 |
| 滴滴全球公司 | DiDi Global Inc. | 3,108,959,927 |
| 多佛公司 | Dover Corporation | 3,103,985,000 |
| 阿瑞斯管理公司 | Ares Management Corporation | 3,087,958,000 |
| 達維塔公司 | DaVita Inc. | 3,074,987,000 |
| 尼源公司 | NiSource Inc | 3,063,900,000 |
| 耐嚼公司 | Chewy, Inc. | 3,055,718,000 |
| 佳明有限公司 | Garmin Ltd. | 3,004,955,000 |
| 國際香精香料公司 | International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 2,999,000,000 |
| 奎斯特診斷公司 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | 2,961,000,000 |
| 第一集團汽車公司 | Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 2,928,300,000 |
| 金寶湯公司 | Campbell Soup Company | 2,893,000,000 |
| 阿特拉斯公司 | Atlassian Corporation | 2,892,439,000 |
| 皇家帝斯曼公司 | Royal DSM NV | 2,878,972,500 |
| 高樂氏公司 (The) | Clorox Company (The) | 2,871,000,000 |
| 維拉爾托公司 | Veralto Corp | 2,853,000,000 |
| 德事隆公司 | Textron Inc. | 2,848,000,000 |
| 捷普公司 | Jabil Inc. | 2,843,000,000 |
| 歐文斯科寧公司 | Owens Corning Inc | 2,837,000,000 |
| 西格尼特珠寶有限公司 | Signet Jewelers Limited | 2,824,900,000 |
| 莫霍克工業公司 | Mohawk Industries, Inc. | 2,814,048,000 |
| 諾福克南方公司 | Norfolk Southern Corporation | 2,808,000,000 |
| 馬斯科公司 | Masco Corporation | 2,805,000,000 |
| 爵士製藥公司 | Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc | 2,790,343,000 |
| 希爾頓全球控股公司 | Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | 2,783,000,000 |
| 凱西百貨公司 | Caseys General Stores, Inc. | 2,759,275,000 |
| 照明公司 | Illumina, Inc. | 2,750,000,000 |
| RPM國際公司 | RPM International Inc. | 2,748,044,000 |
| 泰森食品公司 | Tyson Foods, Inc. | 2,739,000,000 |
| 科佩公司 | Corpay, Inc. | 2,727,580,000 |
| 對齊技術有限公司 | Align Technology, Inc. | 2,725,111,000 |
| 安姆科公司 | Amcor plc | 2,725,000,000 |
| 賽萊默公司 | Xylem Inc. | 2,724,000,000 |
| CF工業控股公司 | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 2,723,000,000 |
| HF辛克萊公司 | HF Sinclair Corporation | 2,714,663,000 |
| 托爾兄弟公司 | Toll Brothers, Inc. | 2,690,723,000 |
| 阿斯伯里汽車集團公司 | Asbury Automotive Group Inc | 2,689,200,000 |
| 晶科能源控股有限公司 | JinkoSolar Holding Company Limited | 2,688,434,455 |
| Coinbase 全球公司 | Coinbase Global, Inc. | 2,687,678,000 |
| 迪拉德公司 | Dillard's, Inc. | 2,663,739,000 |
| 西屋空氣煞車技術公司 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | 2,663,000,000 |
| 馬拉松石油公司 | Marathon Oil Corporation | 2,659,000,000 |
| 廣達服務公司 | Quanta Services, Inc. | 2,648,072,000 |
| 頂級高爾夫卡拉威品牌公司 | Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. | 2,645,900,000 |
| 實耐寶公司 | Snap-On Incorporated | 2,619,600,000 |
| 阿美特克公司 | AMETEK, Inc. | 2,605,265,000 |
| J.M.斯馬克公司 | The J.M. Smucker Company | 2,603,000,000 |
| 安德瑪公司 | Under Armour, Inc. | 2,600,932,000 |
| 可口可樂聯合公司 | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | 2,597,491,000 |
| SS&C 技術控股公司 | SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 2,578,200,000 |
| 世代數位公司 | Gen Digital Inc. | 2,577,000,000 |
| WEC能源集團公司 | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 2,570,300,000 |
| 博格華納公司 | BorgWarner Inc. | 2,568,000,000 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch 公司 | Abercrombie & Fitch Company | 2,554,154,000 |
| IAC公司 | IAC Inc. | 2,551,659,000 |
| 塔加資源公司 | Targa Resources, Inc. | 2,535,300,000 |
| 美泰公司 | Mattel, Inc. | 2,534,667,000 |
| 肯德爾控股公司 | Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. | 2,528,000,000 |
| 華納音樂集團公司 | Warner Music Group Corp. | 2,528,000,000 |
| 羅致恆富公司 | Robert Half Inc. | 2,520,757,000 |
| AES 公司 | The AES Corporation | 2,515,000,000 |
| 英格索蘭公司 | Ingersoll Rand Inc. | 2,514,700,000 |
| 麥考密克公司 | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | 2,502,300,000 |
| 宏盟集團有限公司 | Omnicom Group Inc. | 2,498,400,000 |
| 戈達迪公司 | GoDaddy Inc. | 2,492,900,000 |
| Arm 控股公司 | Arm Holdings plc | 2,484,000,000 |
| Liberty Interactive Corporation - A 系列 QVC 集團普通股 | Liberty Interactive Corporation - Series A QVC Group Common Stock | 2,483,000,000 |
| 丘奇與德懷特公司 | Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | 2,464,200,000 |
| PennyMac 金融服務公司 | PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. | 2,461,405,000 |
| 布朗福曼公司 | Brown Forman Inc | 2,458,000,000 |
| 車麥克斯公司 | CarMax Inc | 2,457,681,000 |
| 拉札德公司 | Lazard, Inc. | 2,451,950,000 |
| 塞拉尼斯公司 | Celanese Corporation | 2,446,000,000 |
| 紐厄爾品牌公司 | Newell Brands Inc. | 2,439,000,000 |
| ADT公司 | ADT Inc. | 2,434,991,000 |
| 特尼特醫療保健公司 | Tenet Healthcare Corporation | 2,427,000,000 |
| StoneX集團公司 | StoneX Group Inc. | 2,415,700,000 |
| Take-Two 互動軟體公司 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | 2,405,700,000 |
| 豆芽農夫市集有限公司 | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. | 2,395,848,000 |
| Pinterest 公司 | Pinterest, Inc. | 2,366,311,000 |
| 埃弗科公司 | Evercore Inc. | 2,363,890,000 |
| Petco 健康與保健公司 | Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. | 2,353,835,000 |
| PBF能源公司 | PBF Energy Inc. | 2,349,000,000 |
| DTE能源公司 | DTE Energy Company | 2,338,000,000 |
| 孩之寶公司 | Hasbro, Inc. | 2,338,000,000 |
| TPG公司 | TPG Inc. | 2,337,191,000 |
| 快照公司 | Snap Inc. | 2,336,308,000 |
| 挪威郵輪控股有限公司 | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | 2,324,726,000 |
| Equifax 公司 | Equifax, Inc. | 2,319,300,000 |
| 瑞思邁公司 | ResMed Inc. | 2,313,642,000 |
| 鮮花食品公司 | Flowers Foods, Inc. | 2,304,797,000 |
| 火柴集團有限公司 | Match Group, Inc. | 2,300,952,000 |
| 希爾頓分時度假俱樂部 | Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. | 2,297,000,000 |
| CrowdStrike 控股公司 | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | 2,296,976,000 |
| Marvell 科技公司 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 2,293,600,000 |
| 偉創力有限公司 | Flex Ltd. | 2,286,000,000 |
| CenterPoint Energy, Inc（控股公司） | CenterPoint Energy, Inc (Holding Co) | 2,285,000,000 |
| 德克斯康沃爾 | DexCom, Inc. | 2,280,800,000 |
| 艾利丹尼森公司 | Avery Dennison Corporation | 2,274,100,000 |
| Chipotle 墨西哥燒烤公司 | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | 2,266,698,000 |
| 博士倫公司 | Bausch + Lomb Corporation | 2,264,000,000 |
| 萊德系統公司 | Ryder System, Inc. | 2,264,000,000 |
| 楓熊公司 | Maplebear Inc. | 2,260,000,000 |
| Teledyne 科技公司 | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated | 2,259,500,000 |
| 維多利亞的秘密公司 | Victorias Secret & Co. | 2,249,000,000 |
| 西部數據公司 | Western Digital Corporation | 2,248,000,000 |
| NVR 公司 | NVR, Inc. | 2,247,877,000 |
| 萊多斯控股公司 | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 2,244,000,000 |
| 馬賽克公司（The） | Mosaic Company (The) | 2,236,900,000 |
| 天寶公司 | Trimble Inc. | 2,229,200,000 |
| 自由拉丁美洲有限公司 | Liberty Latin America Ltd. | 2,223,400,000 |
| 豪洛捷公司 | Hologic, Inc. | 2,222,900,000 |
| 維諦技術控股有限公司 | Vertiv Holdings, LLC | 2,219,200,000 |
| Frontier Communications 母公司 | Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. | 2,211,000,000 |
| 康森特里克斯公司 | Concentrix Corporation | 2,203,282,000 |
| 科特拉能源公司 | Coterra Energy Inc. | 2,203,000,000 |
| Millicom 國際蜂窩有限公司 | Millicom International Cellular S.A. | 2,202,000,000 |
| 施樂控股公司 | Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2,194,000,000 |
| 圖形包裝控股公司 | Graphic Packaging Holding Company | 2,194,000,000 |
| IDEXX 實驗室有限公司 | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | 2,186,458,000 |
| F5 公司 | F5, Inc. | 2,182,149,000 |
| 文件簽名公司 | DocuSign, Inc. | 2,179,464,000 |
| 卡駱馳公司 | Crocs, Inc. | 2,177,595,000 |
| 庫柏公司 | The Cooper Companies, Inc. | 2,171,700,000 |
| 阿卡邁技術公司 | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 2,171,479,000 |
| 梅特勒-托利多國際有限公司 | Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. | 2,169,073,000 |
| 燈塔屋頂供應公司 | Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. | 2,166,500,000 |
| STERIS plc（愛爾蘭） | STERIS plc (Ireland) | 2,163,322,000 |
| CACI國際公司 | CACI International, Inc. | 2,158,254,000 |
| 阿普羅文公司 | Applovin Corporation | 2,156,706,000 |
| 永利度假村有限公司 | Wynn Resorts, Limited | 2,136,064,000 |
| 泰普爾絲澇國際有限公司 | Tempur Sealy International, Inc. | 2,128,700,000 |
| 公共服務企業集團公司 | Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated | 2,125,000,000 |
| 檢查點軟體技術有限公司 | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | 2,121,800,000 |
| Skyworks 解決方案公司 | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 2,121,600,000 |
| 富豪萊克斯諾公司 | Regal Rexnord Corporation | 2,105,200,000 |
| 國際遊戲技術 | International Game Technology | 2,105,000,000 |
| 索尼克汽車公司 | Sonic Automotive, Inc. | 2,103,400,000 |
| 格羅方德公司 | GlobalFoundries Inc. | 2,101,000,000 |
| 西湖公司 | Westlake Corporation | 2,097,000,000 |
| EMCOR 集團公司 | EMCOR Group, Inc. | 2,089,339,000 |
| 登士柏西羅納公司 | DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. | 2,089,000,000 |
| XP公司 | XP Inc. | 2,083,422,679 |
| 阿美倫公司 | Ameren Corporation | 2,080,000,000 |
| 哈雷戴維森公司 | Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 2,076,848,000 |
| 富洛克公司 | Foot Locker, Inc. | 2,074,000,000 |
| 聯合治療公司 | United Therapeutics Corporation | 2,070,000,000 |
| 貝瑞環球集團有限公司 | Berry Global Group, Inc. | 2,067,000,000 |
| 伊士曼化學公司 | Eastman Chemical Company | 2,062,000,000 |
| 阿萬托公司 | Avantor, Inc. | 2,056,100,000 |
| 波爾公司 | Ball Corporation | 2,052,000,000 |
| PPL公司 | PPL Corporation | 2,041,000,000 |
| 斑馬技術公司 | Zebra Technologies Corporation | 2,034,000,000 |
| 附屬經理集團有限公司 | Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | 2,026,100,000 |
| Dropbox 公司 | Dropbox, Inc. | 2,023,100,000 |
| 馬丁瑪麗埃塔材料公司 | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 2,022,600,000 |
| PureStorage公司 | Pure Storage, Inc. | 2,021,191,000 |
| 荷美爾食品公司 | Hormel Foods Corporation | 2,003,795,000 |
2024.04.27 11:18 Learninghabit Masjid Nabawi Sharif Fajr Azan Prayer Time Madinah Haram
 | madinahliveirshad #madinahprayertimesislamicprayertimes #islamicremindersMadinah Shawal 14 1445 prayer time Fajr time. 04:30 AM Ishraq time. 05:53. AM Zuhar time. 12:20 PM Asr time. 03:48 PM Maghrib time. 06:47 PM Isha time 08:17 PMMadina Nawafil Time - Tahajjud, Ishraq, Chasht, Awwabin Prayer Timings subscribe, Like and share please your are watching Madinah live Irshad YouTube channel we share daily Masjid Nabawi Sharif Azan and Prayers , Madina Streets, Historical places like Mountain Uhud , Quba Mosque , Qiblatain masjid , khandaq battle field. you can visit these places when you plan for Umrah , if you can afford double decker bus tour city service or Ziyarat bus try once it will charge 80 Riyal ticket price for adults and 40 to 60 riyals bellow 12 years children. round trip ticket is valid for 12 hours may try two time round trips. we share reviews about hotels in Madinah near Masjid Nabawi , there are various categories like cheapest hotels , 2 to 5 star hotels near by Haram. namesofallah #islamicquotes,Important Places to Visit Inside of Masjid NabawiMasjidnabawihajj2024newupdateJaabir (May Allah SWT be pleased with him) reported that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, “One prayer in my mosque is better than one thousand prayers elsewhere, except al-Masjid al-Haraam, and one prayer in al-Masjid al-Haraam is better than one hundred thousand prayers elsewhere.”umbrellasdomesEvery minaret, pulpit, door, wall, and window inside Masjid Nabawi has a story behind it. A tale that tells you about the roles and sacrifices of the companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the establishment of the Islamic community.reefListed below are some of the most important places you should visit inside Masjid Nabawi while keeping their history in mind on your next trip to Medina, the city of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).Rowdawrasool (SAW)Also known as the “Tomb of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH),” Roda Rasool (SAW) literally means the garden of the Messenger (PBUH) of Allah SWT. Located on the south corner of the Ottoman prayer hall, Roda Rasool (SAW) is the oldest part of Masjid Nabawi.Houseoffatima (RA)As you walk forward, the door located on the eastern side of the Roda Rasool (SAW) marks the House of Fatima (RA), the dearest and youngest daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The House of Fatima (RA) is considered a very sacred and essential place to visit inside Masjid Nabawi.MehrabtahajjudIn line with #Babejibrail and right behind the Roda Rasool (SAW) is the sacred location where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to offer #Tahajjud Salah.The Praying Spot of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) The fifth one, down from the #pillar_of_Aisha (RA), there is a pillar in line with Bab Jibrail, which marks the exact spot where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to perform Salah. RiyadhuljannahSituated between the Pulpit and Roda Rasool (SAW) is ‘Riyadhul Jannah,’ also known as the #GardenofParadise.Mimbar (Pulpit)While delivering long sermons, #Prophetmuhammad (PBUH) would get exhausted. And so, to feel a bit relaxed, he (PBUH) would lean against a palm tree that was located near the spot.MehrabenabawiMehrab-e-Nabawi marks the location from where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to lead the congregational prayer after the #Qiblah was changed to #Masjid-Al-Haram. Mehrab-e-Nabawi was built by Umar bin Abdul Aziz.Abuhurairah (RA)The House of #Abdullahbinumar (RA)Son of Umar bin Khattab (RA), Abdullah bin Umar (RA) was one of the most devoted companions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and a prominent authority in hadith and law. His house is located inside Masjid Nabawi on the eastern side of the Mehrab. The #Houseofabubakr (RA) Abu Bakr (RA) was a very close friend and companion of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He was one of the first people to accept Islam. During the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the door of Abu Bakr’s (RA) house was situated adjacent to the western wall of Masjid Nabawi. Houseofothmanan (RA)Usman (RA) was the third caliph of Islam and the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The land of his house can be located in the open area within the boundaries of Masjid al Nabawi. It is the same house where Egyptian rebels assassinated Usman (RA).Houseofabuayubansari (RA)Houseofhafsa (RA)museumsajaalmadinahcheapmallsmadinahdatesiftar #time #suhoor #sehri #fajr #zuhar#isha#maghrib #pullmanhotel #albaikmadinahreefalarabmandibukharihotelrestaurantmuslim, #dua, #makkah, #deen, #islamic, #jannah, #muhammad, #islamicpost, #islamicremindersmadinazawaltimings #madinasunrisingtimingsPrayertimetableMadina #Nawafil Time - #tahajjud |
2024.04.26 21:37 ThrowItAllAway9799 Planning for Double Decker? Baby changing stations? Scheduling?
I'm trying to plan for Double Decker with a baby. Ideally would like to stay until the last show but having a baby in tow makes that significantly harder to plan.
My questions are:
1.) Best place to park? I'm not opposed to taking the shuttle. I just can't remember where it is.
2.) Are there changing stations around the square? This is a huge factor for going or not.
3.) Can you bring a cooler? Is there any quick place to get a beer or are they all sit down restaurants or bars with covers?
4.) Any other factors I'm not considering?
Can any of you help me plan the day?
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My questions are:
1.) Best place to park? I'm not opposed to taking the shuttle. I just can't remember where it is.
2.) Are there changing stations around the square? This is a huge factor for going or not.
3.) Can you bring a cooler? Is there any quick place to get a beer or are they all sit down restaurants or bars with covers?
4.) Any other factors I'm not considering?
Can any of you help me plan the day?
2024.04.25 04:46 jwjcmw Bands playing in the area on Thu 04/25 - Tue 04/30. This is not my list, it's maintained by some folks on FB and posted here with permission for people who don't do Meta. This is NOT a comprehensive list of shows, it only reflects clubs/acts who have submitted their info to the FB folks.
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2024.04.24 13:22 SuccotashOwn1716 Worst Restaurant In Greenpoint?
What is the worst restaurant in Greenpoint that you are surprised hasn’t closed yet? My vote is that Raizes place on Nassau & McGuinness. I’ve eaten at or ordered from there at least 3 times, and each time the food was dry or flavorless (or both) and definitely not worth whatever I paid. The place never looks very busy, except maybe for Euro soccer. I guess that is keeping them afloat.
Second prize to the Manhattan 3 Decker. How is that place so popular now? The food still sucks.
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Second prize to the Manhattan 3 Decker. How is that place so popular now? The food still sucks.
2024.04.13 01:29 Mister_BovineJoni Camp shows in the vein of Batman (1966-1968) and V.I.P. (1998-2002).
TLDR: V.I.P. is a great fast-paced entertaining show, it's not really "quality" tv, and not a 100% comedy, but the embraced intentional campiness makes the show fun, it's campy the way Batman was campy, even though there are many campy shows I can't seem to recall any that are fairly similar to these two (besides some sitcoms/100% comedies), maybe you could suggest some?
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Hi, so I was thinking what makes a given show so entertaining to me, and a lot of examples share some form of campiness. Think about it - basically every live audience sitcom is filled with aspects that wouldn't fly in non-comedic show (sets, characters, situations etc.). But that's all sitcoms' convention, so I'm not asking about any show that can be described as campy, I'd specifically love to know what people who know/like Batman and/or V.I.P. can recommend as being similarly campy.
Batman was basically an archetype of camp in live-action tv, flashing "bam!" cards on screen when Batman punches a thug, colorful sets that don't try to pass as real places, characters that are more cartoony than an actual cartoon characters, or situations like in one of the earlier episodes when Batman goes to a night club wearing ofc full-on Batman clothing and claiming that he doesn't want to draw attention to himself, at the same time dancing and looking like he found Cheech&Chong's weed-van. Yes, it was a comedy/lighthearted adventure, but the campiness adds another layer to the show's humor.
V.I.P. was a mix of action and parody, but never full-on comedy, I actually like this example a lot more than Batman, as the show is generally fast-paced, while Batman's episodes, I don't mean to offend the fans, feel really stretched, it dates the show a lot, as many other shows from that time were also lacking "dynamics" that is much needed in comedy and/or action genre. Anyway - V.I.P. was trying to appeal mostly to male teenagers (hence Pamela Anderson as MC, loads of bikini shots etc), there were guns, chases, explosions, stunt action etc., but no blood, swearing or nudity, and with the camp aspects the show being cartoony it was a rare mix that worked really well, well... not for everyone, as the show isn't known as "quality" tv (4,2 rating on imdb) and somehow many hate the series. Describing the show in one sentence - it was like a mix of Burn Notice and Sledge Hammer, plus loads of fanservice (a lot of uncanny, over-the-top elements that make the show one of good camp examples, so one-liners, colorful outfits and sets, Baywatch-style montages at times...). Hell, in the fourth episode, even before the series went on full-camp, Pamela saves Bill Maher hiding him in a bubble bath with her... Then there's a bomb in the restaurant, and totally straight-faced conversation between waitress and one of the MCs: Waitress: "Is everything all right, miss?" MC: "Yeah. There's just a small bomb on the underside of my chair. Have to diffuse it before it takes out half the block. No biggy.". Or another conversation that is even more ridiculous: MC1: "Do you know how easy it is to change an interpol file? I change an interpol file more often than I change my underwear." MC2: "Really?" (...) MC2: "Hacking into c.i.a." MC1: "Use F4. I have it on a script.". It's not even 24's "open the socket", in V.I.P. it literally works: press F4 = hack into cia. It is comedic, but it's mostly an action procedural, and ridiculous campy aspects makes me laugh like "wth am I watching" (but in the good way).
There are many other examples, some in older posts here, some on tvtropes... But really haven't found one close enough to those two shows, many campy shows are aimed at kids (Lazytown, Pee-Wee's Playhouse etc.), which is apparent in the dialogue/humor, I'm looking for "normal" series, not a kids' show. I think Atlantis High is a cross of both worlds, it's camp, but different kind of camp. I love camp aspects in True Blood, like in season 2 there was Jason's Fellowship of the Sun subplot, or the craziness in town, which led to big laugh when some of the main characters came back from a trip unaware of what was happening, can't remember but it was like "we leave for a month and this is what happens". But that's just one part of the show, it's mostly not as humorous unfortunately. Gotham is similar in that, some aspect fit perfectly to what I'm looking for, but the show overall don't. Doctor Who, Red Dwarf etc. are quite theatrical shows and there lies the camp aspect, but these shows are not similar to these I mentioned above. Riverdale is way closer, but I just couldn't stand the CW melodrama/romance aspects, while at it - many CW shows can be described as campy, but none are campy the way I'm looking for. Insatiable, Scream Queens or even Desperate Housewives can be called campy, though I wouldn't call them that, I could explain why, but it wouldn't be interesting (even if anyone is reading this, and not the first paragraph only). Lexx became very campy at some point, Childrens Hospital and its spin-offs, or Decker are different type od camp, they're certainly not what I'm thinking of when thinking "camp" (it's like an imitation of camp). Baywatch was campy, but it was also quite not-good tv, it doesn't keep me entertained, though I'd agree that it's in the ballpark of my examples... Yeah I know it's very specific "request", but tried to provide as much info as possible, so maybe someone who also loves camp could give more detailed suggestion.
Feel free to recommend anything that might fit, even if it won't fit my taste then the comments could help someone else looking for similarly camp shows in the future. Thanks in advance.
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Hi, so I was thinking what makes a given show so entertaining to me, and a lot of examples share some form of campiness. Think about it - basically every live audience sitcom is filled with aspects that wouldn't fly in non-comedic show (sets, characters, situations etc.). But that's all sitcoms' convention, so I'm not asking about any show that can be described as campy, I'd specifically love to know what people who know/like Batman and/or V.I.P. can recommend as being similarly campy.
Batman was basically an archetype of camp in live-action tv, flashing "bam!" cards on screen when Batman punches a thug, colorful sets that don't try to pass as real places, characters that are more cartoony than an actual cartoon characters, or situations like in one of the earlier episodes when Batman goes to a night club wearing ofc full-on Batman clothing and claiming that he doesn't want to draw attention to himself, at the same time dancing and looking like he found Cheech&Chong's weed-van. Yes, it was a comedy/lighthearted adventure, but the campiness adds another layer to the show's humor.
V.I.P. was a mix of action and parody, but never full-on comedy, I actually like this example a lot more than Batman, as the show is generally fast-paced, while Batman's episodes, I don't mean to offend the fans, feel really stretched, it dates the show a lot, as many other shows from that time were also lacking "dynamics" that is much needed in comedy and/or action genre. Anyway - V.I.P. was trying to appeal mostly to male teenagers (hence Pamela Anderson as MC, loads of bikini shots etc), there were guns, chases, explosions, stunt action etc., but no blood, swearing or nudity, and with the camp aspects the show being cartoony it was a rare mix that worked really well, well... not for everyone, as the show isn't known as "quality" tv (4,2 rating on imdb) and somehow many hate the series. Describing the show in one sentence - it was like a mix of Burn Notice and Sledge Hammer, plus loads of fanservice (a lot of uncanny, over-the-top elements that make the show one of good camp examples, so one-liners, colorful outfits and sets, Baywatch-style montages at times...). Hell, in the fourth episode, even before the series went on full-camp, Pamela saves Bill Maher hiding him in a bubble bath with her... Then there's a bomb in the restaurant, and totally straight-faced conversation between waitress and one of the MCs: Waitress: "Is everything all right, miss?" MC: "Yeah. There's just a small bomb on the underside of my chair. Have to diffuse it before it takes out half the block. No biggy.". Or another conversation that is even more ridiculous: MC1: "Do you know how easy it is to change an interpol file? I change an interpol file more often than I change my underwear." MC2: "Really?" (...) MC2: "Hacking into c.i.a." MC1: "Use F4. I have it on a script.". It's not even 24's "open the socket", in V.I.P. it literally works: press F4 = hack into cia. It is comedic, but it's mostly an action procedural, and ridiculous campy aspects makes me laugh like "wth am I watching" (but in the good way).
There are many other examples, some in older posts here, some on tvtropes... But really haven't found one close enough to those two shows, many campy shows are aimed at kids (Lazytown, Pee-Wee's Playhouse etc.), which is apparent in the dialogue/humor, I'm looking for "normal" series, not a kids' show. I think Atlantis High is a cross of both worlds, it's camp, but different kind of camp. I love camp aspects in True Blood, like in season 2 there was Jason's Fellowship of the Sun subplot, or the craziness in town, which led to big laugh when some of the main characters came back from a trip unaware of what was happening, can't remember but it was like "we leave for a month and this is what happens". But that's just one part of the show, it's mostly not as humorous unfortunately. Gotham is similar in that, some aspect fit perfectly to what I'm looking for, but the show overall don't. Doctor Who, Red Dwarf etc. are quite theatrical shows and there lies the camp aspect, but these shows are not similar to these I mentioned above. Riverdale is way closer, but I just couldn't stand the CW melodrama/romance aspects, while at it - many CW shows can be described as campy, but none are campy the way I'm looking for. Insatiable, Scream Queens or even Desperate Housewives can be called campy, though I wouldn't call them that, I could explain why, but it wouldn't be interesting (even if anyone is reading this, and not the first paragraph only). Lexx became very campy at some point, Childrens Hospital and its spin-offs, or Decker are different type od camp, they're certainly not what I'm thinking of when thinking "camp" (it's like an imitation of camp). Baywatch was campy, but it was also quite not-good tv, it doesn't keep me entertained, though I'd agree that it's in the ballpark of my examples... Yeah I know it's very specific "request", but tried to provide as much info as possible, so maybe someone who also loves camp could give more detailed suggestion.
Feel free to recommend anything that might fit, even if it won't fit my taste then the comments could help someone else looking for similarly camp shows in the future. Thanks in advance.
2024.04.05 10:22 Striking_Resident_45 Top 15 Shore Excursions when on a cruise in Mallorca in 2024?
 | For the original source, follow here: submitted by Striking_Resident_45 to YachtingLifeMallorca [link] [comments] Top 15 Shore Excursions when on a cruise in Mallorca in 2024?Mallorca is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the most popular destinations for cruise ships.The biggest cruise companies such as Royal Caribbean, Carnival or Norwegian Cruise Line dock their ships in the port of Palma de Mallorca. With its stunning beaches, beautiful landscapes and rich history, Mallorca has something for everyone. If you are looking for a unique and unforgettable experience during your cruise, we have gathered our 15 best shore excursions in Mallorca for you. # 1 Luxurious private/shared boat trip # 2 Palma de Mallorca Old Town Walking Tour # 3 Valldemossa and Deiá Village Tour # 4 Caves of Drach Tour # 5 Sóller and the Tramuntana Mountains Tour # 6 Palma Aquarium # 7 Train Gourmet tour │ Mallorca wine tours # 8 Water Sports # 9 Hiking in Mallorca # 10 Jeepsafari # 11 Market Tour in Palma de Mallorca # 12 Palma de Mallorca Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus tour # 13 Chill at the beach club # 14 Air balloon tour # 15 Horseriding https://preview.redd.it/5ft5hi77fmsc1.jpg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d57e5901c455218bb5e4795856fa2ff6da68539 # 1 Luxurious private/shared boat trip 🕘 3 -7 Hours 🚕 15- 20 Minutes 💰 € For all budgets. Create memories with your family and friends and join a 4-7 hour boat tour to the most beautiful bays. Just 15-20 minutes from the cruise terminal, you can catch a taxi at the arrival dock and join a Private sailing trip. A glass of cava on deck after active snorkelling and stand up pedal boarding, chill music in the background and enjoy the private atmosphere. Trips are all-inclusive with tapas prepared on the boat and the best desserts! If you have a special occasion to celebrate, everything can be customised. Official Website https://preview.redd.it/y5bwpo1ndmsc1.jpg?width=775&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fdf94366b82bdad90998e39934e9d35af15babc # 2 Palma de Mallorca Old Town Walking Tour 🕘 3 - 5 hours 🚕 5 - 10 Minutes 🚶 30 - 45 Minutes One of the biggest advantages of arriving in Palma by cruise ship is the ease of access to the old town. The port is located just a few minutes' walk from the historic center, which is home to many of the city's top attractions. Discover the history and culture of Palma de Mallorca on a walking tour of the old town. It is a maze of narrow streets and alleys, lined with stunning architecture and charming cafes. It's a wonderful place to get lost and discover hidden gems, like the picturesque Plaça de Cort, home to the town hall and a popular spot for locals and tourists alike. See the stunning Gothic Cathedral of Santa Maria, stroll through the narrow, winding streets lined with historic buildings, and stop by local shops and cafes. Check out our blog post “Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca” for more information. https://preview.redd.it/eo74dhhxdmsc1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0dc2598c061bf635d568e93f672d37f0768d54fe # 3 Valldemossa and Deiá Village Tour 🕘 3 - 5 hours 🚕 25 - 35 Minutes Take a scenic drive to Valldemossa and Deiá, two of Mallorca’s most picturesque villages. You can either book a private transfer or take the public bus number 203, which passes both villages. Only the drive along the coastline is worth the ride! Many view platforms on the way invite you for a photo stop. Admire the stunning views of the mountains and coastline, and learn about the history and culture of these charming towns. More in our blog posts about “Valldemossa” and “Deiá” 📷Valldemossa and Deia Shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/w04rjxg2emsc1.jpg?width=569&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79121c68d890956f5dd4823dcca44a8d99c797a6 # 4 Caves of Drach Tour 🕘 3 - 5 hours 🚕 50 - 60 Minutes Summers in Mallorca can get exceptionally hot, especially in July & August. The best way to flee from the heat is to discover the underground world of the island. The comfortable temperature between 17 ºC to 21 ºC can be very refreshing and comforting on such a hot summer day. Explore the magnificent Caves of Drach, one of Mallorca’s most popular natural wonders. Marvel at the stunning formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and take a boat ride on the underground lake to experience the cave’s ethereal beauty. Check out the official website for more info. 📷Ceuvas Drach Shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/4j73tsk4emsc1.jpg?width=605&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e9444ead579f3bc1b7a6f6b9cabc4195376c462 # 5 Sóller and the Tramuntana Mountains Tour 🕘 3 - 7 hours 🚕 35 - 45 Minutes 💰 € 25 Palma-Soller-Palma Take a scenic drive through the Tramuntana Mountains with the historic train to the charming town of Sóller. Starting point is in the center of Palma, at the train station next to Plaza de España. Admire the stunning views of the mountains, sea and countryside. Official Tickets and time table Once arrived in Sóller, make sure you take some time to stroll through the small and narrow streets. Many local shops and restaurants are located in the heart of the town. Tipp: Don´t miss the local market on Saturdays! Afterwards you should jump on the historic tram, which connects Sóller with the costal village Port de Sóller. Take a walk along the promenade and get fastinated by the beauty of this unique bay. More in our blog posts about “Sóller” 📷Soller train Shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/dxup7b68emsc1.jpg?width=898&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13d1721595f4bbbd4730dc3ba5877d04e3c9278c # 6 Palma Aquarium 🕘 2 - 4 hours 🚕 15 - 25 Minutes 💰 € 28.50 Adults € 18.00 Kids Even though Mallorca has around 300 days of sunshine per year, there is always the possibility of rain. Don´t worry if the weather is not as expected. We have an idea where to go and hide from wind and rain. Discover the fascinating world of marine life at Palma Aquarium. Explore the many exhibits, including a coral reef, shark tank, and sea turtle exhibit, and learn about the conservation efforts to protect these magnificent creatures. Especially for kids this place is absolutely popular! Official website 📷Palma Aquarium excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/y6i22py9emsc1.jpg?width=807&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d777b2b89cecbef60c9409f4223756da9e257c6 # 7 Train Gourmet tour │ Mallorca wine tours 🕘 2 - 4 hours 🚕 25 - 35 Minutes 💰 € 75.00 adults / € 10.00 Kids (12-18) / € 5 (5-12) On the Train Gourmet Tour the train stops in the vineyards and you have the chance to try the wine from those particular fields including the oldest winery of Mallorca. Itinerary
If you want to learn more about wineries in Mallorca, check out our blog post “Best Wineries in Mallorca”. 📷Wine train excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/qed4qrsbemsc1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=676d188d31c15f3558c8f49685a70774993dce0c # 8 Water Sports in Mallorca 🕘 2 - 6 hours 🚕 15 - 55 Minutes Get your adrenaline pumping with a day of water sports in Mallorca. Choose from a variety of activities, including snorkelling, windsurfing, kitesurfing, and paddle-boarding, and enjoy the beautiful Mediterranean waters.
📷Water Sports excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/k9d24ofdemsc1.jpg?width=869&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=722cdbd58b4871c263641c4be40de873ba1f3a8c # 9 Hiking in Mallorca 🕘 2 - 7 hours 🚕 25 - 35 Minutes Explore the stunning landscapes of Mallorca on a hiking tour. Choose from a variety of trails, ranging from easy walks to challenging hikes, and admire the stunning views of the mountains, coast, and countryside. Not enough time for hiking? Here you find a list of hikes and trails close to the city: 📷Hiking shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/da33gbneemsc1.jpg?width=852&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b045b583af2d61703a1b39f7a92266fcac2883b6 # 10 Jeep Safari 🕘 3 - 6 hours 🚕 45- 50 Minutes 💰 € 82.50 adults € 49.50 Kids You will drive in columns through the area. The Jeep drivers are directed through the individual sections of the tour. The entire route is constructed in a manner, that it can be driven by everyone. You will also make a few stops in order to enjoy the scenery and take nice pictures. Don't forget your camera! Your friends will be impressed by your beautiful pictures. The English-speaking tour guides will inform you about the flora, fauna, landscape and history of the area. At lunchtime we will visit a little cozy finca in town. A typical Majorcan menu will be served. Those, who is still feeling hot from the tour, can cool off in the pool of the property. Fun is guaranteed. The tour ends at 17.15 in the afternoon and you will be transferred by bus back to your Hotel. LINK to Jeepsafari 📷Jeep Safari shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/fgxevz5gemsc1.jpg?width=910&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b413a559d3638275b6712a1d31a6754d7e6dc41d # 11 Market Tour in Palma de Mallorca 🕘 1 - 4 hours 🚕 10 - 20 Minutes 🚶 45 - 55 Minutes Instead of simply ordering at a restaurant, step into the shoes of a local chef with a market tour and tapas cooking class in Mallorca. See all that goes into the making of Mallorcan and Spanish cuisine as you shop for fresh, seasonal produce at the Santa Catalina Market and turn it into tasty tapas. Learn kitchen tricks you can take back home to impress your friends, and enjoy the homemade feast with wine in the company of fellow travelers. Learn how to make traditional tapas from start to finish Shop for fresh ingredients at Mallorca's Santa Catalina Market Walk to a nearby kitchen for hands-on lesson in preparing tapas and tasting 'boards' Sit down to enjoy the authentic meal with new friends and a glass of wine Organised Palma de Mallorca Cooking Classes. If you want to know which market takes place on which day and where on the island, check out our blog post about “Markets in Mallorca” 📷Cooking Class shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/xh5k5e7iemsc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=e44a97774ccb17722c4440cf41017eb82d4cee0a # 12 Palma de Mallorca Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus tour. 🕘 1 - 4 hours 🚶 5 - 10 Minutes 💰 € 22.00 Adults € 11.00 Kids Explore the ancient Mediterranean port city of Palma de Mallorca on a hop-on hop-off city sightseeing tour. Climb on the double-decker bus at one of the 20 centrally located stops along the two routes and listen to audio commentary as you cruise past top attractions. When you're ready for a closer look, hop off and rejoin the route at any point within the 24- or 48-hour validity period. Upgrade your ticket to include a boat tour or entry to Bellver Castle. City sightseeing Palma de Mallorca 24- or 48-hour hop-on hop-off tour See Palma de Mallorca's top attractions Hop on and off as many times as you'd like aboard an open-top, double-decker bus Set your own itinerary and explore the city at your own pace Upgrade to include a boat tour or entry to Bellver Castle with your ticket Mobile entry ticket available for extra convience. Official website 📷Hop on Hop off shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/a8wym1ljemsc1.jpg?width=2329&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ce92f96d86954127bfb7554320c525a56f1e877 # 13 Chill at the beach club 🕘 1 - 7 hours 🚕 10 - 15 Minutes 🚶 45 - 55 Minutes 💰 € 10.00 to 210.00 If you're looking for a blissful, relaxing way to spend the afternoon, you need look no further! With 180-degree views of the Mediterranean Sea, a large pool, spa treatments, two bars, a restaurant and a shop, you and your family or friends will be in heaven! Enjoy great music, quality gastronomy and stunning seaside views as you lounge on the sunbeds and top up your pre-wedding tans. It's the perfect place to spend quality time with the girls, make new friends, and chill out in the glorious Spanish sunshine. Soak up the rays and plunge into the beautiful lava stone pool which overlooks the calm, blue Mediterranean Sea. If you fancy treating yo'selves, a range of spa treatments are also available. Why not enjoy a massage by the sea? As the music fills your ears and joy fills your soul, your worries will drift far away… it's not hard to see why Puro Beach is often referred to as an 'Oasis of Happiness'. Official Website 📷Chill out at the Beach Club shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/qrzv1zwkemsc1.jpg?width=1213&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf21d44c1d5d2bc84e1f61b3eb388ef4dd5738c9 # 14 Air balloon ride 🕘 3 hours 🚕 1 hour 💰 from € 185.00 One of the most breathtaking experiences you can have in Mallorca is an air balloon tour. From high above the ground, you can take in the beautiful scenery of the island in a completely unique way, floating peacefully in the sky with a bird's-eye view of everything below. Some tours take you over the beautiful countryside, where you can see rolling hills, lush forests, and quaint rural villages. Other tours focus on the coastline, giving you a chance to take in the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the gorgeous beaches that line the island's shore. Offical website 📷Air balloon ride shore excursion palma Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/71h7i32memsc1.jpg?width=956&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79fb89e5cb0bd96c1ca6165df1d22feded913b03 # 15 Horseriding 🕘 1.5 - 6 hours 🚕 45 - 55 Minutes 💰 € 65.00 In they're excursions you will get to know the most unspoilt corners of Mallorca. You can sleep outdoors, swim with the horses in the sea or discover historical sites in the mountains of Mallorca. They design your individual horseback riding experience. Get to know the beautiful nature of Mallorca with Natura Cavall! Official Website 📷Horseriding Mallorca https://preview.redd.it/xzctgo7nemsc1.jpg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3c1b8ffd7a9490549ccac3be64293db8a36c767 Why Book with Local Tour Operators: Most shore excursions that cruise ships offer are overpriced and crowded. Besides that, they are often booked out in advance and less active. Local tour operators have a deep knowledge of the island. This is the best way to get the most out of your shore excursion in Mallorca. Local tour operators can provide you with an in-depth look into the area, allowing you to get to know the culture, the people, and the best of the local attractions in a unique and authentic way. They can also create a custom itinerary that is tailored to your interests and needs.Is your cruise ship coming to Mallorca this year? :
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2024.04.04 19:20 mancmadness So, including venues that are open or long gone, describe your ideal 24 hours in Manchester.
Mine would be: Classic triple decker breakfast toast from Lou Macari's and a nice walk around Dunham Park.
Lunch from the sadly closed Cocotoos Italian restaurant on Whitworth Street. Amazing lamb and lemon meringue pie and guided walking tour around the city.
Dinner at 63 degrees.
A snooze at Hotel Gotham before a night at The Boardwalk or The Limit.
Over to you.
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Lunch from the sadly closed Cocotoos Italian restaurant on Whitworth Street. Amazing lamb and lemon meringue pie and guided walking tour around the city.
Dinner at 63 degrees.
A snooze at Hotel Gotham before a night at The Boardwalk or The Limit.
Over to you.
2024.04.02 14:40 Intelligent-Toe-8340 Dinner party. Run idea.
The new fixer for the group hires a crew to film the evening where the political elite of Neo-Tokyo will gather. The thing is, they're serving dinner... Panda. There are few of them left in the world, and for the organizer it is a way to demonstrate their power and resources, as well as to make a small show. And since the event will bring together many prominent figures, including those from the Big Ten, the fixer sees it as the perfect compromise and blackmail material.
(Yes I stole the idea from Helium-3, you can kick me if you want, I thought it was a cool idea).
Details:
Mr. Tanaka is a waiter from (Plug since The golden place is the only known prescribed restaurant in Neo-Tokyo, but it's Chinese and that's unacceptable for obvious reasons, I think it's quite possible to come up with your own, say Misano's as another michelin starred place. However if you write your own ideas I'd be very pleased) who is due to be sacked soon and so he has decided to arrange a getaway by selling the information to a ficer. The fixer would only give his contacts if absolutely necessary or if the runners were very eloquent. All he knew he told the fixer, the place, the dish, and a couple of those who would be there. However, if he could be persuaded, he might try to arrange to have someone from the crew serve.
The dinner itself will not take place in the "Placeholder "Misano" VIP lounge as one might expect, but in the penthouse of one of the residential towers in Minato, bought out in advance and remodeled for the highest level of service. It's a B district, and done so to not attract much attention, unlike the regular meeting places of the top brass. (And so that runners have a chance ;D). Before starting, the neighborhood will be cordoned off under the cover of a police raid against local criminal elements, the abundance of police should provide some level of passive security. Fixer will easily organize admittance inside the cordon, but beyond that the runners are on their own.
In case of an emergency, there is a VTOL HTR brigade patrolling nearby, ready to show up at the first signal literally within a minute. There are also a couple of undercover snipers, drones, and mages on duty at the buildings nearby. The bigwigs are gathered here, and they think this place is safe, so it really should be. If there's even the slightest threat to their lives, all that power will fall on those running, so that's not an option.
There's supposed to be no electronics or recording devices inside, that's an arrangement between the guests, in practice it's... more complicated. Someone will have something for sure. In addition there will be area and directional jammers, with a couple of spiders on duty walking undercover through the local grids, and rigs ready to drop drones to intercept. (but until the signal is sounded, no birds in the air.)
Another level of security and service is organized by the yakuza, they have provided a staff of bunraku dolls with recorded personfixes and the best waiters, dancers and singers, all to be disposed of after the end of the event, some guests will even be asked to do it themselves, for control of course. Yakuza men patrol the streets looking for suspicious elements, they know the local neighborhood very well.
The chief cook and his assistant are the only "normal" people among the puppets, and he doesn't like what he's being forced to participate in, pressured with money and subtle threats. He's supposed to be able to help those running, as long as it doesn't involve risk to him.
Panda - from the local imperial palace, a local amateur and star that according to official reports passed away suddenly the other day, but in reality was secretly taken out and replaced with a grown chimera. Before dinner, she is guarded as a "princess" by the Yakuza. Those running up to the day before can take her away from them with no problem. This will earn them a lot of karma and she'll be bought by the Western Tiggers or the Triads. But there will be no dinner, Fixer will be extremely unhappy. On the other hand, the organizer will lose influence, the runners might feel good that they screwed some big shot.
___________________________
Planning of the run
Here is the basic question, how would you plan a run, and what aspects and points should I as a mastermind prepare to make the task interesting in execution? Any ideas are welcome.
So far I have very little
Would you emphasize what's going on inside, the talk of politicians and top managers? Ideas?
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(Yes I stole the idea from Helium-3, you can kick me if you want, I thought it was a cool idea).
Details:
Mr. Tanaka is a waiter from (Plug since The golden place is the only known prescribed restaurant in Neo-Tokyo, but it's Chinese and that's unacceptable for obvious reasons, I think it's quite possible to come up with your own, say Misano's as another michelin starred place. However if you write your own ideas I'd be very pleased) who is due to be sacked soon and so he has decided to arrange a getaway by selling the information to a ficer. The fixer would only give his contacts if absolutely necessary or if the runners were very eloquent. All he knew he told the fixer, the place, the dish, and a couple of those who would be there. However, if he could be persuaded, he might try to arrange to have someone from the crew serve.
The dinner itself will not take place in the "Placeholder "Misano" VIP lounge as one might expect, but in the penthouse of one of the residential towers in Minato, bought out in advance and remodeled for the highest level of service. It's a B district, and done so to not attract much attention, unlike the regular meeting places of the top brass. (And so that runners have a chance ;D). Before starting, the neighborhood will be cordoned off under the cover of a police raid against local criminal elements, the abundance of police should provide some level of passive security. Fixer will easily organize admittance inside the cordon, but beyond that the runners are on their own.
In case of an emergency, there is a VTOL HTR brigade patrolling nearby, ready to show up at the first signal literally within a minute. There are also a couple of undercover snipers, drones, and mages on duty at the buildings nearby. The bigwigs are gathered here, and they think this place is safe, so it really should be. If there's even the slightest threat to their lives, all that power will fall on those running, so that's not an option.
There's supposed to be no electronics or recording devices inside, that's an arrangement between the guests, in practice it's... more complicated. Someone will have something for sure. In addition there will be area and directional jammers, with a couple of spiders on duty walking undercover through the local grids, and rigs ready to drop drones to intercept. (but until the signal is sounded, no birds in the air.)
Another level of security and service is organized by the yakuza, they have provided a staff of bunraku dolls with recorded personfixes and the best waiters, dancers and singers, all to be disposed of after the end of the event, some guests will even be asked to do it themselves, for control of course. Yakuza men patrol the streets looking for suspicious elements, they know the local neighborhood very well.
The chief cook and his assistant are the only "normal" people among the puppets, and he doesn't like what he's being forced to participate in, pressured with money and subtle threats. He's supposed to be able to help those running, as long as it doesn't involve risk to him.
Panda - from the local imperial palace, a local amateur and star that according to official reports passed away suddenly the other day, but in reality was secretly taken out and replaced with a grown chimera. Before dinner, she is guarded as a "princess" by the Yakuza. Those running up to the day before can take her away from them with no problem. This will earn them a lot of karma and she'll be bought by the Western Tiggers or the Triads. But there will be no dinner, Fixer will be extremely unhappy. On the other hand, the organizer will lose influence, the runners might feel good that they screwed some big shot.
___________________________
Planning of the run
Here is the basic question, how would you plan a run, and what aspects and points should I as a mastermind prepare to make the task interesting in execution? Any ideas are welcome.
So far I have very little
- The fact that the deckers can get information that the Yakuza will do most of the organizing work, and that it is the Bunraku dolls will be in the service, so you can replace one of her with someone from the team.
- Take any crazy team plan and improvise with a smile.
- Well, as said, the team just might fight off the panda.
Would you emphasize what's going on inside, the talk of politicians and top managers? Ideas?
2024.04.01 12:07 Former-Ear-6623 Visiting meghalaya for 5-6 days in second week of april. Please help me with the following
- Planning to visit krang suri, dawki,bamboo trek,double decker bridge,waterfalls near nongrait and cherrapunji. What is the best mode of transport for these places? Any best rental cab services you would recommend that are budget friendly
- what are the best plays to take accommodations for above mentioned places
- What is the weather like in april? Is the laitlum canyon green in april or dry?
- Restaurants/cafes to have food in?
2024.04.01 11:46 Former-Ear-6623 Visiting meghalaya for 5-6 days in second week of april. Please help me with the following
- Planning to visit krang suri, dawki,bamboo trek,double decker bridge,waterfalls near nongrait and cherrapunji. What is the best mode of transport for these places? Any best rental cab services you would recom that are budget friendly 2.what are the best plays to take accommodations for above mentioned places
- What is the weather like in april? Is the laitlum green in april or dry?
- Restaurants/cafes to have food in?
2024.04.01 02:05 Inevitable_G Crocs Stock - Ticker CROX
Earlier today I saw a post asking if Crox was a good investment. I had started typing a reply, but it ended up being so long that I thought I should just make it a post, so more of you can see it and maybe use that info to further look into the company. Or critique me on it.
Please note I wrote this while on lunch with my family so please excuse my typos or if there seems to be a lack of structure.
As we’ve heard from many of our mentors, gurus investing is an art form, not science. I feel like many posts on this sub has been just focusing on the math and not the intricacies of a business. My goal is to balance both.
So I’ll start by saying the margin of safety for Crox has definitely shrunk due to the recent run up, but I still believe it can be a great compounder in the coming years.
It checks pretty much all the boxes for me that I look for in a quality company.
Great management - They’ve successfully turned the brand around and have had great execution. Year after year they’ve done what they said. The CEO holds about $100m worth of shares. Good to see him having skin in the game. And I think this is pretty much all of his net worth. Don’t believe he’s one of those billionaire CEOs.
Great margins - Gross margins of around 55-60%. Operating margins are 25%+. Both are industry leading.
FCF - It’s a cash flow monster. They’ve easily been making $700m plus in free cash flow and growing.
If debt is what’s holding some investors back, I think thats just lazy due diligence. Look at how much they’ve paid back in a short amount of time ($666m in 2023). And their cash generating abilities. Debt is not an issue whatsoever.
Their marketing scheme is A1. Checkout all the collabs they do. Barbie, Shrek, Cars, Buzz Lightyear, Naruto, Post Malone the list goes on and on. And It def seems to be working as it creates hype about the brand and brings new customers in. Once they buy a pair doesn’t matter if the reason was just a specific collab, they get sucked in. Because the comfort they feel is outstanding. And thats when the brand perception for the consumer starts to shift. Also, recently I saw Skechers make a similar product to the crocs classic clog and did a collab with Snoop Dogg lol. If the competition is blatantly copying you, you must be doing something right. Btw I don’t believe the Skechers thing has been a hit.
The biggest question for this company is that it’s a fad, but till I see signs of them slowing down, I have zero issues holding this stock. It’s not that difficult to do a heat check on these types of brands or products. Though it’s not a foolproof plan in any way, but you can still gauge the health of the brand, somewhat. 1. Look around you. I’m sure you can see more n more ppl wearing crocs. I see em at grocery stores, malls, gym, restaurants. They’re everywhere! 2. Social media - follow their Instagram and Facebook pages. The collabs that they do are extremely successful. To the point some of em sell out in mins/hours. Is this sign of a brand that might be losing customers or slowing down? I read soo many comments on their posts and ads that they do, and you know what I’ve seen to be a common comment on all? “I’ve never been into crocs but I can see myself rocking this ‘fill in the blank model’ ” referring to some new collab or model they’ve made. 3. Following their Website - I follow products that they have on their website and “track sales”. You can easily see which models are selling out quickly by seeing certain sizes being sold out and which are just sitting there. So far the new products they are coming out with are performing pretty well as many of the sizes are sold out. Another one are the reviews. Most products have near perfect ratings. Mostly because of the comfort factor.
Valuation This is my fav and what attracted me to the company in the first place. For a brand to be making currently around $750-800M in FCF, with industry leading margins, to be trading at valuation of $8.7b is not bad at all. In fact, it should be considered rather cheap.
Though the margin of safety has shrunk (btw my cost basis is around $82) the reason I think it still might be a good investment for ppl at its current price is because it’s still not valued fully (around 11 PE) and on top the potential for growth that everyone seems to be ignoring.
The potential I am talking about is their move to the sneaker industry and international growth. Crocs have recently come out with a shoe called the Echo Storm. It has been met with very positive reviews and has already been sold out in my sizes. Keep in mind this is no collab or anything. Just a shoe that they designed and that is selling extremely well. Seeing moves like this from the management gives me reassurance that the team is onto something big. And making the right moves. There are a lot of other things I can point out, for example their signing of Salehe Bembury, a designer who’s in with the “cool crowd”. Major celebrities/athletes have been seen rocking his Salehe Crocs. I’m talking Lebron, Travis Kelce etc. Salehe has also teased a new Sneaker silhouette with crocs. What about international growth? It’s in Double digits everywhere. China? Triple digit growth. Though we can say the lockdowns in previous year helped. Still amazing nonetheless, because look how Nike did their last earnings in China 🙃. Is Wall St. overlooking all this? Of course. But I can see once that sentiment starts turning that ok crocs isn’t a Fad, but not only are they not a fad, they are expanding into sneakers and now appealing to an even bigger market it’ll be no stopping the stock price. Being a $8.7b, how easy is it to be trading at $20-25b? Deckers currently trades at multiple of 34 and is valued at $24b. Crocs is currently making more money than them, and has better margins than them yet is trading at $8.7b.
For me it comes down to owning a company that is cheaply valued, that has great margins, awesome management, great cash flow generation, and they believe in buying back shares. On top the potential it has is tremendous. So it def seems like one of those situations where heads I win, tails I don’t lose much.
Oh and guess what? I didn’t even talk about HeyDude. You’re getting that company for free. I have full faith in management, because if they can take such an “ugly” and hated product like the Crocs and turn into a hit, imagine what they can do with a “normal” looking shoe and applying the same marketing playbook to it.
P.S. I like holding a concentrated portfolio. So def less than 10 stocks; more likely to be holding no more than 5-6. And crocs is a major part of my portfolio. If someone out there has a similar style and is interested sharing and bouncing off ideas please msg me. But only ppl that are serious and passionate about this stuff.
submitted by Inevitable_G to ValueInvesting [link] [comments]
Please note I wrote this while on lunch with my family so please excuse my typos or if there seems to be a lack of structure.
As we’ve heard from many of our mentors, gurus investing is an art form, not science. I feel like many posts on this sub has been just focusing on the math and not the intricacies of a business. My goal is to balance both.
So I’ll start by saying the margin of safety for Crox has definitely shrunk due to the recent run up, but I still believe it can be a great compounder in the coming years.
It checks pretty much all the boxes for me that I look for in a quality company.
Great management - They’ve successfully turned the brand around and have had great execution. Year after year they’ve done what they said. The CEO holds about $100m worth of shares. Good to see him having skin in the game. And I think this is pretty much all of his net worth. Don’t believe he’s one of those billionaire CEOs.
Great margins - Gross margins of around 55-60%. Operating margins are 25%+. Both are industry leading.
FCF - It’s a cash flow monster. They’ve easily been making $700m plus in free cash flow and growing.
If debt is what’s holding some investors back, I think thats just lazy due diligence. Look at how much they’ve paid back in a short amount of time ($666m in 2023). And their cash generating abilities. Debt is not an issue whatsoever.
Their marketing scheme is A1. Checkout all the collabs they do. Barbie, Shrek, Cars, Buzz Lightyear, Naruto, Post Malone the list goes on and on. And It def seems to be working as it creates hype about the brand and brings new customers in. Once they buy a pair doesn’t matter if the reason was just a specific collab, they get sucked in. Because the comfort they feel is outstanding. And thats when the brand perception for the consumer starts to shift. Also, recently I saw Skechers make a similar product to the crocs classic clog and did a collab with Snoop Dogg lol. If the competition is blatantly copying you, you must be doing something right. Btw I don’t believe the Skechers thing has been a hit.
The biggest question for this company is that it’s a fad, but till I see signs of them slowing down, I have zero issues holding this stock. It’s not that difficult to do a heat check on these types of brands or products. Though it’s not a foolproof plan in any way, but you can still gauge the health of the brand, somewhat. 1. Look around you. I’m sure you can see more n more ppl wearing crocs. I see em at grocery stores, malls, gym, restaurants. They’re everywhere! 2. Social media - follow their Instagram and Facebook pages. The collabs that they do are extremely successful. To the point some of em sell out in mins/hours. Is this sign of a brand that might be losing customers or slowing down? I read soo many comments on their posts and ads that they do, and you know what I’ve seen to be a common comment on all? “I’ve never been into crocs but I can see myself rocking this ‘fill in the blank model’ ” referring to some new collab or model they’ve made. 3. Following their Website - I follow products that they have on their website and “track sales”. You can easily see which models are selling out quickly by seeing certain sizes being sold out and which are just sitting there. So far the new products they are coming out with are performing pretty well as many of the sizes are sold out. Another one are the reviews. Most products have near perfect ratings. Mostly because of the comfort factor.
Valuation This is my fav and what attracted me to the company in the first place. For a brand to be making currently around $750-800M in FCF, with industry leading margins, to be trading at valuation of $8.7b is not bad at all. In fact, it should be considered rather cheap.
Though the margin of safety has shrunk (btw my cost basis is around $82) the reason I think it still might be a good investment for ppl at its current price is because it’s still not valued fully (around 11 PE) and on top the potential for growth that everyone seems to be ignoring.
The potential I am talking about is their move to the sneaker industry and international growth. Crocs have recently come out with a shoe called the Echo Storm. It has been met with very positive reviews and has already been sold out in my sizes. Keep in mind this is no collab or anything. Just a shoe that they designed and that is selling extremely well. Seeing moves like this from the management gives me reassurance that the team is onto something big. And making the right moves. There are a lot of other things I can point out, for example their signing of Salehe Bembury, a designer who’s in with the “cool crowd”. Major celebrities/athletes have been seen rocking his Salehe Crocs. I’m talking Lebron, Travis Kelce etc. Salehe has also teased a new Sneaker silhouette with crocs. What about international growth? It’s in Double digits everywhere. China? Triple digit growth. Though we can say the lockdowns in previous year helped. Still amazing nonetheless, because look how Nike did their last earnings in China 🙃. Is Wall St. overlooking all this? Of course. But I can see once that sentiment starts turning that ok crocs isn’t a Fad, but not only are they not a fad, they are expanding into sneakers and now appealing to an even bigger market it’ll be no stopping the stock price. Being a $8.7b, how easy is it to be trading at $20-25b? Deckers currently trades at multiple of 34 and is valued at $24b. Crocs is currently making more money than them, and has better margins than them yet is trading at $8.7b.
For me it comes down to owning a company that is cheaply valued, that has great margins, awesome management, great cash flow generation, and they believe in buying back shares. On top the potential it has is tremendous. So it def seems like one of those situations where heads I win, tails I don’t lose much.
Oh and guess what? I didn’t even talk about HeyDude. You’re getting that company for free. I have full faith in management, because if they can take such an “ugly” and hated product like the Crocs and turn into a hit, imagine what they can do with a “normal” looking shoe and applying the same marketing playbook to it.
P.S. I like holding a concentrated portfolio. So def less than 10 stocks; more likely to be holding no more than 5-6. And crocs is a major part of my portfolio. If someone out there has a similar style and is interested sharing and bouncing off ideas please msg me. But only ppl that are serious and passionate about this stuff.
2024.03.28 21:58 FireGAPP TWIN RIVER COMMONS 2 BEDROOMS W/ PARKING RELET
Hi everyone! My roommate and I are looking to relet our apartment at Twin River Commons (45 Washington Street) in Binghamton for the Fall 2024-Summer 2025 school year (September-August). Keep in mind you may take over the lease for our apartment that I talk about or you could lease an entirely different unit the relet is for any position in Twin River Commons. For instance if you wanted a studio or 4x4 bedroom, that option is available as well through this relet opportunity and you would maintain the parking space associated with our lease. Also note there are NO MORE parking spaces in Twin Rivers for this coming year so our leases coming with parking spaces is vital. Our apartment is a 4bd/4bath with 1 roommate who is established and has a dog which he only keeps in his room and one random roommate TBD on your preferences on the roommate application. One of the rooms is cheaper at $1040 a month with a private bathroom but its directly across the hall from you and the other is slightly more expensive at $1100 a month but with its own private bathroom in your room, both room leases come with gated parking on site. All amenities are included within the rent, and the apartment has an in unit washedryer, central AC and heat, large windows that bring in a ton of natural light, and a shared kitchen/common area, and a view of the river and sunset. The apartment complex itself has many amenities to offer which include:
If you are interested in this please contact me at [franklinjrivadeneira@gmail.com](mailto:franklinjrivadeneira@gmail.com)
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- All utilities included
- Two on site fitness gyms
- Free Starbucks coffee for residents
- Close to downtown restaurants and nightlife
- Next door to University Downtown Center and Blue bus stop
- Less than 10 mins from Binghamton University, Binghamton’s School of Pharmacy, and BU’s Deckers School of Nursing
- Onsite resident events and giveaways
- Study room equipped with free printing and whiteboards
- Multiple BBQ grills located in outside terrace that can be utilized at any time!
- Pet-friendly apartment complex
- Amazon lockers
If you are interested in this please contact me at [franklinjrivadeneira@gmail.com](mailto:franklinjrivadeneira@gmail.com)
2024.03.27 23:56 SnooDoughnuts785 London Trip Report
Dates: 3/16-3/25
Flights: UA SFO-LHR Y, UA LHR-SFO J
We booked close in and had a somewhat fixed outbound date so could not find any good J options on a Saturday. Luckily, I remembered the mixed class option on ANA, which allowed us to book the entire roundtrip for around the same price as the J return alone with Aeroplan (and slightly lower fees). Amex to ANA transfer took slightly more than 48 hours this time. I also called ANA to change the date of the return after flying the outbound. The hold time was crazy (3+ hrs) but the change process itself was very easy - took the agent less than 5 min and it was done.
Economy - Maybe it's bc I had low expectations but the outbound economy flight was surprisingly pleasant despite being completely full. FAs were friendly and food was much better than I remembered. 10 hrs is probably my limit in flying long haul economy, but it went by relatively quickly with wifi (paid with stranded UA miles that I would never use otherwise) and no annoyances around us.
Polaris - First time flying this product and after much research, I chose the bulkhead seats 9D and 9G in the mini cabin as row 1 was not available. The extra leg room was nice but can confirm that it gets a bit noisy with food prep/clean-up, chatty crew, and bathroom traffic. The seats were comfortable, and it was nice to be closer to my partner compared to reverse herringbone seats, but otherwise felt like a pretty normal business class seat - not sure what I was expecting lol but maybe it got overhyped in my mind from all the praises I've read/heard of the Polaris hard product. In contrast, I wasn't expecting much of the soft product but was pleasantly surprised. The Saks bedding is super comfortable, esp the amazingly soft pillow. The FAs were friendly and attentive. And the food - wow, I think United is truly stepping up their catering game bc it was so so much better than I was expecting. We had the egg/bacon/cheese souffle, french toast, white wine risotto, and wellington burger. The souffle was ok (a little too rich for me) but the other 3 were delicious. No ice cream sundae cart for breakfast service but did get a raspberry cheesecake and banoffee tart - both very good despite the latter being a bit too sweet for me. Overall a great first Polaris experience. I imagine I will be flying this again (looking to book for SYD-SFO later in the year) so I'm curious to try other seats and menus.
Lounges:
Hotels:
Unfortunately, I started to notice issues pretty quickly. While new, the furniture seems flimsy and cheap. I normally would not care as long as it's functional, but the bed shook with every move, which made it difficult to sleep with a partner who tosses and turns a lot. The soundproofing is also poor, as we could hear street noise very clearly despite not facing the main street. There were also loud clanging sounds every morning between 5:30-6am - not sure if it was a garbage truck or construction. Hallway noise is also loud and clear. The thermostat is dysfunctional and requires setting at 5 degrees higher than what you intend but will randomly reset to a lower temp (echoed by another FT user so I'm pretty sure it was not limited to our room). While the staff are nice and well-intentioned, there are clearly staffing and workflow issues. Despite happy hour being very busy, there's only 1-2 staff members managing the entire area, and it could take up to 30 min before someone comes to take your drink and canape order. The staff working this area seem visibly overwhelmed. On our last evening, we witnessed a front desk manager apologizing to a guest for the long wait followed by a tense conversation between him and a staff member managing the lounge. While I couldn't hear the exact conversation, she gave off an exasperated vibe like "Yes I know guests are waiting but we're doing the best we can. What do you want us to do?" Housekeeping also has issues. On our first night, we came back to find the room mostly cleaned but the dishes and napkins from the welcome treat still on the table and the trash not taken out. We were also not given additional waters. A supervisor did come by to ask whether our room had been cleaned. We told her the issues, and she had someone come to address them. That person apologized profusely, took the trash in the trash can, but still left the empty water bottles beside it - very odd. On our second evening, we came back to find the room untouched. Since we were leaving early the next morning, we just let it be.
At checkout, the manager (Francis) asked me for feedback, and I briefly mentioned the lack of staffing during happy hour. He was very receptive and acknowledged that they are indeed struggling with staffing issues, requiring staff to do a lot of cross coverage. The happy hour workflow is also complicated by the fact that they don't have a real lounge. We ended up having a really interesting conversation about the state of the hospitality industry in the UK. He told me that the majority of hospitality workers are from EU countries, and tens of thousands left in the aftermath of Brexit (new visa restrictions) and the pandemic. Therefore, many hotels and restaurants are left with inadequate staffing, and, not surprisingly, the impact is even greater on new properties. It was very eye-opening and helped to make sense of my experience here.
Overall, I think this would be a fine choice for most casual travelers, esp someone who doesn't have status and will be out and about most of the day. But I think Globalists who expect a high level of service might be disappointed.
Misc Logistics:
Both tube and bus are convenient with contactless payment using US credit cards. We especially loved the double decker buses for the scenery and affordability - once you pay for a bus ride, any addl bus rides within the next hour are free. The tube lines on the west side are stuffy, small, and kind of dirty, but the lines toward east London are newelarger.
As always, lots of stories on my instagram if you want to check out the visuals: https://www.instagram.com/onlypoints_/
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| Points | Cash | Value | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA SFO-LHR RT - Mixed Y/J x2 | 143k | $657.28 | $9777 | Booked via ANA |
| HR Churchill - 5 nights | 122k | $0 | $5,342 | Suite upgrade, 3k earned from bonus journeys |
| HR Blackfriars - 3 nights | 51k | $0 | $1,489 | Upgrade to Club Access Room, 3k earned from bonus journeys |
| Total | 316,000 | $657.28 | $16,607 |
Flights: UA SFO-LHR Y, UA LHR-SFO J
We booked close in and had a somewhat fixed outbound date so could not find any good J options on a Saturday. Luckily, I remembered the mixed class option on ANA, which allowed us to book the entire roundtrip for around the same price as the J return alone with Aeroplan (and slightly lower fees). Amex to ANA transfer took slightly more than 48 hours this time. I also called ANA to change the date of the return after flying the outbound. The hold time was crazy (3+ hrs) but the change process itself was very easy - took the agent less than 5 min and it was done.
Economy - Maybe it's bc I had low expectations but the outbound economy flight was surprisingly pleasant despite being completely full. FAs were friendly and food was much better than I remembered. 10 hrs is probably my limit in flying long haul economy, but it went by relatively quickly with wifi (paid with stranded UA miles that I would never use otherwise) and no annoyances around us.
Polaris - First time flying this product and after much research, I chose the bulkhead seats 9D and 9G in the mini cabin as row 1 was not available. The extra leg room was nice but can confirm that it gets a bit noisy with food prep/clean-up, chatty crew, and bathroom traffic. The seats were comfortable, and it was nice to be closer to my partner compared to reverse herringbone seats, but otherwise felt like a pretty normal business class seat - not sure what I was expecting lol but maybe it got overhyped in my mind from all the praises I've read/heard of the Polaris hard product. In contrast, I wasn't expecting much of the soft product but was pleasantly surprised. The Saks bedding is super comfortable, esp the amazingly soft pillow. The FAs were friendly and attentive. And the food - wow, I think United is truly stepping up their catering game bc it was so so much better than I was expecting. We had the egg/bacon/cheese souffle, french toast, white wine risotto, and wellington burger. The souffle was ok (a little too rich for me) but the other 3 were delicious. No ice cream sundae cart for breakfast service but did get a raspberry cheesecake and banoffee tart - both very good despite the latter being a bit too sweet for me. Overall a great first Polaris experience. I imagine I will be flying this again (looking to book for SYD-SFO later in the year) so I'm curious to try other seats and menus.
Lounges:
- LHR United Club
- LHR Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge
- Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Lounge
Hotels:
- Hyatt Regency London, The Churchill
- Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars
Unfortunately, I started to notice issues pretty quickly. While new, the furniture seems flimsy and cheap. I normally would not care as long as it's functional, but the bed shook with every move, which made it difficult to sleep with a partner who tosses and turns a lot. The soundproofing is also poor, as we could hear street noise very clearly despite not facing the main street. There were also loud clanging sounds every morning between 5:30-6am - not sure if it was a garbage truck or construction. Hallway noise is also loud and clear. The thermostat is dysfunctional and requires setting at 5 degrees higher than what you intend but will randomly reset to a lower temp (echoed by another FT user so I'm pretty sure it was not limited to our room). While the staff are nice and well-intentioned, there are clearly staffing and workflow issues. Despite happy hour being very busy, there's only 1-2 staff members managing the entire area, and it could take up to 30 min before someone comes to take your drink and canape order. The staff working this area seem visibly overwhelmed. On our last evening, we witnessed a front desk manager apologizing to a guest for the long wait followed by a tense conversation between him and a staff member managing the lounge. While I couldn't hear the exact conversation, she gave off an exasperated vibe like "Yes I know guests are waiting but we're doing the best we can. What do you want us to do?" Housekeeping also has issues. On our first night, we came back to find the room mostly cleaned but the dishes and napkins from the welcome treat still on the table and the trash not taken out. We were also not given additional waters. A supervisor did come by to ask whether our room had been cleaned. We told her the issues, and she had someone come to address them. That person apologized profusely, took the trash in the trash can, but still left the empty water bottles beside it - very odd. On our second evening, we came back to find the room untouched. Since we were leaving early the next morning, we just let it be.
At checkout, the manager (Francis) asked me for feedback, and I briefly mentioned the lack of staffing during happy hour. He was very receptive and acknowledged that they are indeed struggling with staffing issues, requiring staff to do a lot of cross coverage. The happy hour workflow is also complicated by the fact that they don't have a real lounge. We ended up having a really interesting conversation about the state of the hospitality industry in the UK. He told me that the majority of hospitality workers are from EU countries, and tens of thousands left in the aftermath of Brexit (new visa restrictions) and the pandemic. Therefore, many hotels and restaurants are left with inadequate staffing, and, not surprisingly, the impact is even greater on new properties. It was very eye-opening and helped to make sense of my experience here.
Overall, I think this would be a fine choice for most casual travelers, esp someone who doesn't have status and will be out and about most of the day. But I think Globalists who expect a high level of service might be disappointed.
Misc Logistics:
- Transportation
Both tube and bus are convenient with contactless payment using US credit cards. We especially loved the double decker buses for the scenery and affordability - once you pay for a bus ride, any addl bus rides within the next hour are free. The tube lines on the west side are stuffy, small, and kind of dirty, but the lines toward east London are newelarger.
- Credit cards
As always, lots of stories on my instagram if you want to check out the visuals: https://www.instagram.com/onlypoints_/
2024.03.26 20:34 Buck_i_Am 3/25/2024 Hilliard City Council Meeting Summary
The video replay cut out for the first few minutes of the meeting so I wasn't able to capture everything that was said during the Invocation or Commission and Board Reports.
Mr. Gill spoke about the current LinkUS initiative and explained that they are currently planning for bus rapid transit corridors along West Broad Street, East Main Street, and along Olentangy River Road to Bethel Road and Sawmill Road. They are studying future routes to the airport and between south Columbus and downtown Columbus, and have plans for transit improvements along East Broad and Cleveland Avenue. MORPC desires to study potential connectivity between Hilliard and downtown Columbus which could include some combination of (1) the planned expansion of the Heritage Rail Trail and future connectivity to the (paused) expansion of the Scioto trail, (2) inter-city passenger rail service (Amtrak), or (3) expanded and enhanced COTA bus service.
Mr. Gill said that MORPC was in the process of presenting this information to municipalities across central Ohio and is looking for public comment on the draft plan before its potential adoption in May.
Councilman Carrier asked about how much money would be going into studying transit to/from Hilliard, and noted that Hilliard has always seemed to receive less than other communities in the region (Dublin, Grove City, etc.) and had more gaps to fill when it came to transportation. Mr. Gill was unable to give a clear dollar amount. City Manager Crandall mentioned that Hilliard did receive some federal dollars through MORPC to complete the bike/pedestrian bridge over I-270 which will link Hilliard to Mill Run.
The next regular City Council meeting will take place on April 9th.
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REGULAR MEETING
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The invocation was led by Councilwoman Cole and the pledge of allegiance was said by all members.COMMISSION AND BOARD REPORTS
- Board of Zoning Appeals (Cole):
- Destination Hilliard (Betts): Had a successful Bunny Hop over the weekend
- Environmental Sustainability (Vermillion):
- MORPC (City Manager Crandall):
- Planning and Zoning (Cole): No report
- Public Arts (Vermillion):
- Recreation and Parks (Cottone/Hale):
- Shade Tree Commission (Teater): No report
- Aging in Place Committee (Cottone): Gave a presentation to someone
RECOGNITION AND SPECIAL GUESTS
- Nick Gill, Transportation Director, MORPC:
Mr. Gill spoke about the current LinkUS initiative and explained that they are currently planning for bus rapid transit corridors along West Broad Street, East Main Street, and along Olentangy River Road to Bethel Road and Sawmill Road. They are studying future routes to the airport and between south Columbus and downtown Columbus, and have plans for transit improvements along East Broad and Cleveland Avenue. MORPC desires to study potential connectivity between Hilliard and downtown Columbus which could include some combination of (1) the planned expansion of the Heritage Rail Trail and future connectivity to the (paused) expansion of the Scioto trail, (2) inter-city passenger rail service (Amtrak), or (3) expanded and enhanced COTA bus service.
Mr. Gill said that MORPC was in the process of presenting this information to municipalities across central Ohio and is looking for public comment on the draft plan before its potential adoption in May.
Councilman Carrier asked about how much money would be going into studying transit to/from Hilliard, and noted that Hilliard has always seemed to receive less than other communities in the region (Dublin, Grove City, etc.) and had more gaps to fill when it came to transportation. Mr. Gill was unable to give a clear dollar amount. City Manager Crandall mentioned that Hilliard did receive some federal dollars through MORPC to complete the bike/pedestrian bridge over I-270 which will link Hilliard to Mill Run.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
- Mohammed "Mo" Museitif (5316 Wabash River Street, Dublin): Wanted to address "the elephant in the room" of the "illegal occupation happening in our homeland" of Palestine by Israel. He noted that Israel's blockade of the Gaza strip prevents supplies and food from reaching the people in that region, and spoke about the demolition of homes in Gaza due to lack of proper permits. He mentioned the loss of life and general poor treatment of family members in the region.
- Mazen Rasoul (5517 Brixston Court, Hilliard): Mazen came to speak on behalf of someone else who could not make it. He spoke during the prior City Council meeting on March 11th. He noted that Columbus City Council and Cleveland City Council passed ceasefire resolutions without using the term 'ceasefire', a fact that he criticized. He said that the moral thing to do would be to "become pro-Palestinian" and be against the "occupation" and "apartied regime". He said that "an ethnic cleansing campaign is ongoing". He asked council to adopt a ceasefire resolution.
- Reyann Askar (no address given): Said that she is an Ohio State student and lifelong Hilliard resident. She mentioned that she was surprised that "it was so controversial for the people in my own community to at the very least acknowledge the murder of newborn babies, children, and innocent civilians in my country." She acused council of "denying me my humanity as well as that of my Palestinian brothers and sisters." She said "we feel unsafe because our representatives are actively harming us by finding excuses to deny our requests", and that "you have the priviledge of [being uncomfortable with the word 'ceasefire']". She thought that council feared being labeled as anti-semetic and said "somewhere along the way the definition of antisemiticism, Judaism, and Zionism have been misconstrued." She accused council of being afraid to call for a ceasefire because it would fuel anti-semetism, but "what fuels anti-semetism is murdering children by the thousands in the name of Judaism while adamently insisting that your actions are inseparable from all Jewish people." "Zionism is a transformation to nationalism, its a colonial settler ideology and a political movement started by people who are non-religious." "Zionists use the word antisemetic as a weapon to shut down any and all criticism of Israel's policies." She accused the Israeli government of stealing land, starving people, and killing tens of thousands of others.
- Bayan Shalash (no address given): Said that she is a Hilliard Bradley graduate and an Ohio State medical school student. She mentioned council members by name as she spoke about happenings in Gaza. Said that she was moved by stories of medical professionals (Councilwoman Hale and Cole), as well as the impact to children through the disrupted education system (Councilman Teater). She said that children are being starved (calling out President Vermillion and Vice President Cottone for their dedication to feeding vulnerable citizens in Hilliard), and that it was clear that Israel was guilty of war crimes (calling out Councilman Carrier's expertise in legal affairs and Councilman Bett's military background).
- Kay Coghlan(??) (Galena): "I identify as a white woman and I am a Christian". Said that she was "here in solidarity with people of good conscience from around the world...to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza." She demanded liberation for the Palestinian people "who have been living with the Israeli government boot on their necks for 76 years." She went through a list of grievances against what was going on in Gaza, noting how Jesus would react to these actions.
- Nas(?) Rasul (no address given): Said that he graduated from Hilliard Davidson and Ohio State. Said that as a disabled person in America, he gets treated as inferior, but it would be nothing compared to the disabilities faced by people in Gaza. Asked council to support a ceasefire resolution. Said that they would be here every meeting until they do.
- Jessica Pohlman (Hilliard): As a nurse at Nationwide Children's, the impact of violence in Gaza affecting children has impacted her greatly. Asked council to support a ceasefire resolution, and show support for the Palestinian people.
- Sarah Abu-Rayyan (Hilliard): Spoke about her full name (which she doesn't have memorized), and the tradition of honoring each ancestor by mentioning them in a full name. She can trace her family to Palestine up to 14 generations. Spoke about some of the history of the region including the 1917 Balfour declaration and the creation of the Jewish state of Israel. Lamented that supporting the ceasefire in Gaza is considered antisemitic. Accused Israel of asking us to see Palestinian people as non-human and not deserving of basic rights.
- Erin Neese (3336 Brendan Drive, Columbus): Spoke about the international concerns for famine and starvation in Gaza. Mentioned issues that were noted by the Mennonite Central Committee with getting supplies into Gaza, and said that the Israel authorities are arbitrarily preventing trucks of supplies from entering Gaza. Asked council to pass a ceasefire resolution.
- Ameera Rasul (?) (Hilliard): 2023 graduate of Hilliard Davidson who mentioned the collective genocide murder of children in Gaza and noted that the UN Security Council just passed a two-week ceasefire resolution. Expressed confusion that the term ceasefire was considered controversial.
- Eric Schottenstein (Columbus): Worked in housing development in and around Hilliard. Condemned the loss of innocent life in the middle east and advocated for peace in the region. Quoted Golda Meir (Israeli Prime Minister and advocate for the creation of Israel) by saying that if Israel puts down their weapons, there will be no more Israel; but if the Palestinians put down their weapons, there will be peace. He expressed shock that the calls for a ceasefire don't mention anything about hostages or the actions of Hamas on October 7, 2023. While sympathizing with the "real concerns" expressed by residents today, he said that he doesn't recall ever seeing local governments called upon to denouce an international conflict.
- Stephanie Bisca (4921 Hawkstone Road, Hilliard): Asked council to consider a situation in which the invasion of a music festival by Hamas on October 7, 2023 had happened in Hilliard instead, and ask how they might feel about that. Further drew the analogy with hostages being taken. Said that it is up to the people of Palestine to remove Hamas from their elected positions. Denounced the 1988 Hamas charter, defining their struggle to be against the Jews, and called this genocidal. Someone from the audience spoke out while she was talking, which she called very disrespectful, and she was gently escorted out
- Wayne Genter (4272 Stream Bank Lane): Noted that since Council carries a responsibility to serve Hilliard, public comments during City Council meetings are only of value if the comments directly impact this community. He said that no resolutions, statements, or actions with impact outside the jurisdiction of Hilliard should be considered. He said that the current conflict in the middle east began with the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7th and noted the atrocities committed by Hamas on that day and those that have continued since the attack. He noted the theft of funding by Hamas meant for humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza.
ORDINANCES
Ordinance 24-06: AMENDING THE ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF HILLIARD TO ADD HEALTH AND FITNESS FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THE OH-RD AND OHMD ZONING DISTRICTS- Summary: This proposal would allow “Health and Fitness Facilities” as conditional uses within the Old Hilliard zoning districts.
- Background: In January, an applicant submitted an application to request an amendment to the permitted and conditional use table for properties within Old Hilliard. The applicant is considering the use of an existing industrial site that would accommodate a use that is currently not anticipated by the Code. The positive recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission is being forwarded to City Council for final consideration.
- Votes: Seven in favor (Vermillion, Teater, Hale, Cottone, Cole, Carrier, Betters), none against.
- Status: Passed 7-0
RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 24-R-23: APPROVING EQUITY LLC'S APPLICATION FOR A COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG TRUEMAN BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF DAVIDSON ROAD, AND CREATING SUCH COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT- Summary: This legislation will allow for additional liquor permits to help attract restaurants to the TruePointe development.
- Background: A Community Entertainment District ("CED'') is defined as an economic development tool that is important for revitalizing or activating neighborhoods and development areas, creating jobs, and allowing new businesses to open and operate within a bounded area that includes or will include a combination of entertainment, retail, educational, sporting, social, cultural, or arts establishments within close proximity to some or all of the following types of establishments within the district. When a CED is established, it creates a new "pool" of available liquor permits that can only be issued to businesses located within the CED. These additional liquor permits fall above the normal mandated quota, to be issued in the defined CED area -the CED may have one such permit for every five acres of the CED, up to a maximum of 15 permits.
- Votes: Motion to adopt by Teater, seconded by Hale. Seven in favor (Teater, Hale, Betts, Vermillion, Cole, Carrier, Cottone), none against.
- Status: Passed 7-0
- Summary: This legislation authorizes the City Manager to enter into a construction contract with Decker Construction Company and modifies an existing professional services contract with Prime AE Group for the annual Sidewalk Maintenance Program. The estimate for the 2024 Sidewalk Maintenance Program was $945,450 but the lowest bid from Decker Construction was $1,003,800.
- Background: Subdivisions subject to sidewalk maintenance this year include Avery, Colonial Lakes, Luxair, and Conklin.
- Votes: Motion to adopt by Cole, seconded by Cottone. Seven in favor (Cole, Cottone, Hale, Vermillion, Betts, Teater, Carrier), none against.
- Status: Passed 7-0
- Summary: This legislation would approve a professional services contract with McCrometer, Inc. to supply and maintain equipment to conduct sanitary sewer flow monitoring at various locations in the City's sanitary sewer system. The cost of five flow monitors and the rain gauge for twelve (12) months is $56,100, and the cost to relocate each of the five meters once is $7,000. This results in a cost for 2024 of $63,100, and $56,100 in 2025.
- Background: The City has previously contracted with Hach (now “McCrometer”) for successive two-year contracts over the past fourteen years. These contracts have always been less than $50,000 annually, and therefore, did not require additional Council authorization. Hach's costs for monitoring services have risen only slightly for each successive contract. Flow monitors produce 24-hour, 7-day-a-week measurements of flow in the City's sanitary sewer system. The advantage of McCrometer's flow monitoring system is it produces data that can be viewed on-line by the City or any engineering consultant working for the City. In addition, McCrometer monitors and maintains the meters as part of their contract.
- Votes: Motion to adopt by Carrier, seconded by Teater. Seven in favor (Carrier, Teater, Vermillion, Cole, Hale, Cottone, Betts), none against.
- Status: Passed 7-0
- Summary: This Resolution declares Council’s intention that the City join as a co-plaintiff in legal action to be filed by the City of Columbus challenging Section 9.681 of the Ohio Revised Code, which would prohibit local administrative regulation of tobacco and alternative nicotine products, as a violation of the Ohio Constitution’s Home Rule Amendment.
- Background: In January, the Ohio General Assembly overrode the Governor’s veto of Section 9.681 of the Ohio Revised Code, which was adopted as a rider in the State’s biennial operating budget. Section 9.681 would prohibit local governments, including municipal corporations such as the City of Hilliard, from adopting and enforcing administrative regulations of tobacco products and alternative nicotine products. This law, if it takes effect, would prohibit the City’s existing tobacco retail licensing and enforcement.
- Votes: Motion to adopt by Betts, seconded by Cole. Carrier moved to amend the resolution to include a statement stipluating that any related expendatures for the legal challenge be brought back before the body for approval, seconded by Cole. On the Carrier motion: seven in favor (Carrier, Cole, Teater, Cottone, Vermillion, Hale, Betts), none against. Motion to amend passed 7-0. On the resolution as amended: Seven in favor (Betts, Cole, Cottone, Vermillion, Carrier, Hale, Teater), none against.
- Status: Passed as amended 7-0
PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION
- Council meeting is moved from April 8th to April 9th due to the solar eclipse. There will be a community event at Hilliard Station Park that day.
- Council rules were e-mailed to all members, and Vermillion asked that all members be prepared to discuss potential changes during next meeting.
- Eight of sixteen homeowners took advantage of a sewer backflow program sponsored by the City.
CITY MANAGER UPDATES
- State of the City Address is at Center Street Market at 5:30pm on Wednesday the 27th.
ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION
- Cole and Hale have teamed up to assess non-profit organizations within the City to attempt to connect residents in need with these resources.
- Clerk Werbirch mentioned that are a number of City Boards and Committees with vacancies needing to be filled. Those positions are posted on the City website.
The next regular City Council meeting will take place on April 9th.
2024.03.24 05:00 Direct-Caterpillar77 Penrith Cumbria, family of 4, 7 days at a timeshare. First time traveling overseas, need advice and pointers.
I am not The OOP, OOP is u/LBsusername
Penrith Cumbria, family of 4, 7 days at a timeshare. First time traveling overseas, need advice and pointers.
Originally posted to uktravel
Thanks to u/Pleasant-Squirrel220 for suggesting this BoRU
Original Post Sept 30, 2023
We are 4 Midwestern Americans, 50 something mom and dad, adult children 23M & 18F. Flying Delta into Newcastle airport, renting a Hyundai Tucson (manual-we all drive manuals in the states Edit: confusing wording, I meant to say we all 4 drive manuals here in the states. Not all Americans, manual transmissions are becoming uncommon here) at the airport. The trip is during winter so weather could be an issue. This is my tentative itinerary:
Saturday - arrival, drive to time share, shop for incidentals, rest
Sunday - drive around Lake District get familiar driving on the opposite side of the road, seeing some sights but no strict agenda
Monday - Drive to Scotland, attempt to visit Glasgow and Edinburgh...Maybe just Glasgow. Maybe take a train instead? What do you think?
Tuesday/Wednesday - Husband and I are driving to Polperro Cornwall for hotel stay overnight. Train to Bodmin Parkway/Taxi to Polperro instead? Kids make their own plans.
Thursday - Take a train to and from London. Got tickets for GoldenTours 1 Day hop on hop off bus tour. See what we can, try to make it to the most iconic stops.
Friday - open. Rest if exhausted or try to see Stonehenge or a castle if ambitious.
Saturday - Day of departure.
What do you think of the itinerary? Enough? Not enough? Too much? What are the basic things about traveling in England that I should before I get there. Thanks!
Edit for update after reading through posts:
Who would have thought my most popular, and controversial, post would be a travel post! Thank you for everyone who took the time to share their thoughts. So many cautions about driving conditions, I'm definitely considering that as a bigger impediment. Weather will play the biggest role in some of these decisions, Polperro hotel and bus tour in London are refundable up to a week before the visit so I'll watch the weather. Definitely reserving Sunday, Monday, and Friday as open to whatever, making a list of possible destinations. Jet lag, weather, etc will determine. When we get to our destination, we'll ask some locals for their advice. I tried responding to as many comments as I can but I keep getting relentlessly downvoted no matter what I say. Time will tell, the plan will work or it won't. We're going to stay flexible and try to maintain a sense of humor and sense of wonder. I'm looking forward to the adventure, hoping for the best but accepting of the reality it won't go to plan and we'll have to adjust.
Update to Penrith/Polperro trip March 17, 2024 (5 months later)
I have to admit, I really wasn't looking forward to this. Sat down to do it a few times but I have to admit, I didn't enjoy my last submission to this sub so I decided to forgo it hoping everyone had just gotten on with their lives. I did put a basic update on my profile hoping that would satisfy any die hards but having received a couple replies recently, it's obvious there are those who won't let it go. Here's a link to the original post: https://www.reddit.com/uktravel/comments/16wf0jh/penrith_cumbria_family_of_4_7_days_at_a_timeshare/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Caution: this will be a long post.
Trip was amazing! Unbelievably, and perhaps despite ourselves, everything went damn near perfect in England. The flights there were kind of a shit show due to some guy boarding himself in Minneapolis before the gate was open, causing us to nearly miss our connecting flight in Paris to England. Fortunately the plane broke down in Paris so we didn't "/s". Flying into the Newcastle airport was exciting experience due to very high winds, truly a wild ride which we were told by locals is common.
So here was our trip, it was early February.
Day 1: Drive to Penrith from Newcastle airport. Our rental was a Mercedes, which in the US is high end car which was neat. The first drive was terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Sat nav put us on A686 which was a narrow, winding road in mountain passes, not easy for first time UK drivers. Thank god we opted for the automatic, even my husband expressed over and over how grateful he was we changed our minds about that. It was windy and cold, but no precipitation thankfully. Once we got over our anxiety about it, we all enjoyed the ride marveling at everything.
Our lodgings: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen country cottage in Northern England. There was a bar and restaurant in the main house, which we frequented a couple times. I had the the fish & chips, which were delicious and my 18 y/o daughter loved ordering drinks at the bar since legal drinking age for us is 21. There was a pool and hot tub, the hot tub had a panoramic view of the English countryside with sheep grazing. Loved it and not one of us experienced any jet lag on our trip there. The long trip over the pond lined up perfectly with our sleep schedule, slept the whole flight.
Day 2: Lake District. We decided to let the road take us and it did. We made a few stops but navigating parking was very difficult. Traffic moved at a pretty good clip and by the time you saw the sign for a car park, it was behind you. Trying to double back on narrow roads or pull over seemed treacherous. We made some stops to look at scenic views, waterfalls, and took a long tour of Wray Castle. Lake District is indeed a special place, though February I suspect is not the ideal time of year for all its glory. However, it was nice for keeping down crowds. Other than London, we often had places all to ourselves.
Day 3: Hadrians Wall, Northern England, Dumfries Scotland. We made quite a few stops along Hadrians Wall, absolutely gorgeous countryside. Our longest stop was at Birdoswald Roman Fort, got some amazing pictures. We laughed about visiting Hadrians wall since England is teeming with stone walls, but I don't regret doing it. The quaint countryside was more my interest anyway. Caerlavrock Castle in Dumfries was my kids favorite stop for sure. We had the whole castle to ourselves, and the gentleman at the gift shop came out and gave us a private tour for a bit (benefits of visiting off season). The neat part is being so close to history. In the US, you're generally corralled though everything, kept at a distance from anything important. Here we were right there, up close, able to touch it.
Day 4 & 5: Polperro. Yes, of course we did it! Drive down was uneventful, drove through the early morning hours, got there around 8 am. Spent the morning exploring the harbor, beach (it was low tide so we got to go into the cave), the footpaths on the netloft side. Not much was open but we went to every store that was. Had lunch at a cute little diner, husband got a Cornish pasty, I got a traditional English breakfast. By this time, exhaustion was catching up with us so we went back to the hotel to take a nap. Later we walked back down to the harbor to have drinks at the Blue Peter Inn and Three Pilchards. The next morning before sunrise, we did Reuben's Walk to the lighthouse and spent some time watching the beacon as the sun rose. Oh, and why Polperro: My husband and I bonded over an old point-and-click video game called The Lost Crown A Ghost Hunting Adventure set in Saxton (AKA Polperro). Won't go into all the details but Saxton is kind a supernatural world between life, and after life, or that's how we interpreted it in the game. Last February, my husband was diagnosed with leukemia. Won't go into everything but a trip to Saxton just seemed like the right thing to do after you get news like that. Drive back was uneventful other than it may have been the one and only time the sun came out during our 7 days there. Not complaining though, cloudy and drizzly was exactly what I envisioned.
Day 6: London. Took the train, which was fun tbh. I wish I had a nickel for every time the lady said "See it, Say it, Sorted" over the intercom. We got off at Euston and took the tube to Waterloo to pick up the bus tour. There was no reason to take the tube to Waterloo as I found out but it was fun anyway, we don't have a subway where I live. I have to admit that London was my least favorite part of the vacation. It was wildly crowded for a cold, rainy random Thursday. And it turns out I get car sick on double decker buses. Still it was worth it to see those iconic sites with our own eyes. Got back to Penrith at nightfall and it felt like home. By this time the train station, Morrisons, the main circle by Morrison's was starting to feel so familiar. It snowed that day, white covered the sides of the road.
Day 7, last full day in England. Explored Penrith more, went to the post office to mail some post cards, shopped at stores outside the city center. The hills looked beautiful snow capped. Never got to the Scottish highlands but I'd like to think they look a bit like that if I did.
Trip home was ok. Spent a few hours in Amsterdam airport, felt like we saw the whole world of people there.
We absolutely loved our England trip. The countryside, castles, people, driving on the opposite side of the road, yes even the gas stations on the freeway...were amazing. Fun fact, either England doesn't have pay at the pump or none of the stations we visited did. Sat nav/Google maps correctly predicted all drive times whether M, A, or B roads. I really don't know why so many people predicted outrageous drive times, not true at all for us. I imagine driving near or in London would have been terrible, so we didn't. The circles were wild, scary at first, fun by the end. We watched lots of Youtube videos about English driving, definitely paid off. Yes it was expensive but it was a trip of a lifetime for us and worth every dime.
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Penrith Cumbria, family of 4, 7 days at a timeshare. First time traveling overseas, need advice and pointers.
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Thanks to u/Pleasant-Squirrel220 for suggesting this BoRU
Original Post Sept 30, 2023
We are 4 Midwestern Americans, 50 something mom and dad, adult children 23M & 18F. Flying Delta into Newcastle airport, renting a Hyundai Tucson (manual-we all drive manuals in the states Edit: confusing wording, I meant to say we all 4 drive manuals here in the states. Not all Americans, manual transmissions are becoming uncommon here) at the airport. The trip is during winter so weather could be an issue. This is my tentative itinerary:
Saturday - arrival, drive to time share, shop for incidentals, rest
Sunday - drive around Lake District get familiar driving on the opposite side of the road, seeing some sights but no strict agenda
Monday - Drive to Scotland, attempt to visit Glasgow and Edinburgh...Maybe just Glasgow. Maybe take a train instead? What do you think?
Tuesday/Wednesday - Husband and I are driving to Polperro Cornwall for hotel stay overnight. Train to Bodmin Parkway/Taxi to Polperro instead? Kids make their own plans.
Thursday - Take a train to and from London. Got tickets for GoldenTours 1 Day hop on hop off bus tour. See what we can, try to make it to the most iconic stops.
Friday - open. Rest if exhausted or try to see Stonehenge or a castle if ambitious.
Saturday - Day of departure.
What do you think of the itinerary? Enough? Not enough? Too much? What are the basic things about traveling in England that I should before I get there. Thanks!
Edit for update after reading through posts:
Who would have thought my most popular, and controversial, post would be a travel post! Thank you for everyone who took the time to share their thoughts. So many cautions about driving conditions, I'm definitely considering that as a bigger impediment. Weather will play the biggest role in some of these decisions, Polperro hotel and bus tour in London are refundable up to a week before the visit so I'll watch the weather. Definitely reserving Sunday, Monday, and Friday as open to whatever, making a list of possible destinations. Jet lag, weather, etc will determine. When we get to our destination, we'll ask some locals for their advice. I tried responding to as many comments as I can but I keep getting relentlessly downvoted no matter what I say. Time will tell, the plan will work or it won't. We're going to stay flexible and try to maintain a sense of humor and sense of wonder. I'm looking forward to the adventure, hoping for the best but accepting of the reality it won't go to plan and we'll have to adjust.
Update to Penrith/Polperro trip March 17, 2024 (5 months later)
I have to admit, I really wasn't looking forward to this. Sat down to do it a few times but I have to admit, I didn't enjoy my last submission to this sub so I decided to forgo it hoping everyone had just gotten on with their lives. I did put a basic update on my profile hoping that would satisfy any die hards but having received a couple replies recently, it's obvious there are those who won't let it go. Here's a link to the original post: https://www.reddit.com/uktravel/comments/16wf0jh/penrith_cumbria_family_of_4_7_days_at_a_timeshare/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Caution: this will be a long post.
Trip was amazing! Unbelievably, and perhaps despite ourselves, everything went damn near perfect in England. The flights there were kind of a shit show due to some guy boarding himself in Minneapolis before the gate was open, causing us to nearly miss our connecting flight in Paris to England. Fortunately the plane broke down in Paris so we didn't "/s". Flying into the Newcastle airport was exciting experience due to very high winds, truly a wild ride which we were told by locals is common.
So here was our trip, it was early February.
Day 1: Drive to Penrith from Newcastle airport. Our rental was a Mercedes, which in the US is high end car which was neat. The first drive was terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Sat nav put us on A686 which was a narrow, winding road in mountain passes, not easy for first time UK drivers. Thank god we opted for the automatic, even my husband expressed over and over how grateful he was we changed our minds about that. It was windy and cold, but no precipitation thankfully. Once we got over our anxiety about it, we all enjoyed the ride marveling at everything.
Our lodgings: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen country cottage in Northern England. There was a bar and restaurant in the main house, which we frequented a couple times. I had the the fish & chips, which were delicious and my 18 y/o daughter loved ordering drinks at the bar since legal drinking age for us is 21. There was a pool and hot tub, the hot tub had a panoramic view of the English countryside with sheep grazing. Loved it and not one of us experienced any jet lag on our trip there. The long trip over the pond lined up perfectly with our sleep schedule, slept the whole flight.
Day 2: Lake District. We decided to let the road take us and it did. We made a few stops but navigating parking was very difficult. Traffic moved at a pretty good clip and by the time you saw the sign for a car park, it was behind you. Trying to double back on narrow roads or pull over seemed treacherous. We made some stops to look at scenic views, waterfalls, and took a long tour of Wray Castle. Lake District is indeed a special place, though February I suspect is not the ideal time of year for all its glory. However, it was nice for keeping down crowds. Other than London, we often had places all to ourselves.
Day 3: Hadrians Wall, Northern England, Dumfries Scotland. We made quite a few stops along Hadrians Wall, absolutely gorgeous countryside. Our longest stop was at Birdoswald Roman Fort, got some amazing pictures. We laughed about visiting Hadrians wall since England is teeming with stone walls, but I don't regret doing it. The quaint countryside was more my interest anyway. Caerlavrock Castle in Dumfries was my kids favorite stop for sure. We had the whole castle to ourselves, and the gentleman at the gift shop came out and gave us a private tour for a bit (benefits of visiting off season). The neat part is being so close to history. In the US, you're generally corralled though everything, kept at a distance from anything important. Here we were right there, up close, able to touch it.
Day 4 & 5: Polperro. Yes, of course we did it! Drive down was uneventful, drove through the early morning hours, got there around 8 am. Spent the morning exploring the harbor, beach (it was low tide so we got to go into the cave), the footpaths on the netloft side. Not much was open but we went to every store that was. Had lunch at a cute little diner, husband got a Cornish pasty, I got a traditional English breakfast. By this time, exhaustion was catching up with us so we went back to the hotel to take a nap. Later we walked back down to the harbor to have drinks at the Blue Peter Inn and Three Pilchards. The next morning before sunrise, we did Reuben's Walk to the lighthouse and spent some time watching the beacon as the sun rose. Oh, and why Polperro: My husband and I bonded over an old point-and-click video game called The Lost Crown A Ghost Hunting Adventure set in Saxton (AKA Polperro). Won't go into all the details but Saxton is kind a supernatural world between life, and after life, or that's how we interpreted it in the game. Last February, my husband was diagnosed with leukemia. Won't go into everything but a trip to Saxton just seemed like the right thing to do after you get news like that. Drive back was uneventful other than it may have been the one and only time the sun came out during our 7 days there. Not complaining though, cloudy and drizzly was exactly what I envisioned.
Day 6: London. Took the train, which was fun tbh. I wish I had a nickel for every time the lady said "See it, Say it, Sorted" over the intercom. We got off at Euston and took the tube to Waterloo to pick up the bus tour. There was no reason to take the tube to Waterloo as I found out but it was fun anyway, we don't have a subway where I live. I have to admit that London was my least favorite part of the vacation. It was wildly crowded for a cold, rainy random Thursday. And it turns out I get car sick on double decker buses. Still it was worth it to see those iconic sites with our own eyes. Got back to Penrith at nightfall and it felt like home. By this time the train station, Morrisons, the main circle by Morrison's was starting to feel so familiar. It snowed that day, white covered the sides of the road.
Day 7, last full day in England. Explored Penrith more, went to the post office to mail some post cards, shopped at stores outside the city center. The hills looked beautiful snow capped. Never got to the Scottish highlands but I'd like to think they look a bit like that if I did.
Trip home was ok. Spent a few hours in Amsterdam airport, felt like we saw the whole world of people there.
We absolutely loved our England trip. The countryside, castles, people, driving on the opposite side of the road, yes even the gas stations on the freeway...were amazing. Fun fact, either England doesn't have pay at the pump or none of the stations we visited did. Sat nav/Google maps correctly predicted all drive times whether M, A, or B roads. I really don't know why so many people predicted outrageous drive times, not true at all for us. I imagine driving near or in London would have been terrible, so we didn't. The circles were wild, scary at first, fun by the end. We watched lots of Youtube videos about English driving, definitely paid off. Yes it was expensive but it was a trip of a lifetime for us and worth every dime.
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@LBusername what a belta frisk reading this, this is why I love Americans, it’s the can do attitude, this country’s full of moaning miserable people, you can’t post online saying I’ve climbed a mountain with out someone pointing out that there are people who can’t climb mountains so it’s offensive. Love the pioneer spirit,more people should be like you guys. Only thing I’d complain about is you flew into my hometown and yet no mention of it, you missed some of the most beautiful streets in Europe like pilgrim street/Grainger street/dean streetOOP
~Newcastle will always hold the special distinction of being our first, and last, image of England. That said, you're right, it was only the place to start and end our visit and that's probably a shame. Flying in, as we got closer to the ground, we saw a lighthouse and remember thinking how much I'd like to visit it. I took a picture of it, it's not very good for sharing, but it encompasses the excitement and awe I felt finally making it there. https://imgur.com/a/2oDmkD5
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I can't believe you stayed in the lakes and went to London and Cornwall but not Scotland! Ya daft wotsits!OOP
THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOPDumfries is Scotland! We didn't go far into Scotland but we definitely made it. Had arguably one of our best days at Caerlaverock Castle.
2024.03.21 08:23 Sweet-Count2557 Mexico With Kids
 | Mexico With Kids Are you ready for an adventure of a lifetime? Join us as we explore Mexico with kids!From pristine beaches to ancient ruins, Mexico offers a world of excitement for the whole family.Dive into crystal-clear waters, uncover the secrets of the Mayan civilization, and witness majestic whales in their natural habitat.We'll guide you through the best family-friendly destinations, activities, and accommodations, ensuring a memorable and stress-free vacation.So, pack your bags and get ready to experience the freedom and joy of exploring Mexico with your loved ones.Key TakeawaysMexico offers delicious cuisine, vibrant culture, and all-inclusive resorts for family vacations.Top destinations for Mexico family vacations with kids include Cancun, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Merida, and Tulum.Families can enjoy a variety of activities such as snorkeling, whale watching, exploring Mayan ruins, and relaxing on the beach.Mexico family vacations provide a great opportunity for kids to learn about marine life, history, and different cultures.Top Family-Friendly Destinations in MexicoWe have researched and found the top family-friendly destinations in Mexico for our upcoming vacation. Mexico is a fantastic country for family vacations, offering a wide range of activities and attractions that cater to kids of all ages. From must-visit theme parks to exciting outdoor adventures, Mexico has it all.When it comes to theme parks, Xcaret and Xel-Ha are two must-visit destinations for families. Xcaret offers a unique blend of culture and nature, with thrilling rides, live performances, and the opportunity to swim in underground rivers. Xel-Ha, on the other hand, is a natural aquatic park where kids can snorkel, swim with dolphins, and explore stunning cenotes.For outdoor adventures, Mexico has plenty to offer. Kids can go zip-lining through the jungle in Puerto Vallarta, take a boat tour to see dolphins and whales in Los Cabos, or go horseback riding in Cancun. The country's diverse landscape provides endless opportunities for exploration and adventure.Overall, Mexico is a paradise for families seeking fun and adventure. With its must-visit theme parks and exciting outdoor activities, it offers something for everyone. So pack your bags and get ready for a memorable family vacation in Mexico!Fun Activities for Kids in MexicoI'm excited to explore the fun activities for kids in Mexico during our family vacation! Mexico is a fantastic destination for families, with a wide range of interactive museums and outdoor adventure parks that will keep the kids entertained and engaged.One of the must-visit places for families in Mexico is the interactive museums. These museums are designed to make learning fun and exciting for kids of all ages. From science and technology exhibits to history and art, there's something for everyone. Children can explore, touch, and play while they learn about different subjects in a hands-on way.In addition to the interactive museums, Mexico also offers outdoor adventure parks that are perfect for families. These parks are filled with thrilling rides, water slides, and exciting activities that will get everyone's adrenaline pumping. Whether you're ziplining through the jungle, swimming with dolphins, or exploring the natural wonders of Mexico, there's no shortage of adventure in store for your family.With so many fun activities to enjoy in Mexico, it's important to find the best hotels for families that will provide a comfortable and convenient stay. From all-inclusive resorts with pools and kids clubs to boutique hotels with family-friendly amenities, there are plenty of options to choose from. These hotels will ensure that your family has a memorable and enjoyable vacation in Mexico.Best Hotels for Families in MexicoLet's explore the best hotels for families in Mexico, where we can enjoy comfortable accommodations and convenient amenities.Mexico offers a wide range of affordable accommodations for families, ensuring that everyone can find the perfect place to stay during their vacation.When it comes to the best family-friendly resorts in Mexico, there are a few that stand out.One of the top choices is El Palacito Secreto in Merida. This luxury boutique hotel is located within walking distance of Merida's top attractions and offers a gorgeous pool, bountiful breakfast, and shady interior gardens. It's a great option for families looking for a comfortable and convenient stay in Merida.Another fantastic option is Villa La Valencia Beach Resort and Spa in Los Cabos. This all-inclusive hotel features Los Cabos' longest lazy river, a kids club with a fully trained staff, a poolside restaurant, and spacious suites. With up to four bedrooms available, families can enjoy a comfortable and enjoyable stay in Los Cabos.For those looking to explore Puebla, Hotel Palacio San Leonardo is a great choice. This restored historic structure offers practical amenities for families and an elevated guest experience. With complimentary cribs, an outdoor pool, and an onsite restaurant, families can enjoy a comfortable stay while exploring the city.Lastly, in Puerto Vallarta, Grand Residences Riviera Cancun is a family-friendly hotel that offers spacious suites with private terraces, multiple swimming pools, and exceptional service. The kids club at the hotel even teaches Mayan games and piñata making.These are just a few examples of the best hotels for families in Mexico. With a variety of affordable accommodations and family-friendly resorts to choose from, families can enjoy a memorable vacation in Mexico.Exploring Cultural Experiences in Mexico With KidsOne option for exploring cultural experiences in Mexico with kids is visiting the Zocalo in Puebla, where families can stroll and enjoy impromptu concerts.Here are three exciting activities to consider when exploring cultural experiences in Mexico with your kids:Visiting traditional markets: Take your kids to the local markets in Mexico, where they can experience the vibrant atmosphere and discover unique crafts and delicious street food. From the chaotic but joyful Lucas de Gálvez Market in Merida to the sweet shops on Calle de los Dulces in Puebla, these markets offer a sensory experience that will immerse your family in the local culture.Participating in cultural festivals: Mexico is known for its colorful and lively festivals. Take your kids to experience the Merida en Domingo festivities in Merida's Plaza Grande, where they can enjoy music, dance, and merriment. You can also explore other cultural festivals throughout Mexico, such as the Day of the Dead celebrations in Puerto Vallarta or the vibrant Carnival in Los Cabos.Exploring historical sites: Mexico is rich in history and ancient ruins. Take your kids to explore Mayan ruins like Chichen Itza in Merida or Tulum in Cancun. These sites provide an educational and awe-inspiring experience, allowing your family to learn about the fascinating history of Mexico.Tips for a Memorable Family Vacation in MexicoWe're looking forward to exploring the vibrant markets, immersing ourselves in cultural festivals, and discovering historical sites for a memorable family vacation in Mexico.One important aspect of our trip will be navigating transportation in Mexico. We want to ensure that our family can travel comfortably and efficiently throughout the country. From our research, we've learned that Mexico has a well-developed transportation system that includes buses, taxis, and rental cars.Buses are a popular and affordable option for getting around, with many routes connecting major cities and tourist destinations. Taxis are also readily available, but it's important to use licensed taxis and agree on a fare before getting in. As for rental cars, they provide the flexibility to explore at our own pace, but we'll need to familiarize ourselves with local driving laws and be cautious on the roads.Another important aspect of our family vacation in Mexico is finding family-friendly restaurants. We want to experience the delicious Mexican cuisine while ensuring that there are options that cater to our children's preferences. Many restaurants in Mexico offer kid-friendly menus and a welcoming atmosphere for families. We'll also make sure to look for restaurants that prioritize fresh, local ingredients and authentic flavors.Overall, we're excited to navigate transportation and find family-friendly restaurants in Mexico to make our family vacation truly memorable.Frequently Asked QuestionsAre There Any Specific Safety Tips for Traveling With Kids in Mexico?When traveling with kids in Mexico, it's important to take certain safety precautions. Always keep a close eye on your children and teach them about basic safety rules.Choose child-friendly accommodations that have secure facilities and offer amenities like pool fences or childcare services. Research the areas you'll be visiting and avoid any known unsafe areas.Additionally, be sure to pack essentials like sunscreen, insect repellent, and a first aid kit.Prioritize your family's safety and enjoy your Mexico family vacation to the fullest.What Are Some Popular Mexican Dishes That Kids Might Enjoy?When it comes to Mexican food for kids, there are plenty of delicious options to introduce them to this vibrant cuisine. Tacos, quesadillas, and enchiladas are all popular choices that kids tend to enjoy.You can also incorporate kid-friendly ingredients like cheese, rice, and beans to make the dishes more appealing. Don't forget to offer mild salsa or guacamole for dipping!Are There Any Family-Friendly Museums or Attractions in Mexico?There are plenty of family-friendly museums and attractions in Mexico. You can visit the Papalote Museo del Niño in Mexico City, which offers interactive exhibits and educational activities for kids.Another option is the Children's Museum in Guadalajara, where children can engage in hands-on learning experiences.As for child-friendly transportation options, you can take a ride on the Turibus, a double-decker bus that offers panoramic views of the city.Don't miss out on the special events and festivals in Mexico, such as the Day of the Dead celebrations and the Guelaguetza festival in Oaxaca.Can You Recommend Any Child-Friendly Transportation Options for Getting Around Mexico?When it comes to getting around Mexico with kids, there are plenty of child-friendly transportation options. One of the best ways is to use the local taxis, as they're readily available and can easily accommodate families.Another great option is to rent a car, which gives you the flexibility to explore at your own pace.Additionally, Mexico has a reliable public transportation system, including buses and trains, that can take you to various destinations.These transportation options offer convenience and freedom for families on their Mexico family vacation.Are There Any Special Events or Festivals in Mexico That Are Particularly Enjoyable for Families With Kids?There are many special events and festivals in Mexico that are enjoyable for families with kids. From vibrant cultural celebrations to lively parades, there's something for everyone.Some family-friendly events include Day of the Dead celebrations, the Guelaguetza festival in Oaxaca, and the Carnival celebrations in Mazatlan. These events offer a unique opportunity to immerse your family in Mexican culture and create lasting memories.And while exploring these events, don't forget to try some must-try Mexican snacks for kids, like churros, elote (Mexican street corn), and agua frescas.ConclusionIn conclusion, Mexico is a treasure trove of family-friendly adventures just waiting to be discovered. Whether it's exploring ancient ruins or snorkeling in crystal-clear waters, there's something for every member of the family to enjoy.With a wide range of accommodations to choose from, your stay in Mexico will be comfortable and convenient.So pack your bags, embrace the excitement, and let Mexico with kids be the start of an unforgettable family vacation.Remember, the world is your oyster, and Mexico is the pearl! Read More : https://worldkidstravel.com/mexico-with-kids/?feed_id=2250&_unique_id=65fbe0588d233 submitted by Sweet-Count2557 to worldkidstravel [link] [comments] |
2024.03.18 18:43 jiaco516 What is a Jumbo Mortgage?
A Deep Dive into Jumbo Mortgages: Are You Ready to Super-Size Your Home Dreams?
Welcome, mortgage mavens and prospective palace purchasers alike, to a no-nonsense, all-about-jumbo-mortgages prowl! Grab your favorite caffeinated drink, because we're plunging into the deep, sometimes intimidating, and oh-so-fascinating world of jumbo home loans.
What the Heck Is a Jumbo Mortgage Anyway? (https://themortgage.app/mortgage-tips/b/jumbo-loans)
You've heard the term bandied about in certain circles – usually the kind where a triple-shot espresso and designer suits are standard issue. But what makes a mortgage "jumbo" and why should you care? Well, strap in, because we're about to reveal a secret that could change the landscape of your home investment strategies.
A Jumbo Mortgage Defined
A jumbo mortgage is like the emperor of loans – it's the big guy, the heavy hitter, the leader in square footage and cost. It's a loan that exceeds the limits set by government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If you're looking to purchase a home that exceeds these dollar thresholds, you're officially in jumbo territory.
Who Needs a Jumbo Mortgage?
This isn't just your average Joe's loan. It's for those looking to buy a home that's a slice of heaven, and for whom a regular mortgage just won't cut it. We're talking about high-net-worth individuals, move-up buyers with swanky tastes, and yes, even first-time buyers who dream big.
Navigating the Unknown Waters of Jumbo Domains
Now that you're armed with the knowledge that jumbo mortgages are not, in fact, loans for buying overly large elephants, it's time to get into the nitty-gritty.
Loan Amount Thresholds
What makes a mortgage jumbo?
It's not just the catchphrase; it's the dollar amount. Jumbo loans kick in where conventional mortgages fear to tread, generally starting at $766,550 (but this varies by location), reaching up to several million smackers.
Interest Rates and Terms
With great power comes great interest rates, or so the old adage sort of goes. Jumbo mortgages often have slightly higher rates, given the higher risk to lenders. This isn't always the case, but it's a good rule of thumb. The terms can be more flexible since they don’t fall under the same umbrella as conventional loans.
Note: Just because the house is "jumbo priced" doesn't mean you have to get a Jumbo Mortgage! If the conventional loan limit where you live is $766,550, and you were planning to put down 20%, you could be in a conventional loan still as long as the sales price isn't higher than $958,000. Planning on 25% down? That takes your max sales price to $1,022,000!!
Who Should – and Shouldn't – Take the Jumbo Plunge?
Jumbo mortgages aren't for the faint of heart or the thin of wallet. Yet, they offer opportunities that traditional mortgages cannot.
High-Net-Worth Individuals
For the elite looking to invest in prime real estate, jumbo mortgages could be the golden ticket to property portfolios that make jaws drop – and property values soar.
Move-Up Buyers
You've lived one dream house; now you want your next one. A jumbo mortgage can bridge the abyss between selling your last turreted castle and buying your next one.
First-Time Homebuyers
Wait, what? Yes, jumbo loans can be for first-timers, too. If you're in an area with high property values and this is your genuine home market, a jumbo mortgage might put that white picket fence in arm's reach.
The Art of Nailing the Jumbo Mortgage
The key to harnessing the power of jumbo lending is not just money; it's strategy, collaboration, and approach.
Realtors' Role
For real estate agents, understanding jumbo mortgages is like navigating the off-menu items. It sets them apart as the go-to guides for clients aiming for the stratosphere in home buying.
CPA and Financial Planner Involvement
Bringing in the pros early, think of it as laying the groundwork for a mansion. CPAs are like architects, designing finances to meet crazy (elongated) loan requirements.
Jabbing at the Pros and Cons of Going Jumbo
Here’s the juicy beef – the triple-decker jumbo loan sandwich with extra pickles. (Yes, we’re hungry and using food analogies now.)
Benefits of Jumbo Mortgages (https://themortgage.app/jumbo-loans)
You get the house of your LinkedIn dreams — the kind that gets likes, shares, and possibly an influencer hashtag of its own. Plus, you’ve got more leverage in negotiations when you walk in with a jumbo check for your jumbo loan.
Challenges of Jumbo Mortgages
Like any menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant, the choices can be overwhelming, and the expectations hefty. Jumbo mortgages often come with strict requirements, higher down payments, and a dedicated MRI of your financial health.
Are You Ready to Sign the Jumbo Dotted Line?
Jumbo mortgages aren't the stuff of myths; they are real, often critical vehicles for securing the luxury home of your dreams. Whether you're a seasoned property gazelle, a high-flying entrepreneur with a taste for marble entryways, or a newbie just wanting that life sized Monopoly house, the jumbo mortgage can be your doorway into the next chapter of your residential epic.
Ultimately, the choice to pursue a jumbo mortgage isn't just a numerical decision; it's a lifestyle consideration. It’s about balancing ambitious home aspirations with fiscal responsibility.
Take the plunge into jumbo mortgages like you would a heated pool in your backyard – with preparation and gusto.
And remember, the only thing larger than the loan might just be the feeling of walking into the super-sized house that loan built.
Welcome home to your jumbo-sized life!
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Welcome, mortgage mavens and prospective palace purchasers alike, to a no-nonsense, all-about-jumbo-mortgages prowl! Grab your favorite caffeinated drink, because we're plunging into the deep, sometimes intimidating, and oh-so-fascinating world of jumbo home loans.
What the Heck Is a Jumbo Mortgage Anyway? (https://themortgage.app/mortgage-tips/b/jumbo-loans)
You've heard the term bandied about in certain circles – usually the kind where a triple-shot espresso and designer suits are standard issue. But what makes a mortgage "jumbo" and why should you care? Well, strap in, because we're about to reveal a secret that could change the landscape of your home investment strategies.
A Jumbo Mortgage Defined
A jumbo mortgage is like the emperor of loans – it's the big guy, the heavy hitter, the leader in square footage and cost. It's a loan that exceeds the limits set by government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If you're looking to purchase a home that exceeds these dollar thresholds, you're officially in jumbo territory.
Who Needs a Jumbo Mortgage?
This isn't just your average Joe's loan. It's for those looking to buy a home that's a slice of heaven, and for whom a regular mortgage just won't cut it. We're talking about high-net-worth individuals, move-up buyers with swanky tastes, and yes, even first-time buyers who dream big.
Navigating the Unknown Waters of Jumbo Domains
Now that you're armed with the knowledge that jumbo mortgages are not, in fact, loans for buying overly large elephants, it's time to get into the nitty-gritty.
Loan Amount Thresholds
What makes a mortgage jumbo?
It's not just the catchphrase; it's the dollar amount. Jumbo loans kick in where conventional mortgages fear to tread, generally starting at $766,550 (but this varies by location), reaching up to several million smackers.
Interest Rates and Terms
With great power comes great interest rates, or so the old adage sort of goes. Jumbo mortgages often have slightly higher rates, given the higher risk to lenders. This isn't always the case, but it's a good rule of thumb. The terms can be more flexible since they don’t fall under the same umbrella as conventional loans.
Note: Just because the house is "jumbo priced" doesn't mean you have to get a Jumbo Mortgage! If the conventional loan limit where you live is $766,550, and you were planning to put down 20%, you could be in a conventional loan still as long as the sales price isn't higher than $958,000. Planning on 25% down? That takes your max sales price to $1,022,000!!
Who Should – and Shouldn't – Take the Jumbo Plunge?
Jumbo mortgages aren't for the faint of heart or the thin of wallet. Yet, they offer opportunities that traditional mortgages cannot.
High-Net-Worth Individuals
For the elite looking to invest in prime real estate, jumbo mortgages could be the golden ticket to property portfolios that make jaws drop – and property values soar.
Move-Up Buyers
You've lived one dream house; now you want your next one. A jumbo mortgage can bridge the abyss between selling your last turreted castle and buying your next one.
First-Time Homebuyers
Wait, what? Yes, jumbo loans can be for first-timers, too. If you're in an area with high property values and this is your genuine home market, a jumbo mortgage might put that white picket fence in arm's reach.
The Art of Nailing the Jumbo Mortgage
The key to harnessing the power of jumbo lending is not just money; it's strategy, collaboration, and approach.
Realtors' Role
For real estate agents, understanding jumbo mortgages is like navigating the off-menu items. It sets them apart as the go-to guides for clients aiming for the stratosphere in home buying.
CPA and Financial Planner Involvement
Bringing in the pros early, think of it as laying the groundwork for a mansion. CPAs are like architects, designing finances to meet crazy (elongated) loan requirements.
Jabbing at the Pros and Cons of Going Jumbo
Here’s the juicy beef – the triple-decker jumbo loan sandwich with extra pickles. (Yes, we’re hungry and using food analogies now.)
Benefits of Jumbo Mortgages (https://themortgage.app/jumbo-loans)
You get the house of your LinkedIn dreams — the kind that gets likes, shares, and possibly an influencer hashtag of its own. Plus, you’ve got more leverage in negotiations when you walk in with a jumbo check for your jumbo loan.
Challenges of Jumbo Mortgages
Like any menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant, the choices can be overwhelming, and the expectations hefty. Jumbo mortgages often come with strict requirements, higher down payments, and a dedicated MRI of your financial health.
Are You Ready to Sign the Jumbo Dotted Line?
Jumbo mortgages aren't the stuff of myths; they are real, often critical vehicles for securing the luxury home of your dreams. Whether you're a seasoned property gazelle, a high-flying entrepreneur with a taste for marble entryways, or a newbie just wanting that life sized Monopoly house, the jumbo mortgage can be your doorway into the next chapter of your residential epic.
Ultimately, the choice to pursue a jumbo mortgage isn't just a numerical decision; it's a lifestyle consideration. It’s about balancing ambitious home aspirations with fiscal responsibility.
Take the plunge into jumbo mortgages like you would a heated pool in your backyard – with preparation and gusto.
And remember, the only thing larger than the loan might just be the feeling of walking into the super-sized house that loan built.
Welcome home to your jumbo-sized life!
2024.03.17 13:31 LBsusername Update to Penrith/Polperro trip
I have to admit, I really wasn't looking forward to this. Sat down to do it a few times but I have to admit, I didn't enjoy my last submission to this sub so I decided to forgo it hoping everyone had just gotten on with their lives. I did put a basic update on my profile hoping that would satisfy any die hards but having received a couple replies recently, it's obvious there are those who won't let it go. Here's a link to the original post: https://www.reddit.com/uktravel/comments/16wf0jh/penrith_cumbria_family_of_4_7_days_at_a_timeshare/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Caution: this will be a long post.
Trip was amazing! Unbelievably, and perhaps despite ourselves, everything went damn near perfect in England. The flights there were kind of a shit show due to some guy boarding himself in Minneapolis before the gate was open, causing us to nearly miss our connecting flight in Paris to England. Fortunately the plane broke down in Paris so we didn't "/s". Flying into the Newcastle airport was exciting experience due to very high winds, truly a wild ride which we were told by locals is common.
So here was our trip, it was early February.
Day 1: Drive to Penrith from Newcastle airport. Our rental was a Mercedes, which in the US is high end car which was neat. The first drive was terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Sat nav put us on A686 which was a narrow, winding road in mountain passes, not easy for first time UK drivers. Thank god we opted for the automatic, even my husband expressed over and over how grateful he was we changed our minds about that. It was windy and cold, but no precipitation thankfully. Once we got over our anxiety about it, we all enjoyed the ride marveling at everything.
Our lodgings: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen country cottage in Northern England. There was a bar and restaurant in the main house, which we frequented a couple times. I had the the fish & chips, which were delicious and my 18 y/o daughter loved ordering drinks at the bar since legal drinking age for us is 21. There was a pool and hot tub, the hot tub had a panoramic view of the English countryside with sheep grazing. Loved it and not one of us experienced any jet lag on our trip there. The long trip over the pond lined up perfectly with our sleep schedule, slept the whole flight.
Day 2: Lake District. We decided to let the road take us and it did. We made a few stops but navigating parking was very difficult. Traffic moved at a pretty good clip and by the time you saw the sign for a car park, it was behind you. Trying to double back on narrow roads or pull over seemed treacherous. We made some stops to look at scenic views, waterfalls, and took a long tour of Wray Castle. Lake District is indeed a special place, though February I suspect is not the ideal time of year for all its glory. However, it was nice for keeping down crowds. Other than London, we often had places all to ourselves.
Day 3: Hadrians Wall, Northern England, Dumfries Scotland. We made quite a few stops along Hadrians Wall, absolutely gorgeous countryside. Our longest stop was at Birdoswald Roman Fort, got some amazing pictures. We laughed about visiting Hadrians wall since England is teeming with stone walls, but I don't regret doing it. The quaint countryside was more my interest anyway. Caerlavrock Castle in Dumfries was my kids favorite stop for sure. We had the whole castle to ourselves, and the gentleman at the gift shop came out and gave us a private tour for a bit (benefits of visiting off season). The neat part is being so close to history. In the US, you're generally corralled though everything, kept at a distance from anything important. Here we were right there, up close, able to touch it.
Day 4 & 5: Polperro. Yes, of course we did it! Drive down was uneventful, drove through the early morning hours, got there around 8 am. Spent the morning exploring the harbor, beach (it was low tide so we got to go into the cave), the footpaths on the netloft side. Not much was open but we went to every store that was. Had lunch at a cute little diner, husband got a Cornish pasty, I got a traditional English breakfast. By this time, exhaustion was catching up with us so we went back to the hotel to take a nap. Later we walked back down to the harbor to have drinks at the Blue Peter Inn and Three Pilchards. The next morning before sunrise, we did Reuben's Walk to the lighthouse and spent some time watching the beacon as the sun rose. Oh, and why Polperro: My husband and I bonded over an old point-and-click video game called The Lost Crown A Ghost Hunting Adventure set in Saxton (AKA Polperro). Won't go into all the details but Saxton is kind a supernatural world between life, and after life, or that's how we interpreted it in the game. Last February, my husband was diagnosed with leukemia. Won't go into everything but a trip to Saxton just seemed like the right thing to do after you get news like that. Drive back was uneventful other than it may have been the one and only time the sun came out during our 7 days there. Not complaining though, cloudy and drizzly was exactly what I envisioned.
Day 6: London. Took the train, which was fun tbh. I wish I had a nickel for every time the lady said "See it, Say it, Sorted" over the intercom. We got off at Euston and took the tube to Waterloo to pick up the bus tour. There was no reason to take the tube to Waterloo as I found out but it was fun anyway, we don't have a subway where I live. I have to admit that London was my least favorite part of the vacation. It was wildly crowded for a cold, rainy random Thursday. And it turns out I get car sick on double decker buses. Still it was worth it to see those iconic sites with our own eyes. Got back to Penrith at nightfall and it felt like home. By this time the train station, Morrisons, the main circle by Morrison's was starting to feel so familiar. It snowed that day, white covered the sides of the road.
Day 7, last full day in England. Explored Penrith more, went to the post office to mail some post cards, shopped at stores outside the city center. The hills looked beautiful snow capped. Never got to the Scottish highlands but I'd like to think they look a bit like that if I did.
Trip home was ok. Spent a few hours in Amsterdam airport, felt like we saw the whole world of people there.
We absolutely loved our England trip. The countryside, castles, people, driving on the opposite side of the road, yes even the gas stations on the freeway...were amazing. Fun fact, either England doesn't have pay at the pump or none of the stations we visited did. Sat nav/Google maps correctly predicted all drive times whether M, A, or B roads. I really don't know why so many people predicted outrageous drive times, not true at all for us. I imagine driving near or in London would have been terrible, so we didn't. The circles were wild, scary at first, fun by the end. We watched lots of Youtube videos about English driving, definitely paid off. Yes it was expensive but it was a trip of a lifetime for us and worth every dime.
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Caution: this will be a long post.
Trip was amazing! Unbelievably, and perhaps despite ourselves, everything went damn near perfect in England. The flights there were kind of a shit show due to some guy boarding himself in Minneapolis before the gate was open, causing us to nearly miss our connecting flight in Paris to England. Fortunately the plane broke down in Paris so we didn't "/s". Flying into the Newcastle airport was exciting experience due to very high winds, truly a wild ride which we were told by locals is common.
So here was our trip, it was early February.
Day 1: Drive to Penrith from Newcastle airport. Our rental was a Mercedes, which in the US is high end car which was neat. The first drive was terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Sat nav put us on A686 which was a narrow, winding road in mountain passes, not easy for first time UK drivers. Thank god we opted for the automatic, even my husband expressed over and over how grateful he was we changed our minds about that. It was windy and cold, but no precipitation thankfully. Once we got over our anxiety about it, we all enjoyed the ride marveling at everything.
Our lodgings: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen country cottage in Northern England. There was a bar and restaurant in the main house, which we frequented a couple times. I had the the fish & chips, which were delicious and my 18 y/o daughter loved ordering drinks at the bar since legal drinking age for us is 21. There was a pool and hot tub, the hot tub had a panoramic view of the English countryside with sheep grazing. Loved it and not one of us experienced any jet lag on our trip there. The long trip over the pond lined up perfectly with our sleep schedule, slept the whole flight.
Day 2: Lake District. We decided to let the road take us and it did. We made a few stops but navigating parking was very difficult. Traffic moved at a pretty good clip and by the time you saw the sign for a car park, it was behind you. Trying to double back on narrow roads or pull over seemed treacherous. We made some stops to look at scenic views, waterfalls, and took a long tour of Wray Castle. Lake District is indeed a special place, though February I suspect is not the ideal time of year for all its glory. However, it was nice for keeping down crowds. Other than London, we often had places all to ourselves.
Day 3: Hadrians Wall, Northern England, Dumfries Scotland. We made quite a few stops along Hadrians Wall, absolutely gorgeous countryside. Our longest stop was at Birdoswald Roman Fort, got some amazing pictures. We laughed about visiting Hadrians wall since England is teeming with stone walls, but I don't regret doing it. The quaint countryside was more my interest anyway. Caerlavrock Castle in Dumfries was my kids favorite stop for sure. We had the whole castle to ourselves, and the gentleman at the gift shop came out and gave us a private tour for a bit (benefits of visiting off season). The neat part is being so close to history. In the US, you're generally corralled though everything, kept at a distance from anything important. Here we were right there, up close, able to touch it.
Day 4 & 5: Polperro. Yes, of course we did it! Drive down was uneventful, drove through the early morning hours, got there around 8 am. Spent the morning exploring the harbor, beach (it was low tide so we got to go into the cave), the footpaths on the netloft side. Not much was open but we went to every store that was. Had lunch at a cute little diner, husband got a Cornish pasty, I got a traditional English breakfast. By this time, exhaustion was catching up with us so we went back to the hotel to take a nap. Later we walked back down to the harbor to have drinks at the Blue Peter Inn and Three Pilchards. The next morning before sunrise, we did Reuben's Walk to the lighthouse and spent some time watching the beacon as the sun rose. Oh, and why Polperro: My husband and I bonded over an old point-and-click video game called The Lost Crown A Ghost Hunting Adventure set in Saxton (AKA Polperro). Won't go into all the details but Saxton is kind a supernatural world between life, and after life, or that's how we interpreted it in the game. Last February, my husband was diagnosed with leukemia. Won't go into everything but a trip to Saxton just seemed like the right thing to do after you get news like that. Drive back was uneventful other than it may have been the one and only time the sun came out during our 7 days there. Not complaining though, cloudy and drizzly was exactly what I envisioned.
Day 6: London. Took the train, which was fun tbh. I wish I had a nickel for every time the lady said "See it, Say it, Sorted" over the intercom. We got off at Euston and took the tube to Waterloo to pick up the bus tour. There was no reason to take the tube to Waterloo as I found out but it was fun anyway, we don't have a subway where I live. I have to admit that London was my least favorite part of the vacation. It was wildly crowded for a cold, rainy random Thursday. And it turns out I get car sick on double decker buses. Still it was worth it to see those iconic sites with our own eyes. Got back to Penrith at nightfall and it felt like home. By this time the train station, Morrisons, the main circle by Morrison's was starting to feel so familiar. It snowed that day, white covered the sides of the road.
Day 7, last full day in England. Explored Penrith more, went to the post office to mail some post cards, shopped at stores outside the city center. The hills looked beautiful snow capped. Never got to the Scottish highlands but I'd like to think they look a bit like that if I did.
Trip home was ok. Spent a few hours in Amsterdam airport, felt like we saw the whole world of people there.
We absolutely loved our England trip. The countryside, castles, people, driving on the opposite side of the road, yes even the gas stations on the freeway...were amazing. Fun fact, either England doesn't have pay at the pump or none of the stations we visited did. Sat nav/Google maps correctly predicted all drive times whether M, A, or B roads. I really don't know why so many people predicted outrageous drive times, not true at all for us. I imagine driving near or in London would have been terrible, so we didn't. The circles were wild, scary at first, fun by the end. We watched lots of Youtube videos about English driving, definitely paid off. Yes it was expensive but it was a trip of a lifetime for us and worth every dime.