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In Canaderp roubles. So you are right, only $3k freedom units
Enjoy all that money while you can!
Exactly. I hate owing "the man" and would go insane if we lived paycheck to paycheck but am willing to take out the loan and work on the house but have already figured out that it won't be 15 years to pay back...5 at most. Fortunately I'm pretty low maintenance and Earl lucked out because I am the one who takes care of all the budgeting and he lives pretty care free in all of this.
Woke up on the right side of the dirt. (I think anyway)
Really good night sleep
It is the first long weekend of "Summer" here in Kanukistan, as we celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday which is known as the "May 24" weekend; even though it never falls on that date. Something about beer has to do with that little tidbit I do believe.
Normally we go "Car-Camping" to the local provincial park, grab a site, set up the tents, drink beer and ride bikes on the really good local trail network. But with the CoronEbolAids that is out of the realm of possibility.
Looks like some backyard camping it is. ( Firepit, Beer and Tent)
Maybe a bike ride.
So in keeping with the theme of late, I give you the weather forecast.
Today - Rain.
Friday - Rain.
Saturday - Maybe rain.
Sunday - Rain
Monday - Rain.
And just to make the workweek a joy - Tuesday - Rain.
Really good night sleep
It is the first long weekend of "Summer" here in Kanukistan, as we celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday which is known as the "May 24" weekend; even though it never falls on that date. Something about beer has to do with that little tidbit I do believe.
Normally we go "Car-Camping" to the local provincial park, grab a site, set up the tents, drink beer and ride bikes on the really good local trail network. But with the CoronEbolAids that is out of the realm of possibility.
Looks like some backyard camping it is. ( Firepit, Beer and Tent)
Maybe a bike ride.
So in keeping with the theme of late, I give you the weather forecast.
Today - Rain.
Friday - Rain.
Saturday - Maybe rain.
Sunday - Rain
Monday - Rain.
And just to make the workweek a joy - Tuesday - Rain.
Prior to Covid we had already scaled back much of our spending to save for retirement. Dinner out was only one night a week and that was usually under $60.00, Bag lunches, keep the work vehicle at home so no commute costs, kill off most of the Direc Tv channels. Cars are paid off. Two biggest drains are the house @ 3000/ month and the horses. No horses and we could retire right now but that's not going to happen ( happy wife yada yada yada).
So coffee , eats and off to virus land for me..
So coffee , eats and off to virus land for me..
what's the next seasonal ipa you're brewing
Been brewing a lot of Nimble Giant for the last couple of weeks. We're also getting a lot of R&D work done on a couple of new recipes slated for Fall and next Spring.
true dat but she makes 5x my income. She says if she works, I work. I don't argue.
His wife "won't let him" retire.
nice. nimble G is one of my favs. just finished a case of lollihop, tempted to get another.
i think i'm gonna fuck off work tomorrow and finally head into the woods for a ride. i've heard crowds are back down, i think it might be related to NJ reopening their parks.
hey @BikeGeek what do you do for Troegs? Brewer? Owner?
Death rate for Americans actually went down during the Depression. There was an increase in some economically related deaths, but overall it went down. Why?
Reduced infectious disease rates, and there was no pandemic.
Brewing manager
you're not wrong, but that's not the kind of direct comparison you can make. the difference is what you stated yourself - "there was no pandemic"
The point was that the financial impact on the death rate was much smaller than the the reduction in infectious disease due to lower human interaction stemming from unemployment and less travel even though there was no pandemic. The idea that more people are dieing from the financial impact of lockdowns than would from the disease is a fallacy.
no poverty won''t directly kill someone, however it's a compounding factor for other things that are fatal; those who live in poverty are general at higher risk of death from other causes, primarily health.
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Your plan of dropping out of society remains the better option.$5k is our 4 months spending budget. Maybe I should be a financial advisor.
open up the goddamn country already.
i need these fucking little shit head kids out of this house.
i need these fucking little shit head kids out of this house.
So I decided to go to the Mex restaurant that's 50 feet from the office today. Everything is open here now. And they served a single serving of chips and salsa to the whole table, so I can never go back. It's a shame, the food was meh but the waitress has GREAT tiddies. So long, Sandra's tiddies.
Made good w/ big bike on local-ish trails. A brushfire in The Everglades is 50 miles East, burning since Sat. or Sun. 5:00 Wedn., wind-driven smoke made near dusk lighting. Today, air quality was disgusting. Felt good to flick the way heavy Iron Horse on close trails but, after an hour the air turned bad up there too.
After logging the 2hr ride, a Strava-local of mine posted being full-on agsinst advancing fire-line. Just offered to help to save his property - how you meet people in a new area.
After logging the 2hr ride, a Strava-local of mine posted being full-on agsinst advancing fire-line. Just offered to help to save his property - how you meet people in a new area.
fuck yea i just got a free day off work! corporate just gave us next friday off for memorial day. we already had monday off, so 4 day weekend. if i can get some stuff in order maybe i'll take thursday off and make it 5.
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Lunchtime Monkeys.
Mice, WTF. Got these fancy high speed traps that didn't catch shit. Got some old school wood and spring ones and caught 5 in 2 days. I think that was all of them.
With the wife not driving and paying $225/month for parking and me not driving to the office, we have had a nice padding of the bank account as well. I bought a few things for the truck and have been making bigger payments on stuff. As long as the contract continues, we could be in a great place.
The wife only works 32 hours a week now, but still.
Mice, WTF. Got these fancy high speed traps that didn't catch shit. Got some old school wood and spring ones and caught 5 in 2 days. I think that was all of them.
With the wife not driving and paying $225/month for parking and me not driving to the office, we have had a nice padding of the bank account as well. I bought a few things for the truck and have been making bigger payments on stuff. As long as the contract continues, we could be in a great place.
The wife only works 32 hours a week now, but still.
Effects of whatever's burning in the Everglades - janky meth-lab, single pot plant grow operation, stashed Whittington IMSA Porsche 936. Maybe the tobacco shed CIA housed KSM in. Shut down I-75/Alligator Alley here to Miami/Broward.
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I'm with the lot of you, saving tons of dough has been a nice silver lining to all of this. Living DINK-style we don't have all the expenses of you breeders, but still, a surprising amount of cash flows through our hands, particularly since we live in SF most of the time. This has been very educational and I hope to keep it leaner going forward. There's no question we'll spend less on bars and restaurants, that's for sure.
How's the "100 pushups a day" thing going? I've slipped a bit but can say I've been averaging around 500 a week.
Also, got my first quarantine haircut last week. Needed to find the right moment where I was drunk enough to let it happen but my SO was not too loaded to do it. Came out great it looks like that will be another cost savings going forward.
How's the "100 pushups a day" thing going? I've slipped a bit but can say I've been averaging around 500 a week.
Also, got my first quarantine haircut last week. Needed to find the right moment where I was drunk enough to let it happen but my SO was not too loaded to do it. Came out great it looks like that will be another cost savings going forward.
Hit 200 for the 1st time yesterday. Averaging about 100 per day for about 2 weeks now...
Dusted off the squishy bike and rode it for the first time in what has to be well over a year. Turns out that thing is kind of fun. I may have to put the nice wheels and ///brakes back on it. Also new trails in Ute Valley 
Brush fires in Collier County
Ironically, my income doesn't even factor into our spending. Wifey's income is what we live off of...$5k is our 4 months spending budget. Maybe I should be a financial advisor.
There's 400acre in the Everglades not contained since after last Friday sometime. Along Picayune Strand, yes there are others that are isolated.
How is Santos??