Based on my observations from this forum you will all be dead 20 years before I am. #knockonwoodsomeone is gonna show him that picture on his deathbed
The Economy (2020/21)
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wow, that's even worse than the stoney pic
Man... some times I miss being a contractor. I did a version of this when I did a brief work stint out in the Bay Area in the mid-90's.
My first job after college required full time travel. When I hired on it was billed as a 3-5 year learning experience. After 4 years I was sick of traveling and asked for a transfer. I was told no I needed to learn more. I challenged that by the fact that I was fixing jobs our senior guys fucked up, they said that was part of the process and the senior guys were still learning. I asked if they would promote me to a senior as I was had clearly advanced past where most of our senior guys had. They said no I was too young. The company was going to lay people off, I volunteered to get laid off, they said no they needed me. I told them I was going to need to take every Wednesday off until all of my accrued vacation was burnt up and I was only available to travel Monday and Tuesday nights. They transferred me to a local project but I quit soon after that. Somewhere in that process I turned in a weeks worth of expense receipts that were all for bottles of liquor, that was a fun meeting with HR.
where's a grassy knoll when you need one.....
Household debt jumped by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007
A big year for car and home shopping helped push Americans to take on a lot more debt last year.
www.cnn.com
How does that feel, being almost completely out of debt??Household debt jumped by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007
A big year for car and home shopping helped push Americans to take on a lot more debt last year.
I presume you still have a little on the Mazda?
Oh goodness, no. We paid off the Mazda a year early with the tax rebate we got for buying the leaf, which is currently our only debt. IIRC we have 18ish months left on that. We could pay it off earlier than that, but at .9% I'm in no hurryHow does that feel, being almost completely out of debt??
I presume you still have a little on the Mazda?
Now millennials won't be able to afford clothes.
www.google.com
U.S. suspends Mexican avocado imports after threat to inspector
Avocado exports are the latest victim of the drug cartel turf battles and extortion of avocado growers in the state of Michoacan.
Now millennials won't be able to afford clothes.
U.S. suspends Mexican avocado imports after threat to inspector
Avocado exports are the latest victim of the drug cartel turf battles and extortion of avocado growers in the state of Michoacan.
Not sure if y’all are ready for this yet… Quite a long read so be ready.
I feel the same way when people extol the virtues of luxury and excessive lifestyles while promoting environmentalism.You need to be less binary, dude.
Seriously though, no reason not to have cool stuff under fully automated luxury communism.
Oh, boy, you are going to get Woo started on Jeremy Jones and P.O.W!
Now you done it!
Now you done it!
I may send that to my boss.
Starlink gear just arrived, still waiting for ethernet adapter...
Oh, boy, you are going to get Woo started on Jeremy Jones and P.O.W!
Now you done it!
Fun fact: If that particular helicopter ride is from one of his recent movies, everyone else on the trip is forced to sign an NDA agreeing to never discuss the planes, helicopters and snowmobiles they used on the project.
i'll tell you in 30-60 daysHow does that feel, being almost completely out of debt??
In other news:
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www.reuters.com
"This time is different!"
U.S. household debt increased by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007
U.S. consumer debt loads grew in 2021 by the largest amount in 14 years as people ramped up borrowing to afford homes, cars and other goods that are becoming more expensive, according to a report released on Tuesday by the New York Federal Reserve.
www.reuters.com
"This time is different!"
2021: "the economy is booming"In other news:
U.S. household debt increased by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007
U.S. consumer debt loads grew in 2021 by the largest amount in 14 years as people ramped up borrowing to afford homes, cars and other goods that are becoming more expensive, according to a report released on Tuesday by the New York Federal Reserve.
"This time is different!"
aka serfdom is freedum™
"Surfs up, serf!"
This just in, people borrow money when they expect rates to rise.In other news:
U.S. household debt increased by $1 trillion in 2021, the most since 2007
U.S. consumer debt loads grew in 2021 by the largest amount in 14 years as people ramped up borrowing to afford homes, cars and other goods that are becoming more expensive, according to a report released on Tuesday by the New York Federal Reserve.
"This time is different!"
…and also when they don’t have money of their own.
The thing that sucks most about that is that is partially true:
Costs for some of the raw goods that my wife uses for her small business have doubled in the last 6 months!
At my corporate day job on the other hand, I was told to bump prices on a quote, because inflation. I pointed out that our bottom line NET including overhead cost on the product is exactly what it was 12 months. I was instructed to shut up and raise the price, bc everything else on the market is more expensive now. "Inflayshun!"
This is exactly why we haven’t raised the rent on our tenants in a few years, our mortgage is the same.
however, our property taxes went up, our tenants wanted a wood stove that we bought them, our insurance went up, and we are putting in new counters.
we are doing a 20% increase in ‘23 (but that will still be about a $1000 less than average for our market of this kind of house. We could easily get $4k, but are charging $2k,because Karma. (And we love our tenants).
however, our property taxes went up, our tenants wanted a wood stove that we bought them, our insurance went up, and we are putting in new counters.
we are doing a 20% increase in ‘23 (but that will still be about a $1000 less than average for our market of this kind of house. We could easily get $4k, but are charging $2k,because Karma. (And we love our tenants).
"comes with hot plate for cooking"^^@rideit the slumlord didn't even have heating or counter tops for his tenants.