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Discussion in 'Community' started by Kiki-Gonn, Aug 17, 2011.

  1. QUIGONMIKE

    QUIGONMIKE Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Sorry to hear. Where are they headed? Im in upstate, NY and wont be retiring here for a few reasons. The main 2 are the taxes and the weather though. We want to end up some place reasonable close though so no west coast or too far west/south. No Florida.
     
  2. Master_Lok

    Master_Lok Force Ghost star 6

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    Thanks. Where? South Carolina, due to Brother-in-Law’s family and much lower taxes. Lots of folks from the Northeast are moving to the Carolinas. She told me the city, but I forgot the name of it.
     
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  3. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    Don't think a lot of people will be thinking about Texas after this week.
     
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  4. QUIGONMIKE

    QUIGONMIKE Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Yep - thats the deal. Amazingly, people tend to bolt from places that take too much of their money. Shocking. ;)

    Nope, not cool, lol.
     
  5. Master_Lok

    Master_Lok Force Ghost star 6

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    I cannot believe what people are going through there. Just awful.

    @QUIGONMIKE yep.
     
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  6. Bacon164

    Bacon164 Chosen One star 8

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    I’m going through it in Austin!!!!! We have power, but no heat or water. We are sheltering in our bedroom with all the animals. Most of my friends either don’t have power or have had their apartments flooded because of burst pipes because they weren’t insulated for this weather.

    I just want to keep screaming bloody murder at our state leaders that put us in this situation and are profiting from PEOPLE FREEZING TO DEATH IN THEIR HOMES AND THE STREET.

    I don’t want to sound hysterical but I’ve been so angry and not sure how to process it. I have been extremely lucky during what is definitely a humanitarian disaster.
     
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  7. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    You have every right to be. Your local government failed you. Badly.
     
  8. Master_Lok

    Master_Lok Force Ghost star 6

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    @Bacon164
    Hoping you get heat and water back very soon. You have every right and then some to be this angry. Unreal.
     
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  9. Lordban

    Lordban Isildur's Bane star 7

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    @Bacon164 You should absolutely be angry, there's nothing wrong with that, quite the opposite. Here's hoping you will all make it through before long, and that afterwards, you'll be kicking some serious ass.
     
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  10. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Well, I correctly called this easy to predict shot. Luckily they're also going to allow double-masking, so my current strategy of using a cloth mask on top of my respirator so I can get two uses out of the respirator spaced out by 5-7 days is perfectly valid. Love to get supply strategies from hospital emergency protocols.
     
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  11. Lordban

    Lordban Isildur's Bane star 7

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    After a bit of wrangling and a few mornings being already up at 3AM, I finally managed to grant myself a 3.5 day almost-holiday (I still have to fill in VAT).

    I like having a small business in France... x)
     
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  12. Rew

    Rew Chosen One star 5

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    Ooh, I’m in SC! The capital city of Columbia in fact. Do you know whereabouts in the state she went? (I know you said you don’t remember the city.)

    And yeah, both taxes and property values down here are generously low, but the downside (and direct consequence) of that is deplorable infrastructure. :oops:
     
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  13. Master_Lok

    Master_Lok Force Ghost star 6

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    [:D] Sorry about the infrastructure Rew...I know she’s moving inland. I think somewhere near Tennessee.

    I really wish we were going with her, as I feel like it’s time for me to leave New York - never thought I’d think that way but here we are (Mom isn’t physically able to move right now though.:()

    I may have questions if we follow her though.

    Brother-in-law already won a glaring contest with the new neighbor [face_laugh]. Yeah, New Yorkers are real good at the glare. Brother-in-law is very low key, nice so he’ll fit right in. Sis, well, I hope she will do okay down there. [face_batting]

    Thank you for the kindness and enthusiasm.
     
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  14. Rew

    Rew Chosen One star 5

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    Yeah, South Carolinians have no proficiency with the glare. Instead, passive aggressively pretending to be your friend while unloading on all your perceived faults the moment your back is turned with a smile on one’s face (“Bless their heart!”) has basically been elevated to an art form. :p

    But a lot of us are genuinely nice!
     
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  15. QUIGONMIKE

    QUIGONMIKE Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Honestly, our infrastructure here isn’t all that great either. Lots of roads are minefields of potholes. Bridges barely holding on. Some Public parks need work. The thing is that with high taxes you at least hope you’d get something for all that money you pay. I’m still trying to figure out what the hell they spend it on other than themselves. So, IMO this is why people are leaving. High taxes and lots of red tape with no tangible benefits. We have maybe five years left and we’re done. Not retiring here under any circumstances.
     
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  16. Master_Lok

    Master_Lok Force Ghost star 6

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    [face_laugh]

    Ah, the Bless Your Heart, I’ll warn sis about that.:p She was a bit taken aback by the politeness she experienced when they closed on the house in SC recently. It’s not NYC...as my brother-in-law’s joke goes: “Can you tell me where Grand Central Station is? Or should I go %#*! myself?!”[face_laugh]:cool:

    There are genuinely nice folks here too. [face_batting]

    I hope everything is okay with you, Rew.

    Dreading dealing with the landlord today about the pot smoking here.

    I wish there was some way to prevent it from coming into our apartment, but spending upwards of $70 a month on odor neutralizing sprays and investing in an air purifier is out of the question unless all the tenants below us want to flip that bill including sprays and filters.
     
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  17. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    I can't figure out how to take HDR screen captures. Steam, Afterburner, Windows Game Bar all look washed out.
     
  18. Kiki Jinn

    Kiki Jinn Jedi Knight star 3

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    Yesterday we went out after the end of snowmaggedon in TX and it was a little too hot in the sun.
     
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  19. FatBurt

    FatBurt Sex Scarecrow Vanquisher star 6

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    I've just had to buy a new car so my eldest can learn to drive as adding her to my car would increase the insurance by £1k a year
    In buying my new car, I've restructured a loan I had and took an additional £8k out to cover the cost of changing to a newer car.

    Increasing my loan and adding 1yr to the loan term has reduced my monthly payments by £100 as I'm now on a better interest rate.
    Changing my car means I also pay off my existing finance deal which will save me £150 a month.

    I'm now 250 per month better off and have a new car so my daughter can learn to drive.




    I don't like the car I'm buying and slightly resent having to do it [face_plain]
     
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  20. soitscometothis

    soitscometothis Chosen One star 6

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    Free Spotify will no longer cast to devices. It's free, so I can't really complain, but... I'm complaining anyway. It sucks balls.
     
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  21. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    Hulu. Has. Live. Sports.

    Hulu. Has. Live. Sports.

    HULU HAS LIVE SPORTS
     
  22. Lordban

    Lordban Isildur's Bane star 7

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    Quickest way to get me to block a number: get your call standard to call me simultaneously on my workline and my cell line.
     
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  23. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    On a similar note, hi, I'm Zack Snyder, and I'm so excited to give you your first glimpse of my version of Justice League...

    Makes me long for the return of the rotten CGI chicken rapping in Czech about mixed nuts.
     
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  24. Master_Lok

    Master_Lok Force Ghost star 6

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    LinkedIn blows. Just heard from a job offer well above my skillset that is out of state and not remote. And there’s no way I’m working in NJ now that they’ve legalized recreational pot.

    Really tempted to axe my LinkedIn account again.
     
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  25. DarthTunick

    DarthTunick SFTC VII + Deadpool BOFF star 10 VIP - Game Host

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    There’s a co-worker who tends act like he’s a Team Lead (he’s not), so he’s already on my “annoyance list”, but today he’s wearing a shirt with the phrase ‘Go with the Flow’ (Flow being an old name for the unload team). [face_plain] What an *******.