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Participant[quote=AN][quote=flu]The thing is though my w2 income didn’t really change *that* much this year from last from the previous year…. Why now? Or was I just randomly selected by my employer? Lol[/quote]It didn’t change *that* much, but it did. Maybe you were on the edge before and now you’ve crossed over that edge.[/quote]
The rule applies to the top 20%. So last year you were top 20%. Prior years you weren’t.
Participant[quote=flu]I learned a new acronym today from a colleague when I told him about this…
RTFM….
I would have never known….[/quote]
You should warn him about the ID 10 T errors.
BTW, I think he did quite well in adapting to a new request.
He PICKED up the phone and GOT answers!
All joking aside, the behavior you saw is really common place in Gen Y and millenials. One person does, 100 copy it from them.
ParticipantLet the lawsuits begin. Sheriff deputies did a welfare check on the shooter after reports of disturbing videos being posted online on April 30th. They didn’t bother to view the videos according to the latimes.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Exactly. Unless they were walking around the house armed with a gun, it’s unlikely a gun would have helped them.[/quote]
The gun debate is a useless gross simplification applied to an unrelated scenario
This is a mental health issue.
Guns, knives, bombs, powder in envelopes, even poison or cars the tool isn’t the problem
ParticipantNot too minor nit but the three male roommates were stabbed to death
ParticipantLow wage employment is a form of negative externality like pollution that allows a manufacturer or service provider to exploit the market by passing costs unto non-consumers given them an advantage over those that don’t leverage the same externality
Participant[quote=EconProf]Good point JohnAlt. There seems to be an automatic assumption among advocates of minimum wage hikes that all low paid workers are exploited. The fact is that their productivity tends to be low, so their contribution to the firm does not justify an arbitrary wage hike dictated by the government. However, once they prove themselves through experience, promptness, learning, etc., a rational, profit-maximizing boss will pay accordingly (or risk losing them to a competitor). That’s our market system, greatly simplified.[/quote]
It’s a simpler discussion when you realize the beneficiary of minimum wage isn’t the worker, it’s the community the worker is in.
JMHO, a living wage prevents the kind of low expectation sprawl that prevents real innovation and opportunity for entrepreneurs and want to be SMBs. Whether food truck or furniture, its niche trendy expensive or walmartesque commodity.
Participant[quote=Hobie]Not slamming anyone, but if the market cannot bear a pass through added cost, labor is the first to be reduced as usually the highest expense.[/quote]
Yes because fixing management ineptitude is too expensive
ParticipantThe owner still lives there you should be happy. Renters of live in land lords are usually low key
Conversely perhaps they could sell the place to a nice professional 50ish empty nesters couple that just happens to be avid swingers hosting semi weekly lifestyle parties in all those empty rooms
Or turn it into an airbnb.
Take your pick.
ParticipantIf I go to Europe or Asia I use my international drivers license. I lease or buy a car based on the time I’ll be there and insure it locally and legally due to the international drivers license
IMO. The drivers license is just another attempt to provide documentation to illegals
That will be a problem.
We need a very simple, very easy to obtain, virtually unlimited in quantity guest worker program with temporary residence that has no rights to benefits other than the temporary ones paid for as part of their temporary employment that is couple with stringent pay requirements above par that are strickly enforced with substantial and relevant penalties and jail time for employers skirting, abusing or cheating the system and citizens. CEO in an orange jump suit for something like the ICE a few years ago on the meat plant is a good thing IMHO
And then we can figure out a path to citizenship for the illegal/undocumented more American than not young adult/kid that has been in the country since they’re 2 years old.
ParticipantLOL True I don’t want someone obsessing over a patch but other wise it needs to be patched as if it was in our own house
IOW it can’t look like a cheap patch but like something a reasonable home owner would do for their house instead of replacing the entire floor
And more importantly. It needs to be level and smooth and consistent with the tile because of liability issue for stepping of the stair. What I’ve read is the epoxy an be hard to keep level and consistent with the tile
I was looking at the color and blending may not be that hard. It’s got natural greenish neutral natural style look.
ParticipantYou’re not married?
Tiles for the area are arranged with a 1/2 tile border around entire floor. The gouge hit center but on the corner most none border tile. There is no tile landing area separate from the entire floor.
Rentals in the area need to be maintained well since there is plenty of new build and nice rentals. If you let the rental in that area start to show wear you limit your applicant pool to those that don’t care or can’t do better. And pretty much guarantee high wear and major turnover expense
ParticipantNot center enough but thanks for the idea. I’ve read about the epoxy blending it in visually will be the challenge but probably can be done. Beyond my tile expertise level though since looking for a tile guy that what’s a very easy couple hour job for some extra discretionary spending money
The stairs land entering the main open living area. A patch may stick out like a sore thumb visually. If there’s a very obvious patch my wife will feel like we’re being slumlords.
ParticipantAny one have a good tile guy? Our tenant moved out and it’s dropped something coming down the stairs and put a one inch by inch by 1/8th inch deep gouge chip out of the center of the 18 inch tiles
Since the tile was original builder upgrade prior owners didn’t leave any spares.
Unless a temecula area tile guy knows where to find a match I suspect we may rip out the very nice tile and put in engineered wood. I heard we can maybe patch it however the hole is right about where a woman’s heel will land coming of the stairs so I have very little stomach “good enough”
For the OP you may wish to figure out how a simple move out accident affects your $100/month
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