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ParticipantWhat is the SD Idaho case, or do you have to kill me if you tell me?
ParticipantThe human race will survive a LOOOOONG time with one child per couple. This being said, I’m assuming you can comfortably afford your 0.8 baths per human. And were able to afford them when you bought them.
If you’re single, this begs the question of (if you’re buying a family-sized house), why not buy a duplex? You can live in one apt, keep the other one rented while you’re single, then take over the second apartment as your family grows.
And perhaps re-duplex it when the kids move out.
Participant“Needs” can include future needs. If you’re planning on kids in the next 5-10 years, go for a 3/1 or 3/2, IF you can afford it comfortably with your current income. If you can’t, how the hell are you going to afford kids in the first place? 🙂
This being said, I’m going for the Big Snip(tm) after my first kid. I want a kid eventually, but not a brood. It’s not 1912 where a lot of kids die of childhood diseases, and Gaia is suffering under the strain of overpopulation as it is!
And it’s not impossible to travel on a budget with kids; you just need to be creative. (My family did that in the 90s; it wasn’t really hard if you liked small hotel rooms, apartment shares, and camping 🙂 )
ParticipantWhat’s wrong with “buy the cheapest house that suits your needs and when your wages go up, take some nice vacations, go for extra university courses, or spend it on the arts?”
ParticipantWhich is funny, because a true sign of strength would be to say: “We don’t need a kangaroo court to make sure a shitheel like you is locked up in a very small room for a very long time. We’ll treat you as any other accused murderer and not dignify your actions by treating you any differently.”
ParticipantExactly, they can deny, but they probably won’t. The power of greed 🙂
I also wouldn’t be surprised if paying with cash for things is a lot more “accepted” in NY than in other parts of the US. Lots of foreign-born people here that either may not have working CC’s, or are just used to paying cash.
When I was in Poland a few years ago, I needed to make a 7 am flight out of Warsaw. I could either take a train and stay overnight in Warsaw or catch the 5 am air shuttle to Warsaw. I went to the LOT airline office in the city I was staying and paid about $50 cash for the ticket for the next day. There was a whole line of people buying tix with cash ahead of me, no big deal.
The process was as quick and painless as buying a commuter train ticket in the US. (I think they’re generally less concerned about safety and security — we ended up boarding the plane when the engine on the opposite side was already spinning!)
ParticipantGood. If it exerts some downward pressure on prices, I won’t be weeping bitter tears of disappointment 🙂
ParticipantOf course you have a choice. I have a bunch of store discount cards in the name of:
Guy Fawkes
666 Gropekent Lane
London W1 England
(020)7234-5678If I pay cash when using those cards, then good luck matching them with an ID.
I’ve actually paid cash for an air ticket before with no problem — on American Airlines, you can hold till midnight of the next day without paying. I reserved a ticket online the previous day, then actually bought it when I showed up for my 6 am flight at LaGuardia. No one searched my bags or even looked at me funny.
Generally, I’ll pay with a credit card because airlines other than AA won’t let you reserve the Internet price without inputting a card #.
ParticipantI agree with you, but that’s not the general consensus.
I think that at as a free society we should try alleged terrorist in civil court. But it seems like Americans want to throw the book at time in military courts.
The character of our nation has changed.
As the extent of the NSA pigs’ spying programs comes out, more and more ordinary people are angry about it. I actually don’t think that the character of the average American has changed much, and there will be a backlash at some point, as there was in the 60s. All the same, I’m proud to be a dual citizen, since I can always move to an EU country like Germany which has stricter privacy protections than the US.
Secondly, the latest posterboy for stupidity, Tsarnaev, is in fact being tried in civilian court.
ParticipantAs far as mandatory non-retention of data and corporate cries of “socialism…”
There could be a way around it. The default rule would be no retention, but if you sign up for a store discount card or a long-term cell plan, you could sign a contract allowing retention of certain data. This would satisfy both businesses and privacy advocates.
This being said, government should be a special case, and any release to a governmental entity should require a warrant.
ParticipantI had no problem finding tradesmen in May of this year which was pretty much peak of the frenzy.
ParticipantIf you’re not using a GC:
Make a list (in order) of what needs to be done. Figure out whom you need to hire. Add to the list as it goes, as needed, of course.
As far as hiring contractors — I’d go for someone (probably one of the little guys) where I can speak to a principal sooner rather than later. If I get a secretary who takes my number, can’t speak intelligently about costs/work, and no one calls me back within 24 hours, it’s not worth it.
Participant^^^
That would be ideal, but the next best thing would be heavy restrictions as far as time limits and authorization to release records.
Participant^^^
You can always politely (or less politely) say you’re busy if that happens. Conversation with strangers is becoming a lot art in some of the US.
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