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svelteParticipant[quote=FlyerInHi]I wanted Avenatti because it would have been satisfying to have a fighter give Republicans a taste of their own medicine, but he’s no longer in that running.
[/quote]Boy, after reading about all of Avenatti’s shenanigans, I bet you regret endorsing that messed up individual.
He just seemed sleazy to me since the first time I saw him speak on TV. He just came across that way.
svelteParticipant$12K less this year on slightly higher income.
But our refund was smaller. Funny, we didn’t even notice our paychecks going up. I guess we don’t live close enough to the edge. I suppose that means our refund will be even smaller next year, since the paycheck changes took effect mid year.
svelteParticipantMy 7 year old has been asking me for a metal detector.
I didn’t even know 7 year olds knew what a metal detector was!!
svelteParticipantHigh Alert!
I just received a letter from SDGE stating they will move me to TOU-DR1 if I take no action.
But the attachment they included shows it will be the option that costs me the MOST!!! Thanks SDGE!
Looking out for my interests, I see.
Watch for the letter from SDGE and ensure you send them back a response picking the option that works best for your situation.
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svelteParticipantI’m with flu on this one.
The 2008 downturn was a once in a lifetime thing. A 40-50% drop in SD house prices isn’t likely to happen again.
I doubt you’ll see more than a 10-15% price drop, if that, with the next one. So the question becomes: are you confident enough in knowing the peak and bottom to sell and wait? Because if you’re not, then you’ll capture much less than the 10-15% difference and in the meantime, you’ll have to put up with the headaches of being a renter. That could go on for several years.
On the other hand, prices in Temecula may drop more than San Diego, so that may need to be factored in to when you sell and buy again.
I have headed south out of Temecula in the 2-3 PM time frame recently and was shocked at the I-15 North traffic…it was outrageous! All the way from Pala up through Temecula. I wouldn’t be putting up with that commute unless I had absolutely no alternative.
Perhaps you can sell in T-town and buy a fixer in San Diego? That may allow you to buy more than you could otherwise afford.
Good luck with whatever you decide. These major financial decisions aren’t easy or perfect.
svelteParticipantYou’ll find a lot of older liberals in northern California. Except for the central valley which leans heavily Republican, the rest of nor cal is pretty darn liberal with heavy hippy undertones.
We spend quite a bit of time up there and we like the vibe. I love everything that so cal gives me too, but we enjoy spending time up north when we get the chance.
I think you’d fit right in up there scaredy.
If you want rural coastal, check our anywhere along the coast all the way up to the Oregon border. very beautiful and laid back – it’s just a very long way to any major town. A week meandering from SF north through Mendocino, Ft Bragg, Avenue of the Giants, Eureka, etc will give you a whole new perspective on life. Carter House Inn is a great place to stay while to visit downtown Eureka.
If you want rural less expensive, check out the Sierra Nevadas. Some very great towns up there. Dunsmuir, McCloud, Grass Valley, Angels Camp would all make great retirement cities.
if you want urban, well the bay area is well known for being very liberal.
If I ever leave socal, it will be to move back up to northern California where the girls are warm…
svelteParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]
If only we could go back in time and towel down that hippy chick. Who knows where youd be today. Perhaps on a commune, milking goats, with sweet smelling hippie grandkids…
[/quote]ha, ha!
I just watched this tonight….gotta post it.
You’ll see why I posted it about a minute in…
svelteParticipantYeah.
I had a hippy chick gf once. Very beautiful, very fun. But she never showered. We didn’t last long. I’ve got my limits.
Not saying you have an odor issue, but she sure did.
svelteParticipant[quote=ucodegen]
- Viking has burners rated from 18,500 BTU all the way up and beyond 30,000 BTU. Converting that to electrical power comes up with 18,500 BTU -> 5421.79 Watts, or about 22 Amps at 240 Volts. Most breakers on stoves are around 40 amps, some more. Note also, I only considered the 18,500 BTU burner. You can run all burners simultaneously on a gas stove without ‘blowing breakers’.(something that was useful when preparing food for our family Christmas dinner).
[/quote]Glad you mentioned this. We bought the Viking so many years ago that I had forgotten that a driving reason was the Viking BTUs: they are way over what the average brand name cooktop can handle. My wife loved that!
And it had more burners for roughly the same counter space. Which does come in handy a handful of times per year.
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- The induction is more efficient in transferring heat energy to the pot, but his numbers 60% on gas stove are a bit misleading.
[/quote]Now that you mention it, I do recall we had noticed that induction required special pots/pans to get the quick heating which was yet another reason we steered clear of induction.
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- Induction cooktops have to be glass. It is high strength tempered glass, but it still has many problems of glass – including breaking and scratching. This is partially why it is not used in restaurants – where pots/pans etc may come down a little hard in the surface and there is a high potential for wear. In short order, the glass may not look so nice.
[/quote]I don’t think we took this into consideration, but it is another good differentiator.
Nothing is perfect and everything has pros and cons, but for us gas is the clear winner. Your mileage may vary.
svelteParticipant[quote=EconProf]More good economic news from the Trump economy that liberals should be cheering.
The Labor Department just reported a jump in jobs of 312,000 for the most recent month, plus an upward revision of 58,000 for the previous month.
[/quote]That is one piece of good news from the Trump administration.
Here’s how it stacks up to past presidents:
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Both Carter and Clinton had higher job growth numbers.
svelteParticipant[quote=zk]
Thanks, flu. I’m basically an atheist, but I celebrate christmas. I love the festiveness, the music, the lights, and the giving.
[/quote]Same here zk, on all of the above.
I doubt I would put up a tree or lights if it weren’t for the kiddos and wife (who all insist), but I certainly enjoy the displays that others put out.
I use “happy holidays” as opposed to “merry christmas” since it is more inclusive.
svelteParticipant[quote=zk]
One reason I avoid video news, whether it’s msnbc or fox or cnn or any television (or other video) news is that it’s just buckets of emotion being thrown at you. And those emotions are there, usually, in an attempt to manipulate. I despise it.
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svelteParticipant[quote=FlyerInHi]
How do you wash you Viking grates? If you have a large grate, it’s too big to fit in the dishwasher and difficult to handle over the sink. Many upscale gas ranges have griddles. I can imagine the splattering from cooking a steak on it.
Induction cooktop can be adjusted temperature wise almost instantly. They also heat faster than gas. But induction ranges are not very popular in USA. Hardly any choices, especially in the low to mid price points.[/quote]
We’ve had friends with induction, maybe we weren’t watching close enough but we didn’t see much difference in performance between that and electric…we had electric for many years in apts. Good luck talking my wife into anything but gas.
We don’t clean the Viking grates on a day to day basis – we leave that for the house cleaners every 2 weeks. They look new when they get done with them, but I’m not sure how they clean them. They are certainly big and heavy. Very industrial looking.
svelteParticipantAny cook will tell you that it is much easier to control temperature with gas. You can change temp instantly as opposed to gradually with electric appliances.
Once one gets used to the immediate temp control of gas, it is difficult to go back to electric.
And gas cooktops aren’t hard to clean. We can have our entire Viking gas cooktop clean in 2-3 minutes. Of course we aren’t incredibly messy when we cook. No overflowing pots, abundance of splattering, etc. Just a minor film every once in a while.
- Viking has burners rated from 18,500 BTU all the way up and beyond 30,000 BTU. Converting that to electrical power comes up with 18,500 BTU -> 5421.79 Watts, or about 22 Amps at 240 Volts. Most breakers on stoves are around 40 amps, some more. Note also, I only considered the 18,500 BTU burner. You can run all burners simultaneously on a gas stove without ‘blowing breakers’.(something that was useful when preparing food for our family Christmas dinner).
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