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If an investor had $275K cash, they could put it in the stock market and earn 8-10% a year.

Even at 8% they could earn $22K a year on their money in the market.

That means if the lady lives more than 3 years, the investor will have done better in the stock market since she’s only putting in $75K.

I wouldn’t take her deal even if I had $275K burning a hole in my pocket.

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I’m just glad to see us get serious about alternate fuels. They are here and being tested, and I’m thrilled!

Will we all go EV? Fuel cell? Something else? A combination?

I don’t really care as long as we do something…the amount of oil on this earth is limited and we need to find what’s next while we still have enough gas left to help us get there.

Having most of my life go by with what appeared to be very little movement towards what’s next, I’m thrilled to see serious efforts underway to get there.

I’m a car guy and I’ve said before – I don’t care if my car is powered by gas, electrons, hydrogen, or banana peels as long as its fast, fun, stylish, and comfortable.

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And Escoguy is right, quieter cars will result in rising real estate near thoroughfares.
We’ve seen this happen along rail lines already.[/quote]

I don’t know about that… Teslas traveling at 70 mph is still pretty loud.

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Agree. Most freeway and highway noise is tire related, not combustion engine related. With the possible exception of motorcycles and 18 wheelers.

Pollution on the other hand is a mixture of both exhaust (mostly) and rubber (every lil bit adds up!).

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This thread died an early death.

I think it is because Hillary is, quite frankly, boring.

But then again, maybe that is a highly desirable characteristic to become the first female president. It could help sooth the fears of those who consider gender when pulling the lever.

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[quote=flyer]My wife is a theatre aficionado, so we hit Broadway every year. Managed to see “Hamilton” before things got crazy. Definitely a must see.

Over the years, many Broadway-bound projects have premiered at the Old Globe or LJ Playhouse which is another great option.[/quote]

We’re getting ready to do Broadway shortly – that’s why I was checking prices. Decided we could wait on Hamilton for awhile and chose tix to a different play. lol.

Plenty of time ahead of us to see H at a future date.

If you see of something promising here in SD flyer, drop me a note. We don’t do theatre often (certainly no expert by any means), but do enjoy it from time to time.

And I seem to have typo’ed in my original post…I found Hamilton tix were $500 – 2000 per seat. Probably $500 if you want to sit behind a pole. 🙂

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Interestingly, tickets to the play “Hamilton” are $500-1000 each on Broadway right now.

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[quote=ocrenter]More on how we even got the $7500 EV subsidy figure:

“In 2008 the Bush administration was thinking of doing an EV subsidy, so they asked the Government Accountability Office to figure out how much gasoline was subsidized. The answer was $2/gallon; or at average mpg and lifetime miles for vehicles at the time, about $12,000 per car. (Source: http://www.amazon.com/JOLT-Impending-Dominance-Electric-America/dp/159932220X)

Note that that calculation was ONLY for hard petroleum subsidies (though it’s the common definition of subsidy, which includes things like tax credits). It did not includes wars in oil-producing countries, 20k annual deaths in the US from health effects, pollution mitigation, the $85B a year to patrol the Straight of Hormuz, etc.

That $12k was spread over the life of the car, so they figured an equivalent net-present-value amount would be $7,500. That’s why we have that for a tax credit on EVs.”[/quote]

Wow, that’s very interesting. I had no idea that is how it originated!

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Wow. I had forgot even posting this thread. We drowned our sorrows with libation Fri eve and I must’ve sat down at the keyboard before I retired.

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. It is still sinking in. He’s handling it well.

We’ll know more next week, but from the little bit I have read on his situation it’s not the best of news.

I’m still a bit shaken. Thanks again.

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We buy nice cars and homes because that is where we spend most of our time…in our home and in our car. Same logic we used in not buying a vacation home – we’d spend very little time there for the $$ it would cost us.

We don’t care what others think of our home or cars. We like them and that’s all that matters. They make us smile when we use them and are very fitting for our lifestyle.

Weekends are made to be out and about, so we left enough budget so we can do that. That’s the main reason we didn’t make ourselves house poor and buy a big place in RSF or Carlsbad or Encinitas. No, we bought a few miles inland in a nice quiet off the beaten path neighborhood where we can get away from everything and relax. And still have enough money to play.

Buy what you like, like what you buy.

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FoMoCo sent us a notice the other day that basically said screw it, we’re tired of waiting for Takata to issue a replacement part for you, we’ll give you one ourselves. Come in anytime.

I give Ford a lot of credit for this. It’s the right thing to do.

And no I haven’t scheduled an appointment yet so I guess yeah I would drive a car with a Takata airbag that’s been recalled.

I bet many of you out there are doing just that, whether you know it or not.

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Public transportation has a long life ahead of it. autonomous vehicles will never be as inexpensive as public transportation.

Similarly, high speed autonomous vehicle roadways won’t happen anytime soon. At least not in great numbers. Most all roads will continue to share the roadway between driver and driverless cars, and ya can’t have super fast speeds with that combination.

What I’m waiting for is the super-traffic-jams when all autonomous vehicles decide to take the same path, get in the same lane, etc. Yeah sure they can program things otherwise in the long run, but in the near term I bet we see some really weird phenomena out there.

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I have dealt with and been in hoa boards for many moons. Some truth in what everyone on here says. It is a thankless job that can be very time consuming. For that reason, my experience is that folks on the board are there for one of the following reasons:
1. They are concerned about their neighborhood and want to help (yes there are some good ppl on boards)
2. They have a pet issue that they want to have a voice in addressing (this is quite common).
3. They are retired and want something to do.
4. They like being in control.
5. They want to award the contracts to friends/family (i had to call a board member out on this and was successful in getting the rest of the board to see what was happening)
With a good board i think hoas are a very positive thing for a neighborhood. The best maintained, best looking areas are almost always in hoas. The problem arises when you get a majority on the board with less than noble intent.

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You also have to keep in mind that EV today is only viable for a small group of people. It’s not suitable for 18-wheelers, worker trucks, poor people, people who live in older areas in a condo/apartment, etc. I think EV has a long long way to go to be suitable to replace majority of vehicles on the road. Unless there’s a breakthrough that would drastically decrease the cost of producing batteries and drastically increase the density of the battery and drastically reduce the charge time of the battery (20-30 min down to 2-3 minutes).[/quote]

One more thing: EVs lose as much as 60% of their range in colder, northern climates. That is very significant.

Agree that autonomous vehicles would do more to promote long commutes than fuel costs, but spending lots of time in a car – whether I’m driving or not – getting to work is not appealing to me. So electric, autonomous, no matter, I’m still keeping my commute short. As will most people, I bet. I’ve got better things to do with my time.

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Good advice LJR, I’ll do that. I ran the idea by my wife the other day and she loved it. We are getting ready to do some work that may need stucco repair anyway, so it would be wise to do both things at once.

SP, I can see how what I wrote was unclear. I am thinking about just removing the patio cover all together. Ripping it out. Removing it will let more light into the house when I want it in, and keep me from feeling enclosed when I’m kickin back in a chair out back.

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[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=bearishgurl][quote=FlyerInHi]Mustard oil and turmeric are good. But you’re going to have some unsightly yellow teeth.[/quote]LOL…[/quote]

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Even though it is labeled for mouth sores and I’ve never had any, the last few months I’ve taken to using Colgate Peroxyl as a daily mouthwash and have been pretty happy with the results. My mouth feels healthier and it appears to have reduced/eliminated episodes of bad breath. I dare say it has helped my gums also…probably all of the above is inter-related.

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