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Fine. Have you considered breaking your foot? Just drop a monitor on it 🙂
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You have no idea how much that made me laugh. Thanks.Participant[quote=flu]
Fine. Have you considered breaking your foot? Just drop a monitor on it 🙂[/quote]
You have no idea how much that made me laugh. Thanks.ParticipantWhen my older son started Piano lessons 2.5 years ago we started with a keyboard. That was fine for the first 9-11 months. (It wasn’t a full size keyboard – that was the issue for us.)
When he showed some interest/talent (he’s not a prodigy but he’s good and he enjoys it)… we decided to buy a used piano.
We just scoured Craigslist and ended up buying a very nice upright from a person in Carmel Valley. $700, had recently been tuned, was in excellent condition. The previous owner had just upgraded to a grand piano… so this worked out for us. It was $125 to have it professionally moved.
Since then our younger son has started playing – so it gets lots of use.
We looked at new pianos but the prices were too high… We got a piano that sounds new, for 20% of the new price.
ParticipantWhen my older son started Piano lessons 2.5 years ago we started with a keyboard. That was fine for the first 9-11 months. (It wasn’t a full size keyboard – that was the issue for us.)
When he showed some interest/talent (he’s not a prodigy but he’s good and he enjoys it)… we decided to buy a used piano.
We just scoured Craigslist and ended up buying a very nice upright from a person in Carmel Valley. $700, had recently been tuned, was in excellent condition. The previous owner had just upgraded to a grand piano… so this worked out for us. It was $125 to have it professionally moved.
Since then our younger son has started playing – so it gets lots of use.
We looked at new pianos but the prices were too high… We got a piano that sounds new, for 20% of the new price.
ParticipantWhen my older son started Piano lessons 2.5 years ago we started with a keyboard. That was fine for the first 9-11 months. (It wasn’t a full size keyboard – that was the issue for us.)
When he showed some interest/talent (he’s not a prodigy but he’s good and he enjoys it)… we decided to buy a used piano.
We just scoured Craigslist and ended up buying a very nice upright from a person in Carmel Valley. $700, had recently been tuned, was in excellent condition. The previous owner had just upgraded to a grand piano… so this worked out for us. It was $125 to have it professionally moved.
Since then our younger son has started playing – so it gets lots of use.
We looked at new pianos but the prices were too high… We got a piano that sounds new, for 20% of the new price.
ParticipantWhen my older son started Piano lessons 2.5 years ago we started with a keyboard. That was fine for the first 9-11 months. (It wasn’t a full size keyboard – that was the issue for us.)
When he showed some interest/talent (he’s not a prodigy but he’s good and he enjoys it)… we decided to buy a used piano.
We just scoured Craigslist and ended up buying a very nice upright from a person in Carmel Valley. $700, had recently been tuned, was in excellent condition. The previous owner had just upgraded to a grand piano… so this worked out for us. It was $125 to have it professionally moved.
Since then our younger son has started playing – so it gets lots of use.
We looked at new pianos but the prices were too high… We got a piano that sounds new, for 20% of the new price.
ParticipantWhen my older son started Piano lessons 2.5 years ago we started with a keyboard. That was fine for the first 9-11 months. (It wasn’t a full size keyboard – that was the issue for us.)
When he showed some interest/talent (he’s not a prodigy but he’s good and he enjoys it)… we decided to buy a used piano.
We just scoured Craigslist and ended up buying a very nice upright from a person in Carmel Valley. $700, had recently been tuned, was in excellent condition. The previous owner had just upgraded to a grand piano… so this worked out for us. It was $125 to have it professionally moved.
Since then our younger son has started playing – so it gets lots of use.
We looked at new pianos but the prices were too high… We got a piano that sounds new, for 20% of the new price.
Participant[quote=flu][quote=UCGal]Great idea about the Roth conversion in a sabbatical year.[/quote]
It’s also a good time for women to do it the year they are out on maternity, because part of short term disability is not taxable income (the portion that is paid by CA state disability….The portion paid by a supplemental SDI by your company IS taxable income.)[/quote]
LOL – I’m sooooo done having kids. Can’t make that one work for me.Participant[quote=flu][quote=UCGal]Great idea about the Roth conversion in a sabbatical year.[/quote]
It’s also a good time for women to do it the year they are out on maternity, because part of short term disability is not taxable income (the portion that is paid by CA state disability….The portion paid by a supplemental SDI by your company IS taxable income.)[/quote]
LOL – I’m sooooo done having kids. Can’t make that one work for me.Participant[quote=flu][quote=UCGal]Great idea about the Roth conversion in a sabbatical year.[/quote]
It’s also a good time for women to do it the year they are out on maternity, because part of short term disability is not taxable income (the portion that is paid by CA state disability….The portion paid by a supplemental SDI by your company IS taxable income.)[/quote]
LOL – I’m sooooo done having kids. Can’t make that one work for me.Participant[quote=flu][quote=UCGal]Great idea about the Roth conversion in a sabbatical year.[/quote]
It’s also a good time for women to do it the year they are out on maternity, because part of short term disability is not taxable income (the portion that is paid by CA state disability….The portion paid by a supplemental SDI by your company IS taxable income.)[/quote]
LOL – I’m sooooo done having kids. Can’t make that one work for me.Participant[quote=flu][quote=UCGal]Great idea about the Roth conversion in a sabbatical year.[/quote]
It’s also a good time for women to do it the year they are out on maternity, because part of short term disability is not taxable income (the portion that is paid by CA state disability….The portion paid by a supplemental SDI by your company IS taxable income.)[/quote]
LOL – I’m sooooo done having kids. Can’t make that one work for me.Participant[quote=flu]Not everything in ikea is that bad. But there comes a point when I think folks outgrow the ikea look….[/quote]
The one thing Ikea has going for it is they have furniture for smaller scale homes. I have issues with the bigger is better trend in furniture. My house is a comfortable size – but not a McMansion… and the furniture at most furniture stores is oversized… Coffee tables that are 5’x5’… Dining room chairs that are 36″ wide, etc..We have a lot of ikea shelving – it’s not the most attractive, but it does the job in our office and garage… We bought it in PA and moved it twice since then… reconfiguring each time. Ikea does serve a purpose… but it’s true that some of the stuff is shoddy.
Participant[quote=flu]Not everything in ikea is that bad. But there comes a point when I think folks outgrow the ikea look….[/quote]
The one thing Ikea has going for it is they have furniture for smaller scale homes. I have issues with the bigger is better trend in furniture. My house is a comfortable size – but not a McMansion… and the furniture at most furniture stores is oversized… Coffee tables that are 5’x5’… Dining room chairs that are 36″ wide, etc..We have a lot of ikea shelving – it’s not the most attractive, but it does the job in our office and garage… We bought it in PA and moved it twice since then… reconfiguring each time. Ikea does serve a purpose… but it’s true that some of the stuff is shoddy.
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