Prisons have libraries

Tough mudder Pikachu

Sounds useful as a screwdriver. I needed a low powered one to run the crank attachment on my knitting machine. It’s entirely plastic and the gears inside get horribly worn if any kind of serious speed or torque is exerted on it.

Teal is my favorite color and yet I own no Makita. I’m very agnostic otherwise. Have things in all the other “houses” plus Harbor Freight brands and Kobalt.

Cheap > breaks > upgrade is my motto

Being at odds with the bookie man is gambling with your life!

Or at least your kneecaps.

Some insurance companies have a discount or a lower pricing tier for low miles driven per day.

Have you looked at the blue book price you could get for it vs your loan payoff amount? If the blue book price is lower, you’re upside down and should prioritize paying more per month. This gets it paid off quicker for less interest and then you have a solid paid off car that you could probably put 200-300k miles on.

Do you have a 401k and the ability to take a loan from it? You could refinance the loan using your 401k to get a lower rate, and then you’re paying yourself interest. The catch here is being willing to stay at the employer until the loan is paid off. If you left employment before the loan is paid off, it could become a deemed distribution with a 20% early withdrawal penalty on top of regular taxes owed on the distribution. I normally don’t advise getting a 401k loan because of risk of triggering that distribution, but there are circumstances where it could be advantageous. Your HR dept and/or plan advisor can help you out there.

You are right. It is relative. I’m twice your age. 25 is so young to me. I didn’t even really start having fun with adulthood until about 30. And I got into some shenanigans as a teen and twenty-something. Maybe that was more to do with leveling up the career until I had disposable income. Anyway, you may find yourself looking back on 25 and view it differently than you do now.

US, audit & tax

Once in a blue moon, on a really nice day, we would get a patio table and have a margarita with lunch. Only if it was a slow work day, like with nothing but webinars scheduled for the afternoon (as attendees, not presenters).

It was not uncommon to see beer in the office fridge during tax season because those folks would be pulling 15+ hour days for pretty much 3 months straight.

Agreed! I don’t put bills there for that reason. I used to be the finance director for a large community event, very cash dependant. And we definitely got nasty sweaty boob money, money soaked in beer, you name it. The cash counting machines had trouble with it, so a lot had to be hand counted. Handling so much cash with mystery wetness was one of the less pleasant aspects of the job.

I registered as an auntie on r/auntienetwork. Haven’t been needed in that capacity yet, but my door is open. Speaking of… is there a similar community here? If not, would there be an interest in spinning something like that up?

Brahm’s lullaby was the one mom would hum to me and would buy music boxes with it.

Blackbird by the Beatles was the one I wanted to sing to my kids if I’d ever had any.

I can respect this. Beats racking my brain every night trying to think of what I want to eat.

That bird was just farting glitter. Rules for thee, not for me?

I did both when learning but did have to separate them because thinking about all the things, clutch, gears, RPM, mirrors, traffic, pedestrians was too much all together at first. I drove my grandma’s automatic to get used to driving on the road in traffic, and I drove my dad’s manual around empty parking lots, fairgrounds, etc until I was comfortable with the car. Then I moved on to driving dad’s car in traffic.

I loved driving manual, but my husband can’t drive one, so if we took my car somewhere on a trip, I had to commit to being the driver the whole time. I gave it up after my job required me to do a lot of driving in bad traffic. For fun I will get one as a rental if we travel somewhere that has them commonly available to rent. I’ve had to convince well-meaning but somewhat judgy rental clerks to not upgrade me to automatic and that yes I did know that I selected manual when I made the booking.

It looks bigger on the inside

Probably simpler to take some duty free liquor from 1 airport before your final destination, and mix your own drinks

My honey ended a phone conversation last night with his cousin with “thank you for your time.” Just running on autopilot.

I have reverse work/life autopilot. I’ve ended work-related voicemails with “love you! Er, uh, that just came out by accident. I mean I am fond of you but…well, crap, just call me back.”

Then you’d be a lot warmer and a lot happier!

So you don’t have to whack a car window hard with the spark plug? You only need to scratch at it a lil bit? Huh, TIL

Found it at Ross last year!