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First girl I ever kissed complimented me on my nice looking hands at the teenybopper bar. Weird at the time, took me a couple of decades to realize women look at our hands, think of us touching them.
Any sort of shrimp makes me happy. Sounds expensive, but 2lbs. is cheaper than a fast food meal around here.
Easy? Bagel or English muffins with cheese, any sort, and powedered pepper and green onion tops.
What would they lose? Going down for conspiracy to commit murder for a start. Murder 1 as well.
2·1 day agoHad a friend that picked up busted washers and dryers to fix as a side hustle. Made about $600/wk. Went to get a part from him and he only had two different types. He explained that there are only two versions of most domestic (US) washer/dryer parts. Tell him the brand and he’ll tell you which part.
35·1 day agoThrough hard work at a menial job she is still able to put her daughter through college? And this is a hellscape?
1·1 day agodrop a gear and disappear
Love it! I got out of more trouble by going to warp on a motorcycle than hitting the brakes.
How about LIPO4? I got one for my trolling motor and it’s a dream, never come close to running it down on a single trip and only bother charging it every 2-3 outings, and only that often to cover my ass.
He’s singing about lived experience in the South. Did you expect him to address the whole nation or globe? As Stephen King often says, write about what you know.
Aww! Losing fuel taxes? Bummer. Maybe they should ask deep-red Alabama how they do without taxing fuel.
In Oklahoma they used to tax vehicles according to sale value. A lightweight, fiberglass Corvette could be an easy $600 a year while my friend’s 2-ton dump truck had antique plates at $20 a year. Guess which one tore up the roads.
I think they changed that system long ago, and at the time Texas taxed according to vehicle weight.
I’m 20-years older and that’s about how my wrinkles are ATM.
2·1 day agoBeat me to it. I was imagining the horror involved in wiring or plumbing such a space. Don’t know much about HVAC, but there would be weird hot and cold spots in an oddly shaped structure.
1·1 day agoThought the same, but you’re right, putting both lips together makes a plosive.
2·1 day agoAccording to the 14th amendment he can’t serve, but not because he’s a felon.
3·1 day agoI had no clue until I saw it done.
Sold those back in the day. Metros were a total (heh) nightmare. Parents were always coming in to look at one for their kid, until they saw the insurance rates. A swift kick to the bumper would total one. Because the bumper was filled with foam. No lie.
Took a man on a ride and he rocked it down the interstate at 70mph. We got back to the lot, popped the hood, and the little 3-cylinder (again, no lie) lawnmower engine was hopping on it’s engine mounts and venting an alarming amount of vapor.
I so wanted a Storm, but they would be creaking and falling apart at 30K miles. Roommate had one that was only a few years old, paint mostly gone, clear coat long gone, and it rattled like it was full of washers and ball bearings.
“I feel it in my water” is close enough.
Nothing wrong with houses as individual investments. Why the hell else would you dump that kinda money and pay ALL the upkeep for decades?! You write the interest off your taxes, have something to show for 30 years of payments when you retire.
Also, nothing wrong with a landlord owning a few homes. He likely ain’t making shit and is taking huge risks. Yes, it’ll pay out someday, hopefully.
The issue is corporate home ownership and, to a lesser extent, B&Bs. Yes, a bank can easily “own” hundreds or thousands of homes. After all, they provide loans and sometimes have to foreclose. But banks renting homes?! Fuck no.
This is easily solvable with legislation, not even “devil is in the details” complexity. We drop the hammer on these corporate landlords, tax the fucking snot out them and run them out of the game. Same goes for entities sitting on real estate, waiting on prices to go up. Tax the hell out of empty homes that have been on the market X days.
The issue is corporate landlords. Rent didn’t used to be like this, it was competitive. My first place was a shithole in college, $250/mo. (I’d happily live there again were I a bachelor.) Same place should be $630. Anyone seen rent that low for anything outside renting a single room in a house?