What Annoyed You Today?
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
They just sold two brand new houses maybe 300 ft down the street from me. They are no larger than mine, are on much smaller lots with no trees, do not have screened back porches, have much smaller garages, are not corner lots as mine is and do not have a large swimming pool as mine does. They went for something like $150,000 more than the estimated value of my house.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
That means your property taxes are about to go through the roof.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
At the neurologist this morning with the oldest and the wife gets a couple of emails about a huge Amazon charge and refunds on the debt card. Get home and had to dispute them. Makes the 5th or 6th card in 7 years that's been compromised. Didn't lose any money, but a pain. Had lots of ID theft problems over the last several years thanks to the OPM office of the Feds getting hacked due to lax security.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Speaking of contractors (see posts on private F-18's) , OPM records were not "hacked." They hired the Chinese Communists to provide IT support. And, not to be outdone, Debbie Wasserman Schultz hired some Pakistani crooks to do IT for the Democrats in Congress.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Having had it done three different times over several years, from their explanations, I'll stay with hacked. Unauthorized entry of my data file and the illicit use of it doesn't really matter semantically on the exact exposure methods. They lost control of it.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Yeah, but they were cheap!
I want to go out for a day with my youngest son to the Marine Museum in Den Helder. Turns out that taking the train there is more than twice as expensive as taking the car, even with the current insane fuel prices. No wonder our roads are full and nobody wants to take the train.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
I rode the Metro to the Pentagon each day. I found that the cost to ride it closely tracked the cost to drive, the real advantages being not having to deal with the traffic (other than the walk to the Metro station) and parking. I do not know whether thermodynamics or government employee unions were the main determining factor in the cost.
It is a tribute to government's ability to 'eff things up that the lowest cost transportation method ever devised, by rail, is so inefficient under their control.
fubar57
General
Started off my 3 week vacation with COVID which feels just like every flu I've had for over 50 years......so far. Because of my condition I am immunodeficient so it was only a matter of time
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Hope you get through it ok.
fubar57
General
JAYSUS "H" TAP DANCING CHRIST. A little heads up next time Graeme.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
And I was just thinking about lunch.
Shortround6
Major General
That is worse than a French airplane!
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
That is gruesome!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Holy shit on a shingle, Graeme!!
That looks absolutely dreadful - I sincerely hope that you're healing well.
That looks absolutely dreadful - I sincerely hope that you're healing well.
Just bid $64,000 over the asking price on a beautiful house on 2.5 acres of land…
…and, was out bid.
…and, was out bid.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Damn, brother...
Is there some way to get an aggressive real estate broker in your corner?
