Curiousfur

joined 9 months ago
[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

I mean, I'm prone to spiralling occasionally and having someone call it out can help ground me, but ymmv

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He needs to hurry the fuck up and stop taking the scenic route back.

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

A month, maybe. I'd probably get arrested for squatting at work sooner, tbh. If I cut and run to the woods tonight, I could probably make it further, but I'll run out of food money faster than I could get a reliable food source going before winter hits

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Tbh we could probably cut all tax to individuals earning under $100K a year and it would still work while also not effectively be a tax on living in a high cost of living area as an educated individual. A quick check of zillow's calculator (which I suspect is generous) says that with 60K a year, 20K down and 1K a month in bills you have a comfortable home buying price range of under 200K in the Northeast, which might get you a mobile home. Might. We almost jumped on a mobile home for almost that much and it was old and needed work and didn't qualify for basically any good loans.

100K a year but otherwise the same info affords 400K for a house, which is basically where you are starting for an FHA loan eligible house there.

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

At least I'll have made it to 30... 15 years ago I didn't expect to make it this far

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I mean, it's a hybrid vehicle that seats 7 people that is smaller in length and width than a new sienna, the same weight and the same towing capacity. It might be an inch or 2 taller than the sienna overall because I needed to add a 1.5" lift when I replaced my suspension at 195000 miles to give me the ground clearance to clear the rocks where I go camping when it's fully loaded, but I still manage to get the 28mpg it was rated for 13 years ago. My previous 2006 highlander hybrid had almost 170K on it when I upgraded to the 2012. Hate on a Tahoe or Expedition or Wagoneer all you want because they are fucking absurd vehicles, but I bought literally the only used AWD, hybrid people mover/working vehicle I could buy, and when my 2006 hihy came out it was the only option at all 15 years before the Sienna went hybrid.

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

I guess this explains the 20000 anti-drone missiles the US admin diverted from Ukraine to the "middle east"

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

You can fit at least a twin, probably a full size inside most minivans (I did have to take one out of a grand caravan recently), and a queen or king would go on the roof fine if you spec one with crossbars. Most minivans also have reasonable towing capacity, so renting a U-Haul utility or cargo trailer is less than the difference in one monthly payment between a van and a bigger truck or SUV. I've put thousands of miles on my 2nd gen highlander hybrid just towing either my utility trailer (5x8) or a U-Haul cargo (4x6, 5x8, and 6x12), moved twice, helped friends and family move, done dump runs etc... I've only rented a moving truck once, for my first move, and that was only due to limited time for a full apartment move.

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Steve Irwin was my first, but Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington back to back definitely got me hard. I choked up when LP played numb with nobody at the mic during their remembrence concert

[–] Curiousfur@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You may have missed the protective film on the magnet head. When I had one, it was a night and day difference once I got the protective film off.

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