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  1. Well in the game Joel would definitely be flashing red right now but he’s still alive and has time to press the big center button and craft a health kit (assuming they have 1 rag and 1 water), then he would need to press Up and R2 and he would be good again. But yeah, I’m curious how they resolve this.
  2. That’s impossible. He already said he doesn’t care.
  3. This season has been a masterpiece thus far.
  4. I got a Delta 90k miles offer in the mail. It’s for the Platinum Amex with a $250 annual fee after $4k spend. I don’t fly Delta too often, but it almost seems worth it since the miles never expire.
  5. I think that’s the beauty of the story, we care about the characters, even the ones that are only there briefly. Great writing to be able to trigger that emotional response. Compare that to TWD where they created stupid characters and then threatened imminent death to Rick and Coral so many times that we all just wanted them to die and end our misery as viewers.
  6. After talking with Vanguard, I think I figured it out, which made me realize I didn't understand the backdoor Roth IRA process as much as I originally thought. I can contribute up to $6,000/year into the traditional IRA, which I did. (fwiw, it will be $6,500 starting this year) That is not tax deductible due to my income. After that, it doesn't matter if it accrues interest before converting to Roth. It also doesn't matter which year I convert it to Roth, but whichever calendar year that occurs in, will be reflected on the 1099-R for that year, regardless of the year that the original contribution was made to my traditional IRA. So for last year, I contributed $6,000 to my traditional IRA, and I took a $5,005 distribution as a backdoor Roth conversion. At least that's how I now understand it.
  7. Nice thread and pics. Would like to go there myself at some point. Did I miss a conflict from another board that spilled over into this thread, or did multiple posters just decide to be assholes to the OP because of spelling?
  8. I'm having problems figuring out my backdoor Roth IRA conversions and reporting. I probably messed the process up and now it's made tax reporting more complicated. TurboTax support isn't giving me a straight answer. I contributed $6,000 to my traditional IRA account, spread out in $1,000-2,000 increments throughout the year. It goes into the Vanguard Federal Money Market fund, where it typically gets converted within a week over to my Roth IRA account, then redistributed into my chosen funds. Problem #1 - With my final contribution and conversion, I got distracted and busy towards the end of the year. The contribution to the traditional IRA occurred in 2022 but the conversion to Roth for that final amount didn't get done until 1/12/23, so it isn't showing up on my 1099-R. When I made the conversion, I realized this "mistake" but I thought it would be fine since IRA contributions are allowed up until April 15 for the previous year. Maybe that doesn't hold true for backdoor Roth conversions? Problem #2 - At some point, I probably neglected to do a conversion in a timely manner and it accrued interest while still in the traditional IRA account. I'm not sure which time that was, but my 1099-R form shows a gross distribution of $5,005 (so clearly I picked up $5 somewhere) and that final conversion that didn't appear on the 1099-R shows $1,009 so there's an extra $9 accrued. This means that even though I contributed an even $6,000 to the traditional IRA in 2022, the total conversions is $6,015 which seems like a party foul. Is there a simple way to straighten this out? Do I need to contact Vanguard for help? Is this a big enough deal that I should take it to a CPA and let them do all of my taxes for me?
  9. I celebrate OU losing but I don’t celebrate shitty calls that result in OU losing. That compromises the integrity of the game and then what’s the point in even watching? What if Texas loses on a similar shitty call? What if Texas wins on a similar shitty call and then we always have that moment questioned instead of just kicking the FG with 1:48 remaining and giving our defense a chance to hold? Celebrating this call is chickenshit behavior.
  10. There’s nothing more pathetic than Cowboys fans celebrating a bad call to end an otherwise great Super Bowl because the bad call hurts a rival team. Basically a franchise that has a shitty owner that prevents ever even reaching a Super Bowl, so they are stuck celebrating bad outcomes for everyone else. Congrats?
  11. That was great. I think they missed an opportunity to close with 5 seconds of lawyer speak about potential side effects.
  12. Imagine traveling light years to establish friendly contact with an alien species and then they shoot you out of the sky without even realizing what you are and what you had to accomplish to get there. We must look insane to them. Don’t visit Earth. Its inhabitants are crazy and hostile.
  13. Outstanding episode that I thought was culminating in the zombie shootout, then they tacked on that gut-wrenching final 10 minutes. This show is fantastic so far.
  14. Theaters have changed a lot in the past 9 years. The theater I mostly go to is an AMC theater and it’s great. Reserved seats, big recliners with plenty of elbow and leg room, great alcohol selection.
  15. Would China be invading Taiwan for the sake of reclaiming a former territory that they believe is rightfully theirs (like Russia and Ukraine) or for the sake of controlling the world’s semiconductor manufacturing? If it’s the latter, it seems there will be a major problem with China successfully operating and maintaining the fabs once they take control. Is it expected that China would have the expertise to do this on their own, or that enough of the Taiwanese workforce would survive the conflict and be forced to continue working under Chinese occupation?
  16. $4,900 for 3 pairs of exterior French style doors
  17. When you have 3 kids, ordinary experiences tend to cost more. Now do a Texas football game, skiing, or Disney World. Suddenly $100 for 2-3 hours of entertainment seems like a steal.
  18. Except that small little detail about casting an actor and considering their actual ability to act.
  19. This has become an even bigger mess. I ended up contacting Resdoor in Fort Worth, which seems to a be a reputable local door supplier. They only sell doors, no installation, so they referred me to a local contractor. I called the contractor who came out and took measurements, then gave me a quote for $10k that I thought was fair. I agreed to pay him $5k up front, he ordered the doors, and then I would pay the remaining $5k once the work was finished. The doors got delivered to my house and he came out to do the install, then he said he couldn't because the doors were the wrong size. He said he gave Resdoor the correct measurements and he suggested the mistake was on their end. I felt like that should be a simple fix and that he could straighten it out with Resdoor and get the doors reordered correctly. I got busy for a couple weeks, then the holidays, then I hadn't heard anything from him so I checked back in. He kept saying he needed to come to my house to do something, which I assumed was to repeat the measurements. It took a couple more weeks to arrange a meeting date. When he showed up he wanted to see the doors and take pictures of them, which he said was because he now needs to sell the doors on Facebook marketplace. What the fuck. He said Resdoor won't accept a return or replace the doors which obviously indicates the mistake was on his end and not theirs, even though he won't admit that to me directly. He also says "his company" doesn't have the money to reorder doors until these doors are sold. I have no faith in him selling custom sized doors on Facebook. I have no experience on Facebook, but using my wife's account and searching the marketplace, I can't even find the doors listed on there and it's been ~2 weeks. I called Resdoor to get their version of the situation but the salesperson who sold him the doors is now on leave until March. Just my luck. They are looking into the situation for me, but it doesn't sound promising. I've tried to play nice with the contractor to give this a chance to be resolved amicably (ideally that would mean the work eventually gets done correctly for the original agreed upon price). We're at the point where I need him to either pay for new doors out of his own personal finances or refund my money. I think the likelihood of either happening is less than 50%, which I guess that leaves me with the option of trying to sue him to get a refund, which sounds like a huge pain in the ass and hardly worth the time.
  20. Having played the game a little bit now, I appreciate certain elements of the show that are a direct reflection of the game: -Walking across a plank to cross between buildings -Needing Ellie to crawl through a small space to unlock a door from the other side -Trying to go a certain direction only to have the path blocked and needing to find an alternate route Agree that it seems stupid to go through downtown Kansas City, but maybe that was their least bad option at the time. It’s implied that it wasn’t their first choice. It could also be directly from the game (I haven’t played that far) so maybe they are trying to stick to that part of the story. I appreciated Joel explaining that gas isn’t very good after 20 years, so at least the writers acknowledge what is often a plot hole in these types of dystopian future stories.
  21. Otherwise known as 8 pm since this is a University of Texas message board.
  22. I spur of the moment went there for drinks last night. We had to go by that Wells Fargo atm and we had time to kill before a dinner reservation at Clay Pigeon. Saw that Goat and Vine was open so we went inside and had drinks at the bar. Nice ambience, good service, decent cocktails. Food menu looked promising but we weren’t there for that. Main concern is that they supply their own wine and I feel like it could be the wine bar equivalent of a brewpub, which isn’t necessarily great. I also agree they’ll be gone by Labor Day, based on that location’s track record.
  23. Please tell me you aren’t serious. You think the Pentagon asked China to lower the balloon to make it easier for us to shoot down and China agreed to do that?
  24. You seem quite certain the balloon provides nothing of value to China. Then why was it used? Why send a balloon into U.S. airspace and risk worsening diplomatic relations if they didn’t at least hope to learn something from it? Do you really believe this was just an accident and that China had no bad intentions in all of this?
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