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2 hours ago, nnm said:

Not trivial, but received a 47% increase in my appraisal this year. 31% over the amount that I paid for it in an arms-length FSBO transaction in March, 2021. Sitting in the appraisal office now to talk to the flunky appraiser about it. 

 

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56% YTY increase.  Not trivial.

Holy shit. Living in CA sucks in many ways, but Prop 13 says they can't increase your appraisal more than 1% every year. It leads to people hanging onto their home causing a housing shortage. I can't imagine the collective holy shits when everyone gets their appraisal.

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2 hours ago, nnm said:

Not trivial, but received a 47% increase in my appraisal this year. 31% over the amount that I paid for it in an arms-length FSBO transaction in March, 2021. Sitting in the appraisal office now to talk to the flunky appraiser about it. 

Update. Of course the flunky county appraiser Chad (really, his name is Chad) couldn’t make an adjustment based on documentation of an arm’s length sale of the property one year ago. I have to file a protest and take it to a hearing. 
The absolute best evidence of market value is what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller. That is 31% below their appraisal. 
And the house was unliveable. Had to redo septic and multiple other systems before I could live there, to the tune of $100k. 

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On 5/11/2022 at 9:42 PM, VolenteHawk said:

Has anybody bitched about another concert venue named Moody yet?  Trivial, but this conversation could be a thing...

"To get to your hotel, take 183 to Ed Bluestein to Research Blvd."

"Are those right exits?"

"No exits, you just keep driving."

"Cool where's the venue?"

"Great little midsized joint called the Moody Theater.  Not the Moody Center, so get the right one.  It's also called ACL Live."

"Oh, Austin City Limits, I've heard of that."

"No, it's not that, that's outdoors on the other side of Town Lake.  I mean Lady Bird Lake.  Well, it is that if you're talking about the TV show."

You left out the Moody Amphitheater. 

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4 hours ago, nnm said:

Update. Of course the flunky county appraiser Chad (really, his name is Chad) couldn’t make an adjustment based on documentation of an arm’s length sale of the property one year ago. I have to file a protest and take it to a hearing. 
The absolute best evidence of market value is what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller. That is 31% below their appraisal. 
And the house was unliveable. Had to redo septic and multiple other systems before I could live there, to the tune of $100k. 

So your argument is the house is worth what you paid for it a year ago and after you put $100k in it to make it habitable? You might want to rethink your approach when you go to the hearing. I don't think that line of reasoning is going to convince anyone.

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1 hour ago, royiv said:

So your argument is the house is worth what you paid for it a year ago and after you put $100k in it to make it habitable? You might want to rethink your approach when you go to the hearing. I don't think that line of reasoning is going to convince anyone.

He’s got me, unfortunately I am not on the appraisal board.

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22 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

My next door neighbor runs the weed eater around his house and privacy fence BEFORE he mows.  Also beats the shit out of the fence doing it.  Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I mow first and get all I can with the mower, then finish up with the trimmer, taking care not to fuck the fence up with the string.

I trim first, because i like the margin it gives the mower next to the fence, rock beds, and in corners. That way I'm also not beating up the mower wheels on the edges of the rock bed in the front yard. 

Agreed, Fuck beating the hell outta my fence with the trimmer.

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I trim first, because i like the margin it gives the mower next to the fence, rock beds, and in corners. That way I'm also not beating up the mower wheels on the edges of the rock bed in the front yard. 

Agreed, Fuck beating the hell outta my fence with the trimmer.

But the thing is, he doesn’t have any flower beds or landscaping, it’s just straight grass all around.  No trees in the back yard either.  Just a big square hunk of yard.  When we get the fence replaced I’m paying the extra to have a 6” rot board at the bottom. 

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On 5/14/2022 at 7:25 AM, slorch said:

I trim first, because i like the margin it gives the mower next to the fence, rock beds, and in corners. That way I'm also not beating up the mower wheels on the edges of the rock bed in the front yard. 

Agreed, Fuck beating the hell outta my fence with the trimmer.

Same here, and also because trimmer cuttings can tend to be longer, mowing after trimming cuts them up very fine, or if you bag your clippings picks them up for a cleaner neater look.

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Kanas City Airport (MCI). What an absolute shithole that place has been for so many years. I have no hope when they open the new terminal next year that it will fix anything the way MCI is currently being run.  This past weekend flyout for graduations, nearest "Men's" room had no urinals... only 3 stalls... 2 working... line of 6 dudes (couple grunters on the clock)... so walked 7 gates to next nearest restroom (each servicing around 6-7 gates)... had one urinal and one stall. The urinal was "out of order" and looked like it had been for a long time and wasn't going to get fixed anytime soon.  The only working stall was way less sanitary than a concert festival port-a-potty. I barely could stand it long enough to wizz.  The wife needed to use the women's but opted to wait to use the plane restroom due to line and lack of cleaning.

Luckily there is almost no food or drink in the place so at least the "intake" was minimized.

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Kanas City Airport (MCI). What an absolute shithole that place has been for so many years. I have no hope when they open the new terminal next year that it will fix anything the way MCI is currently being run.  This past weekend flyout for graduations, nearest "Men's" room had no urinals... only 3 stalls... 2 working... line of 6 dudes (couple grunters on the clock)... so walked 7 gates to next nearest restroom (each servicing around 6-7 gates)... had one urinal and one stall. The urinal was "out of order" and looked like it had been for a long time and wasn't going to get fixed anytime soon.  The only working stall was way less sanitary than a concert festival port-a-potty. I barely could stand it long enough to wizz.  The wife needed to use the women's but opted to wait to use the plane restroom due to line and lack of cleaning.

Luckily there is almost no food or drink in the place so at least the "intake" was minimized.

I've seen portapotties in the American concourse at Newark before. 

Actually classed up the place. 

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8 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Kanas City Airport (MCI). What an absolute shithole that place has been for so many years. I have no hope when they open the new terminal next year that it will fix anything the way MCI is currently being run.  This past weekend flyout for graduations, nearest "Men's" room had no urinals... only 3 stalls... 2 working... line of 6 dudes (couple grunters on the clock)... so walked 7 gates to next nearest restroom (each servicing around 6-7 gates)... had one urinal and one stall. The urinal was "out of order" and looked like it had been for a long time and wasn't going to get fixed anytime soon.  The only working stall was way less sanitary than a concert festival port-a-potty. I barely could stand it long enough to wizz.  The wife needed to use the women's but opted to wait to use the plane restroom due to line and lack of cleaning.

Luckily there is almost no food or drink in the place so at least the "intake" was minimized.

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7 hours ago, elfenix said:

People who can't figure out how to put their car into neutral and need the help of 3 employees when going into the automatic car wash.

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I hate the column shifter on the Mercedes. It isn't intuitive at all how to find N, and if you short stroke it, you wind up not getting D or R. (that's what she said)

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At what exact age do people completely lose all sense of their surroundings? Specifically in reference to older shoppers at the grocery store. And I'm not even talking feeble old geriatrics, but boomers and up. Things I noticed just on my latest trip:

1. Old ladies grab their shopping carts in the busy-ass cart area and then don't continue on into the store but rather start checking their list/digging through their purses/reading through the weekly ad, while people have to try and maneuver around them.

2. Folks coming to a complete stop in the middle of the aisle with absolutely no idea that multiple people are behind them. They act half-startled when you finally try to politely squeeze by. 

3. Old man in an electric scooter cart stopping past the checkout to window shop the lottery ticket machine, completely blocking the exit path. 

4. Older couples walking down the middle of the lanes in the parking lot at about 1/10 mph, never once looking up or behind to check for cars or anything. 

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At what exact age do people completely lose all sense of their surroundings? Specifically in reference to older shoppers at the grocery store. And I'm not even talking feeble old geriatrics, but boomers and up. Things I noticed just on my latest trip:

1. Old ladies grab their shopping carts in the busy-ass cart area and then don't continue on into the store but rather start checking their list/digging through their purses/reading through the weekly ad, while people have to try and maneuver around them.

2. Folks coming to a complete stop in the middle of the aisle with absolutely no idea that multiple people are behind them. They act half-startled when you finally try to politely squeeze by. 

3. Old man in an electric scooter cart stopping past the checkout to window shop the lottery ticket machine, completely blocking the only exit path. 

4. Older couples walking down the middle of the lanes in the parking lot at about 1/10 mph, never once looking up or behind to check for cars or anything. 

It has been my long experience that about 90% of humanity wouldn't survive two days in the jungle or on the savanna, not because they would starve or die of dehydration, but because they would stroll right into a pride of lions or herd of Cape buffalo without even noticing their presence.  Situational awareness is a rare thing, especially in female humans.

On number 1, my wife started doing that in her early 30s.  It ain't just age.

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On 5/4/2022 at 3:44 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Fucking reading glasses.  Where the fuck do they all sneak off to?  I just got back from walking the dogs and I swear my favorite pair was in my shirt pocket when I left the house.  I have a certain kind that I like that I have to order from amazon and seems like I'm ordering a couple of pairs every month.

Lol the 6 pairs that are all missing are in the same goddamn place….

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2 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

At what exact age do people completely lose all sense of their surroundings? Specifically in reference to older shoppers at the grocery store. And I'm not even talking feeble old geriatrics, but boomers and up. Things I noticed just on my latest trip:

1. Old ladies grab their shopping carts in the busy-ass cart area and then don't continue on into the store but rather start checking their list/digging through their purses/reading through the weekly ad, while people have to try and maneuver around them.

2. Folks coming to a complete stop in the middle of the aisle with absolutely no idea that multiple people are behind them. They act half-startled when you finally try to politely squeeze by. 

3. Old man in an electric scooter cart stopping past the checkout to window shop the lottery ticket machine, completely blocking the exit path. 

4. Older couples walking down the middle of the lanes in the parking lot at about 1/10 mph, never once looking up or behind to check for cars or anything. 

Similar shit happens in airports and it makes me ragey. People walking down the middle of the terminal just stop right in the middle of the flow of traffic.

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On 5/4/2022 at 9:03 PM, Trey3216 said:

Pretty much.   I mean, I live in Waco.   So not super small town but not big.    I actually have a few folks that work at the gas station near my office that I frequent that are really nice folks.  The extra 90 seconds to keep my ass from getting a $4500 bill from Wally World in Killeen is an acceptable trade for me.   

Lol Waco is not even remotely close to a ‘small town’. Do you even Texas bro?

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4 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

At what exact age do people completely lose all sense of their surroundings? Specifically in reference to older shoppers at the grocery store. And I'm not even talking feeble old geriatrics, but boomers and up. Things I noticed just on my latest trip:

1. Old ladies grab their shopping carts in the busy-ass cart area and then don't continue on into the store but rather start checking their list/digging through their purses/reading through the weekly ad, while people have to try and maneuver around them.

2. Folks coming to a complete stop in the middle of the aisle with absolutely no idea that multiple people are behind them. They act half-startled when you finally try to politely squeeze by. 

3. Old man in an electric scooter cart stopping past the checkout to window shop the lottery ticket machine, completely blocking the exit path. 

4. Older couples walking down the middle of the lanes in the parking lot at about 1/10 mph, never once looking up or behind to check for cars or anything. 

Based on the assholes I see sitting down to buckle into their snowboards on the chair lift download ramp, I'm not sure it's an age thing

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22 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

It has been my long experience that about 90% of humanity wouldn't survive two days in the jungle or on the savanna, not because they would starve or die of dehydration, but because they would stroll right into a pride of lions or herd of Cape buffalo without even noticing their presence.  Situational awareness is a rare thing, especially in female humans.

On number 1, my wife started doing that in her early 30s.  It ain't just age.

Agreed, I  don't think age is the prevailing factor here. I personally think it's a lack of common sense and courtesy combined with rudeness and a whole lot of stupid. 

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I trim first, because i like the margin it gives the mower next to the fence, rock beds, and in corners. That way I'm also not beating up the mower wheels on the edges of the rock bed in the front yard. 
Agreed, Fuck beating the hell outta my fence with the trimmer.

Yup.

When I was a pro lawn jockey, I always trimmed first. You could mow faster not having to worry about edges, buildings, etc.
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On 5/19/2022 at 3:18 PM, Storm the Field said:

2. Folks coming to a complete stop in the middle of the aisle with absolutely no idea that multiple people are behind them. They act half-startled when you finally try to politely squeeze by.

Especially nice is when the person stopping is on their phone and is trying to convince/persuade the voice on the line that whatever it is they are seeking is not available and an alternate must be chosen. Somehow, this means that Mister or Miss Shopper must back up to view the entire section and then dart forward aaaaand nope, back again and now forward, perhaps because they've lost their reading glasses AGAIN and are having trouble reading the labels and/or prices. The tension builds while decisions must be reached. Eye contact is made. No,  not with the Mister Shopper, he's too busy handling the crisis or even alas, saving his marriage. No, a sympathetic glance and a shrugged understanding is reached with the supporting actor down the aisle, with her cart laden with kitty litter and spaghetti and leaf lettuce on who will go first when the moment arises.

It becomes an opera or even a ballet of sorts. Except the store music always disappoints. And I'm never ready for my close up.

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22 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:


Yup.

When I was a pro lawn jockey, I always trimmed first. You could mow faster not having to worry about edges, buildings, etc.

I mow, husband trims because the string trimmer is really heavy so he can do a better and faster job with it. I like to mow diagonals. Makes the lawn look purdy. We get done pretty quickly by doing it together. In the summer when the grass is growing faster, one of the children does the second mow.

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3 hours ago, Underdog said:

The wife and I alternate mowing duties but I do the trimming and cleaning up.  
 

PS- Anyone own an E-go electric mower and if so, how do you like it?  

I hated mine But I have really thick St. Augustine grass. I used it on some elses lawn that wasn't thick and it was fine. 

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On 5/19/2022 at 3:18 PM, Storm the Field said:

At what exact age do people completely lose all sense of their surroundings? Specifically in reference to older shoppers at the grocery store. And I'm not even talking feeble old geriatrics, but boomers and up. Things I noticed just on my latest trip:

1. Old ladies grab their shopping carts in the busy-ass cart area and then don't continue on into the store but rather start checking their list/digging through their purses/reading through the weekly ad, while people have to try and maneuver around them.

2. Folks coming to a complete stop in the middle of the aisle with absolutely no idea that multiple people are behind them. They act half-startled when you finally try to politely squeeze by. 

3. Old man in an electric scooter cart stopping past the checkout to window shop the lottery ticket machine, completely blocking the exit path. 

4. Older couples walking down the middle of the lanes in the parking lot at about 1/10 mph, never once looking up or behind to check for cars or anything. 

Not an age thing. 23 y/o son tells me last week how pissed off I used to make him by driving home spacial awareness and being able to anticipate where things/ people are going.  Says fellow Sailors did not grow up at our house…LOL.

(it killed him to say it)

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People who post Apple products in the Computer section of Craigslist.  WTF?

Should be in produce or jelly, right?

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