| cmaloney | morning | 11:38 |
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| jrwren | good morning | 14:45 |
| cmaloney | good morling | 14:49 |
| jrwren | are we having fun yet? | 14:53 |
| cmaloney | I think so | 14:54 |
| _stink_ | letme check | 15:18 |
| _stink_ | no | 15:18 |
| greg-g | not quite | 15:58 |
| greg-g | my joke on mastodon didn't get very good traction yesterday. It came to me while making lunch: | 15:59 |
| greg-g | Free range chicken in New Hampshire: | 15:59 |
| greg-g | "Live Free and Die" | 15:59 |
| greg-g | it'd be a good name for a chicken farm. As would "Live Free and Dye" for a tie-dye shirt store | 16:00 |
| jrwren | you moving to NH? | 16:01 |
| _stink_ | i like it greg-g | 16:03 |
| _stink_ | but if you heard some of the jokes i make you might not be flattered | 16:03 |
| greg-g | jrwren: heh, nope, if I had to move to the NE, it'd be Vermont. | 16:03 |
| greg-g | _stink_: I... thanks :) | 16:03 |
| greg-g | jrwren: all of the mom's FB groups carrie is from northern CA are all full of people fleeing and moving to Vermont or somewhere else without fires :/ | 16:04 |
| greg-g | covid (aka working from home) and major fire season == tons of people wanting to move | 16:05 |
| jrwren | about time. | 16:07 |
| greg-g | :P | 16:11 |
| greg-g | luckily the house down the street, in a much less desirable location, just sold for $300k more than what we spent on ours. It was just recently renovated after years of renting it out. Nothing really special. A 2bed 1 bath plus a studio ADU. We don't have the ADU, but I plan to build an office/shed in the back. | 16:12 |
| greg-g | so maybe we should finish up our shit and just move now, only a year after buying.... | 16:13 |
| jrwren | best do it now before teh whole RE market goes south in cali. | 16:13 |
| jrwren | once people realize they can buy a palace for the same price in the midwest, on a lake, why would anyone live in cali? | 16:14 |
| jrwren | assuming their FAANG employer will pay them the same salary. | 16:14 |
| greg-g | they won't | 16:19 |
| greg-g | we don't | 16:19 |
| greg-g | we have 3 levels of pay for the US: SF/NYC, Portland/Seattle/Denver/some other cities, Everywhere-else | 16:19 |
| greg-g | 100%, ~90%, and ~82%, respectively | 16:20 |
| jrwren | oh, so not HUGE | 16:20 |
| greg-g | but, moving to eg: Nevada would instantly save me 10% in state taxes, so..... | 16:20 |
| jrwren | using those adjustments, a FAANG base salary of 200 still translates to a nice 164k midwest | 16:21 |
| jrwren | haha... I know a guy who spent a few years ain Cali... then a few years in Neveda and is now back in AA | 16:21 |
| greg-g | yeah, I could survive in MI :) | 16:21 |
| jrwren | well, Ann Arbor. | 16:21 |
| greg-g | That'd be our move if we did it: exburb of A2 | 16:21 |
| jrwren | the rest of MI is a lot cheaper. | 16:21 |
| greg-g | Carrie's parents live in Chelsea, sister in south ypsi, so A2 would be ideal | 16:22 |
| jrwren | both beautiful places. | 16:22 |
| jrwren | south ypsi, or ypsi township? | 16:23 |
| greg-g | uh, probably township | 16:23 |
| greg-g | some little developed neighborhood with cookie-cutter homes built probably 20 years ago | 16:23 |
| jrwren | actually... looks like Troy housing prices are about on par with Ann Arbor now. Crazy. | 16:23 |
| jrwren | yeah, one of the teachers at our elementary school lives in that neighborhood, or a close one. :) | 16:24 |
| greg-g | I think this one: https://goo.gl/maps/mCRxNThWR13WvqSw9 | 16:24 |
| jrwren | I get my maple syrup from a farm on south edge of Chelsea... better than anything from vermont :P | 16:25 |
| greg-g | hah, nice | 16:25 |
| greg-g | yeah, her parents live in a "cabin" of sorts on a private gravel road with 2-5 acre lots. Too bad it's all sandy soil. | 16:25 |
| greg-g | I mean, that's the only real downside. That and the high voltage power lines | 16:26 |
| jrwren | yeah? | 16:26 |
| jrwren | you can grow that soil into something great in a few yrs time :) | 16:26 |
| greg-g | true true, truck in some poop! | 16:26 |
| jrwren | get some chickens and let them poop :) | 16:27 |
| greg-g | heh, it does have an HOA of sorts, would have to figure out the rules. | 16:27 |
| jrwren | ah, bumme. | 16:28 |
| jrwren | wait... ypsi or the chelsea place? | 16:28 |
| greg-g | there's a "road committee" or something. You pay for maintenance. Not actually sure about other rules honestly. | 16:28 |
| greg-g | chelsea | 16:28 |
| jrwren | ah, cool. | 16:28 |
| greg-g | west of downtown chelsea, about 3/4 of the way to where that road (A2-Ypsi) hits 94 again | 16:28 |
| jrwren | yeah, one of my daughters friends lives on a place like that just north of ypsi right along the huron. | 16:28 |
| greg-g | er, A2-Dexter, not A2-Ypsi road | 16:29 |
| jrwren | west or east? | 16:30 |
| jrwren | i see waht you mean... looking at map... Cavanaugh Lake Rd? | 16:30 |
| jrwren | right along the rail tracks? | 16:30 |
| greg-g | actually no, off of 12 (I forgot it was 12). Between 12 and the railroad tracks. | 16:32 |
| greg-g | I can find my way around, I just forget the names :) | 16:33 |
| jrwren | cool | 16:33 |
| greg-g | near that river thing on the map, but it's not much of a river more of a swamp | 16:33 |
| jrwren | much highway noise there? | 16:38 |
| jrwren | my dream is to get rich and buy a farm in the area :) | 16:40 |
| jrwren | but... it is just a sillly dream | 16:41 |
| greg-g | I remember there bit some yeah | 16:45 |
| greg-g | their house is on the highest point in that neighborhood, so they get it the worst. | 16:45 |
| greg-g | (they aren't rich, far from it, but they were able to retire at least. He worked shipping at a chemical supply place, she was an instructor at WCC) | 16:45 |
| jrwren | oh yeah, I didn't mean to imply they were rich. I'm saying I want to be a rich hobbyiest farmer ;) | 16:46 |
| greg-g | oh, I was actually replying to my point about them being on the top of the hill ;) | 16:47 |
| jrwren | ha! | 16:49 |
| jrwren | i'm at the top of a hill in a subdivision. | 16:49 |
| jrwren | It is kinda annoying, I can hear too much stuff from the neighborhood. | 16:49 |
| greg-g | :) | 16:50 |
| Scary_Guy | There's a salon around here called "Curl up and Dye." Always thought that was cute. | 18:03 |
| greg-g | heh | 18:05 |
| jrwren | so I just switched from comcast business to ATT fiber gigabit. I get 770/289 says speedtest on a fast workstation behind my router/server. my wifi laptop still 94/94 because wifi and it is old and slow :slightly_smiling_face: | 19:00 |
| Scary_Guy | Yeah but I hate both those companies. | 19:02 |
| greg-g | I was so sad that I had to move from Petaluma before they got Sonic fiber :( Sonic.net is good people. | 19:04 |
| greg-g | now I'm on Spectrum, :( | 19:04 |
| jrwren | I mean... ATT owns HBO. lul | 19:08 |
| Scary_Guy | I can do without that too. Even more reason to pirate GoT :P | 20:41 |
| jrwren | ARGH!!! GET THAT STEERING WHEEL OUTTA MY PANTS. YUR DRIVIN ME NUTS | 20:52 |
| _stink_ | + .5 only | 21:02 |
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