[11:38] morning [14:45] good morning [14:49] good morling [14:53] are we having fun yet? [14:54] I think so [15:18] <_stink_> letme check [15:18] <_stink_> no [15:58] not quite [15:59] my joke on mastodon didn't get very good traction yesterday. It came to me while making lunch: [15:59] Free range chicken in New Hampshire: [15:59] "Live Free and Die" [16:00] it'd be a good name for a chicken farm. As would "Live Free and Dye" for a tie-dye shirt store [16:01] you moving to NH? [16:03] <_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] jrwren: heh, nope, if I had to move to the NE, it'd be Vermont. [16:03] _stink_: I... thanks :) [16:04] 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 :/ [16:05] covid (aka working from home) and major fire season == tons of people wanting to move [16:07] about time. [16:11] :P [16:12] 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. [16:13] so maybe we should finish up our shit and just move now, only a year after buying.... [16:13] best do it now before teh whole RE market goes south in cali. [16:14] 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] assuming their FAANG employer will pay them the same salary. [16:19] they won't [16:19] we don't [16:19] we have 3 levels of pay for the US: SF/NYC, Portland/Seattle/Denver/some other cities, Everywhere-else [16:20] 100%, ~90%, and ~82%, respectively [16:20] oh, so not HUGE [16:20] but, moving to eg: Nevada would instantly save me 10% in state taxes, so..... [16:21] using those adjustments, a FAANG base salary of 200 still translates to a nice 164k midwest [16:21] 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] yeah, I could survive in MI :) [16:21] well, Ann Arbor. [16:21] That'd be our move if we did it: exburb of A2 [16:21] the rest of MI is a lot cheaper. [16:22] Carrie's parents live in Chelsea, sister in south ypsi, so A2 would be ideal [16:22] both beautiful places. [16:23] south ypsi, or ypsi township? [16:23] uh, probably township [16:23] some little developed neighborhood with cookie-cutter homes built probably 20 years ago [16:23] actually... looks like Troy housing prices are about on par with Ann Arbor now. Crazy. [16:24] yeah, one of the teachers at our elementary school lives in that neighborhood, or a close one. :) [16:24] I think this one: https://goo.gl/maps/mCRxNThWR13WvqSw9 [16:25] I get my maple syrup from a farm on south edge of Chelsea... better than anything from vermont :P [16:25] hah, nice [16:25] 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. [16:26] I mean, that's the only real downside. That and the high voltage power lines [16:26] yeah? [16:26] you can grow that soil into something great in a few yrs time :) [16:26] true true, truck in some poop! [16:27] get some chickens and let them poop :) [16:27] heh, it does have an HOA of sorts, would have to figure out the rules. [16:28] ah, bumme. [16:28] wait... ypsi or the chelsea place? [16:28] there's a "road committee" or something. You pay for maintenance. Not actually sure about other rules honestly. [16:28] chelsea [16:28] ah, cool. [16:28] west of downtown chelsea, about 3/4 of the way to where that road (A2-Ypsi) hits 94 again [16:28] yeah, one of my daughters friends lives on a place like that just north of ypsi right along the huron. [16:29] er, A2-Dexter, not A2-Ypsi road [16:30] west or east? [16:30] i see waht you mean... looking at map... Cavanaugh Lake Rd? [16:30] right along the rail tracks? [16:32] actually no, off of 12 (I forgot it was 12). Between 12 and the railroad tracks. [16:33] I can find my way around, I just forget the names :) [16:33] cool [16:33] near that river thing on the map, but it's not much of a river more of a swamp [16:38] much highway noise there? [16:40] my dream is to get rich and buy a farm in the area :) [16:41] but... it is just a sillly dream [16:45] I remember there bit some yeah [16:45] their house is on the highest point in that neighborhood, so they get it the worst. [16:45] (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) [16:46] oh yeah, I didn't mean to imply they were rich. I'm saying I want to be a rich hobbyiest farmer ;) [16:47] oh, I was actually replying to my point about them being on the top of the hill ;) [16:49] ha! [16:49] i'm at the top of a hill in a subdivision. [16:49] It is kinda annoying, I can hear too much stuff from the neighborhood. [16:50] :) [18:03] There's a salon around here called "Curl up and Dye." Always thought that was cute. [18:05] heh [19:00] 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: [19:02] Yeah but I hate both those companies. [19:04] I was so sad that I had to move from Petaluma before they got Sonic fiber :( Sonic.net is good people. [19:04] now I'm on Spectrum, :( [19:08] I mean... ATT owns HBO. lul [20:41] I can do without that too. Even more reason to pirate GoT :P [20:52] ARGH!!! GET THAT STEERING WHEEL OUTTA MY PANTS. YUR DRIVIN ME NUTS [21:02] <_stink_> + .5 only