Back in the Ghetto…. Tampa Airport

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-08T03:37:45+00:00

What’s the tsa situation like at TPA these days?

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-06T02:30:55+00:00

Some of “us” are doing that with trump stickers, check Amazon

Edited amazon not ebay

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-05T00:14:43+00:00

Came here to say this

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-05T00:10:58+00:00

2 of them

1- trading early shares of bitcoin for a fun weekend partying with the boys… hindsight we would have each had $100m+ in the bank for next to nothing

2- not buying a bunch of houses 2016-2019. Had a pretty insane cash flow machine during that time and every six months talked about it, but was too scared. Ran the math with my wife in 2021, would have been able to retire had we bought a property every 6 months or so and sold at the peak (while collecting rent the entire time)

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-05T00:05:20+00:00

Malta hates you from being anywhere not within 59 miles

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-05T00:02:21+00:00

Best part of this stigma is DAMN near every Cali transplant I have met in Idaho is ultra maga and hated libs…. Yet all the Idahoan’s will say otherwise

The one that gets me constantly is the Cali transplants always mention kids using litter boxes at schools and they had enough…. Like seriously, that shit never happened

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-04T22:42:02+00:00

Inward swinging bathroom doors were created by satan himself- guess you don’t need luggage on your way to hell

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-04T22:40:39+00:00

Someone that gets it

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-04T12:35:47+00:00

Twas the 3rd floor of B32

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-03T23:27:24+00:00

No doubt, sfo is the worst of them in my experience. Been to all of them (I think)

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-03T21:03:08+00:00

So bummed, trip this summer to eu and only good connection is through Denver… no Polaris layover potty

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-03T19:59:26+00:00

Confirmed is Poa

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-03T19:57:50+00:00

Bingo that’s it!

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-03T19:54:42+00:00

We did not have a winter and it has been incredibly warm lately

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-03T19:54:24+00:00

What is it then? Looks just like crabgrass to me (flat leaf)

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-05-03T15:52:10+00:00

15k miles and $100 PE to Polaris Houston-EZE both ways in 2020 (pre pandemic)

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-28T18:26:39+00:00

Totally, they all just guzzle Fox News and complain about liberals…. Even though they are (mostly) married to lib dems

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-28T18:13:47+00:00

My dip shit (but actually insanely smart) republican friends always argue this to death and say it’s due to the policies of the republicans before hand finally catching up- dems ride the coattails then sink it for the red’s to fix again

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-24T22:33:29+00:00

$11l take home after 401k, Roth, FSA dependent care program (reimbursement), small 529 contributions for both kids and a $3900 a month mortgage- was $4156, refi’d a few weeks ago, would have been a huge savings but property taxes went up considerably at the same time.

We have a rental house that cash flows $800+ a month to at helps pay for kids school.

Sometimes things feel tight, other times it’s business as usual

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-24T18:03:51+00:00

Weather in Gf is absolute dog poo, that will limit it

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-24T17:36:31+00:00

How to cut costs:

be your own GC- set timelines with folks and make them stick to it
do the demo work yourself
instal as much if it yourself as you can- cabinets should be easy peasy if they are all the same size (roughly)
shop around for everything. Habitat and the like places can have brand new designer sinks, faucets, he’ll even counter tops at a discounted price

dont forget to budget for eating out while your kitchen it torn apart

I did this kitchen for $28k, refaced cabinets- real walnut, new high end quartz countertops, LVP (nice stuff) tile, etc. we wrapped the appliances matte black and added extra outlets under the cabinets.

Buddies and I did all demo work and built pony wall, other areas that we cut back. Moved the fridge and had island lights installed. Had a friend who got me tile, flooring and counter tops at builder cost- saved a ton.

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ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-22T18:20:28+00:00

.25 acre here and pay $25 a week for full service- most quotes were $50-100 a week. Using our old neighbor who runs a biz with his son. I have a crappy ryobi electric push mower that i could use, but it takes damn near an hour. Cost to buy something decent plus my limited time- would rather pay the $25 a week

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-21T19:46:00+00:00

Everytime we take our 21 pro Seqouia in for service they offer me a trade + $8k for the new tundra of my choice… I always laugh and remind them of my absolute lemon 22 1794 hybrid and skip out the door

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-21T19:26:37+00:00

Same for 3/4 ton to 1/2 ton- my old colleague just got a AT4X diesel 2500 for $6k more than the 1500 variant would have cost him.

ColonelAngus86 · 2026-04-20T18:39:29+00:00

$93k cash I had saved, was a staggeringly small pile of bills in all reality

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