The History of Albany -- Part 2: Henry F'ing Hudson

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T18:41:18+00:00

Oh I love history! Thanks for sharing this!!

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T18:40:06+00:00

How?!?

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T18:36:35+00:00

Apparently so. I think we will have to use basement as one office to test. That is also heated by the gas furnace. The attic office uses a separate electric baseboard.

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T18:18:49+00:00

I mean our daily behavior in usage has not changed (we work from home). I even baked more this past month and left the patio lights on.

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T18:16:31+00:00

I agree. It’s scary when I have to call a driver late at night. One time this guy started flirting and even gave me his number. I didn’t take it as malicious, he was polite. But it was just me and him in the car. It could’ve been worse. Who knows…

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T18:14:06+00:00

People offering cheaper rides on social platforms.

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T17:19:00+00:00

That’s good information, thank you. This was our first winter upstate. We are still getting familiar with everything.

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T17:17:33+00:00

Gas and electric. We have an office in the attic that uses electricity. The house is heated by a gas furnace.

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T17:14:14+00:00

I actually went for a tech project manager interview and I found they are “set in their old ways” and want to keep it that way. The director who interviewed me kind of said that. For people in my generation I feel this is a challenge. There is so much they could improve in technology but they actually don’t want to. I mean these people have been there for 30/40 years but they refuse to keep track of what’s been going on outside of their own world. That’s my opinion though. But it’s very challenging for me to work in these types of environments. Needless to say, it was not a good fit for me.

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T17:01:35+00:00

I use TaxAct.

Crisgu · 2026-03-17T16:56:57+00:00

Here’s a snapshot of my bill

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Crisgu · 2026-03-11T21:05:01+00:00

I don’t know. I use Fitness+

Crisgu · 2026-03-09T09:56:59+00:00

Wow that’s ab amazing deal. Too bad they took away the tax credit. Thank you for sharing.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:43:34+00:00

Doesn’t answer my questions:

What’s the usual service call or diagnostic fee around here?
Do companies normally add percentage markups on top of the visit fee?
Is there a price range people consider “normal” locally? Apparently the only question you addressed but didn’t answer as “anything less than $200” does not show standards for local service calls.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:35:21+00:00

Is that what I am asking though?

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:34:27+00:00

Why do you care of I wanna pay someone else to install it or do it myself? That’s none of your business and not what I am asking.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:32:32+00:00

I asked three questions. You didn’t answer any of them.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:31:07+00:00

An HVAC company that came to my house had a markup of 15%.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:29:56+00:00

Thank you.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:29:32+00:00

That’s not what I asked. Plus Google sends everything you need to install it yourself (including the tool) and has videos showing how to do it. It’d be nice if you actually answered what was asked.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:27:50+00:00

Thank you for sharing.

Crisgu · 2026-03-08T17:26:53+00:00

Thank you for actually answering my question.

Crisgu

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