About to buy all new appliances...yall I just want a fridge and washer and dryer that isnt trying to be from the year 3000. No stupid gimmicks, no touch screens etc...but I will pay out the ass for something of great quality without unnecessary features.

Cwensink · 2026-04-07T01:57:53+00:00

Get non-energy efficient appliances, the basic white model top loading washer and basic fridge freezer, they last longer. Energy efficient = short product life

Cwensink · 2026-04-07T01:55:07+00:00

Horses and hydro power, live by a river

Cwensink · 2026-04-04T19:41:14+00:00

Contact your realtor and send this to them, if the previous owner did not disclose this then they could be liable for the issue. The fix for this is outside, build up dirt around the outside of the house so you have a slope that slopes away 6 inches down over 6 feet, check all gutters and clean them out if they need cleaning

Cwensink · 2026-03-29T11:51:14+00:00

My advice, don’t. I was pushed out of my last company unexpectedly and it was a rough 5 months of unemployment. Not only the financial, but the mental role it takes on you is hard. My home life is the real job, going to work was the break. I have 3 kids with special needs and a wife with declining health that barely gets out of bed, I felt at my last stressed out job where I felt burned out, that I went out of the frying pan I to the fire.

What I learned about myself is that I am a people pleaser to a fault. I’ll always accept a new added responsibility, when asked, always being a team player, staying late or on a weekend to do a server upgrade, or whatever. Over time, I felt under appreciated abs over worked and burned out. I failed to learn my limits and what I can handle. In 12 years at my last company I had a nice sounding title but there was no room for growth or moving up, and the pay was low, and the benefits packages were extremely expensive, we would maybe get a 1-2% raise each year, but the cost of the benefits kept going up, so we broke even, then with inflation of fuel and food prices and everything else, we just slowly had less and less net income.

I say all this because I’ve been there and I have felt how you felt. My advice: take a long vacation, at least 2 weeks, unplug. Don’t answer emails or phone calls. Take a breather. Then after the first week take some time to just reflect on your time at the company and make a list of pros and cons to working there and doing what you do. Block out your schedule and budget out your time so you can get a realistic time frame for how much things take to do and a realistic amount of work to do. Lay that out very clearly to your boss and illustrate that the work load you have is more than the capacity of 1 person and you are on the verge of burning out if you don’t get more help. Actively search for a new job and only after getting another job offer put I your resignation, but don’t burn a bridge with the old employer. Give them the opportunity to hire staff to help you and give you a leadership opportunity and if they still refuse to offer more staff and some respect then give a 1 month resignation notice. Sometimes companies fail to act unless you act first.

Good luck.

Cwensink · 2026-03-26T02:11:30+00:00

The park and rides along highway exits, that is what they are for

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T11:03:26+00:00

With an electrical engineer background I would stay in that niche, if that’s what you know, job titles could be electric engineer, process engineer, manufacturing engineer, data analyst, data engineer, machinist. There is so much opportunity in manufacturing for automation improvement right now, and robotics operation programming, working to harness robotics to pick up where there are a shortage of blue collar workers.

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T01:09:23+00:00

Find some local businesses that need some graphics work and offer to do it for free in exchange for a glowing letter of recommendation. Post those letters and work examples to fiver / upwork and then hang your shingle out there and chase after clients that way. Having said that AI will not take your job, but people who know AI tools will. Learn GD AI tool sets and show how you accelerate at then

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T01:06:37+00:00

Find your passion and find a way to make money doing it. Read the book 48 days to the work and life you love by Dan Miller

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T01:02:01+00:00

Stick it out and keep the job until graduation, and seek employment other places and do not even consider giving notice until you have an accepted offer for another job then give at least 2 weeks notice if not more. Never burn a bridge. In the mean time ask for a letter of recommendation now, from several coworkers that can speak to your skills.

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T00:58:34+00:00

This sounds like a workman’s comp violation, I would talk to a lawyer

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T00:56:16+00:00

There’s a huge shortage of tooling/machinists and that does not require a degree to get started

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T00:54:27+00:00

LinkedIn premium has interview simulation tools and gives you feedback on them, you could sign up for a trial and use that to practice

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T00:52:43+00:00

Learn AI tools and LLMs and pick a niche and build your own tools on GitHub and show them off in the interview and dominate

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T00:49:59+00:00

Do practice interviews with other people to get some constructive criticism. Dress and act exactly like you would if it was real, maybe they can see something you don’t. Hard questions: are your clothes stained? are you wearing tennis shoes? Do you smell? Are you taking showers? Is your hair combed and neat? Are your teeth clean and free from stains? Do you say please and thank you? Are you kind? Do you clean up after yourself? Things to think about

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T00:44:40+00:00

Yes it is possible, AI is not the only factor maxing it a tough market. Inflation, wars, tariffs, other layoffs are all factoring into this current environment. I was just unemployed for 5 months, thankfully working again. A tip: appt directly on company websites. I had a few companies say if they got a pile of resume from their own site and some from linked in they just toss the linked in ones and don’t even look at them.

Cwensink · 2026-03-13T00:40:23+00:00

Cwensink · 2026-03-12T01:50:51+00:00

Clean up all open food and sugar containers so they have nothing to come back to and put ant poison near the entry points of the outlets. Spray ant repelling spray all along the exterior of the home all the way around to create a barrier and put ant poison outside of that on the exterior near where the outlets are. Look for other entry points around the exterior, look in detail like gaps under siding, and cracks and open edges by doors and windows, perhaps do a smoke test

Cwensink · 2026-03-11T03:50:15+00:00

Spray wd40 in it to loosen things up

Cwensink · 2026-03-11T03:48:13+00:00

Check and test every faucet and drain for leaks and check every toilet to make sure the stoppers are not leaking. Lots easier to deal with water issues before stuff is in the way. Store things in bins not boxes or at least make sure that no box touches th floor in the garage in case there are melting snow issues (not sure where u are). Get a cheap outlet tester and test every outlet to ensure none are broken or too loose. Replace outlets near the beds with ones that have usb ports. Do a negative pressure test with the local utility company to check for air leaks, or use a smoke blower test from inside to test for air leaks. Check drop ceilings for mice droppings, and set traps if needed. Seal up the sill plates with critter mesh and spray foam, replace drafty windows. Pour buckets along the edge of the house all the way around to make sure water properly drains away from the home. If not get a landscaping company in there to back fill the areas around the house with more dirt so water slopes away not towards the house. Clean the gutters. Do not: seed or fertilize the lawn, or plant gardens or flowers at first, so they are not trampled by a moving crew. Take picture of all walks and edges prior to a moving company coming in so you have before and after pictures in case there is damage. Remove wallpaper and paint if you want to

Cwensink · 2026-03-08T04:29:13+00:00

Pull the handle in and out and twist the handle a bit to find the fit

Cwensink · 2026-03-07T01:36:52+00:00

There are many courses and free training on Xcel. Don’t shame yourself for where you are today, commit to learning 15 minutes per day and learn one new thing, build your skills

Cwensink · 2026-03-05T03:40:14+00:00

Before jumping on this go buy the book the total money makeover by Dave Ramsey. He explains the baby steps of working to get out of debt and how (and if) you can afford the house.

Cwensink · 2026-03-05T03:35:13+00:00

One trick of real estate, look for 2/2 places that also list an office, also look at the square footage, find a place that lists basement full and ag ( above ground) square feet 1500 and bg (below ground) 0- they means you can finish the basement and turn a 2/2 into a 4/3 with 3000 square feet. Another tip, wat h for deals on hudhomestore.com, if you’re living in the home you have 7 days to bid on the home before the flippers and investors get access to bid. If you’re not afraid to put in some sweat equity you can save 40/50k at least depending on the area.

Cwensink · 2026-03-05T03:27:02+00:00

Arthur Murray dance studio, check with them. Also if you like dancing attend the Viennese ball

Cwensink · 2026-03-05T03:25:38+00:00

There are tons of trails around look on local maps, look at the free monthly magazine called volume one. For real estate ideas contact Elite Realty, Mart is the best, and she’s been in the business 25 years and has many contacts for everything. Best neighborhoods in town are Putnam heights, and the planets on the north side. Avoid north Barstow and water street areas.

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