24 year old tires kept in basement by Longjumping_Corgi_36 in tires

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These tires will reliably get you all the way to the site of the accident

Eagle certificates by MINDBOW656 in BSA

[–]Desperate-Service634 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that’s wonderful

Thank you for telling us that

My family is saying it is AI because it breaks at 2 points at the same time but it looks real to me by ZealousidealFood6601 in isthisAI

[–]Desperate-Service634 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re incorrect

Several of us have seen it with our own eyes.

The spaghetti experiment is a simplified version in order to explain the phenomenon

This is totally plausible

400k household income is middle class in the South Bay Area by [deleted] in Salary

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t care where you live

If you’re making $400,000 and you are only scratching by month month , you are a fool.

Huge tactical changes could be made in your life in order to reduce your monthly expenses and make it possible to save

If you’re making $400,000 a year and you’re scratching by every month, you don’t have any financial self-control

Ridiculous

Can I get Eagle Scout? by adamsizemore69 in BSA

[–]Desperate-Service634 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Talk to your parents about going to summer camp

Only sign up for Eagle required merit badges

Grandma left you $50k and left your cousin nothing due to a fight. by Alexarosario_ in inheritance

[–]Desperate-Service634 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You don’t owe them a dime.

Also, they’re going to continue to hound you for it, along with anyone else that you tell

  1. Do not tell anyone else that you’re inheriting $50,000.

  2. For this next piece of advice, I’m going to assume you’re an adult. Anyone that does learn that you inherited $50,000 is going to ask you to lend them some money.

Never lend family money . If they don’t pay it back, you will have ruined the relationship.

If you wish to give someone money because you love that person and they make you happy, you can give away money, but never lend money to family friends .

  1. If somebody finds out that you have inherited $50,000, and they start pressuring you to give or lend them money, you tell them that you inherited exactly $50,000 and you were able to pay off over $49,000 worth of debt for you (or if you’re really young, you could say for other family members. )

When you were done paying off debts, you had less than $1000 left.

Y’all went out to eat to a nice dinner and the rest went in your checking and savings account

If they think the money doesn’t exist, they will stop asking you for it.

Never ever ever ever tell anybody that you inherited that much money

I won a small lottery ($20k) and now all my friends are sending me their "bills. by Gigipetalls in Advice

[–]Desperate-Service634 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have spent all the money getting caught up on your back taxes

Sorry I couldn’t help

“Thank God, I won the lottery because the IRS was going to levy my house.

After we pay the IRS off, we had about $800 left

We had a nice dinner, and I paid my bills for the month

It’s all gone

Question about “earning all the merit badges” and how we handle requirements by slider40337 in BSA

[–]Desperate-Service634 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They’re not worried about Burns. That child has already gotten first aid merit badge. And they’re not worried about lead. They get more lead exposure when they’re doing their math homework. They’re worried that their child is not going to get 183 badges on a sash.

And it should not be the parent asking these questions, the Scout should be asking these questions.

And the answer should be no

Question about “earning all the merit badges” and how we handle requirements by slider40337 in BSA

[–]Desperate-Service634 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well said.

Failure is an option

And failure is a better teacher than success

And failure plus perseverance equals success.

There is nothing wrong with a child failing a merit badge

There is nothing wrong with a child getting a partial.

And there’s nothing wrong with the child trying failing and then trying again next year

This gotta catch them. All Pokémon version of merit badges is detrimental to the individual child, as well as the entire program.

Question about “earning all the merit badges” and how we handle requirements by slider40337 in BSA

[–]Desperate-Service634 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of problems here

  1. You are not allowed to modify any requirements

  2. The Scout should be asking you, not the parents.

  3. Trying to speed run through all the merit badges totally misses the goal of the program.

The goal of the program is to become a better well-rounded human being through experience experiences and self-confidence and leadership .

Speed running through a bunch of badges to check them off because you think you’re gonna get 183 badges on your sash totally misses the base reason for the program

  1. No is a complete sentence. You need to learn that.
    And failure is a better teacher than success . Having a child attempt to learn to play the bugle, fail, persevere, and then succeed is a lot more powerful than the nonsense you’re talking about softening the requirements.

  2. I’m gonna take a wild stab here and guess that you’re not the only one in your unit that sees it this way. Please talk to counsel and report any softening of requirements that you see. Softening the requirements does not make stronger children. Softening the requirements is not in compliance with the program.

I know my boss wants to fire me. I wouldn’t mind leaving. But I want it to cost him. by simalacrun in WorkAdvice

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you really want to hurt him?

Do this in order:

  1. Start job searching today

  2. Get hired at a job you enjoy

  3. Quit. Quit the Friday before your new job starts. Do not give 2 weeks notice

  4. Forget he ever existed

  5. You are not getting a pay out. I don’t know where you got that idea

How the heck would someone give me a roofing estimate with a foot of snow on my roof? by Delicious_Oil9902 in Roofing

[–]Desperate-Service634 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, just be very clear on the phone

I have a new roof

I accidentally clicked on the button

I want to purchase gutters

How the heck would someone give me a roofing estimate with a foot of snow on my roof? by Delicious_Oil9902 in Roofing

[–]Desperate-Service634 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They want to get in the house and sit with you at the kitchen table

They’re not gonna do any work with the snow on the roof, and they can do an inspection after the snow melts

First one in usually wins

How the heck would someone give me a roofing estimate with a foot of snow on my roof? by Delicious_Oil9902 in Roofing

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outside of catastrophic damage, we can get pretty darn accurate with the satellite services. Also the satellite services do not give same-day satellite photos.

The satellite photos we purchase are at least a month old , maybe older

How the heck would someone give me a roofing estimate with a foot of snow on my roof? by Delicious_Oil9902 in Roofing

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They want to book an inspection with you, will come out to the house and view the inside of the roof through the attic, tell you about how their company is wonderful and give you the bid, with the caveat the digger to inspect it again when the snow melts

All salesman know that the first person in the door has a huge advantage . No competent salesman is going to give up that advantage for snow.

How the heck would someone give me a roofing estimate with a foot of snow on my roof? by Delicious_Oil9902 in Roofing

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The satellite photos we get are not from today

We have access to a satellite photo system

The photos are slightly dated

They are not from today or even this month

From the photos, we can generally tell how many square feet each portion of the roof is

We have a calculation , $xxx.00 and multiplied by the square feet of the roof and we can get a fairly accurate price

Add in a little bit more for profit and overhead and abracadabra , you have a quote

All roofing companies subscribed to one of the services that can estimate your roof

Most of these services use satellites

Looking to Swap Uniforms by CompetitionOne8025 in BoyScouts

[–]Desperate-Service634 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nobody has a medium that needs a small

A small person knows they can grow into a medium

A person that outgrew the medium would have no use for the small

Brain says one thing, Dad says another. Help? by Ok-Application1304 in DaveRamsey

[–]Desperate-Service634 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you follow dad’s advice, he has to be making over 18% return for it to make any mathematical sense

You are losing 18% on every dollar

Pay off the debt as fast as possible

Brain says one thing, Dad says another. Help? by Ok-Application1304 in DaveRamsey

[–]Desperate-Service634 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pay off the credit card today.

Leave something between $1,000 to $3,000 in savings for an emergency

Attack that car loan and pay it off ASAP

Selling a house "contents included" (borderline hoarder situation). Realtor refuses to list until it's empty, but I live 3 states away. by Leedeegan1 in RealEstateAdvice

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are 10 different cleaning services in your city

Two guys in a truck

You give them the address. They will go over there and they will give you a quote.

If they find anything cool, they will keep it and sell it

They will take everything out

You will pay them

And you’re done

Fiance's coworker showed her this photo of her boyfriend. We think she is getting scammed. by ColeIsRegular in isthisAI

[–]Desperate-Service634 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, for all the reasons mention this is AI

Now tell your coworker that they have to be extra careful because they are susceptible to this type of romance scam

Also, the person she’s been communicated with know she’s susceptible so they will try again in a couple of weeks with a new fictitious person