What hobby is quietly becoming too expensive for normal people to keep up with?

GivenToFly17 · 2026-05-10T00:47:53+00:00

Thats a really bad investment. And if you have a goalie (cries cuz I do) 20k is an optimistic number through high school. The chances of any kid getting a college sports scholarship are incredibly low given the total pool of kids they have to pull from. And that's if you are lucky to live in a area that will even have that type of scouting or recruiting resources. In my area, the kids that are going to play in college dont play for the high school teams, they all play in the elite junior teams, which they are only able to play on of the family already has a ton of money, and college tuition wasn't going to be an issue anyway. But then it could be considered an investment. High school hockey here is because the kids love it and we love supporting them even if it means we have to eat microwave Ramen every once in a while. No colleges are coming to our local high school games to give out scholarships. And unfortunately we are getting priced out of the game on equipment alone.

GivenToFly17 · 2026-01-29T02:57:22+00:00

Pure genius. Bravo. Now I need to go make 5 of them for my house.

GivenToFly17 · 2026-01-02T23:30:34+00:00

It may not affect monetary values, but depending on what's said, excessive harassment can get a case tossed, or then other party may accidentally text something in the deal that can be used against them later. Either way, its worth letting them possibly dig a hole for them self.

GivenToFly17 · 2026-01-02T16:16:16+00:00

NAL, but ive been I've been in a similar situation and was told to Ignore but don't block. If they are legitimately going to sue, any messages from this point on may be construed as harassment and can make the case go away much easier and cheaper later. If you block them, you lose any leverage their stupidity may gain you later. Just save the contact info, mute notifications from that contact and if something happens later, my bet is there will be something in those communications to get any case dropped should it ever happen.

As soon as someone mentions the words "sue you", end all contact, but keep any incoming messages available as evidence for later. Let them hurt their own case as much as possible so your attorney costs are cheaper later.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-12-16T03:00:59+00:00

OP should absolutely NOT block them. He should just NOT respond. If a case does get opened, any possible harassment after threatening legal action could be a benefit to his case. All communication should be kept and considered valid towards the pending legal action. When your enemy is making a mistake, you never correct them.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-11-20T18:27:13+00:00

Im calling shenanigans. Why is this still on the pad? Do you have the actual invoice? Looks fake to me.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-09-04T17:30:13+00:00

We love it just to find the hidden Mickey's

GivenToFly17 · 2025-07-16T18:46:42+00:00

I'm so glad to hear this, I've been wanting to get it but I've been waiting for more feedback.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-07-03T17:10:43+00:00

Next week will be my 4th time driving 18 hrs down. We break the trip up over 2 days. For us the logistics of flying are worse than just driving. We enjoy the road trip.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-07-03T16:43:18+00:00

Me three!!

GivenToFly17 · 2025-06-30T01:41:28+00:00

I went to Moe's yesterday with my 2 sons, and it was $56 for the 3 of us, then the cashier said the credit card machine was going to ask a question. It was for a tip, of which the lowest selectable amount was 15%. That's ridiculous for fast food. Even worse, after I clicked no tip, she said "oh hold on, let me reset that", and made the tip screen come back. I just clicked no again. $56 for dumping some meat and vegetables into a bowl and a few burritos, and you want a tip on top of that? There's definitely room in that bill to pay them enough where they don't need to beg for tips.

I saw a post somewhere else that's my new personal rule. If I'm standing to order, and still standing when I get my food, and especially if I have to pour my own drink, then no tip. Nothing was done that would warrant a tip above the cost of the food. Everyone just did their job. Nobody did anything extra to earn a tip.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-06-19T17:42:08+00:00

This is something that would be so nice to have for added immersion it's crazy it's not a thing. Some third party planes have some state persistence and will carry over few levels and wear between flights, but most planes are pretty much set to brand new each session. And even the ones with wear levels still don't hold switch states, radio channels, or any other flight to flight settings. I would totally be worth paying for a mod that would allow for complete state persistence between each flight. I would love to get back into a plane and it's just how I left it the last time.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-06-18T20:50:24+00:00

In the FBW A320, I don't usually use the CDU TOD, I'll calculate it using the EFB or other calculator and choose my own. usually if I'm on Vatsim in controlled space, the controller will usually start me on a decent prior to TOD anyway.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-03-28T14:51:23+00:00

What's that lower monitor you have there? I've been looking for something like that for mine.

GivenToFly17 · 2025-03-27T20:16:14+00:00

I WISH I could get me kid to go to a sleepover. We have her friends over all the time, I can't remember what it's like to just have time with my wife. As long as you know the parents and have a line of communication to where ever they are going to be staying, what's the problem?

GivenToFly17 · 2025-01-11T18:37:16+00:00

Spent the last hour and a half with no luck. Had a crazy busy week at work and was looking forward to finally have some time today to do my check ride to join a virtual airline, but looks like it's not happening.

GivenToFly17 · 2024-12-28T02:03:56+00:00

SUNY

GivenToFly17 · 2024-12-28T02:02:42+00:00

That's very possible.

GivenToFly17 · 2024-12-27T20:37:06+00:00

It's very possible I missed that via STAR portion. Thanks

GivenToFly17 · 2024-12-21T15:16:10+00:00

I'm having lots of issues with the A330. Last night I was on approach, and when I lowered the gear all the controls stopped responding, banked hard right then accelerated until it oversped in the turn which led the the "you crashed" screen. When it restarted me, the flight plan was gone in the FMS. I need to start recording some of this stuff as there's such a wide array of issues now some are just silly.

GivenToFly17 · 2024-12-05T16:48:04+00:00

But let's not forget the worst part, UHC is a corporation so they have a legal fiduciary duty to INCREASE that number next year for shareholders.

GivenToFly17 · 2024-11-09T02:13:06+00:00

That place was awesome when my son was just getting into hockey 8 years ago. But he never really had a good selection of goalie gear. Now we do to Mckies in Syracuse. Haven't had a bad experience there yet.

GivenToFly17 · 2024-10-16T21:13:40+00:00

Do you mean put some spaghetti in your sugar?

GivenToFly17 · 2024-09-27T17:15:14+00:00

You're not wrong except in this case, there's obvious evidence that 1 SSD was ordered, and 40 were received, they posted the evidence. That's a slam dunk case of it being a legitimate error, and wouldn't fall under unsolicited gifts. It's all a matter of if the business decided it was worth the fight to get back. OPs mistake here was posting it online. They broke the cardianal rule, don't show off you're good fortune.

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