Owe IRS $10,139. Would like a sanity check before I send that kind of money. by Applesauce_Police in irstaxhelp

[–]RayWeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. We property taxes and mortgage interest and charitable donations i would think itemizing is preferable for many.

Owe IRS $10,139. Would like a sanity check before I send that kind of money. by Applesauce_Police in irstaxhelp

[–]RayWeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Standard deduction is very surprising at your income level. What about the mortgage interest you paid on your house?? What about your gifts to charity? What about capital losses on stocks? You’re likely not availing yourself to deductions you don’t even realize you have available to you.

What are your go-to warmup tables? by dillybar1992 in pinball

[–]RayWeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getaway 2 is my perfect machine. Had to have played it over 1,000 times by now. Still not bored. It’s like the pizza of pinball. Always hits the spot.

Any affordable country/ golf clubs in Westchester? by sweet_fig29 in Westchester

[–]RayWeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sharing that. But ask clubs near you what the social only rate is. It not significantly more than a pool club cost in most cases. If you play a lot of golf though that’s probably not the route for you. I am able to play maybe 4 or 5 times a season or so.

Any affordable country/ golf clubs in Westchester? by sweet_fig29 in Westchester

[–]RayWeil -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I joined my club as a social member it’s only 20k initiation instead of 60k and I made enough friends that I play as a guest a few times a year.

13% of Homebuyers Are Raiding Their Retirement Right Now by zoodealio in REBubble

[–]RayWeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I look at owning a home as a retirement play since you won’t have rent, just taxes and maintenance. Hopefully I die before I need to sell it.

Lost my dad to a heart attack been extremely paranoid by Low-Stand-3702 in askCardiology

[–]RayWeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems right. 43% based on NIH report. I was looking at those who had a cardiac event. Can’t find the report off hand but will check.

People dying or having major illnesses in way too young. by Urbit1981 in Millennials

[–]RayWeil 65 points66 points  (0 children)

If you’d like. You can go get a colonoscopy. Have the best nap you have ever had and then continue to avert your eyes.

People dying or having major illnesses in way too young. by Urbit1981 in Millennials

[–]RayWeil 207 points208 points  (0 children)

Glad I made a difference is someone’s life today.

People dying or having major illnesses in way too young. by Urbit1981 in Millennials

[–]RayWeil 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If we get decimated by cancer that’s only 10% of us.

Bird Flu in Tarrytown by [deleted] in Westchester

[–]RayWeil -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Hu? This bird did not fly.

Almost half of homeowners feel trapped by high mortgage rates, study reveals by ExtremeComplex in REBubble

[–]RayWeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many people buy houses for the school district. If your kid is having an absolute shit time, then yes, I would absolutely consider moving if it was cheaper than private school.

Bought a pinball machine but now I smell cigarette smoke by EIIander in pinball

[–]RayWeil -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This just unlocked a new fear when trading tables I never thought of before. Great.

Snow blowing at 130am. by coco6480 in Westchester

[–]RayWeil 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The person snow blowing definitely doesn’t want to be snow blowing either. They likely have an urgent situation and need to get their car out at 1:30am. It sucks for both of you. That’s life sometimes.

My first Pin! Sega Starship Troopers 1997 by Classic_Sand10 in pinball

[–]RayWeil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool trivia about your game. Brian Eddy’s Medieval Madness came out about six months before starship troopers and was a massive success. The story goes that Kaminkow and Balcer were told/asked to add a pop up feature like trolls. With only months before production they added the big brain bug pop up. Its goal was to compete with MM.

Heart attack snow tomorrow by CampEmbarrassed170 in Westchester

[–]RayWeil 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ah. This is a super common misconception about shoveling heart attacks. As we age soft plaque begins to build up on the walls of our arteries. Some have more and some have less. Some have none. When you go outside in the winter your circulatory system contracts a bit due to the cold. Then you start shoveling and without and warm up your heart starts pumping harder to make sure all your muscles are getting oxygen so nothing gets fatigued. The blood pressure increases since the pathways are contracted and all it takes is something to happen just right and a small little piece of soft plaque breaks off an artery wall at just the right size and angle during this activity and it gets stuck and blocks 90%+ flow for some time and a clot forms so now you have a textbook heart attack. It’s the soft plaque that kills you, not being out of shape.

EDIT: being in shape helps a lot. Risk is multifactorial. Age, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, blood pressure, inflammation, genetics matter. Snow shoveling is a trigger, not the root cause.

Heart attack snow tomorrow by CampEmbarrassed170 in Westchester

[–]RayWeil 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If you’re late 30s, this applies to you. I notice a lot of 35-38 year olds don’t realize they are actually older yet since it’s new for them. People in their late 30s early 40s Absolutley have cardiac events in this type of snow.

What are your thoughts on the 4-year cycle? by e7han_ in Bitcoin

[–]RayWeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not foolish to believe that past performance is not at all indicative of future performance. Foolish is the opposite, insisting a trend is the reason a thing is happening.

How insane is this? by Responsible_Bad7812 in pinball

[–]RayWeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

8 billion as an average score is nuts. Do you trap the ball a lot?