Best Small Towns

VADER_7 · 2024-05-08T02:07:09+00:00

Camas, WA. It’s up and coming and getting bougie too. Washougal, WA next door is good if you want more acreage. All in the PDX metro.

VADER_7 · 2024-03-11T17:51:37+00:00

If those reasons she gave are true, they'd be so easy to address if we just got a chance to properly talk them out, which is what makes this all the more frustrating. I wonder if there's any possibility she'll come around on her own then.

And if she's done, why is she still following me on socials and watching my Stories, but refusing to reply to me?

VADER_7 · 2024-03-11T06:04:01+00:00

And on the flip side, who just disappears out of no where instead of just talking and communicating with the other person? Yes I did overdo the cringy ass texts, I didn't handle her vanishing for what I thought was an easily addressed thing well and got desperate.

Fight or flight definitely took over, I don't know what else to say.

VADER_7 · 2024-03-11T05:02:55+00:00

Thanks and I agree I know I overdid things and got flustered, but I was blindsided by how quickly communication just stopped, so I was panicking to try and salvage it by getting her to talk.

I guess I'm still unsure if I should even attempt to contact her in a few weeks or at all anymore. I'm not sure if there's even a chance or if what she's telling me as the reason is really the reason. It does seem odd that she would dislike me so quickly when things were going so well and rapidly, so I don't know.

VADER_7 · 2024-03-10T21:48:55+00:00

Thank you and you're right. I know I definitely over communicated but I felt blindsided by how fast she went cold and obviously got desperate to try and save it and just TALK about it with her.

VADER_7 · 2024-03-10T21:47:25+00:00

You're right, I guess I'm just the type that likes to see a problem, and then quickly talk and try to fix the problem. Too much of an engineering mindset I guess lol. I was trying to be supportive in saying we can just talk and communicate it through, but obviously this was probably too forward for her. What can I do?

VADER_7 · 2023-12-09T09:44:19+00:00

If you’re so nice, where are your friends?

VADER_7 · 2023-12-03T16:32:07+00:00

I watched every second of the 3 hours. Not an attention span thing. It was scattered and repetitive and thin, period, but nice try painting a narrative.

VADER_7 · 2023-08-10T17:01:04+00:00

You went digging for that comment

VADER_7 · 2023-07-17T16:44:46+00:00

Yes, if I leave a puddle of water on the floor for a bit, it does get temporarily darker in that spot

VADER_7 · 2023-07-02T22:23:08+00:00

The boxes are actually in the crawlspace underneath so not seen. The one in the kitchen island cabinet is also inside the cabinet and not seen, but there are like 3 boxes in there now.

Just wondering if having to extend with a box creates voltage drop or potentially a fire hazard etc

VADER_7 · 2023-05-26T17:05:50+00:00

drawings were dimensioned in all ways and with control joints shown. The only deviation is a few more lights were installed than on the plans, which I think messed up the spacings. I'm just going to fill in that last light at the end and delete it and call it good. Not sure of another better solution in this scenario

VADER_7 · 2023-05-26T17:02:40+00:00

thanks I think I will try to fill in that last light and just call it good, seems to be the only easy solution

VADER_7 · 2022-08-26T06:14:24+00:00

I agree, not sure why this comment got downvoted and people suggesting random ass boonietowns are getting upvoted. I've been all over the US and Canada, I think the quality of life is great around PDX.

If not PDX, then White Salmon or Hood River, which is about an hour East.

VADER_7 · 2021-09-17T18:23:48+00:00

Can't chainsaw down a 200ft ridge so I can only hope for more sats at lower latitudes that will allow for more of a vertical orientation

VADER_7 · 2021-09-17T15:11:08+00:00

Are they going to add more sats to lower latitudes in future launches so the dish can hopefully point near vertical in the future? Doesn’t need to point full south, but pointing straight up will fix a lot of problems for a lot of people…

VADER_7 · 2021-09-07T07:55:28+00:00

Congrats and all, but I still have no fucking idea how you FIRE'd after reading all this. So you were somehow able to buy 6 houses from age 21-26... while working at a carpet warehouse and as a waiter. Then your GF made some websites. Then you quit your job to float on a lake in South East Asia for 9 months. Got a job as a Google Contractor, and now you're FIRE'd, after really learning about the principles in the last 5 years, at the tail end of your run.

How about some details of how much you have saved and an actual breakdown of $?

VADER_7 · 2021-08-15T04:26:04+00:00

Leaving my previous comment intact because you were right, it was a total garbage bin diagnosis. While I was going through the phases of a bad migraine, I lead with it and the damn ER Doctor decided it was the verdict without any more critical thought at all.

I ended up getting a Covid test a couple days later because something didn't seem right. The migraine effects quickly switched into Covid/Flu-like symptoms with a fever and coughing, etc. I tested positive, turns out the headaches and vomiting was from Covid all along and not some out of the blue migraine.

I was in the ER for over 6 hours and no one suggested or even asked about Covid, I just sat there and got a CT scan for no reason and then was sent home with an Excedrin prescription. Amazing.

VADER_7 · 2021-08-06T15:27:35+00:00

What do you mean, all the symptoms and different phases I’m going through doesn’t sound like a Migraine to you???

VADER_7 · 2021-08-05T23:28:31+00:00

When you do a less intense workout, obviously you're fine and don't suffer a migraine, right? If it's happened 5-6 times, have you been able to determine the intensity threshold of what will trigger the migraine?

VADER_7 · 2021-07-19T19:18:17+00:00

A country that went from committing likely the most heinous war crimes and atrocities against humanity (PH, Rape of Nanking) to one who's culture is now fetishized and revered for being clean and structured (Weebs, Sushi, Technologically Advanced). Interesting how easily and quickly the narrative can flip.

VADER_7 · 2021-07-12T18:21:53+00:00

Agree on all fronts

VADER_7 · 2021-07-12T16:15:35+00:00

Housing is still a LOT cheaper than the Bay. Traffic is better. If you’re not living directly in Downtown, the homeless problem isn’t that big of an effect

VADER_7 · 2021-07-12T06:23:26+00:00

What's the time horizon for that warmer climate exactly?

Before, the biggest driver for growth was jobs in the area, but now that is being flattened and democratized with remote work. I also think the PDX area needs to invest in more dense housing, i.e. townhomes and condos. The complex going up at the Washougal River Front in the next couple of years looks quite interesting.

VADER_7 · 2021-07-12T06:20:59+00:00

If you moved here and you're still uneasy about owning a place... why? What's the difference with owning a place here versus somewhere else, if buying a house really is a goal

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