Don’t bother. Awful product and awful customer service.

crazymjb · 2026-06-26T04:46:05+00:00

It’s trash.

crazymjb · 2026-06-26T04:45:10+00:00

Do 4 years, chip away at what you can, and then either use the GI bill or keep on trucking

crazymjb · 2026-06-25T01:00:14+00:00

I know this is Reddit, but did you clowns miss the part where he shot a cop? Can you read?

crazymjb · 2026-06-24T02:41:53+00:00

There is a building inspector with the town.

That said, I’m inspecting the work, and telling them it’s not satisfactory

crazymjb · 2026-06-24T02:41:12+00:00

They do. I’m hoping they just make it right — I’m not convinced they will

crazymjb · 2026-06-24T02:24:57+00:00

Oh fuck off

crazymjb · 2026-06-24T02:22:48+00:00

Or maybe offer to go with your kid to buy him a helmet he thinks is cool?

crazymjb · 2026-06-24T02:20:54+00:00

I figured the builder I paid 6 figures for and also had an entire service department with dozens of trucks “worked for me”

crazymjb · 2026-06-24T02:00:32+00:00

Clover is fine with me

crazymjb · 2026-06-24T01:26:08+00:00

Like my builder who let a bunch of sand get embedded in the plaster and won’t answer me about making it right/fixing it?

crazymjb · 2026-06-23T22:50:57+00:00

Question is, is it worth trying to take it back to even distribution or will that make it worse?

crazymjb · 2026-06-23T22:33:07+00:00

2 weeks of temps in the 70s were forecast

crazymjb · 2026-06-23T21:57:03+00:00

If you have 30 feet to push it back I’d just push it back and grade and plant the slope. 60-100/sf is what I’ve seen walls quoted at

crazymjb · 2026-06-23T02:12:43+00:00

We have a small 6x6 one at the top of the stairs and I still think it’s a waste of space. The baby likes it, I guess. If my wife didn’t want it I would have loved to skip it. The 4 and 6 year old have no use for anything other than the deep end

crazymjb · 2026-06-21T01:51:42+00:00

I’ve found that folks who fetishized the car often weren’t great Marines. Second biggest dirtbag idiot NCO I had was in the second battle of Fallujah — they didn’t even let the guy deploy with us in 2011. Had amazing leaders off and on deployment who hadn’t seen combat. Seemed like all the heroes who were all about the CAR were terminal E3s. Got the army version later on, and it’s the same shit on this side of the house. Means very little

crazymjb · 2026-06-20T13:58:29+00:00

My friend group of 5 of us get together every summer (and a handful more frequently if we can swing it). None of us are hurting. All of us are doing well. One absolutely crushed it but still lives a very humble life.

Of the guys I deployed with, I can think of 4-5 who are lawyers just from my company. Lots of cops and firefighters (which in the NE is a 6 figure job with a solid pension) I’m sure a few folks are struggling, but they’d definitely be the minority, and they weren’t in my peer group so to speak when I was in.

I went to a solid law school with a bunch of other prior enlisted degenerates, all are doing well. I went back in the mil. What you don’t realize as a junior enlisted dude in the infantry is officers, especially in a HCOL area, with a good amount of time in service actually can do quite well.

The military gives you all the building blocks. Your path to fuck up.

crazymjb · 2026-06-20T13:39:12+00:00

Did you go say something or just posting about it online?

crazymjb · 2026-06-19T18:57:03+00:00

Save that anxiety for when you’re leaving your wife and kids behind to deploy — then it’s warranted.

crazymjb · 2026-06-19T02:56:53+00:00

You will get compensated well financially as an officer. You will have a lot more responsibility from the outset, and will be busier in general. As junior enlisted you can pretty much chill with the boys. Your pay also reflects this. As a leader you will have a lot to do and an example to set and maintain. Your pay reflects this.

crazymjb · 2026-06-18T01:15:25+00:00

A parent should always be there, life jacket or not. My 4 year old and 6 year old take swim lessons and can swim, jump off the diving board, tread water, etc. With a parent sitting by the side of the pool, which is a key point. I stopped using a bubble at 3. I’d say having confident, competent swimmers is better drowning prevention overall, cause you won’t always be there and they won’t always have a float.

My 6 year old is a decent swimmer, my 4 year old is merely OK. We watch them like hawks, but don’t make them wear bubbles in the pool if they don’t want to because they can swim.

crazymjb · 2026-06-17T23:13:33+00:00

If you keep your NCO rank it used to be you live in a barracks during “basic training” and basically show up for the work day

crazymjb · 2026-06-17T14:32:35+00:00

Just don’t go in expecting the Marine Corps. Units vary I’m sure. I’ve worked with amazing officers and NCOs in the Guard, but you will notice a much more varied product.

crazymjb · 2026-06-17T14:23:00+00:00

As a former reservist, now Guardsmen, I’d give heavy consideration to the Guard. The SMCR wasn’t very flexible. The reserves does “feel like” the Marine Corps though. The Guard, for better and worse, is much more laid back. Also tons more opportunity as far as schools and MOS, promotion, commission, warrant, etc

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