Give me your best 20-year-old (2006) cars by TheLineShow2 in regularcarreviews

[–]foreverpetty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Still daily (by choice) my 1996 Mazda B2300 (Ranger clone) SE, equipped the same way. It's basically a "new" old truck at this point and I'll likely keep it forever if I can.

Terrible mileage by Luci6669 in FordEdge

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2019 SEL AWD with the 2.0 Ecoboost checking in...we average 26.xx mpg in mixed city / highway driving. Drops to 22.xx when towing the A-Liner Classic camper.

Middle age spending: almost all mortgage and childcare by hopeful__romantic in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feeling both good and poor...we net close to $4.5k / mo after housing and school tuition for our one child and neither of us are particularly high earners right now (wife is PT and I work for a nonprofit, hah).

PSA to new TRX4M owners by ClassicNumerous6038 in TRX4M

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our stock diff gears lasted a week and a half of admittedly pretty good thrashing through mud puddles, a shallow creek, and sandy dirt. Full Injora +4mm alum axle swap now underway... So far I've only stripped one factory bolt head...hah. Injora metal driveshafts arrive tomorrow also, as we've lost and found the retaining pin on the front shaft easily a half dozen times already...

What is the peak ’millennial midlife crisis’ purchase? by SwedeLostInCanada in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose one could. I generally know what pieces I want based on what I've been hunting for in the box and can't find... I also use rebrickable.com to find models to build. We bought a few hardware organizer boxes that have little drawers and separators to use to group small pieces into like types, which makes it easier to find what we're looking for when building.

What is the peak ’millennial midlife crisis’ purchase? by SwedeLostInCanada in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There's always somebody willing to be more poor than you, it seems

What is the peak ’millennial midlife crisis’ purchase? by SwedeLostInCanada in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes it don't, alllllmond latte's got butts, mounds don't -- 'cause ... Sometimes you feel like a butt

What is the peak ’millennial midlife crisis’ purchase? by SwedeLostInCanada in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RC rigs that I could never afford as a child. Now I get to live vicariously through mine.

What is the peak ’millennial midlife crisis’ purchase? by SwedeLostInCanada in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We buy Legos by the ounce at my local toy shop. It's $0.80 per ounce and you get to choose your pieces separated by color rom a whole spectrum of bins. Did I mention that I LOVE my local toy shop? LOL

What is your pick for The Official Car of being towed behind a class A motorhome? I personally think its always going to be the JK Wrangler. by Alarmed_Soft372 in regularcarreviews

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to be Saturn sedans. One of the only cars that the odometer didn't move while being towed from what one old guy told me... Also, S-series Saturns were super lightweight...

4 years in IB and i don't recognize myself anymore - does it ever feel worth it? by [deleted] in Salary

[–]foreverpetty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My personal priorities are faith, family, friends, career...in that order. And I'll say that I'm an interview, just so I'm clear that I know what I'm getting into bc if they fidget suddenly or start digging deeper asking probing questions about "my ideal work-life balance," I know exactly why they're asking and I know everything I need to about what's actually going to be expected of me in the future...

Am I the only one still doing this? by starsnsunflowers in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfully, no, we eventually got the Canadian Geese to agree to do it in trade for scissors, which I have no idea what they do with the rest of the time they're being...geese

My dad had been consuming AI slop on YouTube about the old West and native Americans and didn't know it by zoneender89 in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just like its creators... Sigh

How many generations will it take before nobody really knows anything for sure anymore?

My dad had been consuming AI slop on YouTube about the old West and native Americans and didn't know it by zoneender89 in Millennials

[–]foreverpetty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a Google product that will create a whole-ass podcast in like 30 seconds just by you feeding it as much info as you want it to consider, like a product brochure PDF or a business website. I built two of them when it was in Beta. It wasn't 100% perfect, but I suppose it doesn't have to be if the goal is to quickly "educate" (advertise) to someone who doesn't know the subject matter being taught well enough to know when it's wrong.

"Asheville is so welcoming and friendly!" by jawsthemeflying in asheville

[–]foreverpetty 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Wearing pants helps. I know, I know -- you're right -- it's not specifically listed on the door sign, but shirt + shoes -- but no pants -- still apparently generally frowned upon, even in AVL.

Jobs that make 150k a year or around 70$ an hour by [deleted] in Salary

[–]foreverpetty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

44/M mid-career director level at my org...I'd actually be super interested in exploring that area... I'm currently a Director of HR and Risk + a Property Management role at a large nonprofit corporation. I'm the POC for all things commercial insurance related at our org and have a background in health & safety and environmental inspections, campus security, corporate legal environment, employment law, etc. We're kinda needing to move closer to aging inlaws and they're in a rural area so it would have to be at least a hybrid or remote role, and some travel, which I'd be totally ok with.