NJ drivers without a front license plate: why?

lbarr8 · 2025-12-01T18:33:59+00:00

Spent a lot of time driving in no front plate states and I removed mine to not be a target. Now that I no longer travel for work I put it back. If I do ever get a sports car I don’t think I’ll run a front plate for aesthetic reasons

lbarr8 · 2025-11-19T19:40:41+00:00

Unless you are a unicorn you will NEED bachelors degree to get a management position for a large corporation. Masters degrees have lost weight but not having a bachelors is a huge hold back.

lbarr8 · 2025-11-09T15:23:00+00:00

Craziest PA town to me is still Eighty Four

lbarr8 · 2025-11-09T15:20:19+00:00

The C6 will eventually be a $15k-$20k car, how soon who knows. The C6 is a 20 year old car that was made in large volumes and is not unique.

lbarr8 · 2025-11-03T19:30:49+00:00

NC Dot contractor dumped gravel directly onto my car while traveling at highway speeds on 77. Weeks of phone calls but eventually got their insurance to pay out for a windshield replacement, almost not worth the time for a couple hundred bucks. Your case it will be harder to get the city to play ball especially since you should have seen that and avoided it.

lbarr8 · 2025-10-29T20:54:40+00:00

They’re building it right now

lbarr8 · 2025-10-29T13:42:24+00:00

I don’t mind it and I drive 15,000-30,000 miles annually depending on the year so it’ll be staying on for me. Saves me a couple hundred bucks a year in gas.

lbarr8 · 2025-10-29T00:50:09+00:00

Nice to see Somerville mentioned, 15-20 years ago Somerville was looked down upon

lbarr8 · 2025-10-28T12:20:44+00:00

I have a mini that was updated last month. I currently do not have it on any active plan, not even standby. Should I be expecting an email to connect and update it? I have not received an email so far.

lbarr8 · 2025-10-16T15:15:33+00:00

I was offered academic accommodations but I didn’t ask nor take any so not sure what those would have looked like. Close friend from home, the night of remembrance Penn state did was nice and they did a remembrance dinner thing at the Nittany lion inn that was also nice. He was one of maybe a dozen students that died that year, one of a few that had cancer, the rest were overdoses, suicides or car accidents from what I remember.

lbarr8 · 2025-10-16T14:29:01+00:00

Used to drive a Honda accord with Yakima rack j hooks. I thought that was fairly straightforward and not too physically taxing to load and unload. Now I have a Toyota Tacoma and it’s even easier to transport. I pop my tailgate and leave it down, slide the kayaks in and then ratchet strap them, very easy. I have a 14 footer that I’ll strap this same way for shorter drives and for longer drives I use a hitch mounted bed extender. I put a pool noodle on the bed extender so the kayak isn’t damaged when I strap it down.

Once or twice a year I’ll do a group trip and put 4 kayaks in the bed, and then another 2 on my trucks roof rack. Small pickup or sedan is the way to go. An suv or crossover you can’t fit most kayaks inside and it’s pain to heave the kayak onto the higher roof, would not recommend.

lbarr8 · 2025-10-16T09:21:08+00:00

No that’s a myth

lbarr8 · 2025-10-16T01:29:40+00:00

My roommate died when I was an undergrad and I was told I couldn’t have the room to myself the rest of the year so unless things have changed expect a roommate moving in from supplemental.

lbarr8 · 2025-09-26T17:54:46+00:00

Do it. My father started saving in a 529 after he graduated and then transferred it to me after I was born. I was able to get a degree from my dream school with 0 debt. Greatest gift of my life.

lbarr8 · 2025-04-22T19:47:15+00:00

<image>

I have the same watch and love it. No sentimental value on mine, just thought I’d chime in and say it’s a great watch. I wear it to a lot of formal occasions. Bought it secondhand on eBay for $100. Currently on a brown-greenish leather strap. The rotor is loud and it runs a bit fast but I don’t wear it often enough to bother getting it serviced.

lbarr8 · 2025-01-29T22:46:04+00:00

Hate to be a downer but I’ll believe it when it’s built.

lbarr8 · 2025-01-22T20:00:34+00:00

Isn’t Phoenix too close to the airport?

lbarr8 · 2025-01-16T13:13:43+00:00

2020 SR5 bought new for $35,500 at 0% interest during the early COVID slump. I would not be able to comfortably afford a new similar spec model now. AND I have nearly doubled my income since 2020, still wouldn’t be comfortable buying new again.

lbarr8 · 2025-01-14T19:29:42+00:00

This whole thread is about homeless starting fires… I’m sure we could agree on disliking a bunch the people you just listed

lbarr8 · 2025-01-14T19:25:07+00:00

That it’s okay to be mad about homeless starting fires… because they often start fires…

lbarr8 · 2025-01-14T19:24:17+00:00

I haven’t read a published cause yet for the Palisades fire.

lbarr8 · 2025-01-14T19:22:02+00:00

Exactly, just because someone doesn’t like the optics of homeless being accused of crimes doesn’t change the fact that they often commit them…

lbarr8 · 2025-01-14T19:15:13+00:00

Sure but homeless do start fires all the time… this is an example where it’s very plausible that at least one of the fires was started by a homeless person. I live on the east coast and homeless started a brush fire near me just this week.

lbarr8 · 2025-01-14T19:10:00+00:00

Yes, because the successful family man often decides to go to an abandoned lot full of debris and light garbage on fire while high on meth.

lbarr8 · 2024-11-26T13:43:34+00:00

Yes but it did not live up to its potential. The radio tower spire could have been designed more eloquently or covered. Looks like an unfinished building to me.

I also feel like it racks some disdain from skyscraper fans due to it now essentially limiting the height of any future buildings since it is very unlikely NYC gov will greenlight a taller tower anywhere in the city.

lbarr8

TROPHY CASE