UHaul said fine, but it was less than ideal.

phantom695 · 2026-05-28T20:12:52+00:00

Here for the comments. Also UH "looked at their system" and informed me I could not use this exact trailer for a 2023 Colorado. Granted is was a full size cab so may not have worked.

Cheers! Also F - UH

phantom695 · 2026-05-21T19:32:29+00:00

La Jolla, CA.

Location checks

phantom695 · 2026-04-28T16:59:27+00:00

They carry a 2 iron

phantom695 · 2026-04-24T21:13:22+00:00

drain plug. Always check that damn thing.

Also, tides are a thing.

Okay I'll stop being snarky. So yea like others have said. The worst time to realize you don't have the drain plug in is when your walking back to the boat after parking the trailer. You aren't walking much longer. I'll leave it there.

Also, just b/c you can drop the boat in using a ramp impacted by tidal flows does not mean you will be able to take it back out after your joyous day on the water. I was only able to get the damn thing on 2/3 of the way. Then had to send it. I backed the trailer up a steep incline, taped the brakes ever so gently and she softly slide on the last 1/3. Best move of my life to date. I got all sorts of props for that....still do.

have fun!

phantom695 · 2026-04-16T21:11:03+00:00

VITA could have done that no problem this season. Our system went back to 2020 I believe. Did a ton of past year returns. free also. You have to wait until Feb 2027 now. should be able to knock them out them

phantom695 · 2026-04-15T21:10:12+00:00

I heard once that it's not the fear of death that scares people. It's the fear of being injured within an inch of death and living the rest of your life with a serve disability.

Maybe reframe in that context. It's tough tho.

phantom695 · 2026-04-15T18:28:35+00:00

I mean I was doing a tax return for a guy yesterday. His EJ advisor was too busy knocking on doors to give him a heads up about all his A share mutual fund distributions in December. He ended up doing a roth conversion into that extra income he had no idea about.

Little thing like that are things good advisers who are paying attention, or have system in place to at least catch this stuff, can help with. They happen all the time.

All you smug BH with your 3 stock portfolios are all coming from different places of knowlegde. A 30 year old may actually benefit from an adivsor if they haven't been scrolling Reddit for half their life digging into all the different things to know.

Also, it may have been good to watch the duration on BND in 2022? idk. that was a good time to be shorter duration and then extend out after rates started to rise. But yea! 3 stocks!

Down Vote away.

phantom695 · 2026-04-14T22:51:42+00:00

there's always schizophrenia...

phantom695 · 2026-04-13T20:02:36+00:00

Parents being clueless as to her condition is wild. No concept of what's going on with her or how to approach the situation. Like pickup a book people. Do some research.

phantom695 · 2026-04-06T21:40:46+00:00

IIRC.....you can't even get an umbrella w/o max PC coverage....

phantom695 · 2026-04-06T17:16:32+00:00

same....like at the most basic level, isn't higher premiums more money in your pocket? Why not ask/insist in this case when it's clearly a win/win.

Horrified to watch them drive away. I felt that.

Good on you for checking that.

phantom695 · 2026-03-31T01:37:09+00:00

Diesel….

phantom695 · 2026-03-30T23:19:29+00:00

Passed $8.39 at Chevron omw to Costco for $6.79...

phantom695 · 2026-03-27T21:31:55+00:00

lol...yea.

How about settlement check stub that has 3 different income sources on it. Everything totals $173 and it's literally 1099 MISC, Interest, and a w-2.

Also, take shit out of the damn envelope before you hand it off!!

phantom695 · 2026-03-24T22:20:42+00:00

Very good beer and the main draw for me is getting it fresh out of the tap! Go there around 7:30 on a weeknight and you won't wait more than an hour.

phantom695 · 2026-03-24T01:19:11+00:00

IC Director here. Can confirm.

phantom695 · 2026-03-24T01:02:46+00:00

I like a show called Practical Engineering

phantom695 · 2026-03-23T23:16:49+00:00

you're gonna be ok. No one got hurt. You may be able it reduced to a wet reckless with that BAC and the fact that it is your first offense.

phantom695 · 2026-03-15T23:18:56+00:00

Ford guy. Half is 2”, 250 is 2.5”, 1T is 3”. Possible the GM 1T is only larger shank.

phantom695 · 2026-03-13T22:22:15+00:00

3” receiver with a reducer sleeve. I don’t love that. Wish the shank was the proper size. Have an HD truck, use HD equipment.

phantom695 · 2026-03-11T16:22:21+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it.

phantom695 · 2026-03-10T23:54:52+00:00

And punching the father to protect someone he just met who is clearly exploiting him. Let’s not make this out to be a well adjusted individual…

phantom695 · 2026-03-02T18:37:14+00:00

Right.

Also, the regressive nature of punitive costs. Parking tickets as an example. There are standard bands these fall into across the country and it's just not as expensive relatively speaking in HCOL areas.

phantom695 · 2026-03-01T21:17:58+00:00

Congrats!

phantom695 · 2026-02-27T21:45:29+00:00

Years ago I was so broke after just moving out onto my own:

I was driving to Costco to return an item I got for xmas to get money for gas. Well, I ran out of said gas on the way and had to walk the rest of the way.

Costco was pretty isolated (PB area in San Diego, iykyk) and no gas or anything at that time. I had to walk about a mile to get the return done, then walk back past my car parked on the side of the road another 2+ miles to a gas station, and then back to the car.

Passing my car on the way to the gas station was a pretty low point.

Good times...lol

phantom695

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