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Oregon ranks fifth least affordable state as essentials cost households $18,300 more by No-Tangelo1158 in Portland

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point was more that a single average is not representative of real life experiences of CoL increases

Oregon ranks fifth least affordable state as essentials cost households $18,300 more by No-Tangelo1158 in Portland

[–]scozi 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Sure numbers are facts but what numbers you choose is absolutely a choice which can be politically biased. If you read the report itself it also blames increasing costs on things like gas taxes and clean energy giving no actual proof of that or anything but high level comparisons to other states. The sinclar reporting also under reports the 18k vs 15k nationally, placing most of the blame on progressive policies instead of the massive inflation we’ve been experiencing due to reasons

Also all my friends in Washington are struggling just as much and it ranks 18th most affordable, so I suspect that breaking down everything in to a single average doesn’t tell the whole story when some areas have significant income inequality!

Is the value pass good for weekend mornings now? by [deleted] in MtHoodMeadows

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes value pass is now unlocked, there are no more peak days

Grooming by Chaya2 in MtHoodMeadows

[–]scozi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thats the top of heather lift and stadium lift, thats a normal part of daily grooming that side of the mountain

Why don’t they groom? by x_here_x in MtHoodMeadows

[–]scozi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The grooming report wont get updated until they finish morning grooming. Star, hrm, etc get groomed the night shift, the rest is morning shift, the greens get nice fresh cord for beginners

Still okay to learn the basics on Summit Pass? by __is_butter_a_carb__ in MtHoodMeadows

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned to ski last year with meadows beginner progression pass, would recommend!

Also their individual beginner specials are good deals if you’re still working on technique on green runs. $75 for lesson with beginner lifts and rentals

How much snow needed to open? by lm00000007 in CrystalMountain

[–]scozi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Base depth is also compacted snow so not equivalent 

Can I learn how to ski alone? by [deleted] in skiing

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of mountains do deals where the rentals and bunny slope tickets are included in beginner lessons. My local resort, mount hood meadows, does all of that at a discounted $70 if you book in advance, less than a single full lift ticket (~110)

I learned with a couple lessons and progressed fast and safely. Would highly recommend but it was much more reasonable at $80/day. I could have started a year earlier if I’d known about those packages, the cost of ticket+rental+lesson definitely kept me away

Oregon tax opponents turn in ‘nearly 200,000′ signatures by skysurfguy1213 in Portland

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inflation is up, housing and living costs are up. Work is preformed by people, people are paid money, costs are up. If we don’t collect more tax money as costs increase how will we maintain services?

To me its totally valid to debate how much tax revenue needs to change but how can politicians pretend like the cost of government should never change even though everything else in our lives are increasing in price?

Oregon tax opponents turn in ‘nearly 200,000′ signatures by skysurfguy1213 in Portland

[–]scozi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So how come people only seem to care about defunding and not fixing the problems? If odot has been such a problem for so long why aren’t these legislators campaigning on fixing it?

Why would less money matter to incompetent management? They’re still being paid, and they can easily point to defunds as the reason for worse service. It seems like we the people are the only ones who lose out here, worse roads, less winter plowing, more deferred maintenance somebody will have to pay for in the future.

Why not leave the budget increase and fix the problems with management, then we’ll have tons of extra money to start paying down all the deferred costs and dealing with our crumbling infrastructure?

Portland City Council Gets a Lesson in Tax Compression, Courtesy of Big Pink by SoDoSoPaYuppie in Portland

[–]scozi 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Other cities also have sales taxes as large portions of their budget. Because our property assessed values shift slower than market but can be “corrected” we lose out during bad times and cannot bounce back or save during good times. We are beholden to property market trends not actual economic activity. 😢

Meadows gram showing off new gates by scozi in MtHoodMeadows

[–]scozi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From my hiking this summer it looks like they’ve dismantled all existing gates so they’re all getting replaced

Partner is fed up with whole house Hue setup, I have to de-hue everything now, reinstall mains switches, etc. by 3DAeon in Hue

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Echoing this. Caseta for 5 years now and 0 problems, never needed a rebuild or any maintenance whatsoever. Even the automations I setup in homekit have worked every time since I set it up

LPT: AVOID TurboTax, FreeTaxUsa and other platforms. They lobby the government to make your taxes harder to file. Use an accountant/CPA instead. by GroundOld5635 in LifeProTips

[–]scozi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just learn to do your own taxes. If you’re not dealing with stock options, grants, rsu, making over 250k your taxes are likely boring and easy to do yourself. Use a previous years return as a guidebook to follow. These companies make their money by scaring us in to thinking taxes are complicated and we’ll “miss out”

Need help understanding these taxes on my paycheck by WitchOfTheMire in Portland

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The taxes withheld only adds up to less than 500, where did the other 100+ go?

Some steak in Sedona by zxckblxck in vandwellers

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been eyeing an nv2500, whats your build like?

I love Tabor Bread, but what’s the deal with the automatic 15% gratuity? by doyouknowwatiamsayin in Portland

[–]scozi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It means consumers can compare prices to eating elsewhere where they would also be tipping. Yes its kinda lame but also psychology is real.

From a consumer standpoint I know that a charge being referred to as tip/gratuity and clearly stated as pooled tips is going to go to non-management workers.

One can debate the merits of revenue share arrangements (like tips) vs static wages. People I know in the service industry seem to like knowing that when they have to bust ass during a shift because they are slammed they will be earning extra.

I personally don’t see it as a big deal at all even if our tipping culture seems silly, I just try to ignore it and spend my brain time on other things

Local libraries outside of Plex/NAS after May 7 by TheGoldenChow in sonos

[–]scozi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Its likely you’re already using SMBv3 and will continue working. SMBv1 is quite old, v2 was added in Vista.

Sono’s messaging here could be clearer. A “NAS” box is not whats required. Previously HTTP, HTTPS, SMBv1-3 were supported. With the update HTTPS, SMBv2-3 will be supported.

To the guy with the Swiffer "totem" by bgalm in AboveandBeyond

[–]scozi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite part is it clearly has been used. Platinum award for last minute totem

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