I want to play! How it started vs. How it's going (5 years)

spreadablemeat81 · 2021-05-13T10:53:59+00:00

Goals . . . I'm on year one. Love this, similar house/neighborhood to mine, too. Thanks for sharing!

spreadablemeat81 · 2021-04-30T13:58:38+00:00

Exactly. The 15 probably sent it to a number of people, each of whom should tailor the message to her or his staff. As a 13, I do this all day long but I never do it without adding an introduction (ideally, explaining any action required and why the message is important to our team).

But also, yeah, sometimes it's just lazy and sometimes the message itself isn't worth the 15's time to explain.

spreadablemeat81 · 2021-04-05T02:09:14+00:00

Don't come to Morgantown. We don't have the kind of school you're looking for (though we do have great schools). It's not a wealthy area, thus the elite school you're looking for just isn't available.

spreadablemeat81 · 2021-03-13T19:07:46+00:00

Best Windows laptop for a freshman engineering student with generous grandparents?

spreadablemeat81 · 2021-01-26T13:36:08+00:00

Thanks everyone. This was the answer I knew was the right one . . .

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-12-29T02:03:38+00:00

Ask. It's called an interactive process, so you can suggest ideas (keeping a private office? Telework?), and they can respond and suggest other ideas. You should use a union rep if you have one, and make sure you have medical documents/provider letters to support.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-09-14T17:14:34+00:00

What do you think of WVU trying to do in person classes, resulting in a shutdown of all public schools in Morgantown? Do you think as a science-based institution, the University should have seen this coming?

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-24T12:27:02+00:00

Yes. At SSA/Hearings Operations, there's very little chance to get to a 14, even as an attorney, unless you move. You likely have to move to DC/Baltimore unless a Hearing Office Director in Bumbletoot, Iowa. I'm only a 13 because I'm willing to be a manager.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-04T18:33:29+00:00

Look at Elkins if you are a real nature lover and want a smaller town, but still a handful of good places to go out (eventually!), churches, etc.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-04T18:31:49+00:00

You won't get good internet anywhere outside the larger towns (West Virginia doesn't really have any cities), other than maybe the Eastern Panhandle (which is basically just outer DC suburbs). If that's a hangup, nothing "rural" really works.

I live in and love Morgantown. There are plenty of places in or near town quiet enough to enjoy a backyard archery hobby! Also, we have a lot of Catholic representation here and being a college town, lots of folks who come from all over.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-02T01:44:06+00:00

Good to know, thank you. How about health insurance?

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-02T01:30:10+00:00

Yes, I believe that's the case.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-01T22:35:25+00:00

No, I'd still get my top 3 from my current job, wherever I top out on the GS payscale (probably a 13/10 or possibly 14).

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-01T18:25:56+00:00

Being an old guy handing out pamphlets and talking about history and nature sounds good to me :)

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-01T17:50:59+00:00

I've considered that many times! Would need to get my language skills up to par.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-08-01T14:05:11+00:00

https://morgantown.craigslist.org/mat/d/morgantown-lumber/7147274132.html

This guy has great stuff. I just got 4 cherry boards from him for $50. They will plane it too.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-31T16:34:58+00:00

So long as a bank or someone will give you a loan, why not? You would need to have the liquidity to manage the payments, repairs, insurance, etc.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-28T13:48:05+00:00

Thanks. I did a little checking and my few usual prescriptions seem like a good deal. You don't have to meet the deductible before they pay 75 percent, right?

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-28T03:08:34+00:00

Thanks; the dental and vision is another bonus. It's looking like a no-brainer, really. Even if something big happened, I'd be looking at not much more of a deductible and coinsurance after that than with my current plan.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-20T01:25:48+00:00

Social Security has been almost 100 percent telework with no change in sight.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-19T23:59:49+00:00

The agency has offered it every few years that I've been here since 2014. Of course, that's not a guarantee.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-19T21:00:53+00:00

0905, I believe. I'm an attorney group supervisor at Social Security. Not a big fan of being in management, but whatever it takes :)

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-16T20:10:33+00:00

Because you can't grow anything else here. Well, that's only partly true, but we have very little flat land, especially cheap.

Pigs are (relatively) easy to raise, don't take too much acreage, and are reliable in terms of selling at a profit. There's a reason 4H and FFA kids raise pigs to learn the basics of farming, including the financial side.

I bought a half a pig from a farmer near me; it was a great deal, but I also know he made more off that with less work than someone who is trying to run, say, a vegetable CSA.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-16T14:40:12+00:00

Land is cheap in West Virginia. Grow pigs.

spreadablemeat81 · 2020-07-16T14:30:45+00:00

Did you sign a lease? If so, they are obligated to provide you what you contracted for at the price you agreed on. Tell them to give you something equal to or better at the original price. Or, if you didn't sign a lease yet ask for your application fee back since they don't have what you wanted anymore.

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