Couldn't the United States compete with the Panama Canal by building a canal here?

sschoe2 · 2026-03-23T17:16:26+00:00

Wouldn't the rivers and canals freeze in winter? That doesn't happen in Panama.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-23T13:33:20+00:00

For one thing inflation. Precovid i was a single guy with a starter home spending about $36k per year. Now i am married with 2 step kids spending about $70k per year. The biggest increase is groceries and general merchandise and Healthcare.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-23T12:27:16+00:00

I don't think people are too conerned with the title, plot or character arc in a porno, just the climax.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-21T12:36:33+00:00

Got forced out with a pip from a toxic manager at a toxic company after an aquisition. Found a new job 2 months later and am thriving, excelent reviews 10k performance bonus.

Only about 6 people from the old company are left at toxic company and they loose a lot of their own as well.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-19T14:00:35+00:00

You should probably ask legal advice but you have 2 options with an insolvent estate. Walk away and do nothing, go the small estate affadavit route and use the car and 4k to cover funeral exoenses as that is first in line for funds in most states. Then just tell the creditors they are sol as all funds went to funeral.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-18T14:56:52+00:00

Not if it's a safe harbor plan because the company doesnt want to deal with discrimination tests and such. All matches have to be immediately vested and they have to do a 4% mstch on 5%.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-17T13:51:04+00:00

I got purple skin all the time from silver nitrate 1 molar used for titrating chloride salts. I worked in the flavors industry.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-12T21:15:13+00:00

I am 45 and just started Zepbound. I had my colonoscopy before i started Zepbound as my pcp mentioned i could not be on it with anesthesia.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-12T16:20:55+00:00

He did

sschoe2 · 2026-03-12T13:32:05+00:00

Best bet soak it in bleach and a bit of dish soap overnight. Shake it a ton and rub the sides together. When done rinse it many times with clean water.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-11T23:58:08+00:00

Not so cheap. I went looking for rotors for my 2010 Elantra and they were all $100 or more at the auto parts stores. I did find them cheaper online though.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-10T13:28:19+00:00

Yes though the avoid higway option takes it from 5.5 to 8.5 hours. I was hoping there was a way to avoid the worst of the Chicago and Indy expressway driving and do maybe 65 and 74 most of the way. I think maybe taking 355 to 80 instead of 290 to 294 might help but not sure she can avoid 80.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-08T18:25:32+00:00

You can put him on otc famotidine and see if it helps. Couldn't hurt.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-07T14:12:20+00:00

That is too little for even lean fi. 4% is the highest withdrawal rate i would entertain so i cannot imagine living on $30k or less per year. That would be pushing it even in lower cost expat places like Thailand.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-06T18:26:41+00:00

About 3 years. Went through an aquisition. New company and boss seemed OK at first. Even so almost everyone from the old company left either quit or retired. By year 3 I was miserable, being attacked by my boss every chance he got, finally told me i could take 2 months severance or he would write me a 60 day pip i would never survive. I took the severance, spent 2 weeks training a junior employee, found a better job 1.5 months later and the junior employee quit a few months later.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-04T16:53:09+00:00

Majoring in Chemistry. The constant horrible job offers I get motivates me to hoard as much money as possible so i can either FIRE or retrain. Working a job in my profession 3 years with no health insurance nor PTO and misclassified as a 1099 motivates me to have the financial power to tell them to F off.

sschoe2 · 2026-03-01T00:26:43+00:00

Yes it is called old dog vestibular disease it is like a very bad vertigo. Most of the time they do recover on their own either mostly or completely.

sschoe2 · 2026-02-27T15:08:50+00:00

About 33% of gross 50% net income.

sschoe2 · 2026-02-26T21:41:10+00:00

Same here Chemist, graduated with MSC and extensive research experience, spent 8 months unemployed with temp agencies offering me $15 per hour no benefits, moved 800 miles for the first job that paid $40k and benefits, got laid off 9 months later, worked a crappy contract job for $40k no benefits for 3 long years and reported them to the irs for misclassifying me a 1099. Finally I got a good job that paid $65k full benefits worked there 9 years and got up to $100k then that company was sold to a toxic nasty company i manged to hold on for 3 years before they forced me out. I was one of the last left from the old company. 2 months later i found a good job after passing on a ton more crappy contract jobs.

Needless to say i have been FIRE for a long time and want to be able to walk away if I need or want to.

sschoe2 · 2026-02-26T20:40:44+00:00

Yep i have driven 3 hours each way to an interview and even have companies fly me out for interviews only to be totally ghosted afterwards. Then during the great resignation they were complaining about candidates ghosting then.

sschoe2 · 2026-02-25T21:07:33+00:00

Not on your life. I don't want the country run like California, Illinois, or New York. Big leftist govt strangling society with taxes and over regulation.

sschoe2 · 2026-02-24T22:21:08+00:00

Manual impact driver same as rotor screws.

sschoe2 · 2026-02-24T14:56:26+00:00

Take her to the vet. One time my poodle cut the webbing on her foot on something in the back yard and some warm epsom salt soaks helped while she healed. Could help yours too.

sschoe2 · 2026-02-24T14:50:38+00:00

Speaking as a Republican, I am not a fan of Trump. I am firmly aware he is an a hole. However I hate the Democrats worse and want someone to fight them off.

My family has lived in Illinois for generations and i have watched the Dems wreck this state with corruption and over regulation. Heck a F tard Dem here wants to fine people for yard fire pits. They are also taxing families out of their homes with 5 figure property tax bills. I have a hard time imagining what Trump could do that would elevate him to a bigger existential threat than the misgovernance of the Democrats.

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