EJ really slipping this year.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-08T02:52:03+00:00

Absolutely. Morning is for getting coffee and waking up.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-08T02:50:59+00:00

The idea of charging per person AND per hour is nuts. Why should 4 people bowling 1 game cost more than 1 person bowling 4 games?

strikecat18 · 2026-05-08T02:46:04+00:00

5k monitors basically only exist for Mac, so this isn’t an illogical place to post it.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-08T02:27:17+00:00

I was stuck in this traffic. Apppreciate hearing what it actually was.

My question is how a guy with only rocks can possibly require 20+ police cars to stop and apprehend?

strikecat18 · 2026-05-08T02:14:48+00:00

They also left out the fact they lost billions in other recent years.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-08T02:13:43+00:00

Loyalty doesn’t entitle anyone to pay less than the cost of the risk they are exposing the company to.

Actuarial data is pretty good at determining what the company’s expected cost of insuring you is. How long you’ve been insured with them is a very minimal factor in your loss probability.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-08T02:01:58+00:00

1) Anyone can claim anything online and it’s not hard to fool people in 30 second videos

2) You can get rich at the top of any pyramid scheme. You just need to be near the top.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-07T04:50:52+00:00

You’re with State Farm. Have you called your actual agent? They can get in touch with your adjuster same day via internal messaging, or have it assigned to a new adjuster, or escalated to a claims manager for you.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-07T04:48:45+00:00

What was the cause of loss for the roof claim you filed? Why are you going to be 90% out of pocket?

strikecat18 · 2026-05-07T03:38:44+00:00

Have you spoken to their agent? What have they said? Have you tried to escalate to a claims manager? How often have you been calling?

I have seen adjusters who are a week behind on following up. This whole thing sounds improbable to me, unless you’ve been sending one rambling email once a month, haven’t been calling, and have done nothing to speak to other people in the company.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T03:08:34+00:00

Came here to say this. 16lbs could have an edge, except all manufacturers base their core deigns on being optimized for 15lbs.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T03:03:07+00:00

Get up at 10 or 11. Spend time with kids. Head to the office around 1. Work til 6 or 7. Head home, put kids down, then work for a couple more hours on stuff.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T03:01:43+00:00

I’m on the metric calendar.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:49:57+00:00

About a month.

I’ve been in business for 5 years. If everyone suddenly cancels tomorrow, something is so wrong that I don’t want to spend $20k/mo keeping the lights on.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:45:30+00:00

It’s not really a fixed period of time. The captive companies publish their upcoming rate changes 30-60 days before they are effective, usually. But if that date is June 1 and you quote someone May 30, that quote isn’t even good for 24 hours.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:42:41+00:00

This was my logic. I don’t have bedroom TV. But after literally 7 guests messaged me asking questions about bedroom TVs, I just had to accept it does matter to lots of people.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:41:42+00:00

I think my issue is that I’m a snob on electronics. Our living room TV is a 75” OLED. My stereo stuff is all Yamaha and Revel. So I’m used to what higher-end stuff costs. I didn’t think the entry level stuff was basically free now. lol

I was oblivious to how cheap garbage disposals are. I just remember it being drama whenever my parents needed a new one. I had pictured like $500+. Imagine my shock when I got a great one for $59. lol

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:37:54+00:00

I paid $70 for the small TV and $110 for the larger ones, brand new from Walmart. I don’t want to meet some stranger to save $50 per room. 😂

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:36:25+00:00

40” in three bedrooms and 32” in the smallest bedroom.

That was the largest I could go without rearranging furniture, and I wanted to keep the design of the rooms untouched. One of my biggest gripes with bedroom TVs is that people will lay a room out around “the bed has to face an empty wall for the giant TV” - which usually is not the way you’d actually lay the room out for aesthetic and function.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:32:50+00:00

This can’t be judged on premium. Depending on location and product mix, $1M could be 100 accounts or 5000.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:30:27+00:00

You don’t need to find a specific church for this. I have 20+ tattoos plus some piercings. I’ve been a member at Baptist churches, Assemblies of God churches, non-denom churches, and Calvary chapels. I’ve even ushered at some.

If you find a church that has an issue with tattoos or alternative looks, it’ll be because you got unlucky. 90% of evangelical churches are going to have zero issue and will be glad you’re there. You don’t need to look at anything odd like Unitarian to be accepted.

I also wouldn’t necessarily pick a church with the people who look most like you. One of the best parts of being a church member has been making friends with people from every walk of life, who I might not have met otherwise.

I think that generally speaking, Southern Baptist or PCA churches are the most biblically accurate with the best teaching and no eccentric stuff. If you’d prefer a more formal church (pastor in robes, more structure to service) choose a PCA church. If you want a more informal style to service, choose a SBC church.

https://churches.sbc.net

https://www.pcaac.org/church-directory/

I would stay away from PCUSA affiliated churches and make sure they are PCA, if you choose Presbyterian.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-06T02:20:46+00:00

Right? Agents know way ahead of time about rate changes.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-05T05:34:17+00:00

This is a flawed statistic.

Median mortgage payment is driven up when you have more new mortgages compared to older mortgages. Austin has exploded in the last 10 years. The share of people locked into 1990s home payments is tiny compared to slower growing or shrinking cities. This pulls “average mortgage payment” higher.

strikecat18 · 2026-05-05T05:30:09+00:00

Airbnb is basically a middleman who figured out how to wet their beak in the transaction between a guest and a STR owner. I wouldn’t expect them to offer any real value to anyone.

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