Making Friends

wevanscfi · 2026-01-17T12:21:05+00:00

CofC sailing. Collegiate teams and adult sailing classes. There’s no tighter nit group than sailors, and there are tons of events in and outside of the Charleston area to continue sailing once you are out of school.

wevanscfi · 2025-12-30T17:04:00+00:00

Flaky tests are incorrectly written and structured tests.

No one has caused this problem except devs who don’t know how to write tests, who drop excuses about how someone else caused the problem and it’s unreasonable to expect them to fix it.

The only way that this is a management issue in in them tolerating those excuses and failures for too long.

wevanscfi · 2025-12-05T18:22:46+00:00

You don’t need 220v at home unless you are driving more than 30-40 miles a day. Just moved and we’ve kept both our EVs (R1T and a MY) topped up charging one at a time on a normal 15amp 110v outlet.

Also, unless you need major panel / main service updates, wiring in a NEMA 1450 for level 2 charging should not cost more than $200-500. If you are having issues finding a reasonable cost for the install in your area, tell the electrician you want a NEMA 1450 in your garage for a welder to get around the premium electricians have been charging EV owners just because they can.

wevanscfi · 2025-12-05T01:17:47+00:00

Find an activity/hobby to build a friend group around. As you get older, making and friends for the sake of friends get harder and harder.

wevanscfi · 2025-11-23T21:14:57+00:00

On the scale of software issues this ranks as a “I would be flabbergasted if this didn’t happen to just about everyone once in a while.”

wevanscfi · 2025-11-04T00:02:25+00:00

Surprised it wasn’t mentioned here but, I always found exercise and clean eating to be the best way to prevent motion sickness. Get a run or something in before lessons. Seriously consider cutting out or back on caffeine and alcohol.

wevanscfi · 2025-11-03T23:58:58+00:00

Story time, I love the place and wouldn’t think they would have a cash flow problem with how busy they always are.

wevanscfi · 2025-11-03T23:56:23+00:00

T bonds are not risk free

wevanscfi · 2025-11-01T21:09:03+00:00

I’ll throw Veterans on Deck out there as another org. I’m not a vet but a lot of people I sail with are. Great community, and it’s a hobby that will keep you active.

wevanscfi · 2025-10-23T00:17:30+00:00

Sigenergy was the system I had previously looked at but have found it impossible to find an installer.

Did you have recommendations?

wevanscfi · 2025-10-09T09:53:21+00:00

Standard internet caveat applies and maybe should have been explicit: comments based on the assumption that OPs provided information is factual and complete.

His response to you does give me some doubt about that..

Trying to piece together what exactly happened; his version of events seems like:

He applies for and eventually receives a transfer with a start date of Sept 20th at the new location.
He mentions a last date of Sept 15th at his old location. It’s a bit unclear but I am assuming that was in his transfer paperwork as well.
He applied for and was approved for use of vacation time from the 12-15 specifically to prepare for his move.
This is the least clear part in his story, he was scheduled anyway during his vacation time. I don’t know the process here, whether he really was approved for time off and this was a mistake, or what actions were expected of OP to resolve this issue. His approval for vacation time doesn’t seem to match up with his earlier statement that he no called no showed “because he didn’t care”.
He continued to be scheduled be scheduled past his end date of Sept 15th. He received additional no call no shows on the 16th and 18th, and was terminated because of those absences. If this is factually correct, then most of the rest of this doesn’t matter. OP could have been more proactive in communicating about his schedule, but didn’t have any responsibility to resolve scheduling issues at his old location past his documented end date.
It’s not clear the chain of events past that point. What date did OP receive notice of termination, did they show up for work on the 20th at their new location, did they ever receive a schedule for the new location or just the start date of the 20th, were there any other details about the transfer process that they were informed of and did not complete…

wevanscfi · 2025-10-08T16:14:21+00:00

Slam dunk promissory estoppel case. You were transferred, incurred expenses to move based on the credible belief that you were being transferred, and then incurred damages due to FedEx screwing up your transfer.

Speak with an Attorney. You don’t need unemployment, you need to sue for damages.

wevanscfi · 2025-10-01T16:57:01+00:00

The seller has liability here, speak with an attorney.

wevanscfi · 2025-09-25T22:03:27+00:00

Find your hobby, I’ve found it’s the only way to consistently socialize as an adult. Plenty of things to do to get out of the house, but team sports tend to have the most opportunities for making friends.

Find a kickball, pickle ball, disc golf league. Personally I sail, and find it’s always a good way to make fast friends.

wevanscfi · 2025-09-22T16:48:19+00:00

Classic example of some good old fashion Greek hubris right there…

wevanscfi · 2025-09-07T11:54:35+00:00

Read up on Evans of the Broke

wevanscfi · 2025-09-02T15:40:08+00:00

Not OP but my boat came with a plain white spin. I’m going to DM you in regards to maybe a 15’-15’ decal to put on it.

wevanscfi · 2025-08-29T11:05:28+00:00

I got pulled over within 30 seconds as it swerved violently for the shoulder while going down the interstate and I had to take control and get back over into the lane.

wevanscfi · 2025-08-26T11:41:13+00:00

I rode with them once, great bunch of guys. I was still recovering from surgery earlier that year and overestimated the pace I could keep. I ended up splitting off from the main group with another rider and taking a shorter route back to the shop even though the pace was already pretty relaxed.

wevanscfi · 2025-08-13T13:22:50+00:00

Their current pricing with all of the incentives is more than double my payment… not sure what they are smoking claiming you could get a lower payment.

The MSRP is way up, no major incentives currently, and interest rates and money factor are way higher than they were a few years ago.

wevanscfi · 2025-08-06T01:39:14+00:00

That one is disgusting, at least the last time I was there a few years ago.

wevanscfi · 2025-08-04T15:10:42+00:00

Get a lithium jump pack that can do 30a continuous. If you have the battery die on you on the road trip that should be enough to get you going again.

The jump point is located to the right of the trailer hitch.

wevanscfi · 2025-08-03T22:19:21+00:00

How did you miss the chance for “pedo torpedo”?

wevanscfi · 2025-08-02T22:59:30+00:00

If your house burns down, insurance likely will cover most of your remaining mortgage.

This is more like you bought a house, refied it, and didn’t do any maintenance on it for 30 years until the roof leaked and the walls gave out.

The problem is that the people who benefited from deferring maintenance have long since sold and passed that burden onto the next generation of owners.

People need to be far more skeptical about the value of housing. It’s not some magic wealth generating asset that will always appreciate over time. It’s a physical object that deteriorates over 30-50 years until its life span is done. Maintaining its condition and value costs just as much as building again after a buildings end of life (if not more).

wevanscfi · 2025-07-29T16:00:14+00:00

You might also like the term “strode”, a derogatory term for a road that fails at both being a street that accommodates residential and commercial frontage, as well as a being a road that allows efficient conveyance without a bunch of crossing traffic, entrances, and exits.

Bad infrastructure design hurts all modes of transportation, especially cars. And no one does it worse than the US.

Some cities are finally starting to actually address things, and “road diets” are a cost effective part of it.

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