Yea just letting you know. Others in my org took the whole chunk and let their superiors deal with the backfill. etc... but all came back to a different job.. :yikes: But life is life ... in retrospect I'd rather take the time to spend with the kid and family vs job. But who knows. :word: luckily I...

:mahtroy: I would highly recommend to take the whole chunk at once. Everyone will forget you had a kid after you come back after the first leg of your leave and it will be FAR more difficult to take it later... that's my 20/20 hindsight. :notwrong: I do think it’ll be a little different being with ...

Can't give it the full beans just yet, I'm locked out of full throttle and I can't go past 4,500 RPM. They're serious about the break in period. Oh man you tried ? :mahtroy: I didn't even go over 3k on my POS Minivan engine taco... or should I say Evora engine Taco :yikes: Good to hear about insura...

Congrats on the raise ! The more important part is you can take it. I have 12 weeks of my “guaranteed” kid leave left. Don’t think I’ll ever take it. Damn. Yeah my buddy who works for Northrop is on week 3 of his leave and is already being pressured to return because the slack isn’t being carried b...

The whole robot bs is just that. It takes so much money to design maintain and pay for the robots. It just shifts into a secondary economy of robot factory workers etc away from people doing the burger flipping. Net result is one and the same. I.e people employed Have you never seen iRobot? This is...

Melon2.0 wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 4:49 pm Car hath arrived.

Did you not drive it down? Post up about your transaction. How did it all go ? Also how’s insurance compared to the Camero

I wonder why they took this long to roll out ID8.5. I have been running it for 6 months on my IX. :iono: In M cars the only difference is the new UI on the climate screen but for some reason the hardware in ID8 cars can't run 8.5. One thing I've noticed is that the screen tends to get very hot. I u...

Yea but that’s worse. Don’t care what anyone says. It’s extremely addictive and you turn into useless Human being :notsure: how having a few drinks at the end of they day is any different TBH. I'm not typically useful after drinks. It puts you into this weird cycle. Where you’re looking forward to ...

Yea I actually gave up the juice for 2 weeks now... trying to unwind some "unhealthy" patterns. But it actually really calms the mind for me, but takes a physical toll... Can't have it all. You live in CA, you have other options to 'relax' :lol: Yea but that’s worse. Don’t care what anyon...

Every day since deciding to breed. Comes with the territory It gets better. Take lots of pics and stock up on booze so you can 'remember' this time via pictures. Yea I actually gave up the juice for 2 weeks now... trying to unwind some "unhealthy" patterns. But it actually really calms th...

Rage4 is getting fixed but I have to foot $400 worth of the bill because it's out of warranty and apparently Toyota techs have become Porsche techs because that labor is ridiculous. Refreshed M3 debuted and I'm glad I got mine when I did. So the price increased, lost the laser headlights, new steer...

Fuck that stuck up out of touch brand. There will be manuals this is just free marketing they are doing to goose the 24 sales up… oh wow no manual buy the last one ever… because a mass produced German beetle is collectible… Then 6 months later they will make manuals on every “gt” Model that require...

https://www.thedrive.com/news/there-will-be-no-manual-porsche-911-in-2025 Fuck that stuck up out of touch brand. There will be manuals this is just free marketing they are doing to goose the 24 sales up… oh wow no manual buy the last one ever… because a mass produced German beetle is collectible… T...

Got my next little step raise at work. Just over $3k added to my salary. Decent. What I’m excited for though is now I have three years with the government and am now tenured and no longer a conditional employee. I get 50% more PTO now earning 6 hours of PTO every pay period. In 12 years when I have...

The whole robot bs is just that. It takes so much money to design maintain and pay for the robots. It just shifts into a secondary economy of robot factory workers etc away from people doing the burger flipping. Net result is one and the same. I.e people employed

I didn’t read it like that. The title infers it but no amount was given. Also the daughter could be an NVIDIA billionaire and is acting spoiled who knows.

Another example a boomer born in 1960 and retiring in 2025 is slated to receive $2885 in social security ... me at the same age in 26 years is slated to receive $3800. I will be getting about 34% more than the boomer. The buying power of a $1000 26 years ago... is $1925 today. Meaning in order for ...

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 1:47 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 9:54 am

8 months of pure joy

Yeah you’re in the thick of it. Hopefully you’re getting longer stretches of sleep now.

Sleep is weird for sure. First 3 months were bad then great then bad now decent. It seems to be super unpredictable for everyone

So much to look forward to :lolol; We decided to head to the beach this weekend. Grabbed a hotel in Charleston, hanging out, did a bike ride yesterday and a run today, some beach hanging, sunset walks, lots of :fatty: Do this as much as possible. Because you won’t be doing shit from the time she is...

We’re one again reflective of the overall car market … slowest year that I can recall for the many reasons we know.
(Resale down)
(Interest rates sky high)

Melon2.0 wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 10:47 pm Add me to the list!

Paperwork is complete, I own a CT4 V Blackwing.

Sweeet ! Done

I dunno long weeks suck balls now with a sub 1 year old kid. So probably some boring ass local shit. How old is the munchkin? Around 1 yo we started some bigger trips staying at airbnbs. Worked pretty well. You have to pack a lot but you have a truck so I’d assume you have plenty of ability to brin...

Spent some time in my buddy’s 2014 :manuel: TRD Off BROad last weekend. What a dope vehicle although kind of beat to shit. Wild that he paid like $26k for it, a free truck for like eight years. It seems fairly fresh since it is a 2014, but that thing is a decade old. And most Toyotas live hard live...

Yea I have a sick car addiction and I follow the market very closely. Stellantis is the canary in the coal mine. They are also the biggest dicks in the coal mine. The prices they are charging for Jeeps/SUVs is/was pure opportunistic rape which was admittedly fueled by an idiotic public's willingnes...

So I am semi eating my words here and willing to admit when I am :wrong: My IX is pretty pelted by rocks in the front... 6k miles have been ROUGH on it... and there are major Probably about 20-30 rock chips. It is a lease so :aintcare: but it's BAD on the bumper... almost nothing on the hood only 1 ...