abfan1127

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by abfan1127 3y ago
I assure you that many of them living pay check to pay check do so because of large car payments, $100/month phone plans, and other recurring fees that add up to quite a bit. Death by a thousand financial cuts is the American way.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
$100/yr was a typo. $100/month. Drive used cars. Pay cash for them. Save up, and upgrade. You don't NEED a new car.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
I do have answers, but they aren't comfortable or fashionable. I only have anecdotal experience, but all people I've met who complain they can't afford things are well into the category I describe. Those impacted by the probl
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by abfan1127 3y ago
people can get ahead with 30k salaries or never get ahead with 500K salaries. Getting ahead has more to do with life style choices than salaries on an absolute number. How many people who "can't get ahead" have $1000 iPhones
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by abfan1127 3y ago
being free to say things does not preclude you other free individuals to deny you freedom of association with them.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
free societies are allowed to people to do unsavory things. Sometimes things change and activities once frowned upon become mainstream once people realize its not bad (or is quite good).
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by abfan1127 3y ago
why Temu?
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by abfan1127 3y ago
Is there any other independent analysis of this agreement? It all sounds good, but its also the teamster website. when is UPS's next earnings call?
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by abfan1127 3y ago
it does not cycle well with heat in the North though.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
Most Concealed/Carry Firearms courses discuss this very area. When can you brandish a weapon? when can you show you have it without brandishing? When can you use it? Its so complex, I choose to not carry in my state most of the time be
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by abfan1127 3y ago
do you have more info on the Veritas behaviors?
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by abfan1127 3y ago
renting assumes previous users properly maintained these seats. Car seats are "supposed" to be disposed of in the event of a collision due to possible cracks or other fatigues in the structure not necessarily visible to the end us
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by abfan1127 3y ago
given the reduction in both actual police violence and police brutality reports once body cams were introduced, I suspect mankind did a lot of lying before smart phones.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
there are many home situations where home charging is not immediately feasible. Apartments and condos (both medium density or high density) are not conducive to personal charging installations.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
your microwave focuses the energy into a small space. traditional radar is broadcast at broad angles. It may be capable of burning things in the close vicinity of the transmitter, but you can burn yourself on an ICE in close enough vicinity
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by abfan1127 3y ago
the biggest opportunity for clutch wear is starting. If you can be easy on the clutch during start, and rev match very well the rest of the shifts, and shift infrequently, (highway miles) they can last a long time. How many miles in 15 year
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by abfan1127 3y ago
you can downshift some auto tranmissions too. Although you're trading brake pad wear for transmission clutch wear.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
all RO systems I've found have a carbon filters, sediment (paper) filters and perhaps a VOC (carbon) filter. I've never seen a salt-based water softener stage for a home RO system.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
the banking industry has been heavily subsidized by FDIC, the Fed, and bailouts. This corporate socialization is certainly worse than either fully capitalist or fully centralized.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
Do you think the shift to EV will affect long style of commute lifestyles? Or, will the combination of long commutes / EVs / remote work combine to fix this? For marine, it seems that cargo ships could have large solar arrays fo
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by abfan1127 3y ago
Japan has very high taxes to keep old cars. Here in the US, we have a "JDM" or Japanese Domestic Market where people import older engines and transmissions compatible with American market Japanese made vehicles. This is why people
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by abfan1127 3y ago
While these may be truly global, I don't know that all "GPS" satellites are. They reference a specific brand of satellites. Their website mentions that this satellite only services the asian pacific region.
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by abfan1127 3y ago
throwing away wood products creates methane release from landfills. Those wood products need to be ground up and placed deep underground.
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by abfan1127 4y ago
The idea is that the companies most efficient at delivering contracts (missiles, planes, bombs) stay in business and the less efficient go out of business. This does require corruption remain out of the bid process...
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by abfan1127 4y ago
youtube can help maps and checks... but its not easy to find manual transmissions anymore.
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by abfan1127 4y ago
I'd argue the [US] federal government has failed at all levels of utility based on the amount of funds it consumes.
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by abfan1127 4y ago
those mods sound very similar to typical mods found in drag race cars.
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by abfan1127 4y ago
I thought 2-strokes had poor emissions was the injection of lubrication oil into the air fuel mixture. traditional 2-strokes I'm familiar with pull in air into the crank case (which requires lubrication), then uses a portion of the exh
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by abfan1127 4y ago
planting trees isn't a realistic carbon sequestration. it just delays when the carbon is released (dead decaying tree). The only proper carbon sequestration is to capture it and stick it back in the ground from where it came. there&#x2
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by abfan1127 4y ago
this seems obvious, but its not for some. Should you get an MBA from Harvard? the material is probably very similar to other materials in other programs. But, the contacts you can make are probably priceless. Are you a shy individual who is

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