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[Borg]

Cars feel like one of the dumbest things you can spend a lot of money on.

I guess that you haven't bought a boat before.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

But, for that extra $25K+, is it worth the opportunity cost of investing that money for a return elsewhere (like stock market index fund)?

what if I invest my money, get 50k back, then decide to buy a bmw then lol

 

[fresh_42]

what if I invest my money, get 50k back, then decide to buy a bmw then lol

That would be very expensive for maintenance. The turn signal fluid alone which is chronically empty is unreasonably expensive.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

all I know is that I've never felt more like an "adult" than when I replaced all four tires in one shot...and that hurt

 

[Bystander]

all I know is that I've never felt more like an "adult" than when I replaced all four tires in one shot...and that hurt

..., particularly the landfill/disposal fees for the used carcasses.

 

[jack action]

That would be very expensive for maintenance. The turn signal fluid alone which is chronically empty is unreasonably expensive.
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Still cheaper than yesteryear when you had to fill it at the pump:

 

[WWGD]

Ok, heavy accent. ' Where clause', not ' Bear Claws'. When I'm hungry, ' Workshop' becomes ' Pork Chop', ' Where Clause' becomes ' Bear Claws'.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

this campus has an affinity for people carrying their MacBooks tucked in the back of their pants I'm genuinely confused

 

[BillTre]

this campus has an affinity for people carrying their MacBooks tucked in the back of their pants I'm genuinely confused

Pictures please.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Pictures please.

 

[BillTre]

He needs a bigger pocket!

 

[DrGreg]

this campus has an affinity for people carrying their MacBooks tucked in the back of their pants I'm genuinely confused

So Siri can hear them more clearly?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

What’s worst is that this isn’t the first I’ve seen

 

[Rive]

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I'm sure it's just a preventive measure against an unexpected mason cleavage (if you don't know what that is, don't ask)

 

[WWGD]

I hope they remember where it is before sitting. Maybe we can challenge the guy in the pic to fit the entire podium just to his right in his pants.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

here's to hoping he's a member of pf so he can explain himself . a mentor perhaps

 

[WWGD]

here's to hoping he's a member of pf so he can explain himself . a mentor perhaps

He's likely pretty profusely quirky.

 

[WWGD]

here's to hoping he's a member of pf so he can explain himself . a mentor perhaps

But, yes, it'd be interesting to be in a coffee shop and see someone logged on to PF.

 

[fresh_42]

Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics where mathematical solutions have been given names.

 

[WWGD]

I thought it was just a strange dream until I read again , here in PF, on people wanting to use human milk to make jewelry.

 

[Haborix]

I prefer to only discuss deadlines with Europeans when they occur on or after the 13th day of the month.

 

[fresh_42]

I have read dozens of times people mocking that man in math schoolbooks who buys 57 water melons, but never seen anybody be surprised by things like that:

 

[Ibix]

Is that a typo, or is that what you're actually supposed to prove?

I have to say I've never seen the 57 melons thing in the wild. Although somebody on here (I think - my search is failing me) did ask a question about a 1.5g diamond falling out of a ring in the swimming pool, which posters noted was worth in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions.

 

[fresh_42]

Is that a typo, or is that what you're actually supposed to prove?

No, typo. Screenshot from SE.

I have to say I've never seen the 57 melons thing in the wild.

Or similar strange exercises. E.g., "Three men are digging a hole in three days. How long do six men need?" As if they were faster!

 

[Ibix]

Slightly related, a topic that always puzzles me is how difficult people find simple order of operations problems. If I say I have three 10p coins and four 20p coins everybody will agree I have £1.10, give or take arithmetic slips. As soon as I write 3 × 10 + 4 × 20 a sizeable minority will start moaning how they can't understand why the answer isn't £6.80.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

iOS 17 is so trash I hate it

 

[BillTre]

iOS 17 is so trash I hate it

So, don't use it!

 

[pinball1970]

One of the first American guys I met in Manchester was in 1990. A funny smart as hell lad. Lovely guy. From NY but I think he wanted to eventually live in Tel Aviv. I thought of him this week.

 

[WWGD]

Why do they send me a document to sign assuming I have a digital pen? My pc doesn't have one!!

 

[fresh_42]

It took exactly one month between the assassination and the Austrian declaration of war in 1914. Just saying.

 

[Borg]

I retired from my company and started working for another company. My old company has been giving my contact info to various companies like life and health insurance companies. Fortunately, I don't need either but the plans that they're offering are an insult. For example, the health insurance plan that they offered is twice what it would cost me if I purchased it directly from the health insurance company. I found out quite some time ago that they were charging employees based on their salary. I guess that extends into retirement as well.

I have seen similar things in health insurance before. One time when I was picking up a prescription, the price seemed pretty high even though I had insurance. I decided to ask the pharmacist how much it was without insurance and it was actually cheaper. Buyer beware.

 

[gmax137]

I found out quite some time ago that they were charging employees based on their salary.

That's how it was where I worked. Each option (single, married, with kids) was a certain percent of monthly base pay. It really didn't bother me that I was paying more in dollars than some others.

 

[fresh_42]

That was close in Paris.

 

[WWGD]

So now examples in Wiki pages are abstract, sort of the same as the body, only are called examples.

 

[gmax137]

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