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Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.



Pls help I am a combat war hero being held hostage if you send me $10,000 to free me you will receive my secret stash of $1,000,000

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lite_sleepr
Jun 3, 2003
I'd rather gently caress up surplus cammies than my jeans :shrug:

If old usa/usaf trousers are good enough for Ian they're good enough for me :colbert:

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

LITERALLY SHAKING posted:


Don't really see why you'd want to go to a range looking like a tool, but that's just me.

I joined a shotgun club, so I only shoot in a tweed blazer fron now on, personally

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

I'm almost a homeowner and man it feels weird. I posted before about the sewer offset issue I found - the initial estimate for the repair was $1800, but when the contractor went back to see exactly where the issue was and saw that it was under the sidewalk they increased it to $5000. The seller's covering everything before closing and I absolutely would've walked if they hadn't agreed to that.

Get the sewer scope. $125 up front can save you a lot of money.

not caring here
Feb 22, 2012

blazemastah 2 dry 4 u

DownByTheWooter posted:

I joined a shotgun club, so I only shoot in a tweed blazer fron now on, personally

It better be an under and over.

Flikken
Oct 23, 2009

10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

Proud Christian Mom posted:

Unsweet tea superiority

Fight me.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

You are what communism looks like

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

DownByTheWooter posted:

I joined a shotgun club, so I only shoot in a tweed blazer fron now on, personally

Ah yes. All you need now is a pipe and a brittany spaniel to chase your kill.

Good show.

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



Buca di Bepis posted:

I'm almost a homeowner and man it feels weird. I posted before about the sewer offset issue I found - the initial estimate for the repair was $1800, but when the contractor went back to see exactly where the issue was and saw that it was under the sidewalk they increased it to $5000. The seller's covering everything before closing and I absolutely would've walked if they hadn't agreed to that.

Get the sewer scope. $125 up front can save you a lot of money.

That's a shitload for taking out a section of sidewalk, but well done, :fingerscrossed:

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Hahaha. Holy poo poo. CBS has a show called Hunted (setting couples out to evade practiced authorities) and they have a fat couple that owns an airsoft store on the show. They need to outrun the tv hired authorities for four weeks. Betting one fat twists an ankle and they're out within the first two days.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Apologies old people. Hell is actually being behind an autistic child at a Coke Freestyle machine :stare:
This is Trump's America now. You can probably do some wrestling moves on the little rear end in a top hat and leave him laying in a bloody heap while you eat lunch and experience no consequences.

Smiling Jack
Dec 2, 2001

I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

LITERALLY SHAKING posted:

Hahaha. Holy poo poo. CBS has a show called Hunted (setting couples out to evade practiced authorities) and they have a fat couple that owns an airsoft store on the show. They need to outrun the tv hired authorities for four weeks. Betting one fat twists an ankle and they're out within the first two days.

Literally the plot of the Stephen King short sorry The Running Man

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!

Smiling Jack posted:

Literally the plot of the Stephen King short sorry The Running Man
It really should be made into a real television show.

ManMythLegend
Aug 18, 2003

I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.

Proud Christian Mom posted:

Unsweet tea superiority

Fight me.

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

[-]
My friend has got it in his head he wants to buy a loving C O N D O :mrwhite:

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Woof Blitzer posted:

My friend has got it in his head he wants to buy a loving C O N D O :mrwhite:

That's very un-dad.

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



LITERALLY SHAKING posted:

Hahaha. Holy poo poo. CBS has a show called Hunted (setting couples out to evade practiced authorities) and they have a fat couple that owns an airsoft store on the show. They need to outrun the tv hired authorities for four weeks. Betting one fat twists an ankle and they're out within the first two days.

2017 just started, we can still have The Running Man be a thing.

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

Woof Blitzer posted:

My friend has got it in his head he wants to buy a loving C O N D O :mrwhite:

why shouldnt I buy a condo

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

Buca di Bepis posted:

I'm almost a homeowner and man it feels weird. I posted before about the sewer offset issue I found - the initial estimate for the repair was $1800, but when the contractor went back to see exactly where the issue was and saw that it was under the sidewalk they increased it to $5000. The seller's covering everything before closing and I absolutely would've walked if they hadn't agreed to that.

Get the sewer scope. $125 up front can save you a lot of money.

Dude. Find another house. You're jumping into an already hosed rabbit hole.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

ded posted:

Dude. Find another house. You're jumping into an already hosed rabbit hole.

I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to be the guy who rained on the parade.

If there's $5000 of work that needs to be done to fix something like that, I can only imagine what other Grover-like work has been done to it in the past.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
The house itself is probably fine. Most of those sewer lines under sidewalks and poo poo are laid well before the houses are even built, and rarely does a builder want to dick with doing utility work like that, so it almost certainly wouldn't have been the builder anyhow.

Maybe get a second home inspection if the first didn't seem thorough enough. And follow the guy around, ask questions. If they're not at the house for at least a few hours checking poo poo, you got a lovely inspector.

DownByTheWooter posted:

why shouldnt I buy a condo

No yard, probably no garage, zero lot line, HOA fees, HOA rules, just as lovely as renting if your neighbors suck and you can't just wait out the lease, you need a whole new sucker like you.

Mostly stupid HOA poo poo though. You could pay several hundred a month just for the privilege to live on the property (that you don't own either, even if you own the house), to be told where to park, to maybe being booted and towed in front of your condo if the HOA is truly garbage, and condos have the worst boards.

You have more property rights to camping in the woods than owning a condo. Just find a small house.

CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Jan 26, 2017

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
Buy it and rent it out for profit.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
That's about the only reason, and it better be in a high demand neighborhood. And being a landlord sucks rear end, so best be prepared for that. I'd bet the profit margin is garbage also after the mortgage, taxes, HOA fees and rental insurance (and that's more expensive than homeowners insurance).

$2k/mo for a 1200 sq box rental!

Nuclear Tourist
Apr 7, 2005

LITERALLY SHAKING posted:

The house itself is probably fine. Most of those sewer lines under sidewalks and poo poo are laid well before the houses are even built, and rarely does a builder want to dick with doing utility work like that, so it almost certainly wouldn't have been the builder anyhow.

Maybe get a second home inspection if the first didn't seem thorough enough. And follow the guy around, ask questions. If they're not at the house for at least a few hours checking poo poo, you got a lovely inspector.


No yard, probably no garage, zero lot line, HOA fees, HOA rules, just as lovely as renting if your neighbors suck and you can't just wait out the lease, you need a whole new sucker like you.

Mostly stupid HOA poo poo though. You could pay several hundred a month just for the privilege to live on the property (that you don't own either, even if you own the house), to be told where to park, to maybe being booted and towed in front of your condo if the HOA is truly garbage, and condos have the worst boards.

You have more property rights to camping in the woods than owning a condo. Just find a small house.

I used to own a condo. This is all 100% true. Retard neighbors and HOA fees makes it essentially indistinguishable from renting.

The place I lived at had a literal 10 year waiting list to get a garage.

lite_sleepr
Jun 3, 2003
I believe there is a grievous error on my wifes W2. Wages and earnings was 15,000*, but state taxes for TN* says 10,000* and only 32.00 in taxes were withheld. This is causing our joint return to go from 1,780* to 300*. I think this is because the info in the state tax info is wrong, so I need to have my wife contact her employer about getting an amended W2.


*changed because I can't have you all knowing how poor we are!

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
There are no state income taxes in TN.

E: so don't worry about getting an amended w2, as long as federal is correct.

CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jan 26, 2017

lite_sleepr
Jun 3, 2003
Hence the asterisk. We've never lived in TN. Box 1 on the W2 says income was 11k, federal taxes withheld is 300. Box 16 lists state wages as 10k and 32.00 held in state taxes. That has to be what is causing our joint return to lose 1440 bucks. I can't fathom why my wife would owe our previous state over 1,400 in taxes. There has to be something wrong on the W2 she was given.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Oh, so TN was just a bad example.

Might try asking for help with whatever software you're using. Lot of them have live helplines or skype.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Just got home from my vasectomy. It sure is odd seeing smoke coming from your testicles.

lite_sleepr
Jun 3, 2003
Don't inhale it.

If I earned 11,000 in 2016, what should my federal income tax withheld be?

lite_sleepr fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jan 26, 2017

Mr. Mambold
Feb 13, 2011

Aha. Nice post.



Mr. Nice! posted:

Just got home from my vasectomy. It sure is odd seeing smoke coming from your testicles.

Maybe you've been doing it wrong all these years?
/
:dadjoke:

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Do you smoke after sex? I dunno. I never looked.

Lazy Reservist
Nov 30, 2005

FUBIJAR
I used to smoke during sex. Then I started using lube.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

TBeats posted:

I was thinking the same thing but didn't want to be the guy who rained on the parade.

If there's $5000 of work that needs to be done to fix something like that, I can only imagine what other Grover-like work has been done to it in the past.

It's a sewer line. It was installed when the house was built and done in a perfectly acceptable fashion. The only time anybody even thinks to touch one is when it breaks.

The inspector I got took 4 hours to look over the house, entertained all my questions, and helped me out a ton over the phone when I was working on getting estimates for the repair work. He even offered to talk to the contractors for me to tell them what he saw when looking at the home. Good dude.

Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Jan 26, 2017

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Good on you buca, for getting a good inspector and asking questions.

lite_sleepr posted:

Don't inhale it.

If I earned 11,000 in 2016, what should my federal income tax withheld be?

That falls below the poverty line, I think, you should get it all back. Except OASDI, of course. If you're filing joint, you might break that limit what with being married, and in that case, you should file separately unless it's netting you something extra like EITC.


https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

Buca di Bepis posted:

It's a sewer line. It was installed when the house was built and done in a perfectly acceptable fashion. The only time anybody even thinks to touch one is when it breaks.

The inspector I got took 4 hours to look over the house, entertained all my questions, and helped me out a ton over the phone when I was working on getting estimates for the repair work. He even offered to talk to the contractors for me to tell them what he saw when looking at the home. Good dude.

To be honest I don't know all of what goes into buying a home as far as how thorough inspections can be, but you seem to have it under control. Happy for you man.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
More than appears, but less than you think. A good home inspector is vital, but there are plenty of lovely ones out there, especially if you don't plan to escort them through.

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

Mr. Nice! posted:

Just got home from my vasectomy. It sure is odd seeing smoke coming from your testicles.

You get it done through tricare, va, other? I have Tricare Select, so I can get it for $50, but I'm p sure I can get one for free from the VA

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



DownByTheWooter posted:

You get it done through tricare, va, other? I have Tricare Select, so I can get it for $50, but I'm p sure I can get one for free from the VA

I got it done through the VA. Initially I was scheduled to do it in house which would have meant two trips to gainesville for the procedure. I emailed them and asked if I could do the pre-op bloodwork done locally. They said no, but asked if I'd like to see someone local. I told them yes so they booked my appointment out far enough to trigger the choice program. Got it done by one of the best urology places around. VA covered 100%.

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tyler
Jun 2, 2014

I just locked my loving keys in the work van. :suicide:

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