BFC General/Daily discussion thread. Don't eat out today.

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Ate out on Friday. Went back to a barbecue place I hadn't been in years, and after $15 spent on a 2-meat plate and a fountain soda (shut up) where the brisket was dry, I definitely won't be going back any time soon even if the sausage was really good. To make up for it, I went to a wedding later that night and ate and drank a ton on someone else's dime -- and then when some of us old college classmates went downtown right after, both of my drinks were bought by others in the group who drink way more than I do. I did totally bust my normal calorie budget, though :btroll:

Also, I've been frustrated that I couldn't finish my taxes since E*Trade has lagged behind Vanguard in getting me a set of 1099 docs. Friday morning E*Trade emails me and says they're ready, yay! Before the wedding, I downloaded them and tried to see if H&R Block could import them online. NOPE! It says to wait until Sat/Sun at midnight. So I tried again this morning and H&R Block said the E*Trade server returned an error about last year's numbers:

code:

The direct download feature for your 2013 tax information will be available February 1, 2014.
2000-OFX-GENERAL-ERROR

Thanks, E*Trade! :rolleyes:

# ¿ Feb 16, 2015 07:11

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 10:54

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tuyop posted:

If you were going to travel for four months in September

The only way I know of to travel for four months all within the single month of September is to harness the power of the Time Cube.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2015 05:16

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Whatever, this guy balanced seating* for 98 196 people (reusing people's laps; stay frugal my friends) on his head:
http://www.headbalancer.com/world-records.htm

*Alternate uses include housing for Bitcoin mining rigs.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2015 03:36

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I misread an email from my HR team taking about after-tax 401k contributions being possible (which I thought they had been for a while), and thought they were saying we could do in-service rollovers and Mega Backdoor on Roth IRAs. I was wrong; they still don't allow in-service rollovers and they were just bringing attention to recent IRS guidelines/decisions clarifying how after-tax contributions can be applied.

Doesn't matter much to me since I'm not near Roth IRA phase out, I'm just barely maxing trad. 401k/Roth IRA/HSA, and would rather have the lowered tax burden from the traditional 401k than contribute on a Roth or after-tax basis at this point anyway.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2015 01:46

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and what's coming is on 20 times that scale.

Oh man... it's the perfect time to short America!

# ¿ Aug 24, 2015 20:33

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Virigoth posted:

I'd go ahead and start working on your interview skills and scouting potential employers in your area on top of dusting off the resume. 50% is a big cost cutting measure. If they said why they did it you might be ok for awhile but if it was just "we have to cut costs" time to run probably.

Not only that, but you'll be competing against the people getting fired on any new position you interview for that's nearby.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2015 02:39

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No Butt Stuff posted:

Good thing because he got cut.

Surely it's because compared to other players, he didn't have crippling debt that kept him "hungry" enough to maintain peak performance so he could get more contracts and continue to float his unsustainable lifestyle.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2015 03:10

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pig slut lisa posted:

I want fairness in transportation benefits. My employer offers the choice of a parking space or a transit pass. I live six blocks from the office and bike to work, but can I get the cash equivalent of parking/transit to put towards bike stuff? No I cannot

We just implemented a bike reimbursement program through HR, through the lens of health improvement & lowered medical costs, while we don't have anything specific for busing or driving (but we do have our own office campus and parking garages).

# ¿ Oct 17, 2015 02:58

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I'm sure there are other threads he can pull from the freezer, it'll be all right.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2015 03:29

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Cicero posted:

I just bought Megaman X2 off Amazon for $110 because it was bugging me that I have 1 and 3 but not 2. Came out of 'fun money' budget but still. Someone yell at me for being an idiot, I feel like I deserve some punishment.

I'd yell, but you now have the opportunity to play all three at once
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj67TKjDARI

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 07:52

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I don't think I'm prone to road rage, but I really don't know because I have about an 11 minute commute from my house's garage to the parking garage at work, even less on the way home in the evening. 7 each easy when there's no traffic.

I dread the idea of working at another location that would increase my commute by any more than another 10 minutes each way... I'm spoiled enough as it is.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2016 06:06

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I LIKE COOKIE posted:

id happily collect my unemployment and be quiet. That's really the best way to gently caress your employer no? its how it is where I live

He already said the dismissal code they gave would be a "just cause" firing and not make him eligible for unemployment. Neither would his voluntary resignation, but at least it wouldn't make it sound like he was fired, either.

tuyop posted:

No, it's a "just cause" firing code that makes you ineligible, I think. Code M (dismissed/terminated within probationary period) if anyone knows anything about Canadian employment law.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2016 23:31

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There's a thread in E/N about someone else struggling with unclear supervision and feedback at her job, and it's very :smithcloud:

as well, but there's some advice in there on trying to squeeze specific feedback out of supervisors, and job searching to get out of a toxic workplace like in your case too.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2016 03:42

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Things with no value: food

# ¿ Feb 13, 2017 15:39

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It's where you buy multiple different breeds of show quality pedigree dogs so one particular genetic issue due to all the inbreeding doesn't wipe out your whole stock!

Spreading your risk across different puppy loan brokers, too...

# ¿ Mar 16, 2017 19:40

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ego symphonic posted:

If you've been out of the workforce for multiple years due to mental health concerns do not lock yourself in a sunless box for a month.

Came here to say this. Also, I wonder if either generally stable battery life on the game boy or games which record your progress & playtime would end up disqualifying its use in the study.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2017 06:03

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Alternatively, It could mean answering interviewers'/reporters' questions about the market or industry like you see on tech blogs, for example. I don't actually know which is right.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2017 14:43

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Or can you talk to the tech with some encouragement that he also makes sure to mention your role in any replies when important people ask what happened?

# ¿ Jun 24, 2017 16:55

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D-Pad posted:

Also - I am looking at airports now.

I don't actually know, but my guess would be that airport location rental pricing would put you at a significant hurdle to overcome vs. a mall. That's one of the reasons I fugue airport prices for everything are marked up so much, when it's not due to the captive audience reason.

Also keep in mind that with an airport booth, there'll be extra hassle staffing it or just getting to work yourself with security and parking to deal with every day.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2017 04:39

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Cacafuego posted:

When I learned about the 0 fee cards, I paid off $22,000 in private student loans that were at 5.8% using the BankAmericard with no fee and 0%APR over 15 months.

If you were to have entered bankruptcy for any unfortunate reason during that time, my understanding is that upon discovery of debts and payments and credit history, the amount of the student loans which were paid off via the credit card would stick with you because it would normally be non-dischargeable (and that trying to pay them off via credit card is like trying to get around that with a loophole).

Is that everyone else's understanding too?

# ¿ Aug 18, 2017 03:01

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Plus considering the non-dischargeable nature of student loans in most bankruptcies, it makes a lot of sense to prioritize them.

# ¿ Oct 9, 2017 05:31

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FrozenVent posted:

Furniture, like clothes, go out of style. Don’t buy cheap, but don’t buy expensive, because you’ll want to change it all in five years or so.

Your kids won’t want your kitchen table, no matter how grammable it was.

My parents remodeled and replaced their kitchen table. They offered their old granite-topped one to me, which was a HUGE upgrade over my lovely, cheap classrooms Craigslist starter table. Jumped on that, and I don't even have an Instagram account. 😱

# ¿ Nov 26, 2018 21:05

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100 HOGS AGREE posted:

Also got vanguard scheduled to dump six grand right into my roth ira on jan 2. Productive morning for this guy

Wait, how do you do that? I thought if I select Buy for a Roth IRA it will only give me the prob for this plan year (and the penis if it's still before tax day). I should look again.

It'd be nice if I could also pre-schedule an increase in my 401(k) contributions at Schwab too, but I think I need to wait until my last paycheck comes in for this year before trying to up it for next year, if it'll even let me go with the increased max before Jan 1.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 01:52

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100 HOGS AGREE posted:

automatic investments are under account maintenance (link is in the footer after logging in) on the right side of the page.

Excellent, thanks! Set mine up just now with Vanguard.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 19:52

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A co-worker of mine said you can really clean up on cruise ship poker tables where old people are mostly having fun and aren't generally as skilled as the players in most casinos. So he says, anyway.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2019 04:14

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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:

It's kind of a big risk to take if your boat isn't full of rich whales. If there's no action you're kind of stuck on the boat for however many days if your goal was to make money gambling

Good point. He was vacationing with God's girlfriend in the Caribbean, not making it a point to hustle olds. I think he said he stopped playing against them after a couple nights because he began feeling bad about winning so much against them.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2019 00:15

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ExtrudeAlongCurve posted:

Yeah only discovered it again today because my spouse was like how are you not up to date on the BWM thread and I'm all "last I checked it was still closed????"

How was I supposed to know there was a new thread.

I was a little surprised a mod hadn't made a post in the locked thread linking to a new one; you're right. I only saw the new thread after maybe a week when I got bored and went up from another bookmarked BFC thread up to the subforum root to see if there were new goon help threads I hadn't seen yet.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2019 13:52

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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:

*creeps slowly on cane* I'm still browsing these here forums the same way I was 15 years ago, no newfangled bookmarks here, no sirree

I thought we'd had them that long ago, but you young whippersnappers must have a better memory than I do, because my account is old enough to vote! :smugbert:

# ¿ Jan 24, 2019 07:44

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ExtrudeAlongCurve posted:

Moana for prez.

I ain't electing no rich, elitist author!

# ¿ Jan 30, 2019 01:57

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GoGoGadgetChris posted:

Turns out I'm naive for thinking plasma donations would be used to improve lives

I hope the couple times I did it in college didn't produce too many canisters of chemical weapons

If it makes you feel any better, they were probably more likely to be biological weapons.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2019 06:23

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FAUXTON posted:

lol it's like marrying an aging boomer

"THIS IS A LEGIT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN SIERRA LEONE!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0-VPZDEcEw

# ¿ May 1, 2019 13:08

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moana posted:

Tony Robbins is the self help guru idiot who uses positive thinking to help people walk across fire*

*note: you may be burned by the fire if you are not positive enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIwTG8V-Ko

# ¿ May 3, 2019 03:38

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That's why my company should send a shuttle or private driver to pick me up.

# ¿ May 5, 2019 22:02

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100 HOGS AGREE posted:

I love the phrase "I have a prior obligation."

They don't need to know that obligation is sitting on the couch watching youtube videos and petting my cats.

When I was late to this bullshit all day work training about efficient email workflows, I said "I had something I couldn't get out of", which implied I might mean an early morning meeting. But what I actually meant was that I couldn't get out of my bed.

# ¿ May 22, 2019 18:37

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But surely there's some way you can weave your M2 into the story!

# ¿ May 26, 2019 04:51

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At least you'd get 1/2 of the phrase "informed consent" satisfied that way.

# ¿ May 27, 2019 05:07

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Furia posted:

Notable genius zaurg

You can't have a decade long streak of consistency without being the most stable kind of genius.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2019 02:10

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It's too late for the international trip I'm annoy to take this weekend, but I've known about the Schwab refunds for a while since my brother has had it for years. That's on me, and especially admitting because Japan is cash-heavy. Anyway, would I still need to open a brokerage account with them if my company 401k is already through Schwab? I'm guessing so.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2019 18:50

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spwrozek posted:

^Jackfruit BBQ sounds really interesting

Impossible is good, just wish you could buy it for use at home.

Beyond is probably ok, I just need to work on the how to cook it portion.

The new Impossible 2.0 will be offered for consumers to buy in grocery stores. I don't know if it will be refrigerated or frozen.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2019 01:39

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 10:54

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Motronic posted:

If it's in a plan that allows you to bail out at any time (cash refund), guarantees the deposits and gives a 15% discount and you can sell immediately........you can't lose whether the stock is going up or down unless it's in absolute free fall on plan maturity. Take the free money.

You're talking more like ESPP, which is different from stock options.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2019 05:22

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