I’ve tried! He’s one of those, “Why pay someone when I can do it myself?” types though. I’ll keep bringing it up, maybe use the “Would’t you rather spend time with your granddaughters?” card :D

Guess it all depends where you live. The neighborhood I grew up in is even better than it was 40 years ago, and where we live now has been stable for about 20 years. Goal is when this is paid off and we retire to move out in the boonies anyways, buying a little house and then banking all the profit.

I’m not sure if we have a cap, but our taxes have been slowly increasing (probably 1-1.5% each time). They’re not where they were before the economic downturn yet, but I’d give them a few more years. We also had them staggered out, so they’d increase but then the following year stay the same. Don’t know if there was…

Yeah my Dad’s retirement townhouse has an HOA like that. He always has to run home from his lakehouse to make sure his grass is mowed before it gets a centimeter above the limit :D (and he has busybodies that MEASURE THE LAWN in his HOA). He’s about ready to sell and just live at the lake at this point!

Yeah, I’m not sure what the hell my renting friends will be doing in their 60s when they could be ready to retire... yet their rents have been slowly increasing every damn year. They’re now $500 more a month more than our condo and with half the space.. and are looking for roommates to help cut the cost. And next…

If you’re staying in that house, when the economy takes a turn for the worse all that matters is.... your property taxes go DOWN. Our finances enjoyed the downturn. Though, now the taxes are back up as the economy is recovering. Still $500+ a month than renting in our area though! And that economic downturn for our…

The tears even at the thought of it, oh so lovely.

All muslim or arabic. Can you imagine the tears??

What’s the address? Are the people you are calling about under 18? OK... NOW you can begin your crazed rambling :) I think its a right of passage to stay on the call line for tens of minutes with a person calling the wrong DSS when you first start. Now, I want them off the phone ASAP so I can get back to spinning in…

Ser Davos, Tyrion and Varys are my favorite characters. Whoever becomes King or Queen would do well to have those three as advisors.

Yeah the dogs and their handlers just blinked out of existence lol.

This needs to stop popping up in the “you may also like” portion of my screen. The mind is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.

The last lines of that article are particularly sad to me now. :/

Mine is a printed T, followed by what looks like a seismograph. Haven’t written in cursive myself since.... Junior High maybe? Always took my notes printed, and everything turned in was typed.

Ugh, same. I really have no desire or need to talk to strangers at this stage of my life. I have my family, I have my friends, I have no interest in talking to random people in a super market. You’d think my “leave me the fuck alone” grumpy face would drive people away, instead damn near everyone wants to talk to me…

I was gonna post the same thing! Thanks for being that guy, so I didn’t have to be :D

I need to find more people to play all these Kickstarter board games that are now filling my closet.

Hmmm... perhaps to save money I should only get it done on one eye, then I’d finally have an excuse to wear a monocle! Though I wonder... do some people do it on one eye at a time “just in case” or is it so safe everyone just does both at once?

It’s like they replaced your eyes with the eyes of an eagle! Not sure if that’s worthy of joining the Avengers... but cool none the less!

I’m waiting to see what memes all my Bernie Facebook friends post to show he “CAN STILL WIN IT!!!”