In San Francisco, the toyota billboard still has an MKIV supra pasted underneath and shows its pretty little face every now and then.

Some sort of Land Rover

Some sort of Land Rover

Just saw it from S.I

Man Final Gear was good to us

So much this. Prospective employees should be paid for the work required. If they made 50k at their old job and this one is worth 90k and they can do the work. Good for them AND you. You got a stellar employee (hopefully) and they are finally getting paid what their skill set commands.

I had a phone interview with a fairly promising job (lined up very well, skill-wise) and near the end they asked my point blank what I currently made. I didn’t miss a beat and said “I think you’re probably wondering what my salary requirements would be to leave my current job and that would be $xx,000/year”

You could, but you could be cutting yourself out of money. If you want to make $75000 and answer that, that is probably what they are going to pay you. But maybe they had in mind paying someone up to $90000 for the job. You just potentially lost out on $15000.

If he asks me first, why not?

Or if you live in Massachusetts this is no longer an issue. Thanks, Massachusetts!

Christ, just lie. Take what you want to make at the new job, subtract 10%: BOOM! That’s your former salary. Your current employer won’t give out your salary information.

I like the approach of moving the conversation this way:

Oh, I really like number two here :)

What about taking some more of the inherent defensiveness out of the response itself? Simply answer the question with the question along these lines...

This. Flood damage is some of the worst, things may be fine for years but then one day the interior starts to smell a little like mildew and the electronics start to get a little flaky and you suddenly realize you’ve made a HUGE mistake.

Wow... Certainly looks good, but I’m very wary of flood damage. Close enough to my neck of the woods to maybe go for a look, though.

You guys are just posting insanity now. A flood titled ITALIAN exotic that has an electronic roof! From PA! Right... I don’t see what could go wrong.

You used to be cool Tavarish.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Almost every Maserati I see elicits the same reaction from me, and that reaction is "Wow, Kia still makes those?" You can decide if that's a compliment or not.

This is the sort of terrible mistake I’d make. It reminds me a bit of my first marriage. Thank goodness I’m committed elsewhere.

Tax deductions are still money you've spent out of pocket, which reduces your profit by more than the value of the deduction.

Scale that beyond 1 vehicle and it immediately becomes a concern.