1) They create a cleaner look than can be achieved by running the drywall directly down to the floor.

Ah, the dreaded “Sync Up” meeting. Whenever I get an invite to one of these, my heart, um, sinks.

My #1 advice to young folks is “take care of your teeth.” Bad teeth will have a severe negative impact on your physical, emotional, and financial well-being. This is coming from someone who spent his teens and twenties in the dental wilderness, so to speak.

This is true for every mortgage “lender” - the loan immediately gets packaged up and sold, while the originator keeps both the fees and the spread between the cost of borrowing short term and the cost of borrowing long term.

They typically charge a fee for their service. Something like 1% I think.

Use dehumidifier water to water plants.

An “all-cash” offer does not preclude the buyer getting a mortgage. It just means there is no mortgage contingency on the offer - i.e. you can’t back out if you fail to get a mortgage and you’re committing to a timeline that does not include the mortgage processing. In the end the seller doesn’t care a whit where the…

Haven’t been to the US in a while?

...weird, sloppy writing that often doesn’t make sense sounds like it was written by a Chinese or Russian person...

Arrogant people think they’re great.

I hear you.  I’ve decided that there is really only one important rule to driving: get where you’re going safely and without imperiling other drivers.  If you do that, you’ve “won.”

Isn’t there a yield sign somewhere? If not, only one way to find out: next time, don’t brake, let them ram you, and see who the cops give a ticket to.

You do realize that any and all attempts to convince people to use reason when driving are a total waste of time?

“git merge -Xignore-space-change”

So what about “aluminium” foil then?

...about 33 degrees of separation..

The two planets situated on either side of Earth—Mars and Venus—are poised to drift within a relatively close distance of each other,

And act like you’re not in seventh grade anymore.

Certificate of Naturalization is also proof of citizenship for this who are, well, naturalized citizens.

And I get to post my favorite Dirty Harry quote twice in one day: