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danmdevries Offline
#201 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 6:39 AM EST
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Got my property tax statement. Gonna try to appeal again.
rfenst Offline
#202 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 7:09 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Got my property tax statement. Gonna try to appeal again.

Appraisal too high?
Sunoverbeach Offline
#203 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 7:20 AM EST
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He's in Lake Co. All the taxes are too high
Sunoverbeach Offline
#204 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 7:24 AM EST
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In-laws and niece and nephew coming to visit. Wife is going into frenzied cleaning mode. I tried to tell her we've barely even lived here. Chit can't be that dirty
deadeyedick Offline
#205 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 7:24 AM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Appraisal too high?


Anybody evah say too low?

Happy Saturday folks. Cold in the desert today.

The final four are in the hood and playing today.
RobertHively Offline
#206 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 8:02 AM EST
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Cloudy, rainy and cold here, been that way all week. Tomorrow it's supposed to warm up, I'm going to mow for the first time of the season.

Heading to Sam's Club-- bout an hour and 15 min away.

Wife is happy about it.

We only go two or three times a year, but if you buy enough durable goods on each visit there isn't a need to go more than a handful of times per year anyway.

I know it's an awesome grocery store too, but we don't have the luxury of using it for that purpose. Plus we buy our beef from a cattle farmer and grow our own vegetables.

As far as dry goods, we buy a ton. Sometimes I even buy whiskey, even though the wife and I don't drink alcohol. Barter system works if you have what people want.

I once paid a guy to tear down a building on this property with a fifth of Wild Turkey 101, two cases of Bud Light and he got to keep the scrap metal. Lol!

People are crazy AF around here. I fit right in. :)

You guys have a good weekend.
danmdevries Offline
#207 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 8:07 AM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Appraisal too high?


2 bed 2 bath 880sqft unincorporated County no trash no water no sewer no sidewalk on a busy road etc. Now they say worth $400k.

13 years ago it was $60k.

2019 it was 180k.

Similar homes in my area have sold recently for $160-220.

Makes my dream of building a barn a lot less attainable.
danmdevries Offline
#208 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 8:20 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
He's in Lake Co. All the taxes are too high


I left IL because of the taxes.

So did everyone else.

Now that we've doubled our population with IL expats, the IL taxes have followed them.
DrafterX Offline
#209 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 9:04 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
Ram27 Offline
#210 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 11:46 AM EST
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X 😁
deadeyedick Offline
#211 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 12:00 PM EST
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Just picked the last of the Meyer lemons trying to not knock off any of the new blossoms. I feel like a pin cushion. Gave a few sacks full to the neighbors and the rest will be sliced or juiced and put in the freezer for summer drinking.
danmdevries Offline
#212 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 1:51 PM EST
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Mowed the lawn where I could. Still too wet to mow even half of it.

Had to give wife my pager and told her to call me if it goes off, then put my earbuds in under my earmuffs so I could hear if she called my phone.

Took my last batch of jerky to work. Old job it would sit there for a week. New job it was gone in a day. So I gotta make more. Bought a 4lb eye of round and sliced it up. Napping in marinade overnight and make jerky tomorrow.

I think it's time for another garage cigar.
rfenst Offline
#213 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 2:00 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
2 bed 2 bath 880sqft unincorporated County no trash no water no sewer no sidewalk on a busy road etc. Now they say worth $400k.

That's almost 500/square foot, which sounds preposterous given your descriptions of your home.

Does it have dual zoning so that a commercial building could be on it and/or do you have a lot of valuable land, perhaps?
COHoyoMan68 Offline
#214 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 2:10 PM EST
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Once again, sitting in the garage, listening to music, sipping my Crown and smoking a cigar. Wife comes home from a craft show, opens the garage door and...its snowing AGAIN! Another Saturday, another snow storm, so much for our first rain of the year...
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#215 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 2:31 PM EST
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Happy Saturday. Watching my Penguins hopefully break a tie after they blew a 4-1 lead in half a period.
They just scored as I'm typing this 5-4 Penguins!
HockeyDad Offline
#216 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 3:22 PM EST
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Went to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls.
danmdevries Offline
#217 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 3:47 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
That's almost 500/square foot, which sounds preposterous given your descriptions of your home.

Does it have dual zoning so that a commercial building could be on it and/or do you have a lot of valuable land, perhaps?


Dual zoning ag/res. I do have a few acres but it's not exactly valuable. To do anything here they'd have to buy all the houses on the street every lot is at least an acre, I have two lots. It's also in a swamp but developers have bought up all the vacant land in the area.

2nd page was better than the first page, it has the deductions and caps n stuff. Actual tax is 2300. But in bold on the first page it says "maximum tax that may be imposed" of 3800. Looks like they dropped my mortgage deduction, so at least I can try to get that back.
danmdevries Offline
#218 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 3:55 PM EST
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Think I'm gonna make burgers for dinner tonight.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#219 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 4:01 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Went to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls.


What did you settle on for clubs?
HockeyDad Offline
#220 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 4:09 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
What did you settle on for clubs?


I got a cheap set of Top Flite. If I like golf and get halfway decent I’ll get some Callaway 9000 titanium AI enabled with the GPS guided putter with a built in wifi hotspot. Or something like that.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#221 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 4:14 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
I got a cheap set of Top Flite. If I like golf and get halfway decent I’ll get some Callaway 9000 titanium AI enabled with the GPS guided putter with a built in wifi hotspot. Or something like that.



Well...its all done with ball bearings nowadays.

I think we should have a golf herf!
delta1 Offline
#222 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 4:23 PM EST
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cool but sunny...low 60's but it'll get warmer, into 80's , next coupla days
DrafterX Offline
#223 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 4:31 PM EST
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Delta..!! Laugh
jeebling Offline
#224 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 4:44 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
cool but sunny...low 60's but it'll get warmer, into 80's , next coupla days


I certainly do miss the San Diego weather, the parks and canyons, the restaurants and craft beer.
Palama Offline
#225 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 4:57 PM EST
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Just finished our taxes. Despite donating the most amount of money in awhile, 3 pick ups of clothing / stuff and a good amount of interest paid on our HELCO, we’re still paying Fed and State taxes!

Told my wife next year I’mma just gonna file the 1040 Short Form and take the Standard Deduction instead of spending hours organizing papers, forms, etc. and then sitting in front of the computer filling out TurboTax.

Taxes, bah, humbug! ram27bat
danmdevries Offline
#226 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 7:19 PM EST
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Got my first call-in at work tonight. Just finished up my burger was about to start on the 2nd and the pager went off. Threw some shoes on and took off. Traffic around here sucks ass, and is even worse on a weekend afternoon. I drove like an azzwhole and got there in 28 minutes from the call. 30 minute maximum for a call in.
8trackdisco Offline
#227 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 7:56 PM EST
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Instead of having my one drink, I had two.
Need a taxi.
PapaWhiskey Offline
#228 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 9:04 PM EST
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Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix from Suzuka Circuit is on in 3 hours. I'm going to try to make it.
danmdevries Offline
#229 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 9:48 PM EST
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PapaWhiskey wrote:
Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix from Suzuka Circuit is on in 3 hours. I'm going to try to make it.


That flight is a lot longer than 3 hours.
BuckyB93 Offline
#230 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 10:21 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
Just finished our taxes. Despite donating the most amount of money in awhile, 3 pick ups of clothing / stuff and a good amount of interest paid on our HELCO, we’re still paying Fed and State taxes!

Told my wife next year I’mma just gonna file the 1040 Short Form and take the Standard Deduction instead of spending hours organizing papers, forms, etc. and then sitting in front of the computer filling out TurboTax.

Taxes, bah, humbug! ram27bat


Still gotta do my taxes. That's on the to do list tomorrow. Might be complicated this year with switching jobs and 401(k) rollovers that were sitting out there from previous jobs. I want to get it all under one roof rather than have 3 of them in 3 different places.

I do my own taxes with H&R Block software the past couple of years. Had a tax guy do them in prior years but my taxes are pretty simple so why pay $200 to the tax guy when the software can walk you through it?

Sat with my son to do his and show him the ropes. He's a student while working part time. Only 1 W2 to deal with - easy peasy. He's getting a nice return but I explained to him that the goal is to not get a return (you paid too much and gave the government a free loan) nor owe them taxes. The target is to not overpay nor under pay. $0 on your tax return for getting back and $0 to payback - that's goal. He needs to redo his W-4 withholdings.
BuckyB93 Offline
#231 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 10:25 PM EST
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I think I'll do a Mississippi pot roast in the slow cooker tomorrow. Tacos for lunch and pot roast for supper.

I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
Stogie1020 Offline
#232 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 10:28 PM EST
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^lol!

7 year old had her birthday party today. 15 six to seven year old girls, damn they are beasts. Mostly smiles, save for the one or two kids who would find something to complain about a bowl of ice cream... I am beat and all I did was show up and lug goodie- bags and pizza and gifts back and forth from the car.
Palama Offline
#233 Posted: Sat, Apr 6 2024, 11:56 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Still gotta do my taxes. That's on the to do list tomorrow. Might be complicated this year with switching jobs and 401(k) rollovers that were sitting out there from previous jobs. I want to get it all under one roof rather than have 3 of them in 3 different places.

I do my own taxes with H&R Block software the past couple of years. Had a tax guy do them in prior years but my taxes are pretty simple so why pay $200 to the tax guy when the software can walk you through it?

Sat with my son to do his and show him the ropes. He's a student while working part time. Only 1 W2 to deal with - easy peasy. He's getting a nice return but I explained to him that the goal is to not get a return (you paid too much and gave the government a free loan) nor owe them taxes. The target is to not overpay nor under pay. $0 on your tax return for getting back and $0 to payback - that's goal. He needs to redo his W-4 withholdings.


I’mma not a tax expert but in my experience, it was easy to move / consolidate 401K accounts. You should talk to your account manager on the best way to move the funds over but as long as you don’t touch the money and it goes directly from one 401K account to another, there shouldn’t be any tax consequences for you.
Telecaster52 Offline
#234 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 12:14 AM EST
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Another good night doing musics. Had a big crowd.
MACS Offline
#235 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 5:43 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Instead of having my one drink, I had two.
Need a taxi.


Way to live the high life!
MACS Offline
#236 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 5:48 AM EST
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Good Sunday mornin' to yunz...

Not much on the agenda for today. Gonna be a nice day, though... 43 now, 75 and sunny later.
deadeyedick Offline
#237 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 6:47 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Good Sunday mornin' to yunz...

Not much on the agenda for today. Gonna be a nice day, though... 43 now, 75 and sunny later.


Exact same weather forecast out west. Supposed to get our first 90 day late in the week though.
Ram27 Offline
#238 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 7:10 AM EST
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Welcome to Sunday peeps. ram27bat
danmdevries Offline
#239 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 7:24 AM EST
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Sunday Sunday Sunday
BuckyB93 Offline
#240 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 8:16 AM EST
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Chill out today for the most part. Weather is predicted to be in the low to mid 40s. Crock pot is working to cook a beef roast, will do tacos for lunch. Do a couple loads of laundry and visit a friend for a couple hours to shoot the $hit. I want the snow to melt away so I can fire up the fire pit and get the container garden going but Mother Nature is out of my control.

Planted some herb seeds in pots a week or so ago but they haven't broken ground yet. I'll give them another week and it they don't show signs of life I'll try another round. 3D printed some suet cages yesterday to supply the birds some free fat for them to eat while they prepare for the coming season. I'll just zip tie the feeders to the deck railing.

Aldi store in town just opened a couple days ago. Maybe I'll stop in and check it out.

I don't predict a lot of things but I predict a little nap will set in later today. The odds of that happening is better than the odds of winning Power Ball or any lottery ticket. The lottery: a tax on people that don't understand statistics. With that said, I'm guilty of buying a quick pick once and a while.
Gene363 Offline
#241 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 8:25 AM EST
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Good Sunday Morning to All! We got home last night from the ARA match in Douglas, GA, it was nice to sleep in our own bed last night. We were tenth and thirteenth out of 28 participants, I finely out shot my wife by a small margin. We had a great time with a bunch of great people.
MACS Offline
#242 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 8:26 AM EST
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I need to head to the shpo and see what is there that I want. Maybe have a glass of hooch and smoke a good'un.

Wife has a couple friends here today... get me away from the cacklin' hens for a bit.
dkeage Offline
#243 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 8:41 AM EST
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30 with a high of 45. A little over 5” on snow the last 24 hours.
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#244 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 9:22 AM EST
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There's this huge orange/yellow ball of fire in the sky. Everything is so bright. Not sure what to make of it...
MACS Offline
#245 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 9:26 AM EST
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dkeage wrote:
30 with a high of 45. A little over 5” on snow the last 24 hours.


I do not miss cold weather. But I do want to visit Wyoming. Prolly a summer time trip. ThumpUp
danmdevries Offline
#246 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 9:33 AM EST
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Watching youtube videos with the boy for a bit, then it's jerky day. Got a few cigars lined up. If the weather gets nicer I really need to clean the chicken coop but it's wet and cold out right now.
BuckyB93 Offline
#247 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 10:00 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
I do not miss cold weather. But I do want to visit Wyoming. Prolly a summer time trip. ThumpUp

I can pack up some MA weather in a mason jar and send it your way. It will contain some northern snow (I'll include a snowball for no extra cost) and some cold air although the contents may change their state of matter and temps by the time it gets there.
BuckyB93 Offline
#248 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 10:03 AM EST
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This offer is open to all who might be interested. Just PM me. I will tell the post office that the package doesn't contain anything liquid, fragile, perishable or potentially hazardous.
BuckyB93 Offline
#249 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 10:04 AM EST
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Two forteee NINE!
HockeyDad Offline
#250 Posted: Sun, Apr 7 2024, 10:21 AM EST
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70 heading to 76. SpaceX launch at 716 pm.

Just made pizza dough for a deep dish pizza for dinner. Kinda a Giordanos copy without the second crust. I may reverse the cheese and toppings this time which would be more like Gino’s or Lou Malnati’s with a Giordano’s crust.

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