The AI-generated cat pictures thread
Serous response to "just buying something to stop paying rent until I can get the house I want."
Compare the expected rent paid over 3-5 years against mortgage payments - equity gained + taxes and insurance + loan origination costs + realtor commission + an allotment for maintenance.
When I did this math back in SoCal years ago, the break-even point was nearly 8 years. So I kept renting.
It often doesn't make sense to buy if you don't anticipate staying parked in that spot for quite a while.
Compare the expected rent paid over 3-5 years against mortgage payments - equity gained + taxes and insurance + loan origination costs + realtor commission + an allotment for maintenance.
When I did this math back in SoCal years ago, the break-even point was nearly 8 years. So I kept renting.
It often doesn't make sense to buy if you don't anticipate staying parked in that spot for quite a while.
I know I'm going to be here for at least 4 years, so might as well. I miss my tools and having a garage.
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This I understand well. Been 4 years without.
Now I have a decent-sized garage, and virtually no tools. Everything fits into a single rollaround chest. No compressor, no drill press, no bandsaw, no chop saw, no welder... Just a craftsman socket set, a tiny jack, a few hand drills, an angle grinder, and some bicycle-specific stuff.
I pretty much finished the AutoCAD layout for this move, and I'm sad to report that I can no longer fit my whole life into a 16' Penske truck; gonna have to upgrade to the 22'. The new sofa and the non-inflatable mattress set pushed me over the edge.
The Queen mattress set.
Now I have a decent-sized garage, and virtually no tools. Everything fits into a single rollaround chest. No compressor, no drill press, no bandsaw, no chop saw, no welder... Just a craftsman socket set, a tiny jack, a few hand drills, an angle grinder, and some bicycle-specific stuff.
I pretty much finished the AutoCAD layout for this move, and I'm sad to report that I can no longer fit my whole life into a 16' Penske truck; gonna have to upgrade to the 22'. The new sofa and the non-inflatable mattress set pushed me over the edge.
The Queen mattress set.
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While it's obviously too early to be certain, all indications are that this may actually become a thing.
https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/16/a...-game-console/
https://www.ataribox.com/
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They really do not want people feeding the pigeons beneath this freeway overpass:
I know that's my favorite thing to do on a warm spring evening. Hang out below the freeway by the L train exit and feed pigeons.
I know that's my favorite thing to do on a warm spring evening. Hang out below the freeway by the L train exit and feed pigeons.
Re: electric lawn mower.
Love this one:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-80-V...ower/999929526
It's the lowe's branded greenworks mower. Also got the trimmer. We're on a smallish suburban plot, and although the mower comes with 2 batteries, we rarely deplete one of them mowing - it's a rapid charger too, you could probably charge one of the batteries in about the time it takes to drain the other one. I don't use the bag, and I leave the mulching cover in place so that it chops the grass instead of throwing it. It handles tall, tough, wet grass without complaining - a hell of a lot better than the gasser that came before it.
Love this one:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-80-V...ower/999929526
It's the lowe's branded greenworks mower. Also got the trimmer. We're on a smallish suburban plot, and although the mower comes with 2 batteries, we rarely deplete one of them mowing - it's a rapid charger too, you could probably charge one of the batteries in about the time it takes to drain the other one. I don't use the bag, and I leave the mulching cover in place so that it chops the grass instead of throwing it. It handles tall, tough, wet grass without complaining - a hell of a lot better than the gasser that came before it.
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Four hundred and fifty dollars!!!!
bruh, your grass aint the only green that's mulching.
Here's "my" mower. Three of us in the neighborhood share it. The first of the same model died. Total cost for two was $20 plus the cost of a new blade. We already had extension cords.
Child labor not included.
bruh, your grass aint the only green that's mulching.
Here's "my" mower. Three of us in the neighborhood share it. The first of the same model died. Total cost for two was $20 plus the cost of a new blade. We already had extension cords.
Child labor not included.
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Leaning towards this unit, which has a 60v, 4ah battery:
$100 less, and nearly the same total battery capacity.
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Can't really tell the difference, can you?
Like I said, I'm only renting. Definitely would not buy here.
Yeah, as I walked downstairs yesterday to let my lady out of the building, I heard the front brakes of her smart car squealing. If I already had a house and my tools, no issue. Buy some pads, swap them out, done. And I'd be greeted to a home cooked meal when I was finished. Without said tools or space, I don't know what we are going to do, because I don't want her to pay for a shop to do something I can easily finish in less than 2 beers.