Really Boring Stuff Only III: Resurrection

[herbu]

What do people look at/do if forums are dying?

For me, it is fish. Got a little fishing boat a few weeks ago. Forum activity dropped considerably.

 

[fuzz092888]

What do people look at/do if forums are dying? I tried FB for the past few weeks, for the first time but I have zero interest in it.

I've migrated to AVS and PE Tech talk for the most part, but only casually. I bounce around on Instagram too and have been doing more Netflix exploring, at least until school is over and I have more free time. For the most part looking for a new place to rent next year has taken up most of my time because I'm getting down to the wire on whether or not to renew the current lease.

 

[Alex2507]

After a year, won't they go to a month to month lease that doesn't obligate you to another full year? I'd want to stay put. Moving is a lot of work. I'm lazy ... but I need something better to do than wire management.

 

[fuzz092888]

After a year, won't they go to a month to month lease that doesn't obligate you to another full year? I'd want to stay put. Moving is a lot of work. I'm lazy ... but I need something better to do than wire management.

No and it's worse than we thought. Turns out, we only keep our current rate if we sign on for another 2 years. If we choose to only do another year our rent goes up. We gotta get the f&$# outta this place. Good thing none of the properties we inquired about are responding. Most likely due to the fact that we'd need the place held until July 1st.

 

[lsiberian]

What do people look at/do if forums are dying? I tried FB for the past few weeks, for the first time but I have zero interest in it.

Maybe Tinder is more your game.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

For me, it is fish. Got a little fishing boat a few weeks ago. Forum activity dropped considerably.

I don't have a fish...

 

[ParadigmDawg]

I've migrated to AVS and PE Tech talk for the most part, but only casually. I bounce around on Instagram too and have been doing more Netflix exploring, at least until school is over and I have more free time. For the most part looking for a new place to rent next year has taken up most of my time because I'm getting down to the wire on whether or not to renew the current lease.

I have stuff to do but my "down time" was always here. I am on a MTB,road bike and Audi forum but this has always been home.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Maybe Tinder is more your game.

I'm not even looking that up....

 

[Alex2507]

Verizon customer service hung up on me. I did not use any racial slurs nor did I tell tech support to spit out their favorite ethnic food and quit mumbling.

 

[Alex2507]

No and it's worse than we thought. Turns out, we only keep our current rate if we sign on for another 2 years. If we choose to only do another year our rent goes up. We gotta get the f&$# outta this place. Good thing none of the properties we inquired about are responding. Most likely due to the fact that we'd need the place held until July 1st.

Consider staying put. The high rents drive away the riff raff and the complex wouldn't be pulling that move if the rental market wasn't a healthy one (for them). Two years goes by quick. Moving every year is a b!tch. If something great comes along after you sign for two years, subletting works.

 

[herbu]

I don't have a fish...

Sometimes, me neither.

 

[fuzz092888]

Consider staying put. The high rents drive away the riff raff and the complex wouldn't be pulling that move if the rental market wasn't a healthy one (for them). Two years goes by quick. Moving every year is a b!tch. If something great comes along after you sign for two years, subletting works.

Well, all the places we're looking at are in neighborhoods we now know well and know are good places to live. Plus if we move, we'll only be saving about $100/mo, but be gaining about 500sqft with outdoor space. At this point, we'd rather move now and spend 2 years in a town home.

A side note to your subletting, I don't think we're allowed to sublet in the apartment we're in, but I believe in most of the townhomes we'd be allowed to sublet.

Plus, I mean, I'd get a basement HT out of it. So I think it's pretty clear I'd be willing to move all my crap

 

[Alex2507]

I understand that moving closer and closer to Rick means more and more money but your girl is gonna figure it out.

 

[Alex2507]

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[Adam]

Best of luck with the home search, Fuzz.

In other news, I just returned from my first ever trip to Florida. I was able to see the ocean one night, which is really a spectacular view for me - I've probably seen an ocean from ground level two or three times in my life. My hotel was much more mundane, with the view from my room being that of a highway roughly 100 yards away. Yeah, the room was louder than heck the whole time...oh, well. Home again. I got home today around 1pm to find Niki very happy to see me, as I was her. I need to ask the woman across the street who watched her for the first time why Niki's water bowl was bone dry when I got back - it's never been empty after I've returned from a full day of work in over nine years, so that tells me that she didn't fill it up this morning (and I don't know for how long before that). Nice lady, and she watches other folks dogs, but something like that gives me great pause in asking her to watch Niki again.

Niki's currently snoozing soundly, though, so she's doing fine. Time to get ready and see if she wants to go for a stroll, as it's not very hot outside tonight at all.

 

[fuzz092888]

I understand that moving closer and closer to Rick means more and more money but your girl is gonna figure it out.

She'll never know. Plus she'll never figure out I buy audio gear to claim I have no money for a ring

 

[Alex2507]

I had a hard time committing when I was young but then when I did it was a huge f^%&ing mistake. But you'll be fine. Marriage is more than just a word. It's a sentence. (I love that line.)

Adam, bummer about the water lady. What were you doing in Fla? Work?

Seeing the ocean after a long absence is cool. Africa and England are on the other side. That's why I don't go in the water.

 

[Adam]

What were you doing in Fla?

Apparently, looking for Rick in all the wrong places.

 

[Adam]

Plus she'll never figure out I buy audio gear to claim I have no money for a ring

Ironically, that's what makes her a keeper.

 

[GO-NAD!]

Made a horrible discovery this past week - I can no longer post from work. I can view the forums, but the firewall won't let me log in. I know my posting rate has really dropped off over the past few months, but this is not going to help.