Recent content by PDQH2O

Sadly, you may be right.

I beg to differ because I paid the bill every year. The boat was in my driveway.

It will only end when people (society) stop voting for politicians that support the chaos. Most people just don’t realize how much power they really have through proper voting, verified one person, one vote. Having skin in the game and something to lose helps educate people to what values build...

This is true. I started with a golf pro at Hoover driving range in Westminster. Knew about golf except that you had to wear the most comically-matched clothes and walk around a lot constantly looking down. Got some really good advice and practice developing my technique. The last thing the pro...

If I recall correctly, CAs unsecured property tax or luxury tax is 10% of the acquisition price, and it never depreciates as the boat does. I wouldn't register anything in CA if there is another option.

I was that kid and went on the road trip anyway. Got stuck on the side of the road. Now I listen and happily take advice. Usually.

Would it be worth continuing the sale but either drastically reduced price and/or added conditions like the motors being rebuilt by an agreed upon shop at the sellers expense?

You’ve hit the reason that there is so much hype around the eclipse: $$$. Kind of like the Olympics. Airfare, hotel, food and rental cars. The hysteria also spurs local sales. Everything is taxed, fee’d or otherwise marked up. If the eclipse were visible to everyone, there would be no fuss...

Another FWIW from past experience: include a $1 clause in your trust. If anyone involved contests the trust, they get only $1. That’ll stop a lot of the nonsense people do when money is involved. At our family lawyer’s recommendation, we included the clause in my mom’s trust and have in my...

No beef shortage around my place. Plenty of grass fed, grass finished angus, waygu and bison, thanks to great friends and neighbors who raise cattle for production.

"Meathead! Dead from the neck up." Archie Bunker

Check out Alejo’s https://www.alejosrestaurant.com/ on Lincoln just north of LAXin Westchester. Legit Italian food. Parking is easy staff is very attentive.

Boeing fully signed onto woke DEI program. However, this latest round of incidents, unless the planes are newly delivered, lean toward lax maintenance by the owners, not Boeing. It’ll be interesting to see what the NTSB report says.

Congratulations. Enjoy your newfound freedom and assimilate to your new location.

Greenville is a little east of McKinney, Princeton and Farmersville, all are along highway 380 (aka University in some areas). Fairly nice ar3a, combination of city and farms. Seems that a lot of manufacturer’s warranty repair shops are there. discovered the Greenville Municipal Auditorium last...