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I got the antenna to work, finally. It just had to be moved like two feet lower on the patio door. Must have been something in the house ticking it off because that two feet made a weak 1 bar signal a full 5 bars. Thanks for explaining AirTV...I saw it, but didn't really understand what exactly it does. That will be way easier than running new cable lines in the basement...not that I won't be tearing up some walls for the bar, but at least it is one less thing to mess around with.
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I have gone no cord and no stream for the last 6 months after march madness. However, now that college basketball is back upon us I am itching to go back to streaming. I really just need the $35 Sling that includes ESPN channels because that will cover nearly all Kansas games for me. However, I decided to try an indoor antenna to get CBS (to get the off Kansas game that is national TV there) and to get some of the other local channels for NFL games. It was rather sucky and I just can’t figure out how to get a decent broadcast out of it. Now yes, my expectations are realistic…I don’t expect worlds best signal. However, I literally live a few miles from quite a few of the towers (Wausau) and can see them blinking out my window. I mean, jeez, it can possibly get much better minus climbing the tower and attaching the antenna to it.
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Kolton Wong is still ranked #11 for offensive production among 2B per Fangraphs. I don't know, good luck replacing his offense at 2B. A lot of value being able to get a guy at a modest price for just a single year. Not to mention his style of offense helps the Brewers lineup more than just his numbers show on paper.
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Kolton Wong is still ranked #11 for offensive production among 2B per Fangraphs. I don't know, good luck replacing his offense at 2B. A lot of value being able to get a guy at a modest price for just a single year. Not to mention his style of offense helps the Brewers lineup more than just his numbers show on paper.
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Home prices lately have been interesting to watch. I have heard some places the market has died and reducing prices has becomes common...but that seems like larger metro areas. In my part of Wisconsin things are still going pretty strong...especially sub $300k. Looking at sales in my town, still most going for $10k+ over asking. I know one person who just listed in their city. Very average and small 2 bedroom house got an offer $10k over asking in a few days and too many showings to even try to count. I don't know, high increases in price and interest rates still haven't stopped people from aggressively shopping. Even inflation hasn't scared people off. People keep clamoring for the moment home prices fall tens of thousands, I just don't see it. Not without a bad recession. People said it two years ago that they would just wait. Well they waited...and now they have even worse prices and high interest rates. I am kinda on the boat where prices might plateau and get stagnant...but not sure I see homes losing 10% or more of their value. If they haven't done it yet...can't imagine it will happen.
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It is (no joke) a GFCI outlet on a post.
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What exactly is the purpose of Kwik Trip putting in an outlet for EVs...like Level 1 charging outlet? Is it just some dumb concept so they can show up on EV charger maps online? Because even if you decided to spend 30 minutes inside Kwik Trip you are talking like...a few miles of EV charge. They even plop it on the side of the vacuum/tire pump to waste a space if someone actually parks to plug their car in. When I saw kwik trip show up on charging maps I assumed people were randomly plugging into the side of the building.
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Article: Can the Cardinals still be Caught?
MrTPlush replied to Caswell's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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Article: Can the Cardinals still be Caught?
MrTPlush replied to Caswell's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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Would have been cool if his career would have been apart of a competitive stretch instead of his good seasons being on garbage teams. I kinda soured on the guy by the time he left. Between punching...sorry, his wife dropping a suitcase on his hand, complaining multiple ties about never being offered an extension, and then vetoing a trade he came off the wrong way. Pretty sure he also complained about wanting to be on a contender at one point too. None of those things are really a huge deal, but once compounded he kinda seemed like a crybaby in a way.
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Usually wise to figure out what they tend to wear at said company. Anything extra is unlikely to impress them.
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You are paying for house maintenance as a renter plus more. That’s how people make a living renting out houses. Your housing cost then rises with inflation and you have nothing in the end of it. Yes, a lot of the equity is blown via repairs and improvements. But it is forced savings (if you end up selling) or the potential at very cheap housing cost come retirement.
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So you are saying I should take my college ID out of my wallet? The minute you do that, you know someone is going to ask for two forms of photo ID. Gotta hold onto it for those stray chances you hit up a restaurant with 10% apps for college students.
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So you are saying I should take my college ID out of my wallet?
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I'm not even sure a lot of folks are waiting for anything. There's a major shifting demographic with more people not having kids at all, getting married later...I think way more people are now just happy to rent perpetually and not deal with any of the burden that can come with a house. I think a lot of people are for sure, social media would certainly confirm many have that thought process. Of course a lot of it might just be jealous people trying to put people down because they bought a house and they can't. Because, you know, the internet.
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If you have plenty of money to put down 20% and still have a ton of reserve funds I think most should avoid PMI. If you can't put down 20% or it would greatly reduce reserve funds, depends on your credit score, honestly. If you have a great credit score (like 740+) it can be pretty minimal. I think mine equates to about $7,500 over 8-9 years. That is a pretty minimal cost considering I put down about $7k instead of $47k. Of course if your credit score is pretty rough PMI can start approaching $300. If it will take you years to get 20% to put down, one can argue housing appreciation and/or interest rates can cost you just as much though. Now one could put less down and invest the rest, potentially making more in the long run. However, that is getting pretty complicated and far from a sure thing. I think I would just take the sure thing where I pay no PMI and then spend less over the life of the loan in interest.
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If you started doing that from Day 1 in reality you are only saving a bit over a year worth of payments. I have never really been a huge fan of this concept. Throwing that extra payment into retirement savings, especially early on, would be a way more logical than putting it towards the mortgage. Especially for loans taken out in the last 10+ years or now. The interest rates just aren't very high anymore. I just did a really basic exercise and it looked like the extra payment would save about $13,500....investing it and averaging 8% had it over $100k. To be honest, I don't see a ton of value in finishing 3.5 years sooner. You are pretty used to it after 25 years and by the time you would pay it off early it would hardly matter a in all likelihood. Your salary is likely much higher and it is likely your only real debt at that point. Now of course if one was in a situation where they are trying to pay it off before some massive notable life event (kids entering college or trying to pay it off before retirement), then I can understand chasing to rid yourself of that debt. Of course some of these ways to strategically help pay off a mortgage faster aren't allowed by some lenders. My lender won't let me put extra payments towards principal-only and I also can't go into a bi-weekly payment plan. So while both of those can be sound ways to pay it off faster, not always allowed these days.
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I opted not to try and powersave a big down payment. When I bought my house a little over a year ago I figured 2-3 years wasn't really going to gain me anything. Interest rates were so low I figured a bump of 1.5%+ wasn't out of the question 2-3 years from then. Also figured housing prices would just continue going up, thus making it cost more in general. I also considered the fact that my salary really wasn't likely to drastically go up any time soon, so many houses I could afford then I wouldn't be able to afford in three years. Of course I have good credit so my PMI payment is really low. Different story if I would have had some $350 PMI payment. Many young people are balking at the housing market these days, they all just want to wait 3-5 years. They imagine this massive housing crash like 10+ years ago and I think they are sadly mistaken. I also don't think a lot of people truly understand the impact interest rates have on the cost in the long run. 3% compared to 5% just doesn't seem like a big deal to the average person. Even on a modest $250k loan that is nearly $100k over 30 years.
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I wonder sometimes how many actually have no mortgage or rent in retirement. It just seems so many pay off (or get close) to paying off that first mortgage and make the big upgrade to a new house. Thus pretty much having a mortgage forever. It is certainly a major financial advantage if you pay off your original mortgage and stay in that house...it just seems really unlikely these days many are doing that. In some ways you save in retirement...but in other ways not so much. The average person probably travels A LOT more in retirement than they did prior. That is probably a big expense to be adding yearly.
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Kinda glad I graduated into a decent economy with a good knowledge of investing/401Ks. I think I had enough in retirement at about 24 for it to project to be $1mil at retirement. That was just casually chasing the 5% match. I want to find a different job sooner or later though so I can opt out of the pension...that money would do me way more good invested into the market versus some marginal pension amount decades from now. I also maxed out my carryover leave year to year so when I eventually move on I can take the leave payout and put it into retirement.
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At what point does $1mil stop being a gold standard to look at? I mean, maybe that is an okay amount for someone retiring in 2022, but if you were talking to someone 20-40 years out....I don't think $1mil is really the greatest benchmark.
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I used to get countless calls a day from spam and/or companies I inquired about something months upon months ago. Then suddenly halfway through December it all died. No more random spam calls etc.
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Well, lets take into consideration what is usually on TV ads. Frozen pizza and fast food chains. You are slamming pepperoni for sucking, but every frozen pizza with sausage is equally garbage. Usually low in taste and rubbery. I don't know that I have ever had good sausage on a frozen pizza...some are okay, but rarely meaningful. The downside with sausage is when it sucks, it ruins a pizza quick. Pepperoni is rarely bad, boring maybe...but hard to ruin a pizza. Feels like most frozen pizzas and chains use the same type of sausage from the same supplier. Now some premium frozen pizzas can have good sausage, but the same goes for pepperoni too. I usually try avoid sausage on a pizza unless it is an actual pizza place and it is made in house...that is good stuff and adds to a pizza.
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Home made bread is better in a pizza oven than in an oven. Not sure you could get the right temperature in a grill for bread. I mean, I have seen many people make bread in a normal oven. I’m not much of a bread maker myself, but I am pretty sure a normal oven can do it just fine. I have seen people do some nice pizza types that aren’t Neapolitan (usually Detroit style)…but again, pretty sure it would be easier and better to just do it in a normal oven. Neapolitan though, isn’t really possible in a normal oven. I love the vibe of using the Ooni though. It’s kind of like grilling, sitting there on the patio on a summer night cooking pizzas just hits the spot.
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You can do other things in it...but it is just kind of dumb. An oven or normal grill...both of which are 10x easier to use can do it better in 99% of cases or just as well. Every time I see a post about doing a steak in it I just shake my head, some people really try to rationalize it as more than a pizza oven by making life more difficult.
