But on a happy note, we scored a huge reduction in the monthly nut.
Got the car insurance policy renewal yesterday. From $220 mo. to $255
Read it close this time looking at the discounts applied after reading the sorry about your higher premium cover.
Found that the anti lock discount for my 04 Civic was missing. It was only $20 but it is still $20.
P called them up and asked why the rate increased and got the predictable yada ...
She then got the agent to check why no discount on the one car and she said because we dropped the collision on it.
Which led her to press the agent are we missing any ? I used to get one for a honor society school thing.
Finally the agent said there is one available in our state based upon our credit rating, but that they needed an ok to run it.
Score ! We passed and the new premium is going down to $165. But why weren't we getting this already ? Thought that was already part of the process.
Used to be but now they need permission to look. This is the stuff that happens when you're with a company for 30 years and you're just happy to see the same rate at renewal time and look no deeper. Especially if you've totaled a car a little over a year ago.
If the rate hadn't jumped, we never would have asked. And leaving money on the table. And for how long ?
So we dropped the nut $55 from the old normal and saved $90 from the new normal.
The rate is back to where it was before I took out that car.
If yer credit isn't great it could work in reverse.
Yep, it was a great day on the old ranch.
The next step is to get a gig as a bud tender in a dispensary. No more heavy lifting ...
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Mar 20, 2024 - 5:11pm
I don't want to.
Do you know how many people I know who retired... then..............................
Besides. what else would I do.
And do you know how many guys I do work for wouldn't know what to do without me.
I had one the other day ask me... "Your not going to retire on me are you?
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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May 1, 2023 - 7:43am
islander wrote:
How is the water supply situation there? What's the source and how reliable is it? Is the public infrastructure good? Looks like a pretty nice spot.
Due to the amount of rainfall here they have more fresh water than they know what to do with. It's very lush here and most everything grows like crazy even if you don't want it to. Most of the fresh water comes from crater lakes. It's safe to drink tap water. Groundwater here can have salt water contamination. The public infrastructure is very good and always very high water pressure. My water bill is around 4 to 5 euros a month. Electricity and internet are cheap and reliable also.
It is very nice here. No perfect just like any other 'paradise' but at least for me the positives far outweigh the negatives.
That's not just a problem there. Here in the Azores you can't flush the toilet paper either and it's law that every home home must have a bidet. Here the sewage treatment consists of the sewage soaking into pits in the volcanic rock which is somewhat porous. Toilet paper would clog it up. Every toilet here has a bin next to it for tossing your crapping paper.
How is the water supply situation there? What's the source and how reliable is it? Is the public infrastructure good? Looks like a pretty nice spot.
First ran into this in Aruba. Different, yes.
But the right answer is a bidet.
The world is a big place. Different priorities, different results. I don't think there is a 'perfect' place, but there really doesn't need to be either. Everybody poops, everybody finds a way to get by.
Travel broadens the mind and all.
I found this outâ¦the hard way. Toilet paper goes in the bin, yes, even at home. Actually, especially at home! Hotels are always the exception. They must have a special plumbing system or the money to deal with it because when I travel, itâs not required. But trust me, you do not want plumbing issues in Mexico because there are already enough plumbing issues.
Itâs stinky
The cityâs infrastructure is so dated, their plumbing is decades behind, and the streets are often littered. Walking down a beautiful pathway in Oaxaca, your nose will often be assaulted by a dreadful smell. It usually passes but sometimes it lingers especially in Oaxacaâs dry hot climate.
That's not just a problem there. Here in the Azores you can't flush the toilet paper either and it's law that every home home must have a bidet. Here the sewage treatment consists of the sewage soaking into pits in the volcanic rock which is somewhat porous. Toilet paper would clog it up. Every toilet here has a bin next to it for tossing your crapping paper.
Chatting with a friend who lives there with her young daughter about Oaxaca; real estate is very affordable...
Oaxaca is a big area, with a big range of experiences there. You will have some compromises most places south of the border, but you with those compromises you will get some fantastic things in return - Great weather, fantastic food, genuine people (and a few assholes), a deep and rich culture (a lot of which you may not understand), and a general camaraderie among people who are obsessed more with their family than their job.
There are lots of other areas in Mexico as well, and some other great countries in South America. It's worth a couple of trips to see if one catches your attention. We have fallen in love with Baja. It's more expensive than Oaxaca, but also more laid back. Lots of remote areas with less hustle going on. Our place is pretty quiet (except when a race comes through town), You can watch whales from the beach (or terrace), and we have a biodigestor (as do many others) - so you can flush your toilet paper if that's a deal breaker. Also, a buddy broke his ankle and had to get late night x-rays and several visits to the emergency clinic. It cost him less than $300 for all his care (very good quality care). They all think we are weird because we have so much, yet do so little with it. But they are also kind, and won't laugh at you for it.
