First whole bean coffee? Oh man, welcome to the good stuff.
No matter what coffee purists tell you, the single best change to my daily coffee quality of life was simply going from ground to grinding fresh whole beans every morning. I will never go back.
I fear that we're writing the epitaph too soon on this guy. If Trump does in fact get taken out of the race, don't underestimate the Republican party's ability to galvanize behind one candidate.
Regarding the question of whether it's stupid or not -- how much would you be kicking yourself if one of your neighbors purchased it from you instead?
In my mind, any chance you get to increase your land and you buffer zone is an absolute positive.
What are your options? For example, I would rather daily an '89 Corolla over a '01 Kia.
What is your budget for maintenance? There will be nuisance items go like seals and gaskets due to age, even if the engine runs strong.
What is the price? For a car that's almost 35 years old, it better be low.
If you have a low budget, don't have a crazy commute, and can get a couple years out of this car for a couple grand, it could be exceptionally wise decision compared to a $600/mo car payment.
Interesting. This feels like Howie Roseman-esque, signing someone to a big-time extension right on the cusp of stardom. Overpay now to bet on it being a steal in a few years.
First, thanks for contributing. I credit r/personalfinance as one of the most important factors that allowed me to become financially literate. Still cleaning up the messes of my 20's, but things would be WAY worse if I wouldn't have been able to self-educate. I'm not going back to Reddit, so I'm thankful that you're contributing content here instead.
In regards to your question, relatively poorly.
I'm 31. My salary when I began work after grad school was 35k with only 2% going into retirement; now my salary is north of 100k with 15% going into retirement. I am at about 40% of my annual income, so definitely behind. I should be able to have some nice catch-up progress over the next five years, but I can't help but feel like a better starting job pre-COVID would have set me up way better.
Hilariously, this fine is probably not even large enough for them to spin off a shell company and declare bankruptcy on the debts. They'll just shrug and move on. Toothless.
Yep. And it worked all the way up to the Stanford presidency. Even now he is "only" a tenured professor.
That's the best question. Clarence Thomas shouldn't have been able to openly flaunt his corruption for decades, but he has. Is this just going to be more firm hand-wringing by the Dems with no enforcement mechanism whatsoever? At that point, it would be better to just recognize the court as illegitimate in the public eye as opposed to giving the false sense that it is in anyway ethical.
Surprisingly melancholy comic.
They can't even do bullshit PR correctly. You do the listening tour before the steady stream of unpopular decisions that go against the feedback you just collected.
I like the concept of being able to talk openly about mens' issues. That liberation name is unfortunate; in my opinion, it definitely sounds at least apologetic towards misogyny. What do we have to be liberated from?