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Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 22nd 2023, 4:39 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 1,955
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America Part 2

I've been to one Waffle House in my life - in South Carolina - and the only redeeming feature was that they had Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb on their juke box.
Forum: USA
Mar 7th 2023, 1:36 am
Replies: 11
Views: 599
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: First Tax submission in US (California): Chaos!

I would presume you can file as a partial year resident for California even if you elect to file federally for the entire year in order to use married filing jointly on your federal return?
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 22nd 2023, 5:01 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 1,955
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America Part 2

These covers tend to be ineffective - thieves just cut through both the cover and the catalytic converter.

Check where your converter is located. On my hybrid, it's between the engine and the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 9th 2023, 11:24 pm
Replies: 9,902
Views: 850,545
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America

Ahem...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 6th 2023, 11:53 pm
Replies: 9,902
Views: 850,545
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America

"guns make us safer". Or maybe not...

"Six-year-old intentionally shot teacher in Virginia school, police say"
...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 29th 2022, 12:39 am
Replies: 9,902
Views: 850,545
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WTF in America

I don’t think HIPAA protects information about potential criminal activity. And marijuana usage is illegal everywhere under federal law.

Meanwhile, “what’s the matter with Kansas”???
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 17th 2022, 7:25 pm
Replies: 1,780
Views: 135,801
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Planespotting II

Given Twitter is a private company, it's not a 1A issues. However, it does illustrate just how hypocritical his claim to be a "free speech absolutist" is.
Forum: USA
Dec 17th 2022, 5:03 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,091
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Englishman killed by police, police face charges

And nothing will change. With such a heavily armed citizenry, there is no way that police are going to go around unarmed. Every interaction with an individual - like this one - police have to assume...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 14th 2022, 4:54 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 638
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Robocop comes to San Francisco

It's a state law and it's that theft under that amount has to be charged as a misdemeanour not a felony.

The robocop idea was voted down.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 11th 2022, 2:37 am
Replies: 5
Views: 706
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Drug costs

I use GoodRx for a prescription and it works out about a third of the cost of if I used my Medicare Drug plan. That's an indication of just how messed up it is that Medicare cannot yet negotiate any...
Forum: USA
Dec 10th 2022, 4:09 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,102
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Stay in UK or Go back to Walnut?

I was here for Loma Prieta in '89 - in an office building on landfill! - but that's a fair point.
Forum: USA
Dec 9th 2022, 9:48 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,102
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Stay in UK or Go back to Walnut?

Never heard Walnut Creek called Walnut during the whole time I lived in the East Bay. Especially confusing given there is actually a town called Walnut in southern California, which is what I thought...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 22nd 2022, 5:25 am
Replies: 8,031
Views: 528,889
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

Right, only driving directions. The other limitation is that you don't get lane guidance. If by re-routes you mean adjusting your route if you've taken a wrong turn, pretty sure that works offline....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 21st 2022, 5:54 pm
Replies: 8,031
Views: 528,889
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

Maps can be cached on Google Maps to do route finding/navigation absent a cell service.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 21st 2022, 5:04 pm
Replies: 8,031
Views: 528,889
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

Assuming you have a smartphone, what are the advantages of using a SatNav?
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 15th 2022, 4:59 am
Replies: 8,031
Views: 528,889
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

I went through similar reasoning, thinking initially I’d get a plug-in hybrid. But plug-ins by definition need a much bigger battery than a hybrid and, because they also have an ICE, that battery...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 12th 2022, 7:20 pm
Replies: 8,031
Views: 528,889
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

Below 20 (?) mph fake engine noise is a legal requirement here for electric vehicles (and hybrids when the gas engine is not running). Silent moving vehicles can be a hazard for pedestrians,...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 12th 2022, 6:35 pm
Replies: 8,031
Views: 528,889
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

18% of new car sales in California are zero-emission vehicles (which, bizarrely, includes plugin-hybrids). That's by far the highest percentage for a US state. By comparison, over 75% of new car...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 12th 2022, 2:06 pm
Replies: 8,031
Views: 528,889
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Let's talk about cars

I didn’t realize until the Twitter kerfuffle that Musk didn’t found Tesla. He joined about six months after it was incorporated. He was, however, by far the biggest early investor. Also amusing that...
Forum: USA
Oct 17th 2022, 8:45 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 2,594
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Urgent help- health insurance

Pfft. Responsible employers manage this from day 1 so this is just a lame excuse. Thank goodness I worked in an industry where employees generally were valued rather than being left in the lurch like...
Forum: USA
Oct 16th 2022, 9:17 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 2,594
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Urgent help- health insurance

What you should be asking is why some employers don’t provide insurance from day 1.
Forum: USA
Oct 16th 2022, 3:15 am
Replies: 46
Views: 2,594
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: Urgent help- health insurance

+1
Forum: USA
Jun 2nd 2022, 5:27 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,152
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: WEP - Applies to UK Private Pensions?

People on this thread are often more knowledgeable about the WEP than your average SS employee.
Forum: USA
Jun 2nd 2022, 4:04 am
Replies: 1,789
Views: 502,939
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: UK state pension and USA social security

This assumes they will work until aged 67. On the flip side, one difference between US SS contributions and UK NI is that the former are paid on earned income regardless of age, whereas NI is only...
Forum: USA
Jun 1st 2022, 7:59 pm
Replies: 1,789
Views: 502,939
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: UK state pension and USA social security

You’d have to do the calculation based on your life expectancy and projecting how much your WEP would be reduced given the smaller percentage of the UK pension that would be subject to the WEP versus...
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