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Nebu
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I either give my stuff to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or leave it on the curb. Some places will give you the donation value on a receipt for taxes.
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Merusk
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Clothes, Toys, etc, sure. We make trips to Goodwill after every birthday and holiday.
Old electronics, however, nobody wants. I've got a component stereo system that's going to gather dust until I toss it. Ditto old TVs, VCRs, DVD players, etc.
Unless you're doing what the guys in my office do, which is buying each new device and selling last year's model on E-bay/ Craigslist and using the funds to finance the next purchase. Fuck that, too much hassle. So instead I don't buy them anymore. Fuck it, tech moves too fast to invest in.
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Signe
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I do the same thing. Mostly Goodwill because they're close by. When I lived in Surrey, the charity shops would leave a bag at your door and pick it up a week or so later. That was handy. The last place I lived before this I donated to a church that took in homeless families. They picked up, too. I'm not overly selfless, but it's the easiest way to get rid of thing you no longer want without a lot of bother and it doesn't feel bad, either. If I was truly altruistic I would not only donate stuff but help out with the soup line and bring blankets to the winos living under the overpass. I don't. :( I wish I did, though.
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MrHat
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I either give my stuff to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or leave it on the curb. Some places will give you the donation value on a receipt for taxes.
I do this with everything that isn't electronics. I guess I could donate electronics and just make up a value for them for tax purposes since Goodwill gives you a blank slip. Worked out last year for taxes. |
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RhyssaFireheart
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Look for electronics recycling in your areas, most cities seem to have them now, at least periodically. Check your county and townships as well to see if they have any programs going on. We've pretty much cleared the old junk out of the house and given it to the recycling. Pretty nice that they'll take anything.
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dd0029
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Best Buy will recycle many things for free.
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Signe
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Anyone have recommendations for a good business accountant in San Fransisco? The start up my brother in law is involved in needs one fairly soon. Maybe some of you ARE good business accountants! That would be adorable.
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Samwise
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My aunt is a bookkeeper -- is that close enough? I don't know enough to even know what the difference is.
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Signe
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No, they really need an accounting company or something. I didn't realise either. So much for being helpful. Still, if anyone is one of those or has one of those, why not give it a go? Their investors have just submitted recommendations but they'll choose who they want. Geez, there's a lot of accounting firms that specialise in tech companies over there! Lawyers, too. Is that San Fransisco now? Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf and a bunch of tech companies? Where did all the hippies go?
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Merusk
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That's the big fight happening in SF right now. I keep seeing articles come through about how Silicon Valley is killing SF culture because there's too many millionaires and it's squeezing out all the weirdos.
White gentrification. It amuses me.
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Samwise
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Basically yes. Although the upper middle class white people getting squeezed out isn't just a problem for them, since they just move one neighborhood down the totem pole and squeeze out whoever went to go hide there after the previous wave of gentrification. There are a lot more white people in my neighborhood now (thanks, Whole Foods) than when I moved back here six years ago in an attempt to escape all the white people in Alameda.
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Ironwood
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Inverness is a real shithole. I hate being here. I'm fucking trapped here for days.
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Yegolev
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I bought some shoes there.
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Inverness is a real shithole. I hate being here. I'm fucking trapped here for days.
Have you visited the Ghost Tower? One of my favorite places from my youth. |
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IainC
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The Mustard Seed is a pretty nice place to eat there. One of the best meals we had on our trip around the UK recently.
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Yegolev
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Getting a flu shot. Normally I just overpower the virus with my manliness, but I'm tired of arguing with my wife.
The boy has Type A, getting some Tammiflu for him. My doctor won't give me any unless I visit his office; I need to find a new doctor anyway.
Most rides in Universal Orlando are broken. Even the new ones.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
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Merusk
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Are they broken or is it just the time of year that they service them because it's the downswing between Summer High Tourist season and Holiday travelers? There's a reason Disney always offers the free meal plans this time of year.
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Getting a flu shot. Normally I just overpower the virus with my manliness, but I'm tired of arguing with my wife.
The boy has Type A, getting some Tammiflu for him. My doctor won't give me any unless I visit his office; I need to find a new doctor anyway.
Most rides in Universal Orlando are broken. Even the new ones.
Got my flu shot today as well. I got the flu 15-20 years ago and swore I would never go another season without a flu shot. It fucking SUCKS. |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Inverness is a real shithole. I hate being here. I'm fucking trapped here for days.
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Ironwood
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Inverness is a real shithole. I hate being here. I'm fucking trapped here for days.
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Hawkbit
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Getting a flu shot. Normally I just overpower the virus with my manliness, but I'm tired of arguing with my wife.
The boy has Type A, getting some Tammiflu for him. My doctor won't give me any unless I visit his office; I need to find a new doctor anyway.
Most rides in Universal Orlando are broken. Even the new ones.
Got my flu shot today as well. I got the flu 15-20 years ago and swore I would never go another season without a flu shot. It fucking SUCKS. My doc talked me into a flu shot two years in a row and I got the flu both times with it. I'm better off not having the shot, because knowing I got the flu by my own decision? That fucking sucks more. |
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Signe
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Inverness is a real shithole. I hate being here. I'm fucking trapped here for days.
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Yegolev
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When I said the Universal rides are mostly broken, I meant that the ones I encountered were not down for scheduled maintenance. I don't remember anything being scheduled, unless Universal's idea of scheduled maintenance includes posting young troops at the entrances to turn people away (Disaster, which we were chuckling about). Gringott's, for example, was not working but they let everyone sit in the line as long as they wanted which informed me that they had no ETF except "soon". Turns out it started running at 1100, after we got out of bed at 0630 and got in the park around 0700-ish in order to do things without drowning in Floridians. Spiderman had problems while we were on it. Only half of Men In Black was running. Something was wonky on Transformers but I don't remember what. Hulk was fine. Hippogriffs were also fine. Be A Minion was good. Gringott's worked once we weaseled our way onto it. We didn't ride a lot of things, however, due to crowding and lines and fearful ten-year-olds. That just made being in the Gringott's line for 2+ hours that much more annoying. The worst part, however, was that we went to WDW first.  |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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HaemishM
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I started getting the flu shot a few years back because I was ALWAYS getting the flu the day my week long annual Christmas Vacation started. I got really fucking tired of spending my fuckoff time sick so I got the shot and it's worked every year since then.
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Sky
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Speaking of moving and throwing stuff out, I tossed the remainder of stuff I had in storage at my mother's house when she moved recently...but I also had to keep the electronics. Those big ol' legacy cards with that goooold...I need to look into a good scrapping place.
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Maven
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My mind wants to get a set schedule with which to run my life. My body says "Fuck it." and does what it wants. I went to bed at 8pm to try and get up at 4am. That didn't work out -- I woke at 11pm and gamed until 4am. Either it's the Bipolar or the poor impulse control.
The solution to proper life management appears to be to toss my electronics and stop gaming, start eating healthy, drink a minimum amount of caffeine, exercise, and become a hermit.
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MrHat
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My mind wants to get a set schedule with which to run my life. My body says "Fuck it." and does what it wants. I went to bed at 8pm to try and get up at 4am. That didn't work out -- I woke at 11pm and gamed until 4am. Either it's the Bipolar or the poor impulse control.
The solution to proper life management appears to be to toss my electronics and stop gaming, start eating healthy, drink a minimum amount of caffeine, exercise, and become a hermit.
Rhythms are hard to trick. Best bet for waking up at 4am is to just do your regular thing until 11pm-1am and set an alarm at 4am. You'll wake up tired, but an immediate shower and a huge hot coffee usually get you through to 8am. Then the real tired begins. I used to have to get up at 4am to commute from NE Baltimore to DC for work. Its fine for a couple weeks but then all those lost hours of sleep catch up to you and you become a zombie. |
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Merusk
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I read once that if you don't eat for 16 hours and then eat. Boom, body clock reset because it says, "Oh, this is when the food's around."
The hard part is not eating for those 16 hours so I've never tried.
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Yegolev
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Alternately, infest your life with caterwauling dependents such that you do not get any rest whatsoever. You'll then be approximately the same amount of tired all the time and can sleep almost anytime the opportunity arises.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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I think you need a vorpal blade to defeat a caterwaul.
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Yegolev
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Also a good lawyer.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Rasix
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Apparently moving half way across the country for a lateral career move is considered sane in my household. We'd be making the more volatile job (mine) more volatile, leaving behind our entire support structure (which we lean on heavily), and bowing out on the idea of our dream house. All for a meager pay increase in an area that costs a substantial more to live in. However, it's not a done deal and could get scuttled at any point in the process (a wild internal applicant appears!) and in the meantime we'd have to burn a fairly major bridge to even start this. I don't need this shit.  I swear after this release is done at work I'm taking a few personal days and just sitting in bed watching TV. Maybe go on a hike. |
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Teleku
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Yesh, sorry to hear. Big moves like that really are only something to look at if it means a big pay increase or big career opportunity increase.
From what part of the country would you be moving from/to?
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Rasix
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Tucson, AZ to Seattle, Washington (probably not Seattle itself, likely a suburb like Issaqua).
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