nycman

I wouldn’t recommend booking a cruise at the last minute unless you SERIOUSLY don’t care about what boat, what room, or what destinations you’re getting. I did it once with family….it was a shit show. By far my worst cruise ever. You’re getting the dregs that no one….literally NO ONE ELSE wanted. It will be a shitty room, on a shitty boat, going to shitty destinations. If you’re incredibly lucky, you might get one of those three upgraded from "shitty" to "not so horrible". Trust me. Do your homework. Plan ahead. Spend some cash. Have fun. It’s not difficult.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. People do stupid things, then they (or public outcry) demands that we waste resources to “save them". Thus wasting taxpayer’s money and putting Emergency service responders at risk. We have laws. They’re not hard to follow. Or in the words of my father….."don’t be a moron". PS Anyone who says they’re going to commit suicide if you remove them from their homemade inflatable hamster wheel in the middle of the ocean….is de facto not sane.

"Share a pic of you to speed up the process." Yep, that sure "speeds up the process" for me…..

Sometimes the defense does more damage than the accusation.

We have different definitions of the word "lunch" grin

Wait, I was busy falling in love with your brain….now I feel so confused. grin.

I buy food for 2-3 days at a time (at most). If I’m having company, I shop the day of the dinner. Bulk non-perishable items, I go to Costco. Although given the time and gas it takes to get there and back, I’m not really sure I’m saving that much money.

Two words….Index Funds. I don’t under perform or out perform the market…..because I AM the Market!

It’s hard to envious (not to mention humble) when you already live in the Greatest City in the World. grin

It’s a combination of the high rates of crime and homelessness in California right now. It makes insuring a vacant home extremely risky, and the one thing insurance companies hate….is risk. I think of insurance companies like I think of Vegas casinos, they only take the bets they know they can win in the long run.

I’ve never understood why they don’t at least attempt to use proper English. I’ve warned everyone that works for me, "If your email isn’t in proper English, I will assume it’s Spam from a Scammer in India (or Pakistan, or Nigeria, or the Grand Caymans…I’m an equal opportunity racist) and delete it.

Damn right it is!

Sorry. It was a joke. Jarrod is chronically "irritated".

"Gramercy" studio….but his ad maps to Hudson Yards?

I’m beginning to think he doesn’t understand the concept….lol

As others have stated, this is not a new phenomenon. It’s one reason I love America so much. There are literally thousands of options for how and where you can choose to live.

I’ve found that Lloyd’s of London will insure just about anything…..for a price. Don’t ask me how I know. But I do. And yes, the ass fucking that I took was painful. Best of luck!

You’re new here aren’t you? grin

True. But the client is not obligated to accept your price hike. As they say, "The market will decide".

Personally, I find being slightly delusional helps…..

Baby, you’re old enough to know the answer to that question……grin

My kind of man!

I’d take the hit. Chalk it up to a lesson learned. And move on. At best the police will go through the motions, but not really do much. At worst, they’ll have lots of questions for you….. If the thought of doing nothing is burning a hole in your head, by all means talk to an attorney before you do anything. I was in a similar, but different, situation once when I was young. My father said, "Go talk to an attorney. Get it out of your system. Then move on." For the record, the attorney’s advice was "you’ve got a smart father, move on’.