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I have not done 1 or 2. The soap tray looks pretty clean, we use the tide HE liquid detergent from Costco. Maybe I’ll do both 1 and 2 soon and will report back :)

We got this in June of 2023 and we have had no issues whatsoever. Front loaders have an issue with mold in the door seal because most people leave the door closed after they use it so the water never really dries. We just leave the door open and only close it when in use. Then periodically we...

Not sure this is ICE vs EV as much as Chrysler/Jeep/Ram putting out shitty products. Dodge and Ram are just trucks and muscle cars, which I think never really became EVs. The grand Cherokee was the only good looking car they had and they changed the design for the worse.

Given his Taco Bell background and chipotle background I was pulling for him to make the turnaround happen. But given his hypocrisy I hope he gets fired for failing. To be somewhat fair CEOs travel a lot but if his direct reports are in Seattle he should be too. People don’t see hypocrites as...

I have not driven a cayenne. Although I believe repairs and maintenenace will be even more expensive than a BMW.

I did :-) I did get one temporarily and ultimately landed on 1.99% 15 year. So it was a win win for me

My car is 5.5 years old. I have the extended warranty for another 1.5 years so will keep it until then. I’m waiting to see what the 2027 X5 looks like, not a fan of the new X3 so if the new X5 looks like the new X3 I’ll have to reconsider getting something else. Maybe it will grow on me. I...

Yeah I didn’t realize the market cap was so low until I read the headline about it being acquired. Most people have heard of Kellogg, with such brand name recognition you would have thought it would have been a larger company.

We just got back from some international travel and as much as I like some places in Europe and Asia there really is no better place than the US.

We are quite fortunate and are way over that. But Irvine probably has 10-20% of households that would have over $585k of household income? 20% seems high actually. But all houses are crazy expensive in Irvine. I can’t imagine most home buyers are FCBs or people with huge down payment assistance...

We paid about 120k in just state income tax. Then we paid almost 20k in property taxes. The registration for 2 cars was about 1,400-1,500. Then we pay substantially more in federal income taxes. So we pay a lot of taxes. That’s why initially I was happy because I thought i would save $11,100...

When i first heard of the increase in earlier versions, my initial reaction was that I would reduce my tax liability by $11,100 (30,000 x 37%). Then I read that it would start being phased out at 500k. We won’t get any benefit at all. I’m guessing a decent amount of people in Irvine won’t get...

There should be no sanctuary cities. The DOJ should put those idiot mayors/governors in jail. I’m all for immigration as I benefited from it, but it should all be done legally.

A couple of years ago I had $3,000 or so taken out of my checking account. Someone walked in to a BofA branch in Texas (live in OC) and took the money out in person. I called BofA and they froze my account, opened a new one and transferred the balance to the new account (this happened...

We all know the difference. Skin color. White people do this and it’s considered patriotic. Anyone else does it and it’s a crime against America.

There are way too many factors that go into play to just simplify it that their success is predicated on kids receiving/not receiving help. Parenting can always help on the margins but I’ve always been a believer that people are born wired a certain way. I’m not sure a motivation to...

Apparently everyone in Silicon Valley :) In accounting/finance senior managers here in OC can get up to the 185K range for base but is has to be a good paying company. And I would say that is on the very high end of the range. Those people would usually be in their late 30s/early 40s. That’s...

I take 20mg of losartan (generic for creator) and the doctor said it is standard practice to take it a night since that is when more of the cholesterol is made My cholesterol was low 200s so she was hesitant to prescribe but i convinced her due to my entire family having diabetes, cholesterol...

I don’t think they make that much, at least not in their 30s. Maybe after 20 years of reaching. I looked up a principal in TUSD recently out of curiosity and they made $185,000 as their base. No bonus.

This view probably varies based on how well heeled the parents are. One person I know does pretty well but concerned about having enough during retirement so they don’t plan on dialing back their expenses for the sole purpose of leaving their kids something. And they will only pay a certain...