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It's a mild skunk smell, but it's worse as an after smell on your clothes. People who smoke weed regularly don't realize their clothes smell awful similar to people who smoke cigarettes that can't smell it on themselves.

Patron or Don Julio.

Questionmarktarius posted...

if you're cheap, get ouzo instead.

I don't mind spending somewhere in the $50-200 range for a good bottle. I'd rather spend more on quality rather than just getting drunk.

MabusIncarnate posted...

That's a good tequila

We have some absinthe here that has Van Gogh on the box it's like $70

The only absinthe I ever had tasted like black licorice similar to Jager. It's a hard pass for me if they all taste similar.

Just finished off a bottle of Espolon Tequila, and now relaxing with 805.

My personal ranking is

Main Films
V>IV>VI>III>I>VII>II>IX>VIII

Spin Offs

Rogue One> Solo

Live Action TV

Andor>Mandalorian>Obi-Wan Kenobi>Book of Boba Fett

Don't care enough about the animated stuff to rank.

Edit: Forgot about Obi-Wan

Regardless of the controversy, Bud Light is trash beer. When I first started drinking, any liquor store or grocery store you walked into only had Budweiser or other generic American beers. The only imports were stuff like Corona or Heineken or malt liquor like King Cobra or Mickey's, so you didn't really have a choice. Now there's hundreds of options with most being significantly better than Bud Light.

I have 5% on the rear/back windows and 20% on the front windows. The front windows are darker than allowed where I live, but I've never had any issues so far.

I had a SNES first then got a Genesis later. The Genesis didn't get much use though outside of Sonic and Kid Chameleon.

I've always felt like razors do a better job of keeping a clean shave compared to the electric variants. A $20 6-pack of replacement blades usually lasts me about a year of shaving my head/cleaning up my cheeks/neck around my beard.

Dodgers or the Mariners.

CE_gonna_CE posted...

Ah.. got it. Well I think that is actually decent news. Im a CPA, not a tax lawyer or anything so take this as you will, but go off off Zillow/Redfin/Realtor. Those are true fair market estimates, not the value pulled for tax purposes.

Ultimately, the stepped up basis you have in the property is the market value that the house would go for if it were sold on the day they passed away and you inherited the property. I guarantee thats the 400-440, not the 280.

The same applies to the NG shares. Its just a lot easier to value those since you can pull the exact share price of that on the day of inheritance. Cant do the same for a piece of real estate, but short of getting an appraisal or valuation, Zillow and Redfin estimates are just as good and reliable as anything.

Thanks that's good to know. I'm currently getting ready to go through the probate process, so I'll talk to the probate attorney about all of this. I have the will and deeds/titles for the house/vehicles, just have to go through the process of transferring everything into my name.

fan357 posted...

Sorry for your loss. Sounds like your gonna make a fat stack tho.

Thanks, it was my father. He had esophageal cancer. This isn't the first time I've lost someone close to me, but it is the first time I have had to personally take care of all of their affairs and estate. It's especially difficult because I live in Nevada, and currently I'm in California trying to get everything handled.

CE_gonna_CE posted...

Where did the valuation come from, if you dont mind my asking? Ive never personally handled a case like this, but would imagine for IRS/tax purposes that there could be some leeway on what would be an acceptable source of record to determine FMV.

I mean, if Zillow Zestimate was showing a significantly higher FMV than what an alternative source was showing, for my records Id be going off of Zillow.

But yeah, I completely get not wanting to hold onto the property as a rental. Considering how much the market has shot up the past 2 years and what risk there is if it dropping more, selling would seem to be the most reasonable and lucrative option tbh

Zillow, realtor, redfin etc all value the house somewhere in the 400-440k range, but they were going off of what the house was valued for property tax purposes which was 280k

CE_gonna_CE posted...

This is correct. Step up in basis. Applies to real estate, stocks, pretty much any asset class

I inherited his house as well but I'm going to have to sell that as I don't live in California, and I don't really want to bother with trying to rent to random people. I will probably have to pay capital gains on the house though, because they valued it much lower than what houses in the area are going for.

littlebro07 posted...

idk how inherited shares work but selling before holding for a year results in more taxes being owed

could already be considered long term gains based on when they were purchased though

holding them gets you a nice $660ish quarterly dividend that you could then reinvest into buying more shares or cash out

My understanding is that if I sell them, it goes based on the value of the shares the day that he passed away. If I sell them for higher than that price I pay capital gains on any profit, or if I sell for less than that value I can show it's a loss. I don't have to pay any inheritance taxes on it though.

littlebro07 posted...

*looks up how much a share is*

well the first step is finding a trustworthy person with a strong financial background to handle your investments.

Like a total stranger from a dying video game message board who has made several 500 topics about the stock market

Well my plan is to talk to a financial advisor or a lawyer, but I really don't know If I should hold on to it or sell it all.

I just inherited 379 shares of Northrop Grumman. Waiting for all the paperwork to finalize, but I honestly don't have the slightest idea about the stock market in general.

Been drinking Guinness, 805, and tequila since 5pm. Have a nice buzz going right now.

And here I am getting annoyed when I find one scorpion in my house a few times a year. Just light the house on fire at that point.

I would say it's Bastion.

You would be surprised, when people drink they end up singing the most random songs that play at bars. I frequently go to a bar near my house where pretty much all the customers know each other and feel more comfortable being themselves.

I work out in my home gym. I generally wear basketball shorts and no shirt.

One is at 6 years 102,000 miles and the other is 2 years 15,000 miles.

I usually check the registry and pick something from the list. Although one of my friends got married two years ago and instead of a gift, I gave them money toward their honeymoon.

Just buy a disposable vape and take a rip on the plane and just don't exhale it, pretty simple. Get the nicotine without anyone knowing you're doing it.

He forgot to press O for dodge roll

I don't tip on carry out but if I pay in cash, I'll probably throw the coins from my change in the tip jar because I don't like having loose change in my pocket.

37, and I had lower back pain quite often, but it went away once I started working out and dropped 60 lbs.

MLB The Show 23 and water

whitelytning posted...

The Vegas shooting is so nuts. How have they not released more information about that guy and what he was doing. Look at that circle. I went to Wikipedia and skimmed it after seeing this thread. That was something different and it seems like it was just forgotten.

I was in Vegas at the time and on the strip when it happened. I remember the reaction from the police and people and the mood after the fact. Even I kind of forget about it until it comes up like this.

I had just moved to Vegas about 5 months before that shooting happened. It's insane that any person could cause so much damage to people and a city in one night.

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I do, but my game of choice is 4-card keno. It's easy to double your money if you understand the location where you're gambling and check the winnings board regularly to see which machines are hot/cold that day.

Gamble all of it and attempt to double or triple it.

I would take the 15k and just sprinkle black pepper all over the front porch to keep them away.

MabusIncarnate posted...

Right on, liked seeing Stafford win one. Knights kind of blew up in the NHL, I didnt think they would, that rookie season helped.

I would have liked to see Goff win one with us before he got traded for Stafford, but he never lived up to his potential unfortunately. I have a lot of fun watching Knights games with all the Vegas fans, but whenever the Knights and Kings are playing everyone knows where my loyalty lies. I'm going to the game on April 6th here in Vegas, Kings @ Knights with my friend who's a Knights fan so it should be fun.

MabusIncarnate posted...

Oh man I'm a "proud" Detroit sports fan except NBA.

I'm all LA myself. Dodgers, Rams, Kings. Used to be a big Lakers fan, but I lost interest in the NBA in the past 10+ years. Kings is fun because I live in Golden Knights territory, so wearing my Kings sweater while surrounded by Knights fans is awesome.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

That's like over 800oz's of water.... FUCK THAT. I'll take the headache.

Lol, the most I've ever drank in one night at the bar was about 200 oz of Guinness and about 10 Green Tea Shots. I like to socialize with random people and watch baseball, football and hockey while I do it.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

I'm doing that tonight and so help my fuck if you're wrong then im right and drink way more than all the jerks that say this.

Every bartender I know where I live in Las Vegas, knows to give me a glass of water with every drink I order. The idea is to have at least 8 oz of water for every drink you have. Alcohol dehydrates you, and even worse once you break the seal and are constantly draining your body of fluids. It also helps to avoid bottom shelf alcohol as well. I'd rather spend more on quality alcohol than risk any issues.

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

Welcome.

You're gonna have the shits and a headache tomorrow.

Thank you, I don't get hangovers or any other feelings the next day after drinking, because I drink a lot of water while consuming alcohol. That was something my uncle taught me when I was a teenager, was to always stay hydrated while drinking.

New to this topic but been drinking for the last few hours. I generally drink beer or tequila, but my friend had me drinking Smirnoff Vodka Watermelon mixed in V8 Watermelon Cherry Splash all night. It's a different kind of buzz than I'm used to but wanted to say what's up to everyone.

No, I haven't had fast food in about 3 years.

Continue my weight loss goals. If I continue on my current pace, I should reach my goal by June, which will be 18 months in total to lose 75 lbs.

No, the tallest woman I've ever been with was 6ft, which is 3 inches shorter than me. I'm not opposed to the idea of someone taller than me, but I haven't met anyone taller than me that I was attracted to, yet.

Thursday. It usually depends on her off days from work.

LA only because I grew up there and know where everything is. I have no intention of moving back though. I go back several times a year for baseball/hockey/football games since it's only a 4-hour drive.