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I met with him today and just told him I'm not interested. Had no desire to open this can of worms.
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Moonjay posted...

MrCool812 posted...

Buy it, don't honor his living in the basement, and then sell the house for a profit.

Yep, that's a risk that he should be considering on his end too.

I'd rather not have my father disown me at the moment <_<
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I'm thinking I'll likely have to tell him no, but I'm gonna meet with him tomorrow and chat about it.
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Zeus posted...

I guess it comes down to how much you like the uncle and the house.

Ambivalent on both.
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Moonjay posted...

Also a lot would depend on the uncle's personality. If he's generally a good and honorable person, maaaaaybe. If he's generally an irresponsible ass, I'd run far away.

He's a good person that makes questionable decisions. Hence our lovely situation here. I do like him, but he's a bit of an odd duck.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Make sure you find out what his favorite foods are, in case you have to arrange a poisoning later.

This is why I like you. Always planning ahead.

Moonjay posted...

One thing I have to say is that in many places, letting someone live in your house for free for even a few months gives them rights that make it hard to get them to leave. After a few years he could just be like nope, not leaving. Then you have to go through the eviction process... Which a lot of people are too embarrassed or lazy to do to relatives. I know that so, so well.

At the absolute least, get everything very very clearly written down and signed. Preferably talk to a lawyer first.

Yeah, that's part of the red flags, the legal ramifications of such an arrangement. But then there's the whole issue of getting money involved with family and that can get awful fast.
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My uncle has ran into financial troubles, and the bank is repossessing his house. He has offered to sell me the house for the amount remaining on the mortgage, roughly 60% of the current value of the house. In exchange, I allow him to live in the basement suite for "a few years", rent free, while he gets back on his feet.

The price is obviously very tempting, but my lord, this is setting off so many red flags in my head. It's an awkward position, as I don't want to say no, but this seems like I'm setting myself up for a lot of headaches in the future.

Thoughts? Would you help out a family member in this situation?
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I bought a Kindle Paperwhite. I figured it was finally time to replace my Kindle Keyboard. That thing has served me well these past 8 years, but it's not in the best shape anymore, especially since it got it's first crack in the screen over the weekend. That thing has been all over the world with me though.

That, and I really will enjoy having a built-in backlight. The light that was part of the case served me well, but it was never really ideal.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Where are you camping?

I was out at Waskesiu, in kinda northern Saskatchewan.
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We survived the night. It was still raining this morning, so I made a trip into town to kill time and bought a pillow while I was there.

Finally looks like the weather is clearing up, and should be nice all day tomorrow and gorgeous on Monday (when I'm coming home)
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~60lbs. A big ol Shepherd/Rotty cross.
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Bulbasaur posted...

is it fucking intense

If it's still like this in the morning, I'll probably take a trip into the city until it calms down.

Bulbasaur posted...

use the dog as a pillow

She would likely object to that after more than a few minutes.
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One portion has a small leak so I stuffed a towel there. My dog is curled up on the air mattress next to me.

Also, I forgot a pillow.
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Vicious things.

They aren't Canadian at all.
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:(
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Mead posted...

I dunno about Jens employer but in a lot of fields they actually have you agree when you take a position that you wont work for any competitors

Non-compete clauses are getting very difficult to enforce these days, as courts typically don't like them. They'll enforce them if the terms are reasonable (can't work directly for a client for x amount of time), but blanket non-compete clauses often get thrown out. It makes no sense to say "you can never work for another company in this field ever again".

In fact, basically the only type that is allowed these days are forbidding you from starting your own company and taking existing clients with you. They can put whatever else they want in the document, but the courts will just ignore it unless you did something really bad like sharing trade secrets.
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Little baby cub. I was out on a hiking trail and all of a sudden there was just a bear in front of me. Since I didn't see Mama bear anywhere, I got out of there pretty darn quickly. Didn't want to find myself caught between mama and baby.

It was pretty adorable though. You guys ever run into unique animals?
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Troll_Police_ posted...

fucked up thing is, even next to the coast, i havent seen a single drop of rain this entire trip. ive always been either just ahead or just behind it.

It didn't rain often, but when it did it god damn poured.
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Troll_Police_ posted...

its funny because for the first week of this journey i COULD NOT GET THAT FUCKING SONG OUT OF MY HEAD

I basically kept that song on loop for the entire year I was working in Africa.
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3 and 8 are probably my favourites.
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I'm not gonna tell you it's amazing or anything, but I did enjoy it. It's also one of the few games I platinumed for what it's worth.

I didn't much care for the DLC though, mostly because it just explains things that were jarringly absent from the main game to begin with. And they were pretty darn short. Ignis' DLC was pretty dope though, even if, once again, it just told a story that I was really annoyed was cut from the main game.
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Revelation34 posted...

That's common?

Yeah. We hire a lot of new grads, and they often want to take a trip with their friends in the summer as one final hurrah, and it's not really worth postponing their start date by a month or two when we can better utilize that time for training them. So we tell them to start asap, and to take the week or two off for the trip, no big deal.
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Also, yes, apply for unemployment. Due to delays and stuff, you probably won't get the money until after you're back at work, but there's no reason not to collect it. That's what it's there for.
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keyblader1985 posted...

Smarkil posted...

Just find a new job and tell them you'll need a couple of weeks before you can start.

Is that really something that's acceptable to do though? (I'm actually asking.) I always assumed it was generally frowned upon, and that most of the time when a company is hiring that means they actually need help then.

Yup. Happens all the time. Employers know that it's worth delaying it a bit in order to get the employee the want.

One thing that's very common where I work is we hire a new person, and then two weeks later they're gone for a week or two for holidays they already had booked. It's fine, you just need to be upfront about it.
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1 is Inglorious Basterds, and 2 is Django Unchained.

After that it gets more difficult to decide.
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930mst

I normally don't sleep in that late, but I spent like 20 hours traveling the day before and didn't get home until 1am
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Chewster posted...

I get that rural areas are cheaper, but how the fuck is there anywhere in America where houses are $12,000? Are you sure you're not missing a digit somewhere? RVs are way more expensive than that and that's like a shitty version of a house. Even a lot of just normal cars are more expensive.

My question would be... Why the fuck would anyone rent if you can buy a house for that? Even on minimum wage you could easily afford to buy instead of rent.
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thedeerzord posted...

I've been looking at home prices, and although there are a few really cheap ones for only a few thousand, there are even more of them that are at 12,000 dollars.

What middle of nowhere hell hole do you live in that a house is a "few thousand dollars"?

The main reasons most people don't rent out houses (besides not wanting the hassle of being a landlord) is that houses are expensive. Not exactly easy to own a "couple dozen houses" when that will cost you several million dollars to get.
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Would you drive a tank if you had the option of piloting a Gundam instead?
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Smarkil posted...

How...is that possible?

I'm honestly not really sure. My parents always said that I could basically look out a window and become tanned, so I just assume I was always really tan before I'd spend enough time shirtless in the sun to burn.

The only other time I burned in my life I passed out drunk in a field <_<
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I'm now at the point where I'll be transitioning to a hotel and thus will be eating out every meal.

Today I went to Potbelly's for the first time ever. It was okay.
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Just having some leftover pasta from yesterday. Nothing exciting.
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This is not pleasant. The Texas sun is considerably more intense than the ol' Canada sun.

I do not envy you people who burn easily.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Going to cook up green onion cakes, gyoza, rice, and a hot and sweet chili garlic vegetable dish

That actually sounds pretty dope. From an online recipe you can share, or old dish you just know how to make?
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Update: the pasta was delicious.
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I'm actually having something different for once.

The plan is to have roasted red pepper penne with farmers sausage.
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helIy posted...

well you're in Canada, so

I'm in the US right now and plenty of places have made me input the pin when I used the chip. And I selected credit when prompted for credit or debit.
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dedbus posted...

Does your card have to allow it or will any chipped card work? Lots of places around here accept Samsung/Apple pay.

It's separate from chip.
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My neighbours when I was growing up were together for like 20+ years before they got married. And even then they just came back from vacation one day and were like "yeah, we're married now".
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Dynalo posted...

Chicken with mashed potatoes and cucumbers.

I decided to switch it up and have roasted potatoes instead of mashed potatoes.
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HelIWithoutSin posted...

Veedrock- posted...

Dynalo posted...

There is a very real concern that saying "yes" to that question would scare off interviewers and immediately get your application tossed out.

That's illegal.

It's also illegal to ask applicants this question.

And I'd love to see you try and prove you didn't get an interview solely because of it.
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Jen0125 posted...

Dynalo posted...
It's a tough one. It seems if anything, a government position is most likely to be accommodating to it. If it were a private organization, there's almost no chance I would say yes to that.

This is my fear. It's a private organization. It doesn't usually affect my job performance but sometimes I do take a day off because of my depression but it's usually sick time or PTO. I am on medication now though so hopefully it wouldn't be as big an issue as in the past.

Yeah. Sometimes you get lucky and get someone understanding, but just as likely that you'll get the HR person that will toss it in the trash. I was in counselling for a couple months earlier in the year and I let my boss know what was up and they were fine with it, but I'm not sure how many employers are truly willing to risk the dice roll and dealing with that potential baggage right from the get-go.
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Misread that so rereplying.

thedeerzord posted...

Were you diagnosed with depression or any other mental or physical disability by a doctor or therapist?

If so, then put in yes. I'm pretty sure they would have good reason to let you go if you lie about it.

The concern would be not getting an interview at all by saying yes. It would be a very odd thing to fire someone about, you would have to really piss someone off for them to use that as an excuse to fire you, and they would have found another reason to get rid of you.
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Blightzkrieg posted...

Do Americans still not have chips in their cards?

Chips are definitely more common, if not universal, as half the time I go to tap, they try and tell me it's a chip reader and point to where I put the card in.

And then the machine beeps and prints a receipt and they get really confused.
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Many of the machines over here allow tap to pay and it works, but the cashiers are always surprised and/or confused when I use it.

It's so handy. I recommend you guys get it.
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It was bound to happen eventually.
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MrMelodramatic posted...

Youre nearby me!

Austin? Houston? Dallas?

Never been to Dallas. Loved Austin. Heat is unbearable in Houston.
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You assume I'll be good enough to do anything more than flail harmlessly around the screen with whatever character I feel like controlling at the time.
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MrMelodramatic posted...

Ooooh. Where are you leaving?

Currently in Midland, Texas. Been here for about 3 weeks now.
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yourDaddie posted...

Whats the point on earning so much money then? Whats the point if havibg a glorious house when you can only be awake 2 hpurs a day inside of it..

Typically two goals

1) Provide a really good life for your children and ensure they have better opportunities.

2) Ensure that your retirement is worry free and allow you to do basically whatever you want.
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