Overheard on Facebook

[dycker1978]

Sale Ad: "Dryer works just fine. Heats great. We had to buy matching set when washer went out. Not very pretty but it does the job."

I just don't understand this.  Is the laundry room now a place where your friends judge your adequacy?

There have been several more of these out here.  Below is the latest.  Guess you have to have a matched set.

LOL I used to own a repair company.  I get these for free quite often and resell them on the local buy and sell.

Dishwashers are huge too.  People "need" stainless and the white or black ones are given away.  I take them and sell them for a minimal mark up of $40 or $50.  I sometimes even get a "tip" for taking the old one off their hands.  People are funny sometimes

In none of the ads has there been any mention of getting the broken one fixed.  I think $150 for a professional repair is cheaper than $800 for a matched set.

You would think so wouldn't you.  You would not believe the amount of times when I was in business, I would give a quote of 150 or 200 and would get the Oh wow... that is so expensive.  I can but another set for 1200 and they will have warranty, so I will just to that.  I would then mention that I could dispose of the old one for them for $75 a piece.  The would take me up on that about 1/2 the time.  I would do the repair, and sell the set for a tidy profit.

[Joggernot]

Sale Ad: "Dryer works just fine. Heats great. We had to buy matching set when washer went out. Not very pretty but it does the job."

I just don't understand this.  Is the laundry room now a place where your friends judge your adequacy?

There have been several more of these out here.  Below is the latest.  Guess you have to have a matched set.

LOL I used to own a repair company.  I get these for free quite often and resell them on the local buy and sell.

Dishwashers are huge too.  People "need" stainless and the white or black ones are given away.  I take them and sell them for a minimal mark up of $40 or $50.  I sometimes even get a "tip" for taking the old one off their hands.  People are funny sometimes

In none of the ads has there been any mention of getting the broken one fixed.  I think $150 for a professional repair is cheaper than $800 for a matched set.

You would think so wouldn't you.  You would not believe the amount of times when I was in business, I would give a quote of 150 or 200 and would get the Oh wow... that is so expensive.  I can but another set for 1200 and they will have warranty, so I will just to that.  I would then mention that I could dispose of the old one for them for $75 a piece.  The would take me up on that about 1/2 the time.  I would do the repair, and sell the set for a tidy profit.

I may have the answer...for your repair bill you have to pay cash.  For the new matched set you make payments on credit.  That has to come into play somehow.

[Pooperman]

French fries came from Belgium...

Belgium isn't really a country (quill18).

[dycker1978]

Sale Ad: "Dryer works just fine. Heats great. We had to buy matching set when washer went out. Not very pretty but it does the job."

I just don't understand this.  Is the laundry room now a place where your friends judge your adequacy?

There have been several more of these out here.  Below is the latest.  Guess you have to have a matched set.

LOL I used to own a repair company.  I get these for free quite often and resell them on the local buy and sell.

Dishwashers are huge too.  People "need" stainless and the white or black ones are given away.  I take them and sell them for a minimal mark up of $40 or $50.  I sometimes even get a "tip" for taking the old one off their hands.  People are funny sometimes

In none of the ads has there been any mention of getting the broken one fixed.  I think $150 for a professional repair is cheaper than $800 for a matched set.

You would think so wouldn't you.  You would not believe the amount of times when I was in business, I would give a quote of 150 or 200 and would get the Oh wow... that is so expensive.  I can but another set for 1200 and they will have warranty, so I will just to that.  I would then mention that I could dispose of the old one for them for $75 a piece.  The would take me up on that about 1/2 the time.  I would do the repair, and sell the set for a tidy profit.

I may have the answer...for your repair bill you have to pay cash.  For the new matched set you make payments on credit.  That has to come into play somehow.

You would think that, but I took Visa and MasterCard.

[Joggernot]

Sale Ad: "Dryer works just fine. Heats great. We had to buy matching set when washer went out. Not very pretty but it does the job."

I just don't understand this.  Is the laundry room now a place where your friends judge your adequacy?

There have been several more of these out here.  Below is the latest.  Guess you have to have a matched set.

LOL I used to own a repair company.  I get these for free quite often and resell them on the local buy and sell.

Dishwashers are huge too.  People "need" stainless and the white or black ones are given away.  I take them and sell them for a minimal mark up of $40 or $50.  I sometimes even get a "tip" for taking the old one off their hands.  People are funny sometimes

In none of the ads has there been any mention of getting the broken one fixed.  I think $150 for a professional repair is cheaper than $800 for a matched set.

You would think so wouldn't you.  You would not believe the amount of times when I was in business, I would give a quote of 150 or 200 and would get the Oh wow... that is so expensive.  I can but another set for 1200 and they will have warranty, so I will just to that.  I would then mention that I could dispose of the old one for them for $75 a piece.  The would take me up on that about 1/2 the time.  I would do the repair, and sell the set for a tidy profit.

I may have the answer...for your repair bill you have to pay cash.  For the new matched set you make payments on credit.  That has to come into play somehow.

You would think that, but I took Visa and MasterCard.

You're a good businessman.  I'm truly at a loss for why people don't do repairs.  I use repair people and "handy" people because I'm handicapped and they have save me a bunch of money over the years.

[Insanity]

Part of it is fear and value estimation.  I have friends that have had to repair (because their home warranty company requires it) their dishwasher so much it is effectively new. 

If you donMy have the warranty company, though, and you are paying $150-$200 a repair, the concern is that the thing is starting to break down.

At 2-4 repairs, the challenge of not knowing when the repair is needed,  the the no idea if the $150-$200 is the max, and the age of the washer, it can most certainly be better to replace it. 

Would I spend $4k to fix a 10 year old car or $12k to get a 4 year old car?  I would do the later every time.. 

[Joggernot]

Part of it is fear and value estimation.  I have friends that have had to repair (because their home warranty company requires it) their dishwasher so much it is effectively new. 

If you donMy have the warranty company, though, and you are paying $150-$200 a repair, the concern is that the thing is starting to break down.

At 2-4 repairs, the challenge of not knowing when the repair is needed,  the the no idea if the $150-$200 is the max, and the age of the washer, it can most certainly be better to replace it. 

Would I spend $4k to fix a 10 year old car or $12k to get a 4 year old car?  I would do the later every time..

I put in a new transmission on a car with 210k miles and 12 years.  I still have the car at 270k miles and it's doing just fine.

[Rural]

Part of it is fear and value estimation.  I have friends that have had to repair (because their home warranty company requires it) their dishwasher so much it is effectively new. 

If you donMy have the warranty company, though, and you are paying $150-$200 a repair, the concern is that the thing is starting to break down.

At 2-4 repairs, the challenge of not knowing when the repair is needed,  the the no idea if the $150-$200 is the max, and the age of the washer, it can most certainly be better to replace it. 

Would I spend $4k to fix a 10 year old car or $12k to get a 4 year old car?  I would do the later every time..

I put in a new transmission on a car with 210k miles and 12 years.  I still have the car at 270k miles and it's doing just fine.

Yeah, I've paid a grand total of $14,600 for all vehicle purchases over the last three decades. Repair costs have been considerably lower than that, but there have been three transmissions, of which one was a mistake in hindsight... So how many such mistakes would I have had to make to equal one $12k vehicle?

[Insanity]

Part of it is fear and value estimation.  I have friends that have had to repair (because their home warranty company requires it) their dishwasher so much it is effectively new. 

If you donMy have the warranty company, though, and you are paying $150-$200 a repair, the concern is that the thing is starting to break down.

At 2-4 repairs, the challenge of not knowing when the repair is needed,  the the no idea if the $150-$200 is the max, and the age of the washer, it can most certainly be better to replace it. 

Would I spend $4k to fix a 10 year old car or $12k to get a 4 year old car?  I would do the later every time..

I put in a new transmission on a car with 210k miles and 12 years.  I still have the car at 270k miles and it's doing just fine.

Yeah, I've paid a grand total of $14,600 for all vehicle purchases over the last three decades. Repair costs have been considerably lower than that, but there have been three transmissions, of which one was a mistake in hindsight... So how many such mistakes would I have had to make to equal one $12k vehicle?

Read my post again.  You will see I say fear and inconvenience.  I never once said it was mathematically better.

[Rural]

Part of it is fear and value estimation.  I have friends that have had to repair (because their home warranty company requires it) their dishwasher so much it is effectively new. 

If you donMy have the warranty company, though, and you are paying $150-$200 a repair, the concern is that the thing is starting to break down.

At 2-4 repairs, the challenge of not knowing when the repair is needed,  the the no idea if the $150-$200 is the max, and the age of the washer, it can most certainly be better to replace it. 

Would I spend $4k to fix a 10 year old car or $12k to get a 4 year old car?  I would do the later every time..

I put in a new transmission on a car with 210k miles and 12 years.  I still have the car at 270k miles and it's doing just fine.

Yeah, I've paid a grand total of $14,600 for all vehicle purchases over the last three decades. Repair costs have been considerably lower than that, but there have been three transmissions, of which one was a mistake in hindsight... So how many such mistakes would I have had to make to equal one $12k vehicle?

Read my post again.  You will see I say fear and inconvenience.  I never once said it was mathematically better.

You said value, not inconvenience, which is why I was addressing the numbers. But I think it's perfectly okay to consider inconvenience, especially at the numbers we're both talking about, if that's what you want to do.

[Cornelia]

The Queen's English never uses locations as a descriptor?

Location-descriptors used in everyday American English that may have nothing to do with where the product or service was produced:
French manicure
dutch Chocolate
Alabama Slammer
German Measles

I can't think of any more.

French doors
French vanilla
French fries
Italian ice
Greek yogurt
Belgian waffles
Swedish fish
etc

Canadian bacon

We don't even have such a thing in Canada! We have regular bacon (side bacon), and back bacon (sometimes called peameal back bacon) because it's rolled in yellow meal. Yum... bacon.

[grantmeaname]

Canadian bacon

Again, I never asserted that such phrases didn't exist in American English. They obviously do.

[dragoncar]

Canadian bacon

Again, I never asserted that such phrases didn't exist in American English. They obviously do.

shh, don't ruin the foam.

[KodeBlue]

The Queen's English never uses locations as a descriptor?

Location-descriptors used in everyday American English that may have nothing to do with where the product or service was produced:
French manicure
dutch Chocolate
Alabama Slammer
German Measles

I can't think of any more.

French doors
French vanilla
French fries
Italian ice
Greek yogurt
Belgian waffles
Swedish fish
etc

What? No one's mentioned French Ticklers!

[Elderwood17]

The Queen's English never uses locations as a descriptor?

Location-descriptors used in everyday American English that may have nothing to do with where the product or service was produced:
French manicure
dutch Chocolate
Alabama Slammer
German Measles

I can't think of any more.

French doors
French vanilla
French fries
Italian ice
Greek yogurt
Belgian waffles
Swedish fish
etc

What? No one's mentioned French Ticklers!

You just had to go there.......!

[lostamonkey]

Would I spend $4k to fix a 10 year old car or $12k to get a 4 year old car?  I would do the later every time..

This is really just a math question. I would have to know the market value of the 10 year old car (without the repair), the expected market value of both these cars at a certain point in the future, the expected repairs savings per year due to having a new car, and your expected return on investments. It's not that difficult to calculate which is the better option if you had all this information.

[cerebus]

A $4k fix in a 10 year old car sounds enormous, like nearly the value of the car. If you're buying properly and not using the manufacturer costs to repair you shouldn't ever have to spend that much in one big chunk. The most we had to spend at once was $1k on a 10 year old bmw and that hurt - we ended up swapping the car for a same aged camry.


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[theadvicist]

Talking of fixing appliances, I can see why a lot of un-handy people don't do it.

Our dishwasher stopped heating the water (here in the UK dishwashers and washing machines are only connected to the cold water supply. They heat whatever water is needed. I don't know if this is unusual on the grand scheme of things or not).

Anyway, we figured it was either the heating element or the thermostat that was the problem. The drying cycle was leaving dishes warm, so we figured the element was working, perhaps it was just a faulty thermostat that wasn't telling the heating element to come on.

It's a Bosch machine. 2003 model, always worked perfectly. We started taking it to bits. It wasn't easy. After much frustration and YouTubing, we got to the thermostat, and removed it. A replacement was not available.

I looked at how much a similar used Bosch machine would cost. I could get one locally for £30.

We eventually tracked down a used thermostat of the correct spec on ebay. £8. Ordered, put the machine back together so it wouldn't be in the way. Part arrived, took it all apart again, fitted it, works perfectly.

This took, in total... 3 hours? Trying to disassemble a machine that is clipped, not screwed together, trying to find a manual online (it came to us second hand) etc.

A new (used machine) would have only cost £22 more than the repair (so less than 3 times the cost of the repair). If we weren't handy people, I can totally see why you would just buy a new (although we would buy used) one, because the economies are similar - a repair guy would have charged £50 call out, then gone away to source the part (£20 new if he could get it?), then £50 to come back and fit it.. and a new machine would be under £360.

But I'm glad we are able to fix things like this, partly for the cost savings, but mainly for keeping it in circulation and out of landfill for longer (though much of the machine will be recycled, some can't be).

[zephyr911]

FYI, the larger style is properly called a "Freedom Fridge" where the smaller one is "Kenyan Socialist Rot Box".  /sarcasm

...dyin' here xD

[Jags4186]

"When I feel like crap- I spend money...  This past weekend I got us a brand new couch, new guest room furniture, and a trip booked to the Bahamas... So you can only imagine how terrible I've been feeling LOL."

[Avidconsumer]

Talking of fixing appliances, I can see why a lot of un-handy people don't do it.

Our dishwasher stopped heating the water (here in the UK dishwashers and washing machines are only connected to the cold water supply. They heat whatever water is needed. I don't know if this is unusual on the grand scheme of things or not).

Anyway, we figured it was either the heating element or the thermostat that was the problem. The drying cycle was leaving dishes warm, so we figured the element was working, perhaps it was just a faulty thermostat that wasn't telling the heating element to come on.

It's a Bosch machine. 2003 model, always worked perfectly. We started taking it to bits. It wasn't easy. After much frustration and YouTubing, we got to the thermostat, and removed it. A replacement was not available.

I looked at how much a similar used Bosch machine would cost. I could get one locally for £30.

We eventually tracked down a used thermostat of the correct spec on ebay. £8. Ordered, put the machine back together so it wouldn't be in the way. Part arrived, took it all apart again, fitted it, works perfectly.

This took, in total... 3 hours? Trying to disassemble a machine that is clipped, not screwed together, trying to find a manual online (it came to us second hand) etc.

A new (used machine) would have only cost £22 more than the repair (so less than 3 times the cost of the repair). If we weren't handy people, I can totally see why you would just buy a new (although we would buy used) one, because the economies are similar - a repair guy would have charged £50 call out, then gone away to source the part (£20 new if he could get it?), then £50 to come back and fit it.. and a new machine would be under £360.

But I'm glad we are able to fix things like this, partly for the cost savings, but mainly for keeping it in circulation and out of landfill for longer (though much of the machine will be recycled, some can't be).

I bought a washing machine and didn't realize for 6 months that the drum that was screwed into the back needed to be unscrewed. It would rattle like crazy and actually snapped the back outside casing. It just wanted to be free, but nope. I went and bought a new back casing and screwed it even tighter. I mentioned the issue to someone with a little bit of knowledge and oh boy did I feel stupid. haha. Luckily it still works.

[MgoSam]

"When I feel like crap- I spend money...  This past weekend I got us a brand new couch, new guest room furniture, and a trip booked to the Bahamas... So you can only imagine how terrible I've been feeling LOL."

Ouch, terrible way to manage moods. I am getting better about going for walks when I feel bad. Heck I feel bad getting candy as a crutch when I've had a bad day, or going and getting some Korean food instead of cooking.

[Beaker]

You would think so wouldn't you.  You would not believe the amount of times when I was in business, I would give a quote of 150 or 200 and would get the Oh wow... that is so expensive. ... I would then mention that I could dispose of the old one for them for $75 a piece.  The would take me up on that about 1/2 the time.  I would do the repair, and sell the set for a tidy profit.

Wait... so they wouldn't spend $150 to repair the machine, but they would drop $150 to have it hauled away? I can't even begin to fathom how that makes sense to anyone.

[trailrated]

This is slightly embarrassing because it was done by me... but I had been trying to talk my sister into bringing me a milkshake to work. After a few facebook posts I resorted to a gofundme page and posted the link on her fb.

The info said something along the lines of "After two days of trying, and still no milkshake... I have decided to take up my cause with the internet. Please through your generosity and kindness help donate to thaw my sisters ice cold heart to milkshake temperature."

Her friends thought it was funny and I quickly hit my $10 goal and shut it down. And I got a milkshake. :)

[dycker1978]

You would think so wouldn't you.  You would not believe the amount of times when I was in business, I would give a quote of 150 or 200 and would get the Oh wow... that is so expensive. ... I would then mention that I could dispose of the old one for them for $75 a piece.  The would take me up on that about 1/2 the time.  I would do the repair, and sell the set for a tidy profit.

Wait... so they wouldn't spend $150 to repair the machine, but they would drop $150 to have it hauled away? I can't even begin to fathom how that makes sense to anyone.

I know good deal right... People are nothing if they are not predictable.

[MgoSam]

You would think so wouldn't you.  You would not believe the amount of times when I was in business, I would give a quote of 150 or 200 and would get the Oh wow... that is so expensive. ... I would then mention that I could dispose of the old one for them for $75 a piece.  The would take me up on that about 1/2 the time.  I would do the repair, and sell the set for a tidy profit.

Wait... so they wouldn't spend $150 to repair the machine, but they would drop $150 to have it hauled away? I can't even begin to fathom how that makes sense to anyone.

I know good deal right... People are nothing if they are not predictable.

The predictable stupidity of people might make for a profitable sideline. I wonder if you would ever ask them a week later (after they've paid you $150 to dispose of it), if they would like to buy them back for $300?

[Jags4186]

"When I feel like crap- I spend money...  This past weekend I got us a brand new couch, new guest room furniture, and a trip booked to the Bahamas... So you can only imagine how terrible I've been feeling LOL."

Ouch, terrible way to manage moods. I am getting better about going for walks when I feel bad. Heck I feel bad getting candy as a crutch when I've had a bad day, or going and getting some Korean food instead of cooking.

I should point out that this person commutes from PENNSYLVANIA TO MANHATTAN every day.

[cerebus]

"When I feel like crap- I spend money...  This past weekend I got us a brand new couch, new guest room furniture, and a trip booked to the Bahamas... So you can only imagine how terrible I've been feeling LOL."

Ouch, terrible way to manage moods. I am getting better about going for walks when I feel bad. Heck I feel bad getting candy as a crutch when I've had a bad day, or going and getting some Korean food instead of cooking.

I should point out that this person commutes from PENNSYLVANIA TO MANHATTAN every day.

My dad used to commute from Baltimore to I think Colombus every day, something like that. 400 mile round trip. 

[golden1]

Under a set of pictures of a cute 6-year old at the hairdresser's:

"Amy gets her first Brazilian blowout!"

And the comments are all along the line of "What a great day for her!"

My unvoiced thoughts are "Seriously? What six year old needs a Brazilian blowout?"

I have seen a few FB posts that show elementary school girls getting high maintenance and expensive hair dye and highlight treatments.  Ridiculous.

[MgoSam]

"When I feel like crap- I spend money...  This past weekend I got us a brand new couch, new guest room furniture, and a trip booked to the Bahamas... So you can only imagine how terrible I've been feeling LOL."

Ouch, terrible way to manage moods. I am getting better about going for walks when I feel bad. Heck I feel bad getting candy as a crutch when I've had a bad day, or going and getting some Korean food instead of cooking.

I should point out that this person commutes from PENNSYLVANIA TO MANHATTAN every day.

My dad used to commute from Baltimore to I think Colombus every day, something like that. 400 mile round trip.

I pity everyone that has such a comment. I can't imagine imaging having to do that. I drive to Chicago and back twice about 8 times a year, about 400 miles each way and can't imagine having to do a long commute on a daily basis. How does anyone do 400 miles each day? That would mean 6 hours of driving in addition to their work day?

[zolotiyeruki]

I pity everyone that has such a comment. I can't imagine imaging having to do that. I drive to Chicago and back twice about 8 times a year, about 400 miles each way and can't imagine having to do a long commute on a daily basis. How does anyone do 400 miles each day? That would mean 6 hours of driving in addition to their work day?

Maybe he flies? :)  ExFlyBoy could have made that trip in an hour each way back when he had a plane :)

[cerebus]

I pity everyone that has such a comment. I can't imagine imaging having to do that. I drive to Chicago and back twice about 8 times a year, about 400 miles each way and can't imagine having to do a long commute on a daily basis. How does anyone do 400 miles each day? That would mean 6 hours of driving in addition to their work day?

Yeah my dad's a bit crazy like that. He does very high paid contract work, like $300/hour type stuff, all over the country. But his wife is in Baltimore so he would just pay the price to get back home every evening. He literally had no life apart from working and driving. And now at age 60 after doing this contract stuff for like 15 years, he tells me he's doing 2 jobs because he doesn't feel that he has enough to retire on. He owns 7 homes, 6 rentals. He's one of the main reasons I've taken this route and I want to check out of the race as early as possible.

(and no he drove it each way, every day).

[zephyr911]

I should point out that this person commutes from PENNSYLVANIA TO MANHATTAN every day.

Depending where in Pennsylvania, that's not necessarily terrible... right? Well... OK, it probably is.

[Jags4186]

I should point out that this person commutes from PENNSYLVANIA TO MANHATTAN every day.

Depending where in Pennsylvania, that's not necessarily terrible... right? Well... OK, it probably is.

75 miles one way at the closest point...

[zephyr911]

75 miles one way at the closest point...

Yeah, that's terrible with the traffic jams they get.
I can hardly stand my unbikeable 9.8 miles with 5-10 minutes of congestion on a bad day (total time 20-30 minutes). LOL

[I'm a red panda]

I should point out that this person commutes from PENNSYLVANIA TO MANHATTAN every day.

I know a number of people who either do Philadelphia to NYC or vice versus. 
The only ones who make sense are the low level pilots who pick up jobs out of both airports so it is a bit erratic. 

The others, I can only assume are a spouse compromise.

It's a 2-hour commute apparently.

[zephyr911]

I know a number of people who either do Philadelphia to NYC or vice versus. 
The only ones who make sense are the low level pilots who pick up jobs out of both airports so it is a bit erratic. 

The others, I can only assume are a spouse compromise.

It's a 2-hour commute apparently.

If the traffic isn't too bad, yeah....

[Insanity]

I know a number of people who either do Philadelphia to NYC or vice versus. 
The only ones who make sense are the low level pilots who pick up jobs out of both airports so it is a bit erratic. 

The others, I can only assume are a spouse compromise.

It's a 2-hour commute apparently.

If the traffic isn't too bad, yeah....

A good friend works for MSNBC.  He does the Philly commute to NYC.  He was working off hours an drove, but now takes the train.  It is a hellish long commute.  Oddly,  they do not even live between  the two jobs.  She drives in the same direction he does to get to the train.

[Rheagar]

From a girl I knew in college:

"Ever road - EVERY. FRIGGIN. ROAD. Is under construction. I could bike to work faster."

Hmmm maybe she's on to something here...

[Murse]

Well its been a long hour and half... after 4 long phone calls and 10 minutes of waiting on each I'm finally getting the phone I want... I broke my phone today (white note 4) I went to file the claim and asurion told me I can only get black so after talking to AT&T and calling asurion back and speaking with a supervisor he was able to find me a white note 4 smile emoticon after spending 900 for the phone and now an additional 150 for this replacement I want what I want! After all I want to thank Chris in Resolutions at Asurion for taking care of me smile emoticon OPINION TIME: Am I crazy to go this far all because of a color?

[Sibley]

Well its been a long hour and half... after 4 long phone calls and 10 minutes of waiting on each I'm finally getting the phone I want... I broke my phone today (white note 4) I went to file the claim and asurion told me I can only get black so after talking to AT&T and calling asurion back and speaking with a supervisor he was able to find me a white note 4 smile emoticon after spending 900 for the phone and now an additional 150 for this replacement I want what I want! After all I want to thank Chris in Resolutions at Asurion for taking care of me smile emoticon OPINION TIME: Am I crazy to go this far all because of a color?

Yes.

[boyerbt]

Well its been a long hour and half... after 4 long phone calls and 10 minutes of waiting on each I'm finally getting the phone I want... I broke my phone today (white note 4) I went to file the claim and asurion told me I can only get black so after talking to AT&T and calling asurion back and speaking with a supervisor he was able to find me a white note 4 smile emoticon after spending 900 for the phone and now an additional 150 for this replacement I want what I want! After all I want to thank Chris in Resolutions at Asurion for taking care of me smile emoticon OPINION TIME: Am I crazy to go this far all because of a color?

Yes.

Especially if you are going to put said phone into some kind of case that hides most, if not all, of the color anyways...

[RetiredAt63]

Standard joke/comment in Canada - we have 2 seasons, winter and road construction.

From a girl I knew in college:

"Ever road - EVERY. FRIGGIN. ROAD. Is under construction. I could bike to work faster."

Hmmm maybe she's on to something here...

[MgoSam]

Standard joke/comment in Canada - we have 2 seasons, winter and road construction.

Same here in Minnesota.

[RetiredAt63]

Back to the previous foam.

In Quebec a "California stop" is an "American stop".  Ask me how I know.

[lemanfan]

Standard joke/comment in Canada - we have 2 seasons, winter and road construction.

Same here in Minnesota.

And Sweden.

[DeepEllumStache]

Standard joke/comment in Canada - we have 2 seasons, winter and road construction.

Same here in Minnesota.

And Sweden.

Texas doesn't have that, but we have construction year round which translates to a bunch of lane closures on construction sites that you rarely see anyone working on.

The joke in Texas is that our seasons are December, January, February, and Summer!

[flamingo25]

I am part of a local free/swap group on FB. It's pretty neat overall, but occasionally gets weird.

For example, today (Wednesday) someone asked for a bottle of bleach b/c they need to do laundry and don't get paid until Friday.

[justajane]

Has anybody mentioned an Irish Goodbye? I just learned that one.

A SAHD I know "checks in" on Facebook almost every day at a coffee shop or restaurant with his two kids. Photos of his coffee drink or food is often included. This is in between checking a pools, children's museums, etc. He must spend a fortune on food and entertainment for them during the day. As far as I know he's almost never with his wife - she must be putting in extra hours to pay for all this!

[Kitsune]

A relative just posted to Facebook about his "early retirement as of this Monday!!"

He's 67.