kuraitengai

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[–] kuraitengai 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I never had an issue with my HSA card. Paid into one from 2016-2020 when I had a state job. Then switched off a high deductible to a standard plan with an FSA. Left the state job in August 2021 to go private. finally burned through the last of the HSA money in June 2023. Switched jobs back to the state last August and started paying into the FSA. They hassled me over every charge that wasn’t a copay. Go go the eye doctor. Prove it. Buy contacts. Prove it. Go to a chiropractor. Prove it. They deactivated my FSA card over $1.60 that the insurance said was over the standard amount.

Sorry, I pay into the account for medical purposes. I go to a doctor and you pay it. You have no business knowing WHAT the doctor did to me. They were demanding stuff as documentation from my wife that was a blatant privacy violation.

[–] kuraitengai 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I did that with mine. But I found that I had to feather the drill a lot to keep the grind consistent.

Eventually I just went back to buying pre ground.

Edit: actually I think I have the pro version of yours. Ended up buying a steel ring to go between the mill to stabilize the central steel pin. Got a more consistent grind after it. But felt I needed to keep the drill at a lower speed.

[–] kuraitengai 1 points 9 months ago

Exactly. I left that part off since I thought it was already a long description. But completely true. Can’t pay out an actor that takes a percentage if it never made any money on the “official” paper.

[–] kuraitengai 37 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Think of it like Russian nesting dolls.

You got the production company that pays $100 million to make a movie. The production company is owned by a studio. Production company licenses the movie to the studio that owns it for $200 million. But it’s all the same ownership and no money changed hands. It’s just on paper. So now the $100 million movie cost $200 million. Then the studio licenses out the movie to the marketing company, which the studio also owns, for $300 million. Again no money changed hands and the value is all on paper.

Do that a couple more times and that’s how a movie that literally cost $100 million and made $500 million at the box office “barely broke even”.

Might be off on the layers, but I heard that description of movie accounting years ago.

[–] kuraitengai 1 points 10 months ago

Don’t know about the same owner. But I know they are all franchises. Closest one is a major college town.

[–] kuraitengai 3 points 10 months ago

They, and most fast food, forgot what they are and why they are there. Cheap and fast food. Not sit down and expensive.

[–] kuraitengai 18 points 10 months ago (5 children)

It’s cheaper to go to our local Mexican place than to Taco Bell. My wife gets the two chalupa combo. And to switch from chicken to ground beef, the combo is $13. Her standing #4 at the Mexican place is $8.75.

When Taco Bell was advertised the $5 box, all the local ones had it at $5.99. Now it’s $8.99. There’s one Taco Bell about 20 miles away that actually does follow the advertised prices. But it’s not worth driving that far.

[–] kuraitengai 7 points 10 months ago

Same, mostly. Use the credit card for the cash back and points. Pay the balance off every month. Only things I pay interest on is my mortgage and car.

[–] kuraitengai 2 points 11 months ago

I don’t think it was the case in this one, but I think it was The Bourne Identity that they told the screenwriter to NOT read the book. I think they let him see the cover synopsis and that was it.

My thoughts are a 2-300 page book can be a movie. A 500+ page needs to be a mini series or series.

[–] kuraitengai 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That was my favorite book of the Ryanverse. Movie was horrible. Had high hopes for it.

[–] kuraitengai 4 points 1 year ago

Isn’t it also a Battlefield 2042 map?

[–] kuraitengai 2 points 1 year ago

When I bought my house in 2016, the total mortgage (principle, interest, taxes, insurance) was about 18% of my gross. Two jobs later, same house, it’s now 8% of my gross.

House value according to Zillow has doubled since I bought it. As has the interest rates.

Got to crash sometime.

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