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    Landlord / Rental info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I think you got more out of him than you would have in court. Even if you were basing the carpet depreciation on an assumed lifespan of 10 years (which is absurdly long for a rental) and all of the carpet was ruined and needed replacement you would be looking at $2400. That said, what's considered damage versus normal wear and tear when you're leasing to a pet owner? Why are spending that much on carpet if you're going to allow pets?

    There's an assumption that the pet won't piss and shit all over the interior of the house. Allowing pets in a rental is a favor to the renter. Abusing the favor and breaking the contract has consequences.
    Lastly, I think threatening to go through his chain of command is a bit of a dick move. If you're leasing to an IBM employee it's not like you can go to his boss.

    Fuck that. He breached the contract and should pay. Taking the IBM employee to court and having a judgement against him would ruin options for him. Threatening a chain of command involvement has no lasting effect on the Sgt.

    Pilot Life and raising a family

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Well that escalated quickly. I think the best piece of advice from this thread is spend your 20's as a single pilot and don't get married till your 30. A lot of the older folks in my squadron say the same thing.

    Meh. I have a wife of 7 years with a kid on the way and I'm not 30. We make it work and enjoy the adventures. As for "normal life," you can pretty much take that and throw it out the window. As long as I'm not dead when I turn 35, things will be fine.

    Tim Tebow (NSFW)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Wait, how are you going to say Collins sucks when he actually helped take the Nets to the Finals in '03,

    Honestly, I don't really even care to defend the record of a has-been, but you obviously don't know shit about NBA basketball.

    Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A guy in the squadron just got back from shoe flag. In a discussion about retention issues, someone asked the full bird guest speaker what their plan was for fighter pilot shortages (expecting an answer involving incentives). The good colonel responded with something along the lines of, "We plan to stop-loss the irrational masses from making a bad decision and leaving active duty." So there you go. You're all just irrational and the leadership will set you straight. I dare them to stop-loss us. Hello 5 hour work week.

    North Korea at it again

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Really? A lot more than usual? So when NK sank a South Koran warship in may of 2010 killing 46 that was just business as usual?

    Ruined my week of leave.

    What about when they shelled a South Korean island? Was that just a joke.

    No. Ruined my Thanksgiving.

    ADDED:

    Along with no war war there we be no hiring boom, mass exodus from the AF,...

    This actually is starting. Ask the guys who are filling the revoked Viper slots to UPT/IFF.

    But anyway. NoDAKs can't do anything but whine and throw temper tantrums. I thought it was a great call to fly the B-2s over just to poke them in the eye a little. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

    Aviano F-16 pilot KIA

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    In response to the tragic loss of our fellow River Rat and Active Duty USAF F-16 pilot, Major Lucas "Gaza" Gruenther, the River Rats in conjunction with our charitable arm, the Air Warrior Courage Foundation (AWCF) has established a college 529 to accept tax deductible contributions for his daughter's college education.

    ......

    Please help us get the word out so that we can all support the Gruenther family, part of our River Rat family now and forever, and please give.

    Cheers,

    Cap-10

    Are the funds from this going to be combined with the already established PayPal buttons from Flare's post?

    Aviano F-16 pilot KIA

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Gaza was a River Rat...I believe he was even the River Rat Warrior Award winner out of the B Course.

    The Rats can't legally start collecting funds until his wife has given us permission. The River Rat National Board has been in contact with the family liaison officer as well the the 555 FS/CC...as soon as we get the ok from his wife, we will send out the donation info.

    FallingOsh, if you don't mind me asking, who did you e-mail?

    Cheers,

    Cap-10

    I'm in contact with Dave and he gave me the same info.

    Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by FallingOsh

    "Some, however, said the survey shows the need for sensitivity training and guidance from leadership so the change goes smoothly,"

    Sensitivity training for our Marines. Just fucking awesome.

    "About 17 percent of male Marine respondents and 4 percent of female respondents who planned to stay in the service or were undecided said they would likely leave if women move into combat positions. That number jumped to 22 percent for male Marines and 17 percent for female Marines if women are assigned involuntarily to those jobs, according to the survey."

    They are probably just talking, but I think it's interesting how many females said they would leave.

    "The questionnaire also relied on the "mistaken belief" that training standards will remain the same, which Donnelly said is not realistic given the differing physical abilities between the genders. She said the Pentagon is bent on imposing gender-based quotas that will drive down standards. Defense leaders say standards will not be lowered."

    http://news.yahoo.co...-002047180.html

    Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Equality of opportunity. If not one woman successfully joined the infantry/SF/etc. due to the new policy change because they simply couldn't make it, it'd still be the right policy to have gotten rid of the gender ban. people will whine, bitch, and/or sue until standards are changed or women are passed for the sake of passing.

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    Taxes, the Deficit/Debt, and the Fiscal Cliff

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Thought I remembered someone saying this...that $1.5T in cuts "wouldn't even begin to make a dent."

    It doesn't begin to make a dent, no matter how you frame it.

    This is why it's still important to get something close to the $1.5T; it's not to "solve" the problem of debt, it's to stabilize it, solving will take more work, just like any major problem you can't turn the Titanic on a dime.

    And only a politician or an idiot would champion deficit reduction of $1.5B per year when the deficit is $1.5T per year. They've made it pretty clear that sovling the debt problem is out of the question. Excellent analogy using the Titanic though.

    And we'd still have a shit-ton of debt at 60% of GDP,

    Yes, we would. And it will be even worse at 73% which is what your quote stated as a goal. 60% would be a miracle at this point.

    but it's generally agreed upon that such a ratio is a favorable goal...

    By "generally agreed upon," do you mean supported by absolutely no economic data and considered arbitrary by the IMF... because that's what your article calls it. (which is irrelevant anyway since we're not shooting for 60 as a goal, remember)

    i.e. the goal is not to get to 0%

    Apparently the goal is to get to 73%, which is 13 points higher than some arbitrary number supported by no economic data.

    The household analogies really are gross over-simplifications that aren't really helping.

    Of course they're oversimplifications. They're analogies. If anyone atually ran their personal lives like congress then they would be dead, bankrupt, in prison, or all of the above.

    Taxes, the Deficit/Debt, and the Fiscal Cliff

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    So you're worried that debt poses a real long-term threat to your retirement and government-backed savings accounts (i.e. TSP)?

    No. I would not trust the government with my retirement plan in the first place and this is exactly why.

    Let's not be so worried about the long-term threat that we miss the near-term threat.

    And there it is, right there. Let's not be worried about the long-term. This same thing happened two years ago and here we are again. The government doesn't care about the long term. Ever. They're only concerned with what is happening right now and how that will affect the next election cycle. "Pay it right now and deal with the real problem later" has not, does not, and will not work.

    It seems extremely unwise on a personal level to seek a default on U.S. government debt when you're personal retirement is highly tied to accounts and future promises that are part of that government debt... I'm betting as an active duty military officer who draws his pay and may want to draw retirement benefits in the future from that government, the consequences of default would be a little more severe for you and all/most of us here.

    Don't start that personalize guilt trip bullshit. If you or anyone else trusts the government with your future or your retirement then I highly suggest you reevaluate.

    And please :bash: yourself
    hammer someone in the face?

    if you still think raising the debt ceiling causes us to incur more national debt. Debt is incurred when and only when Congress appropriates more money than it takes in over a given time period.

    Congress appropriates more money than it takes in and then raises the debt limit to cover it. I'm well aware of the fucked up cycle that causes this year after year after year. Every year they say we MUST HAVE THIS BUDGET PASSED OR THE ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE AND PEOPLE WILL STARVE and then a year or two later the same people say we MUST RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT TO PAY OUR BILLS OR THE ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE AND PEOPLE WILL STARVE. The cycle has to be broken somewhere.

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    Taxes, the Deficit/Debt, and the Fiscal Cliff

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    So let me get this straight, unless you out-right own something and/or paid cash for it, you don't actually own it? If you bought a new laptop and paid for it with a credit card (and didn't pay off the balance), you don't actually own that laptop? I would bet if someone stole it you'd argue otherwise to your insurance company...I guess I'm not tracking.

    No, you are clearly not tracking. If you purchase something on credit, you do not own it outright. The person or entity who extended you the credit owns it. You do not own a house you mortgaged; the bank owns it. Just because Airman Dumbass drives a $65,000 BMW does not mean he owns it.

    And on your last point, you say the President tells the American people he's looking to cut spending and you're advice is the GOP shouldn't try to fulfill that wish given their stated desire to do the same?

    I'm saying "looking" for $1.5T in cuts over 10 years is a useless, petty claim. Even if he quit "looking" for it and "found" it, 1.5 over 10 years wouldn't even begin to make a dent.

    I'm not joking, what did I say that was inaccurate? Can you explain why the Treasury suspending investment in the G fund? What event or looming problem might be causing that accounting move?

    It's your logic that kills me. "If you're concerned about these slight-of-hand accounting tactics that potentially affect your TSP account, tell Congress to raise the debt ceiling immediately and Treasury will stop taking these "extraordinary measures." I'm concerned about shittly slight of hand accounting so I should be in favor of continually raising the debt limit. Just let them keep doing what they're doing or they'll be forced to take our pensions. It's not their fault, it's mine for not supporting more national debt, right?

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