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Congratulations!! I'm originally from Seattle, but one of my uncles had a homestead up there in Pend Oreille county WA, pretty close to Idaho. beautiful area even though the rest of Washington has gone from bad to worst. I would go back to Idaho, but my wife wants a warmer climate and milder winter, so we're looking at TN. BTW, wife is a Jersey girl too, but she can't wait to exit this state. It's sad too because NJ does have a lot to offer.

Ok that makes sense. For me the most time consuming part of cooking is the prep work - slicing, dicing, chopping, chiffonade. The actual putting heat and fire to raw inputs is relatively quick or at least less work. Sounds like the unskilled labor in fast food and chains could be replaced pretty easily though. Did the robot dog have a flamethrower? https://throwflame.com/products/thermonator-robodog/

Yeah, I'm sure there's resistance, especially among older people. I don't think complete automation is coming to haute cuisine soon, and most people want to talk to a waiter or sommelier if they're shelling out big money. But at least taking care of the more mundane tasks like bussing tables, washing dishes, basic prep work could help control costs

How much change do you see currently or near future with automation and robots in the industry? I'm guessing that as wages and personnel costs increase, more establishments are looking to replace high cost labor with automation. This may not be cheap either, but as labor costs go up and retention becomes difficult, automation becomes more competitive. Plus robots never take breaks, can work 24/7, never mess up your food, and always wash their hands after using the restroom.

We never let then inside. Last re-evaluation was 6-7 years ago, wife politely told him that he was welcome to look around the property and he could look in the windows. He saw two white resin chairs in the basement and told her that this constituted a finished basement. And everything in the basement is bare concrete/ cinder block, and mechanical systems. Nothing finished about it. Ultimately he relented and I'm sure that was a ploy to coerce us to allow him in

We're almost there as well!

And it's sad because there's a lot to like, especially South NJ, the North West, and the Beaches. Like Washington State, the Illiberals have managed to take something good and totally destroy it.

You need to leave NJ when you retire. They will still levy tax on contributions to TSP and traditional IRA, but if you leave the state, they cannot tax your withdrawals. If you stay in NJ. they'll tax everything

We're looking at TN. Although real estate has also increased there too, as well as number of people moving there. Constitutional carry and arming teachers seems like very strong 2A. protection

Same in Washington State, mass migration of Californians in the 80s had the initial effect of driving up real estate prices, and eventually flipped the state from redish to blue.

My phone died last year when I was OCONUS. only backup was an old Fire tablet, and almost every account wants to 2F to my phone or authenticator. And I was using eSIM. Very difficult to get even minimal capability. But I will NEVER use eSIM for my primary number again!

Or you could go to login page with Firefox and select "forgot password" It should send a rest link to email or SMS I use KeePass, and I don't store that password electronically, only handwritten

Oh I think this is gonna be worse than Y2K, and many of us remember what an apocalypse that was

I'm getting my orange blockers ready

As for being judged by 12, it's going to cost you in this state.

Unfortunately most people don't think like that (present company excluded). People just think high tech, lasers,= better. I'll bet in if you ask most people with, say, grip lasers, how they calibrate or sight them in, your just going to get a blank stare. They just assume the bullet is going to follow the dot

I can't tell the difference between the red and green optics, and it's hard to find in blue.

I honestly would have no problems paying even higher gas tax under the following conditions: 1. All gas tax and MV fees are used only for roads, bridges, etc (repair, maintenance, new construction). 2. Eliminate all tolls (there would be savings by not having to pay for salaries and equipment maintenance for toll collection). So you pay more gas tax (as a use tax) and no more tolls 3. Fix the astronomical per mile cost of NJ road construction and maintenance Unfortunately our government is incapable of doing this

They're working on taxing EVs as well: https://www.nj.com/news/2024/03/an-automatic-gas-tax-hike-and-new-electric-vehicle-fee-head-to-nj-governor-for-his-signature.html#:~:text=The bill also proposes a,the vehicle registration is renewed.

Didn't NJ have one of the lowest gas taxes before Christie? And don't try to escape by using an EV, that's slated for $250 / year tax too. Maybe they should charge an annual gas tax on people who move out of state as well!

Agree! But at least in US you know what to expect from the legal system, medical care etc. You really do not want to end up in a Mexican hospital or jail. But this Warren county story is crazy! Never let an "acquaintance” in your home!

Yeah, it gets a little worse every year, but not as bad as Tulum. I think Tulum has been completely ruined. Situational awareness is important, and most problems occur when people go looking for drugs or other stuff. We used to go almost anywhere in the city, local neighborhoods, day or night. Now we mostly stay in hotel zone or go with our local friends. This last trip we went into town to go to Market 23. Used to be really great and friendly to tourists, now not so friendly (but still much cheaper tchotchke). And there are occasional random shootings-typically the cartels taking care of independent entrepreneurs who encroach on their sales, but sometimes there is collateral damage. I just feel bad for our friends who live there, grew up there, and they can't just go somewhere else.

Okay that clears it up. Honest answers of course, but no duty to volunteer the info if you don't have PTC. Got it, any traffic stop, but only if you have PTC. Thanks!

So does this mean duty to inform if you are merely transporting IAW statute (i.e. unloaded, in a closed and fastened box, securely tied package, or in the trunk etc.) and you don't have CCW?

I think most of the border traffic is not Mexican, but coming from South and Central America, China, etc. Tbh, I think those resentful people are not native to that area.