Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[Coralc]

30 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I'm hoping I am on video to watch my slide.

 

🤣🤣☺️ I'm glad you are okay, with just some car damage. Out of control slides (well, really any car accident) are very scary and stressful. As is dealing with insurance and all the aftermath.

 

Maybe Eric can take you to work while the car is being repaired. It was convenient to be retired when my car was in the body shop recently, and we managed without a rental and just one vehicle for 10 days. we couldn't have done that when we were both working. 

[Coralc]

@dani negreanu This is a pretty cool story:

 

Hiker discovers rare 2,800-year-old amulet in Israel

Hiker discovers rare 2,800-year-old amulet in Israel (yahoo.com)

 

(I am taking a break from packing to surf the internet ☺️)

[aussielozzie18]

Icy path + ankle =. an early morning trip to hospital (once someone could be flagged down to help)at 6.30am and a teary call to parents in Australia in the early hours of the morning.  The winter season has ended prematurely for one of my “kids”.   Op in a few days time.

 

Greg, all the best for your op. Trust it all goes smoothly and you have a good recovery.

 

 

[lenquixote66]

5 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Well I guess you think highly of those doctors holding you together.😉

Medical Doctors are normally not on salary .

[lenquixote66]

3 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Perfect description.  I've been watching it one episode at a time, several days apart, when there's nothing better to watch.  It's entertaining, but not binge worthy.  

I watched 7 episodes today.I found it very entertaining .

[Ocean Boy]

1 minute ago, lenquixote66 said:

Medical Doctors are normally not on salary .

Actually, private practitioners like me are becoming less and less. Physicians coming out these days are taking salaried position and don't want the headaches of running a business.

[NHProud]

7 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Icy path + ankle =. an early morning trip to hospital (once someone could be flagged down to help)at 6.30am and a teary call to parents in Australia in the early hours of the morning.  The winter season has ended prematurely for one of my “kids”.   Op in a few days time.

 

Greg, all the best for your op. Trust it all goes smoothly and you have a good recovery.

 

 

That hurts ! I wish your kiddo a successful surgery and quick healing.

[lenquixote66]

7 hours ago, Keksie said:

The salaries you want to be the highest are paid from taxes (our pockets).  The salaries you think should not be as high are paid from the company (their pockets).  There is a difference!

Not necessarily.Teachers working in Private or Parocchial schools and Nurses in private hospitals are not paid by the public.

[lenquixote66]

6 hours ago, MJSailors said:

Snowy day here on Eastern LI.

Schools are closed. The plow just went up and down the street.

Our local pharmacy called about a delivery that was scheduled for today but has been cancelled. Will deliver tomorrow. Totally understand.

But, Amazon just made a delivery.

Totally unnecessary given the snow in the driveway and front walk. I feel sorry for the Amazon drivers being sent out in these conditions.

Hoping everyone experiencing the storm is safe and warm. Wishing everyone a good day.

MJ🙋🏻‍♀️

We had sunshine this afternoon  for a while.

[Keksie]

2 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

Not necessarily.Teachers working in Private or Parocchial schools and Nurses in private hospitals are not paid by the public.

That is true and they can get paid as much as their employers are willing to pay.

[lenquixote66]

6 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I'm okay.   Besides the broken / hanging side mirror assembly.  I do have scratches down the whole the side.   Probably from street side pole.   Cars can be fixed.   I'm just glad I didn't hit anyone else. 

 

 I'm hoping i didnt mess up the mailbox.  I will leave them a note tomorrow when I pass by On way to work.

 

On my way home there were cars stuck in various places.   I was so happy when I pulled in my driveway.   

 

Eric was oblivious to the snow.  He was still in bed when I got home.   Living retired life to the fullest🤣

 

It has stopped snowing.   We just finished shoveling our driveway and neighbors.   

 

To all shovelers it's a wet heavy snow, Be Careful.

 

Glad that you are okay.

[Ocean Boy]

10 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

Not necessarily.Teachers working in Private or Parocchial schools and Nurses in private hospitals are not paid by the public.

Good lord. Firefighters, police, and school teacher (public school ones) are all tax based. And public schools are responsible for the majority of property tax assessments in most communities.

[DaniDanielle]

17 minutes ago, NHProud said:

That hurts ! I wish your kiddo a successful surgery and quick healing.

Me too!

[Luckynana]

23 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Icy path + ankle =. an early morning trip to hospital (once someone could be flagged down to help)at 6.30am and a teary call to parents in Australia in the early hours of the morning.  The winter season has ended prematurely for one of my “kids”.   Op in a few days time.

 

Greg, all the best for your op. Trust it all goes smoothly and you have a good recovery.

 

 

Sorry to hear that about your child, aussie!  Will they be operated while in Canada?

My youngest grandson broke his wrist last weekend while snowboarding.  Luckily it was a clean break.  He did great snowboarding for the first time all morning, before falling on his wrist just before heading to lunch.

[lenquixote66]

11 minutes ago, Keksie said:

That is true and they can get paid as much as their employers are willing to pay.

To reiterate or iterate in my;opinion they should be paid higher sums than athletes but that will never be.

[DaniDanielle]

1 minute ago, Luckynana said:

Sorry to hear that about your child, aussie!  Will they be operated while in Canada?

My youngest grandson broke his wrist last weekend while snowboarding.  Luckily it was a clean break.  He did great snowboarding for the first time all morning, before falling on his wrist just before heading to lunch.

Hope your grandson is okay.

[Luckynana]

@firefly333  Our HOA's went up quite a bit last year.  It's now gone even higher now this year.  

This definitely all has to do with not only insurance rates since the Miami collapsing disaster two or three years ago, as well as the devastating hurricane a year or two ago, but the many mandates that are now required in older condo communities.  Ours is 50 years old.

[Luckynana]

8 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Hope your grandson is okay.

Thank you, Marietta!  He's a real trooper!😊

[Ocean Boy]

37 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Icy path + ankle =. an early morning trip to hospital (once someone could be flagged down to help)at 6.30am and a teary call to parents in Australia in the early hours of the morning.  The winter season has ended prematurely for one of my “kids”.   Op in a few days time.

 

Greg, all the best for your op. Trust it all goes smoothly and you have a good recovery.

 

 

Sorry to read that. Do you know where the break is?

[Keksie]

11 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

To reiterate or iterate in my;opinion they should be paid higher sums than athletes but that will never be.

Everyone gets to have an opinion.  

[firefly333]

7 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

@firefly333  Our HOA's went up quite a bit last year.  It's now gone even higher now this year.  

This definitely all has to do with not only insurance rates since the Miami collapsing disaster two or three years ago, as well as the devastating hurricane a year or two ago, but the many mandates that are now required in older condo communities.  Ours is 50 years old.

Yea my oceanfront is built during the hey days of NASA. 1961. First year I bought they assured us HOA fully funded by then the elevator didnt pass. And I got a assessment for $3500 to fix the elevator. 

 

Now they want to paint the exterior, in 3 stages. 1 stage a year and HOPE the increase will cover painting.

 

Imo condo prices are soft all over florida. I can even buy pretty reasonable downtown miami. I had a alert at that port too but HOAs there are mostly over $1000. I draw the line at $1000 a month, though with my luck going to be there on one or the other the way insurance and wages for gardeners and stuff going. It is crazy, but I'm still moving there. I've had enough of texas. It's not my home state lol. 

[Ocean Boy]

7 minutes ago, Keksie said:

Everyone gets to have an opinion.  

Yes they do.

[Ocean Boy]

11 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Yea my oceanfront is built during the hey days of NASA. 1961. First year I bought they assured us HOA fully funded by then the elevator didnt pass. And I got a assessment for $3500 to fix the elevator. 

 

Now they want to paint the exterior, in 3 stages. 1 stage a year and HOPE the increase will cover painting.

 

Imo condo prices are soft all over florida. I can even buy pretty reasonable downtown miami. I had a alert at that port too but HOAs there are mostly over $1000. I draw the line at $1000 a month, though with my luck going to be there on one or the other the way insurance and wages for gardeners and stuff going. It is crazy, but I'm still moving there. I've had enough of texas. It's not my home state lol. 

If never dealt with HOAs before. How are property taxes handled on a condo property? Is the property assessed and then split according to the square footage of each unit?

[HBE4]

3 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Yup, my mirror does a bunch of stuff too (except it doesn't disappear as you are sliding down a big hill into a mailbox).    James Bond probably has one of them. 

 

James Bond would have little flame throwers built into the mirrors to fire down & melt the snow/ice to stop the slide.

 

 

2 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

You beat us.  We had 9.5 to 10 inches come down in 5 to 5.5 hrs.   

 

Did you start with freezing rain/sleet like us?   We had that for about 1/2 hr before change to snow.   

 

It started here around 3 am, I think. When I went to the bathroom at 2:30 it hadn't  started yet but my weather app said it was close by. Pretty sure it started as all snow, there was no trace of ice or crunchy snow underneath.

 

About 12-13 inches over 8-9 hours although at one point we had near white-out conditions.

 

[Luckynana]

4 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

If never dealt with HOAs before. How are property taxes handled on a condo property? Is the property assessed and then split according to the square footage of each unit?

We only have one and two bedroom condos in my community.  We pay more in our HOA for our two bedroom than those with a one bedroom.    As far as our property taxes, Jim and I are not Homesteaded, so our taxes are more than our good friends who are Homesteaded with their two bedroom.