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My mother was a single parent working on a teacher's salary in a very rural area and my father was completely useless. Also, after college an old friend of mine became a teacher at a private school and only made $12k a year, so I definitely understand.So with that 15 grand burning a hole in your pocket, I know of this table and chair set...Seeing as it's 69.44% of my net salary for the year, I can think of a LOT of things to do with that much money.Back when I was in grad school and NobodysWife was a receptionist at a nurse call center, our combined two-income gross was $29k a year.
The one that impressed me the most was Saint Mary's College in Moraga: My salary as a Ph.D. with 5 years of teaching experience was $37k flat. Student tuition was $40k. So I was worth less than a single student.
I should probably explain what I mean by "very rural".
The largest town in the county is under 5000 people.
Since 1970 census, the highest population figure for the county was in 1970 at 16,222. As of 2015 it's listed at 13,736. Again...that's for the entire county I grew up in.
There were no traffic control signals in the entire county until roughly 1994-1995. In a 6 month stretch two different towns each installed traffic signals at a single intersection. One did it out of actual need due to grain truck and semi traffic. The other town did it because the other town did it.
Since then there have been a grand total of zero traffic control signals installed in the entire county.
Closest grocery store at that time: 9 miles. Closest grocery store that was in a town that had a second useful service? 15 miles. Now, decades later? Closest grocery store is 15 miles.
Closest movie theater? 30 miles away was a two-screen theater, until about 1987 when a drive-in theater reopened about 15 miles away (and still open, now with two screens). The at the time modern theaters were all between 40-60 miles away in all four cardinal directions. This is still true. The two-screen theater that was 30 miles away closed in the early 90's.
Closest hospital is 15 miles.
School district when I was there? The elementary school was 7 miles away in a different town. The junior high building was in my town but it closed before I ever went there. The high school was 9 miles away in yet a different town.
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And apparently it's "Naked Fireside Tales by Vany" for the last couple pages.
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My mother was a single parent working on a teacher's salary in a very rural area and my father was completely useless. Also, after college an old friend of mine became a teacher at a private school and only made $12k a year, so I definitely understand.So with that 15 grand burning a hole in your pocket, I know of this table and chair set...Seeing as it's 69.44% of my net salary for the year, I can think of a LOT of things to do with that much money.Back when I was in grad school and NobodysWife was a receptionist at a nurse call center, our combined two-income gross was $29k a year.
The one that impressed me the most was Saint Mary's College in Moraga: My salary as a Ph.D. with 5 years of teaching experience was $37k flat. Student tuition was $40k. So I was worth less than a single student.
I should probably explain what I mean by "very rural".
The largest town in the county is under 5000 people.
Since 1970 census, the highest population figure for the county was in 1970 at 16,222. As of 2015 it's listed at 13,736. Again...that's for the entire county I grew up in.
There were no traffic control signals in the entire county until roughly 1994-1995. In a 6 month stretch two different towns each installed traffic signals at a single intersection. One did it out of actual need due to grain truck and semi traffic. The other town did it because the other town did it.
Since then there have been a grand total of zero traffic control signals installed in the entire county.
Closest grocery store at that time: 9 miles. Closest grocery store that was in a town that had a second useful service? 15 miles. Now, decades later? Closest grocery store is 15 miles.
Closest movie theater? 30 miles away was a two-screen theater, until about 1987 when a drive-in theater reopened about 15 miles away (and still open, now with two screens). The at the time...
you are in Illinois, yes?
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you are in Illinois, yes?
Yes I am. East Peoria now. Grew up in the big empty area bordered by Kankakee (whole other story about that place) on the north, Bloomington to the west, Champaign-Urbana to the south, and Lafayette IN to the east. In the middle of that you won't find any single town beyond maybe 6000 people other than Rantoul, which is basically a northern suburb of Champaign.
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Dang. And I thought Hazelhurst was bad.
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The funniest part about that entire story is that I grew up in a "small town" of 18,000...
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I grew, for a time, in Brooklyn, Wi. Population: Unincorporated.
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And then there was Blenker, Wi. Population: unincorporated.
Christie, Wi. Population: Unincorporated.
Arpin, Wi. Population: 600.
Didn't break 1,000 until high school and I lived in Monroe, Wi. Population: 10,027. Their motto was "We'll bring you back!"
I've never gone back.
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And then there was Blenker, Wi. Population: unincorporated.
Christie, Wi. Population: Unincorporated.
Arpin, Wi. Population: 600.
Didn't break 1,000 until high school and I lived in Monroe, Wi. Population: 10,027. Their motto was "We'll bring you back!"
I've never gone back.
My home town was around 450 when I was there. It's hovering about 350-400 now. My mom still lives there. My entire high school was 100 students. Now the towns that made up that district have been split off to join other districts as the school dissolved in 1992. Well, dissolved as an abstract entity, not as a physical structure. That would be...I'd pay an awful lot of money to watch that.
Blenker, Christie, and Arpin are at least within 15-20 miles of Marshfield with about 15k people. I was 15 miles from Gibson City and Paxton, with about 3500-4500 each at the time. Those are the two largest towns in the county.
Yes, Cap and I (mostly me) are pathetically arguing about who came from a smaller town. It's a reverse measuring contest in some way, I'm sure. ;)
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Small town in Suffolk (there's a lumpy bit on the right hand side of England - the bottom part of that is Suffolk)
Small village in SW England
Small town in SW England.
Leeds, a city with around 700k inhabitants
A small town in West Yorkshire, NE England
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I'm amazingly boring.
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So with that 15 grand burning a hole in your pocket, I know of this table and chair set...Seeing as it's 69.44% of my net salary for the year, I can think of a LOT of things to do with that much money.
Don't forget to take the Impus Major's laptop either!
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Population of Kraków. It's Polish wiki site, but it's mostly numbers: year - population.
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With 10 months in 2013/2014 spent in Norwich (140k city/213k urban area), and many months spread across my childhood years in Zakopane with approximately 27-28k denizens.
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I'm making Pasghetti and Meatballs for dinner.
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I'm making Pasghetti and Meatballs for dinner.
An all-time classic.
Scary thing: I'm making the same thing.
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<-5.6 million people.
Urff. I don't feel my usual energy levels today. Like I'm a little off, somehow.
Still no good movies to watch. And I'm not equipped to go ice skating. Can't go there in a dress, you know.
Er, personal preference? Weird Singapore law? 'cause, y'know, ice dancers and all! (Wow! You'd think Googling "Ice dancers full-length dress" would bring up at least ONE of the amazing routines I've seen from women in dresses below their knees, but noooooooo...)
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I'm making Pasghetti and Meatballs for dinner.An all-time classic.
Scary thing: I'm making the same thing.
Farfalle with Nova lox, shallots and green peas in a vermouth cream sauce.
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I know someone in Charleston, IL...
WHERE FREEHOLD HATH LIVED
Born - 1986
Brooklyn, NY pop- 2,230,936
GREATEST city on the face of the EARTH. But the drugs were getting to be a problem.
1986-1987
Sacramento, CA pop 275,741
Memories of here are hazy at best, but I was miserable here due to lack of snow.
1987-1990
Brooklyn, NY pop- 2,300,664
GREATEST city on the face of the EARTH. But the drugs were getting to be a problem. As was the crime. And mom wanted to get married.
1990-1993
Northampton, PA pop 8,714
The middle of nowhere. Puberty only marginally helped the absolute boredom. And bike riding. And Nintendo, of course. But also, puberty. And also introduction to roleplaying games.
1993-NOW
Brooklyn, NY pop 2,504,700
GREATEST city on the face of the EARTH. Puberty was awesome here. As was growing up the rest of the way.
And employment. And paizo. And stuff.
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1986-1987
Sacramento, CA pop 275,741
Memories of here are hazy at best, but I was miserable here due to lack of snow.
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Since leaving Monroe it's been Madison, 3 months driving around the west as homeless artistes for our honeymoon, Seattle, and back to Madison, where we've dug in for the last 13 years.
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I'm making Pasghetti and Meatballs for dinner.An all-time classic.
Scary thing: I'm making the same thing.
Farfalle with Nova lox, shallots and green peas in a vermouth cream sauce.
Hermione's favorite, so she requested it.
when i was her age, I wanted burgers...
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Great, except when you get snow blindness... I was on verge of it a few times. Completely disregarded by my parents and grandparents, despite me almost crying out of eye pain and having to cover my eyes.
<-5.6 million people.
Urff. I don't feel my usual energy levels today. Like I'm a little off, somehow.
Still no good movies to watch. And I'm not equipped to go ice skating. Can't go there in a dress, you know.
Er, personal preference? Weird Singapore law? 'cause, y'know, ice dancers and all! (Wow! You'd think Googling "Ice dancers full-length dress" would bring up at least ONE of the amazing routines I've seen from women in dresses below their knees, but noooooooo...)
Because of the Redonculous Race, I am now biased against ice dancers (though not really). :)
Man, I miss my mom’s spaghetti.
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WHERE FREEHOLD HATH LIVED
1986-1987Sacramento, CA pop 275,741
Memories of here are hazy at best, but I was miserable here due to lack of snow.
You are incorrect, sir. You were miserable because you were in Sacramento.
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I grew up in the tiny town of Yoakum, Texas. Population in 2010 according to Wikipedia was 5,815, which is about give or take where I remember it being when I graduated from high school.
I currently live in the East Brainerd suburb of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which in 2000 had a population of 14,132 but is now considered unincorporated as of 2010's census.
Between those two I lived in Tempe and Mesa, Arizona, two suburbs of the Phoenix Metro Area. The populations of both were "too big" and I don't care enough to look up anything more specific.
My current residence is probably about the most concentrated population I can stand. I am not a big-city person, I learned that living in AZ.
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Man, I miss my mom’s spaghetti.
Trust me; by this point in time it's spoiled.
And I know spoilage. I've seen Shiro's fridge. Some of those sights I can never unsee.
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You are incorrect, sir. You were miserable because you were in Sacramento.WHERE FREEHOLD HATH LIVED
1986-1987Sacramento, CA pop 275,741
Memories of here are hazy at best, but I was miserable here due to lack of snow.
I drove through Sacramento, I can verify that.
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I grew up in the tiny town of Yoakum, Texas. Population in 2010 according to Wikipedia was 5,815, which is about give or take where I remember it being when I graduated from high school.
I currently live in the East Brainerd suburb of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which in 2000 had a population of 14,132 but is now considered unincorporated as of 2010's census.
Between those two I lived in Tempe and Mesa, Arizona, two suburbs of the Phoenix Metro Area. The populations of both were "too big" and I don't care enough to look up anything more specific.
My current residence is probably about the most concentrated population I can stand. I am not a big-city person, I learned that living in AZ.
But you have yet to describe a big city.
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The world is shame.
This is... wonderful.
I mean, it's painful, but wonderful, too.
(Okay, he's probably a great guy, but the male vocal doing the not-rap-whatever-it's-called really shouldn't be doing that, but still.)
Anyway, Abandon Ship is a game I now want, and Into the Breach looks promising. Sigh. Some glad day. XD
Also: DANG IT, CHROME, WHY DID YOU REMOVE THE ABILITY TO MUTE INDIVIDUAL TABS; I LIKED THAT FUNCTIONALITY.
(They have replaced it with the ability to mute the whole site, but that is supremely inconvenient when you have multiple tabs of the same site and want exactly one of them to play audio. Technically you can turn this feature on, but it's still not returned to your right-click menu - you have to left-click the little audio-horn-symbol, and that suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. Uuuuuuuuuuuugh.)
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Oh, and the newest season of Voltron on Netflix is wonderful. Actually wonderful, rather than "ironically" (or whatever) wonderful like the KidzBop, above.
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The kids didn't get in to Voltron, unfortunately.
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The world is shame.
KILL IT WITH FIRE.
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...interesting. The {bigger} tags have not been adjusted for the current forum's larger text size. They actually shrink your text now.
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The world is shame.KILL IT WITH FIRE.
But if you kill it, someone might have to wake it up inside.
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I think I need a new job. So 2 of the 5 front desk people have quit and 3 of the 5 house aids. So its been an interesting week.
Huh Serendipitous one of the jobs I applied to emailed me back today!
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Conversations with Impus Major:
IM: Yeah, I'm building a whole Kidz Bop playlist for my car rides. I just added that one to it.
NH: So, you no longer want to ride in my car, I see
IM: Why do I have "WaLuigi Hentai" on my "Recent Play" list?
NW: Get out!
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<-5.6 million people.
Urff. I don't feel my usual energy levels today. Like I'm a little off, somehow.
Still no good movies to watch. And I'm not equipped to go ice skating. Can't go there in a dress, you know.
Er, personal preference? Weird Singapore law? 'cause, y'know, ice dancers and all! (Wow! You'd think Googling "Ice dancers full-length dress" would bring up at least ONE of the amazing routines I've seen from women in dresses below their knees, but noooooooo...)
NH - those are trained professionals. I am a nub. Which means I expect to fall a lot. And since ice isn't smooth, I expect when I fall to get my knees scrapped by it, which is why I want to be wearing pants when that happens.
Conversations with Impus Major:
IM: Yeah, I'm building a whole Kidz Bop playlist for my car rides. I just added that one to it.
NH: So, you no longer want to ride in my car, I seeIM: Why do I have "WaLuigi Hentai" on my "Recent Play" list?
NW: Get out!
I find kids bop disturbing sometimes based on the songs they choose to cover. Some of those songs kids should not be singing.
Turn off the lights by nelly fertado, P-diddy I need a girl, I'm pretty sure I saw a commercial long ago with that your body is a wonderland song as well. To weird for me.
Edit: Got curious and googled it apparently I am not the only one.
Edit 2: also Waliugi hentai WTF?
But if you kill it, someone might have to wake it up inside.The world is shame.KILL IT WITH FIRE.
All I'm saying is get back to me, when they have a KidzBop version of Crawling (Linkin Park) and Unforgiven (Metallica)...
(they probably already do)
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But if you kill it, someone might have to wake it up inside.The world is shame.KILL IT WITH FIRE.All I'm saying is get back to me, when they have a KidzBop version of Crawling (Linkin Park) and Unforgiven (Metallica)...
(they probably already do)
Would be less upsetting then jenifer lopez's I'm real which is a song they've done.
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East Peoria, huh? Looks like you're about 90 miles from me (I live in Urbana now, but spent 9 or 10 years in Rantucky. Sorry, Rantoul.).you are in Illinois, yes?Yes I am. East Peoria now. Grew up in the big empty area bordered by Kankakee (whole other story about that place) on the north, Bloomington to the west, Champaign-Urbana to the south, and Lafayette IN to the east. In the middle of that you won't find any single town beyond maybe 6000 people other than Rantoul, which is basically a northern suburb of Champaign.
For some reason in my head I had you in Chicago. I have some friends in Champaign. I was in Savoy just a couple weeks ago.