thegreatboudini

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Not what he said. He said MAGA.

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Some of our brothers and sisters—particularly in the, you know, MAGA camp, I think—particularly enjoy the circular firing squad. You want to come at me and call me a RINO? You can kiss my arse.

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Paxton gives Talarico a better path.

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With a roof, what most people don't know and where they make a mistake, is thinking you only get one check.

First you get the check that is basically the blue book for your roof. For example:

The insurance says a new roof on your house would cost 20K. But your roof is 15 years old, has granule loss, hail damage, tree damage, and missing shingles. So as your roof sits they say it's worth 5k. So they cut you a check for 5k.

Most people think ok I got this check for 5k and I need to get an estimate and hope to get it done for 5k or around that so they go with the cheapest possible quote and get a crap job.

But if you have a roofer familiar with insurance they can explain and work the claim for you and say no, a new roof on this home, repairing everything that is needed, actually cost 25k (because the adjuster always misses things). So they send the insurance an estimate for 25k with all the needed repairs and missed items. So you get your roofer to do all that and when the job is done the roofer submits the supplement to the insurance and they send out a 20k check for the remaining balance.

So instead of taking a 5k check and getting a turd of a roof, you get a brand new roof from a guy that pulled a permit, put drip edge on, replaced all your flashing and pipe jacks, probably got your gutters replaced or at least money to have them removed so the roof can be done right, used a synthetic felt instead of tar paper and put an architectural shingle on instead of a cheap three tab.

If insurance is paying for it, you want the company that will get you a Lexus put on your roof not a Altima.

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Alcohol; in general, is in a bad way. Americans are drinking less, Gen Z doesn’t drink and THC has entered the equation.

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$1850/month for full-time day care (started at 3 months), plus a nanny 2 days a week and random sitters, which are $25+ per hour here.

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