WacoFan
Bigly
Do you regret taking your dad's advice even though he was correct?
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ClearedForOption
Displaced... again.
What do John and Martha always say?
“Good judgement comes from experience… which comes from Bad Judgement.”
Sometimes the road that shouldn’t be traveled leads to where you should end up.
WacoFan
Bigly
Dad and I had lots of talks when I was taking care of him as he was dying. Prominent among the topics was making him apologize for all the cool stuff he talked me out of doing that would have been fun. My reasoning was that with him dying all he really had was memories and remembrances of great times past. I would lambaste him until he'd apologize for specific <cars/biz ideas/girls/misc stuff> he talked me out of or outright didn't allow. Think Stephen King's Misery with a touch of Bucket List is how we rolled that last year.
knot4u
Repeat Offender
No. At that point in my life that car would've been a disaster, if we'd of bought it getting it home would've been an issue, being completely retarded about Maserati, how/where to get parts, would've ensured financial disaster. It wasn't just my dad, my buddies dad told him the car was not going end up as a heap of rust in his driveway and firmly put his foot down explaining it wouldn't be happening on his property. Maybe he thought we were going to rebuild a CVCC and sell it? I don't know, but our dads were not dumb people and they said no. Remember this was long before the internet was widely available and an LS swap had never been done because the LS hadn't been invented yet. That car with a supercharged 6.2L LS and a six speed manual trans would've been sweet, but youtube didn't exist to finance it yet.
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
This fundamentally sums up the first decade of my last career.
Cruise
Well-Known Member
Waves from my idyllic reasonably large acreage in the forests of Vermont. Yep, I'm a permanent commuter but when I'm home I live in the forest. No neighbors, no traffic, no headaches. Yes we're a somewhat high CoL state but you also get what you pay for. Life just moves differently up here...and that is A-OK by me!Pilots! Ungh!
Reminds me of when I was based in DFW and the captains would lose their sh— because Arizona had a state tax.
“Uhh, I like Arizona and my tax footprint is a mere percentage of what you’re paying in a ‘state tax free’ state?”
(Plus, I don’t think success is living a life to please people who don’t give a sh— about my happiness, just validation of the stupid choices they made?) or, alternatively, “I can’t commute!” “Good for you”
tcco94
Future GTA VI Pilot
Life as a whole is not fair. I hate to say that but that’s just true. I think you can enjoy it better when you come to terms with that since most decisions are out of your control. Of course, you position yourself to at least have those said decisions but at the end of the day life isn’t fair.
I've always made an effort to be diligent and conscientious, but every now and then I'll think of one or two instances from my time building days 10-15 years ago and still get a shiver down my spine.
There's a lot to be said for not commuting, and it does get me down quite a bit, but at the end of the day I don't think I'm going to care that much when I look back on my career. Living where you want (within reason) can be priceless and we still generally have way more time off than the average person to make up for it. I just don't add up my hotel costs at the end of the year anymore.
Autothrust Blue
“If you jump on my shift, that’s just rude, man.”
Oh yeah. I wouldn’t even consider it if I was living somewhere I didn’t want to be. Which was the first year. As much as I liked where I was it was also a “you’re here because your old job, which you reasonably expected was your final stop, was here.”
killbilly
Vocals, Lyrics, Triangle, Washboard, Kittens
I'm at a very interesting inflection point in life where I may - in the coming months - be able to relocate.....anywhere.
I'm generally against the cold and not wild about it, but I've really liked VT the few times I've been up there and while the CoL might be high, I bet it's lower than most of NYC, BOS and some of the other tier-1 markets I've looked at. I should visit/explore.
ClearedForOption
Displaced... again.
If you are going to stay at Azul, and are planning to move, you need to find a place where you are within a 2 hr drive to one of the domiciles - NYC or BOS or South Florida. Your life will be very different. Trust me. Trips that begin and end with a drive to the parking lot is a life changing event.
drunkenbeagle
Gang Member
I grew up in New England. Trust me, it gets colder. Except in VT, where it gets really colder.
Autothrust Blue
“If you jump on my shift, that’s just rude, man.”
Commuting is a job on top of the job. I never felt like I owned my time as a commuter.
Sounds amazing. I have great neighbors though. One is doing his best to avoid admitting that he was in the CIA and the other is always down to crack a beer in the front yard.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
I was just up in VT. a few weeks ago. My sister and her husband live in Corinth, VT. and live on an acre. It's stunningly beautiful there. As an AZ. native, I absolutely love seasons.
arkflyr
Well-Known Member
Having great neighbors is awesome, it makes such a difference in your quality of life.