Quoted from northerndude:Have fun with that cheap taxation, Saskatchewan below
Tax Rates on
Taxable Income
10.75% on first $45,225
12.75% on next $83,989
14.75% on any remainder
Tax Credit Amounts
Basic personal amount
$16,065
Yikes! Though the downside is if you get sick here, it may cost you $11,000,000 out of pocket before your deductible is covered.
Hey now, you just hurt my feelings...... I'm going to head to the doctor to get them checked for free. Sorry old Canadian joke..
Topic plunging off topic
Aspiring Atlas? Either way Virgin or Californicate, its a challenge and you get to pick (hopefully not bleed out in the process).
Quoted from Hardsuit:12+ layers of water based polyurethane, with multiple passes through a heated vacuum press to compress and cure the layers together.
If not already documented, it would be a good idea. I think there are many folks with rethemes that would benefit from coverage of such a layering and bonding process with vacuum. You guys seem to be immersed in the DIY/Maker markets, so was all this done with Maker type tech, or commercial?
Quoted from SuperDaveOsbourn:If not already documented, it would be a good idea. I think there are many folks with rethemes that would benefit from coverage of such a layering and bonding process with vacuum. You guys seem to be immersed in the DIY/Maker markets, so was all this done with Maker type tech, or commercial?
I'll defer to Hardsuit on this one. Not sure if he wants to reveal his process yet, but it is something most people would be able to do given the time and patience.
I predict you will live where you decide and will be happy. Congrats on which ever way you go. I too have unhindered flexibility to move and you've made me consider it again. Its nice to know you don't want to stay where you are and the world is your oyster. Congrats on narrowing it down to two pearls of your design.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Better be heavy on the details
as to exactly where and how and why and what and when.
Or what? I get your Star Jet? 
Rest assured, the news shall fly off the presses with comprehensive technicolor details as promised. Besides, I've been stringing this thing out long enough, aye? Let's get on with the next big thing! Hee yaw!
Quoted from NicoVolta:Let's get on with the next big thing! Hee yaw!
And hopefully this next big thing
is something that we all can participate (experience),
in some big or small (real) way.
P.S. Star Jet is off limits, you will have to wait until I kick the bucket for that one.
Quoted from TaylorVA:nicovolta Where in VA are you moving?
Quoted from pinwiztom:I think you have a typo there
it should read CA not VA!
Haha love the confidence for both options!
Three days and counting...
Quoted from pinwiztom:P.S. Star Jet is off limits, you will have to wait until I kick the bucket for that one.
I saw it, he said you get his Star Jet.
Quoted from NicoVolta:Virginia is one of the few states charging annual property tax ON YOUR CAR. Motorists living near Fairfax county pay $4.57 per $100 of their vehicle's assessed value.
The Pinwagon would cost me an extra $750/year to sit in a garage in Fairfax county. Awwww man.
They'll get you to pay your share one way or another...
We had a sizable bump in the Cali vehicle registration, along with the state gas tax -- another misleading, false-premise rip-off engineered by Jerry Brown and our legislature -- but there is a ballot initiative gathering momentum that is going to repeal it ! However, this will take a little while. BUT, just think: You could be a Californian in time to vote for it !
Perhaps a bigger factor in your decision might be the example of this season's *2nd.* big Nor' Easter, currently rolling in on the Eastern Seaboard, which may reach down as far as Virginia. How far inland does one need to be to evade the worst of those ? Escape the coastal storm surge, and you will still be freezing and shoveling a whole lotta snow. Does that sound appealing ?
We are down to 67F today, everyone is freezing in Huntington Beach (after it hit about 75 yesterday). People walking around in coats with fur liners, hats, gloves.
And no this is not a joke, I am not kidding. I see it all the time. I am always tempted to take a snapshot of someone walking around like this, and put it next to the current temp, which is, like I said, 65-70.
I stick with shorts and a t-shirt all the time.
Quoted from xsvtoys:... I stick with shorts and a t-shirt all the time.
But would you dare share da hair of yar nair-region in a borat 'junk-in-a-sling' garment all time to prove your point?
Quoted from SuperDaveOsbourn:But would you dare share da hair of yar nair-region in a borat 'junk-in-a-sling' garment all time to prove your point?
YES.
Wife won't allow it though.
Quoted from spinal:Maybe this emoji will be the start of more pinball in this thread...
(or let's talk more taxes)
I appreciate your patience. Doing a 14-state countdown might have been a little over the top... but we've had some time to kill. You see, I've already been secretly working on the Next Big Thing since December. Right in the middle of touring & fixing.
Beans are about to spill...
Quoted from Whysnow:is it Friday yet?
Not yet, but someone has a new avatar. I think I know that trio...
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Following the Cheerios... one crunch... at... a... time...
Quoted from ckcsm:2nd snow storm in a week; Nic is that Hyundai all wheel drive?
You may need it. ❄
And Big Storm 3 is predicted to be headed that way very shortly. Did I mention the power outages ? Or the thundersnow ? (Perhaps as harmful as thunderthighs . . . one woman reportedly had her umbrella fried by lightning, right out of the falling snow.) You know what -- I'd choose the drought, fire seasons, and possible earthquakes over that. Besides which, this far south the earthquake risk and severity does not begin to compare with the one prevailing in the L.A. area or NoCal. (Nic, that's a hint.)
Quoted from Heretic_9:And Big Storm 3 is predicted to be headed that way very shortly. Did I mention the power outages ? Or the thundersnow ? (Perhaps as harmful as thunderthighs . . . one woman reportedly had her umbrella fried by lightning, right out of the falling snow.) You know what -- I'd choose the drought, fire seasons, and possible earthquakes over that. Besides which, this far south the earthquake risk and severity does not begin to compare with the one prevailing in the L.A. area or NoCal. (Nic, that's a hint.)
That gas main break yesterday in Mission Valley was nice. Costco, Ikea and Starbucks all closed with their parking lot used as Red Cross staging.....
Quoted from NicoVolta:Doing a 14-state countdown might have been a little over the top...
Quoted from NicoVolta:Doing a 14-state countdown might have been a little over the top...
Nah, its all good fun. It gives everyone some fun.
Have you thought about video-conferencing? If you are on a coast and the other coast wants to get a small group together and coordinate...
I remember a video about an ipad-robot being used as a teacher at a remote school. I can picture "Ipad Nic" telling us to "swab, polish, swab"
Quoted from mark532011:Have you thought about video-conferencing?
Yep. Quite a lot... and good catch. The potential liabilities have kept me from diving in just yet (i.e. telling people to put their hands inside live machines in various condition and pressing things).
Still, I’ll likely give it a go on a trial basis at some point in the near-ish future.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:So Nic are you going to make your post at midnight
Noon CST tomorrow.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Noon!!! Oh the suspense is killing everyone.
Not me.
Is this really that big a deal? I know three close former co-workers (as we now work for different companies since I retired from my last gig) who are moving. It's not a big production where they put up fifty state seals on a website and slowly X'd off the ones they weren't moving to.
Why would someone really care about this?
Can we go back to restaurant ratings please?
Quoted from MrBally:Is this really that big a deal? I know three close former co-workers (as we now work for different companies since I retired from my last gig) who are moving. It's not a big production where they put up fifty state seals on a website and slowly X'd off the ones they weren't moving to.
Why would someone really care about this?
Can we go back to restaurant ratings please?
Perhaps the bigger question is, why would someone really care about crapping on a thread when they didn’t really care?
Your three former co-workers probably didn’t make a “big production” out of their future whereabouts because they probably didn’t spend a year driving 30,000 miles across the North American continent after a corporate layoff to help and meet people who like to have fun playing pinball.
Also, it was a 13 state countdown, not 50. Why the sarcasm? We did it because speculation is fun, pinball is fun, and fun is fun. Simple as that.
Yay fun!
Not having fun? Luckily there are thousands of other threads to choose from.
In the meantime... I have a fleet of EM’s, classes to teach, and a whole new venture to pursue. Pretty sure most people who made it this far might be curious to know where and what will come of this crazy adventure, eh?
Almost there!
dont waste your time on him Nic! He honestly is not worth the hot air.
back to the topic at hand.... Wake up and lets get the hype rolling!
I expect hints every hour for the 4 hours rolling up to noon! At that noon post better have lots of photos and pizzazz.
Thanks! Pinside (and the pinball hobby itself) is only as good as we can make it. Normally I don’t give trolling any attention but seeing as how we are near the end of this phase of the journey, it is a good time to throw in my 2c.
I cannot tell you how many extraordinary, creative, determined, fun-loving, and flat-out awesome people with INCREDIBLE pinball collections and restoration skills I met in person on the pinball tour who told me they “never do Pinside because of the negativity”.
We all lose out by their absence here. A few rotten apples really can spoil the whole barrel.
Our little magic keyboards allow us to projectile vomit things we would never say in person to one another... so why do it? Pinball is still a small hobby. Odds are you’ll meet some of these people in person at one time or another, and they’re almost always nicer when you do. You might even need their help someday. So why focus upon the negative? It only destroys what we all came here for.
If you like good content and want a sincere community, you have to speak up for it. Pinside is still a place where the automated bots haven’t filled it up with spam ads and such... and it is a great resource. So don’t let people slide when they bully someone or expect someone else to step in and clean up the mess. Speak to the mods and/or call out the negativity yourself. It does help.
“The paradox of tolerance is that the only thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.”
And now... morning coffee... and then “it”. 
Quoted from NicoVolta:Thanks! Pinside (and the pinball hobby itself) is only as good as we can make it. Normally I don’t give trolling any attention but seeing as how we are near the end of this phase of the journey, it is a good time to throw in my 2c.
I cannot tell you how many extraordinary, creative, determined, fun-loving, and flat-out awesome people with INCREDIBLE pinball collections and restoration skills I met in person on the pinball tour who told me they “never do Pinside because of the negativity”.
We all lose out by their absence here. A few rotten apples really can spoil the whole barrel.
Our little magic keyboards allow us to projectile vomit things we would never say in person to one another... so why do it? Pinball is still a small hobby. Odds are you’ll meet some of these people in person at one time or another, and they’re almost always nicer when you do. You might even need their help someday. So why focus upon the negative? It only destroys what we all came here for.
If you like good content and want a sincere community, you have to speak up for it. Pinside is still a place where the automated bots haven’t filled it up with spam ads and such... and it is a great resource. So don’t let people slide when they bully someone or expect someone else to step in and clean up the mess. Speak to the mods and/or call out the negativity yourself. It does help.
“The paradox of tolerance is that the only thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.”
And now... morning coffee... and then “it”.
Very Very Well Said!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok folks, again, pardon for stringing out the news so long but it was necessary. I've been secretly working double-time for months. As of today I am 10 pounds lighter and extraordinarily tired. Almost literally crying from exhaustion, no joke. But now that news day is finally here, it is time to rest, regroup, and prepare for...
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