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  1. J

    PSA for Solar

    I think you're right, but Im skewing both ways: reduced fixed expenses and investments to pincer retirement quality if I live long enough.
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    PSA for Solar

    In 2019, I paid $36K for a grid tie solar install, ground mount. 12.40kw. I chose to do other things with the $11K tax writeoff than to apply it to the loan, so financed the full amount at 2.99 for 20, fixed. I pay $203/mo. Calculating, I am paying $1300/year more, total, than prior to solar, to...
  3. J

    PSA for Solar

    Then we'd have to also pay around $17/gal for gasoline, which (big oil ) is heavily subsidized.
  4. J

    The Rokslide Stock Traders Thread

    Wow...I missed this post. I put $2800 in HLX, and got $9200 out, including seed money, a year later. Used it to get into night vision. Now, I gamble with about $1k in my Robin hood acct for funsies, and put $500/mo in a Vanguard account on auto draft, $125/wk, into VFIAX as a long term...
  5. J

    PSA for Solar

    Mine is a 20y fixed 2.99% apr, and I got $11K cash back on my taxes that year from it, which can go right into VFIAX at 10% annual return. Its not a bad deal...
  6. J

    How long have you been at your current job?

    100% this! My grandparents did this with my father (put it in his name) well before they passed, and it was probably the best thing they ever did for him, financially speaking.
  7. J

    PSA for Solar

    Not really. That's like saying the GM of a Honda dealership drives an F150.
  8. J

    How long have you been at your current job?

    I plan to retire by 65, regardless of what's in my 401K, so it really doesn't matter. If there's $1, well, I'll be able to afford a few hours I guess. Why has Biden hurt your 401K? 401K's should be president-proof.
  9. J

    PSA for Solar

    That's insane. I went solar in 2019, and a 12.40kw grid-tie ground mount array cost me $36K installed, not counting the $11K tax credit, and I used Silfab panels and Sunnyboy inverters.
  10. J

    Have you moved out of state?

    I left Louisiana because of the crime, illiteracy, racism, stagnant economy, and general displeasure living there. My employer changed my schedule in a manner I did not like, so I 2-weeked out of there before it took effect.
  11. J

    How long have you been at your current job?

    Career length, 14 years. Current company, 9 years. Current position, 1 year. My advice is that you jump jobs or at the VERY least positions, every 1-3 years, UNLESS you are angling for something other than money. The reason I have been in my current company's employ for 9 years certainly isn't...
  12. J

    Black Hills 5.56 62gr Dual Performance Evaluation

    The weapon used is a custom build utilizing a regular KAC MOD 2 barrel, CHF, of 11.5" in length with a KAC QDC suppressor. The optic used is a NF Nx8. The shooting method was from sand-bags, seated, at 100 yards. I began by loading a PMAG M3 with 30 rounds, then chambered a round, and admin...
  13. J

    Best 223 copper mono lead free bullets for deer

    About 5* off from dead-on toward me. Whole body in line with the head. I shot him in the chest pretty frontally.
  14. J

    Best 223 copper mono lead free bullets for deer

  15. J

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I've found it to expand reliably as long as you keep velocities up to 1900+, and it always penetrates well. Typical destruction isn't insane, but it's what I'd call "A reliable bullet". Kindof like the Glock 19. It's not the highest capacity, it's not the whateverest, but it WILL work, and it's...
  16. J

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I estimate this deer at 110# live weight. I shot it 1 hour before I left for work, so the autopsy of soft tissue regarding lungs etc. Will have to be verbal. I noted significant blood in the chest cavity upon splitting the sternum. The path through the lung tissue was roughly 1.25-1.5" across...
  17. J

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Today I shot a doe which I estimate at 100-120# on the hoof. The shot was taken with an 11.5" 5.56 SBR, suppressed. The distance was 90m. The deer ran 125m and promptly expired. At the impact site there was foamy blood with chunks (lung tissue). Within about 20 feet of where the deer lay, there...
  18. J

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Of note, back in the day, I had some 3/8" plate steel that I tested a lot of 5.56 on. M193 would launch spalling and "make it through" (launch a plug out the back) out to about 100m M855 would penetrate, and then through a 2x6 behind the plate. It would do this out to 150m, where I stopped...
  19. J

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Having shot a fair bit of stuff with a .45 and with a 5.56, I am betting it will make it into the skull and turn to confetti and launch spalling and all sorts of nasty stuff. The .45 is absolute trash for penetrating "hard" things. Literal trash. I remember as a kid once I had an old PC that...
  20. J

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I do not have that. I looked for it. I believe because my account is so new? I am also getting spammed with "266 seconds before you can do that..." stuff. This forum has a very good signal to noise ratio, and I think this is part of maintaining that with new accounts. Edited... WOOT! It...

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