Tradd
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I’m not one for plays, but I love music, so it’s well worth the 45 min drive. They’re all out near office.

Alan, I read elsewhere that a guy had the same problem. He opened the window and videoed the bird attacking the window. Next time it happens, he...

That does sound like a really nice trip. I much prefer road trips.

I’ve been buying Kindle books since 2009-2010 or somewhere in there. I have hundreds. I have one small bookcase and that’s it.

Ishbel, nice to see you back as well.

Yes, definitely on value of license. WSJ had this article today on the licensing exam. ...

TMS, good thoughts your way. Bae, yes, that is unfortunate scheduling.

The $800 exemption goes away May 2. You will have to pay something like $100 more. I don’t have the full details in front of me.

IL, don’t buy anything from overseas going forward until we see how things shake out. I’m serious.

DHL’s stoppage is shipments over $800 to individuals. Businesses will still get their shipments.

Value shown on invoice from supplier to US importer. Duties are a percentage of invoice value.

Mini was just updated.

Totally splurged on a new iPad Mini. I love the smaller size. I’ll keep my larger sized iPad that I use for my choir music. New Mini is a light...

Frankly, with all the spam and scam calls, you shouldn’t even be bothering to answer the phone unless you know who it is. Change the settings on your...

IL, that sounds great. Good Friday today, slow at work due to many customers being closed. I have a church service at 4, but I ended up leaving...

Hope it heals well.

Emergency fund a bit over $9K

Threw another $1K into savings.

At work. On lunch. Holy Week for me so I’ve got services every night and can’t stay late.

I had tomato sandwiches. Work has been so insane lately I feel like cooking even less than usual. I’ve had grilled cheese, eggs, pasta, plus tomato...

Yeah, no idea what’s going on with that. At least I don’t have to deal with electronic shipments.

Real life example from my job of how the China duties are biting: Air freight from China that left yesterday. $4340 cargo value. Subject to all...

Excellent NYT article on how all the different China duties work. ...

TMS, prayers your way and your mom, too.

EO from WH website, Federal Register notices, messages sent out by CBP on their email list that contain important info on how to file clearances with...

The reciprocal tariff is now 10% worldwide for 90 days. Stuff in transit is exempted if in transit before they went into effect.

Today? OMG. Today was just freaking insane. I had just gotten done responding to all the emails and phone calls about the reciprocal tariffs...

Orange Man is a property developer. If he had been in manufacturing, hopefully it would have been different.

There’s a group relevant to my industry that’s quite helpful.

I’ve been trying to be more anonymous online. That’s why I like Reddit. Sort of a fresh start.

The 34% China reciprocal is now 84%.

Yeah tomorrow is going to another dumpster fire day at work. The last two days have been quieter since the initial panic over the reciprocals died...

Looks like another 50% China duty is happening tomorrow.

Both my current job 401K and my IRA (rollover 401K from a job ages ago) are in target date funds. I’m leaving that alone, but a month ago I stopped...

The Verizon 5G home internet is working out very well. I had to work from home for several hours today and I didn’t have any issues. Can’t beat it at...

To be honest, what helps me waste less food is to buy what I like. No experimenting with new stuff. Like eggs. I love eggs, primarily fried eggs. So...

I posted the stuff in the OP on FB. People well known to be Democrats also thought the overseas suppliers paid duties on imports to the US.

I don’t know why everyone think the overseas suppliers pay for the duties. The importers always do. And that’s the companies who import these goods,...

I don't watch TV (I don't OWN a TV) very much, although I'll occasionally watch something on the PBS website or some on YT. I mostly watch on my...

Depending on the price of phones whenever I eventually replace my current iPhone 15 Pro, I may buy refurb directly from Apple or Best Buy (the Geek...

Things only got more complicated recently.

I generally buy frozen for any soft fruit (cherries, berries) because it's just me and they go bad so fast.

Pharmaceuticals are not included in the reciprocal tariffs.

Ah, it wasn’t clear.

Agreed. A friend said this is the time when you fake your death!

The increases are worse than I expected. And they’re on top of already existing duties. 34% for China, on top of recent 20% and 25% from 2018.

Dumpster fire! Thanks, all.

More duties to be announced today. Ugh. Work is just awful. The ones to be announced today will go into effect immediately today. I spent yesterday...

Wind. It seems to have gotten worse the last couple of years. I don’t ever remember there being wind advisory like we now get them. More bad...