Recent content by Java Cool Dude

We are experiencing a brutal drought here; I want to leave and move to NC (my company has a physical office there) but my wife, a native CA woman, doesn't want to. :(...

So for my birthday my wife got me a DNA test from 23andme and the results surprised me a bit. Now my parents are from Tunisia so obviously I'm North African by descent, but I didn't know that I had Italian and Spanish/Portuguese ancestry!

Has anyone around here been audited by the IRS? I got a letter from them coming in the mail and I'm a little nervous :runaway:

Welp, it's time to ditch the old Accord and get my wife a new car. We're debating either the Mach-E or the Model Y with the Ford car having the advantage of 7.5k in federal tax incentives. What do you folks think?

I bought my first home back in 2009 for dirt cheap (by LA standards) because of the housing bubble pop. Fast forward to 2018, my wife wanted to move a nicer area with better schools so we ended up buying an expensive home; I was very reluctant but don't ever underestimate the power of nagging...

Today it hit a crazy 118 where I live; just yesterday it reached 115 and started a fire across the street which necessitated an immediate evacuation! How is your day going?

First of all I would like to acknowledge that no matter how bad you have it, someone else somewhere in the world may have it way worse than you. However just because someone has it worse, doesn't mean what you're going through is not legit. I'll start off with myself; even though this pandemic...

Looks like I spent nearly half of my life dwelling in these forums, time flies!

Check out the new Photo Mode I helped create: Gd0IjMXt0U0

Hello, I have a bit of a first world dilemma to deal with currently and I need your advice; today we put an offer on a house and we're struggling to figure out what to do with our current property. Here's some of our options: Option A involves keeping the house but renting it out. With the...

Hi, I'm trading in my 2008 Accord since it's getting pretty old and I would like something cheap and reliable for my daily commute to work. What do you guys recommend? JCD

So my 2017 C300 was totalled and now I'm in the market for a new car. My wife and I went to several car dealerships today, Mercedes, BMW to name a few. What caught our eyes though is this 2017 AR Giulia at a Maserati's dealership: dear God what a gorgeous beast! So now I'm thinking about getting...

Douche ran a light at an intersection and T-boned the **** out of me. My thumb broke and twisted in a way I didn't think was possible. Now my whole arm is in a cast for the next four weeks. I'm also out of the gym for a damn month! So much for getting tan, ripped and juicy as **** for my...

Months after the unfortunate launch pad blast, SpaceX is back on track <3 Link

Joined the forums back when I was 19 years old and since then I: Went to college and got a bachelor degree in computer science. Moved from Massachusetts to California. Switched jobs exactly once in 11 years. Met the woman of my dreams and married her 10 years ago. Had two kids with said woman, a...