Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

iceydabber t1_jacael5 wrote

if its just a small flurry, yes pre salting will help. but, if its a full snow storm its a waste of time and money because it will be over whelmed with snow and melt underneath doing nothing or will be shoveled or plowed into a snow bank and have to salt again. if you dump a lot in one area it may work.

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omild t1_jaca7f9 wrote

Kind of a similar situation as me. Two incomes, bought a house 12 years ago for 225k. We’ve put in about 40k worth of improvements. House is now worth about 350 with the recent increases in value which we find pretty shocking as it isn’t the biggest. We now have two little kids and had planned to move in summer 2020 to a bigger place but with the pandemic we got stuck here. Thankfully our place had been paid off since 2018 and the idea of having a huge mortgage is a major turn off so we are waiting to see how things play out over the next few years.

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auntiemaury t1_jac9yg6 wrote

Since I heard Rice a Roni, I'll tell y'all a secret. Get a rotisserie chicken, pick all the meat off, and toss it in the pan when you put the water in. Easy peasy chicken and rice! Some stores even have just the chicken, already picked off. Even easier!

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hornsandskis t1_jac8vvy wrote

My wife and I make about $125k combined per year. We bought a house for 244k about 5 years ago. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath. I have an excellent credit score (~800) so the loan is solely in my name however her name is on the title. I had been saving for a down payment from age 22-27 and then we bought our house with 20% down when I was 28. I was able to save 10k plus a year as a single guy but now our per year combined savings is only 5k max, during Covid “lockdown” we had negative savings for the year

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LoveIsLove75 t1_jac8ax3 wrote

My wife and I moved up to Norwalk 12 years ago and now live in Stratford. As a married couple with no kids and no dogs it has been extremely difficult to meet people. The only place I've had great success is at group Fitness (F45 specifically). The people might be cold initially to the new person, but if you stick with it eventually you will make new friends. I have social anxiety and I was/am still able to make new friends once I got comfortable with my surroundings. Don't rush it.

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