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mrcgardner t1_ja0oydn wrote

Reply to LPT: If you always listen to music or the radio when you drive, make sure to do occasional drives without sound to listen to your car for a few minutes. There could be something quietly scraping, grinding, or dragging and you would never hear it until it’s too loud and too late. by The_Big_Crouton

I actually don’t usually have the radio on in the car for this very reason. Growing up we always had crappy cars and my step-father was always listening to the vehicle.

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pendleza t1_ja0nt9p wrote

Reply to comment by Bobsareawesome in LPT: If you always listen to music or the radio when you drive, make sure to do occasional drives without sound to listen to your car for a few minutes. There could be something quietly scraping, grinding, or dragging and you would never hear it until it’s too loud and too late. by The_Big_Crouton

When we were still dating, my wife rolled up to my apartment with an incredibly flat tire. She had "turned up the music to drown out the sound she kept hearing."

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1i3to t1_ja0n77q wrote

Reply to LPT Request: How to lose emotions from your face permanently? by todiecena

After meditating for around 10000 hours I am an expert in this.

In a nutshell you need to stop reacting and start accepting and living in the moment.

Letting bad emotions go is a scary prospect until one day you wake up and you can't remember when you last felt anger. fear or disgust.

You go from "blue balloon, my least favourite colour, it's blocking my view!" to "Nice, a balloon. It's flying!". You do this by not judging, not expecting, not demanding.

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FA-1800 t1_ja0n68q wrote

Reply to LPT Request: How to prepare for the best tax refund next year by PeachyQuiinn

To start with, only some expenses are deductible. Medical expenses, but only if they exceed 8.5% or so of your adjusted gross income. Not clothing, unless it is clearly needed for work and not everyday clothes. Charity contributions, a few other things. The deal is, though, the standard deduction is so large these days that you need a huge amount in deductions before itemizing makes sense. If you're not paying mortgage interest and property taxes, it's hard for the average person to dig up enough in deductions to make it worth while. If are doing jointly, you need one 25000 in deductions before itemizing starts to make sense. It's how they simple tax filing a few years ago: they just gave everybody more in the standard deduction.

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r2k-in-the-vortex t1_ja0lcq1 wrote

Reply to comment by StelioZz in LPT: When calculating something such as rent or pay, a month is 4.345 weeks by MikeTorsson

365.2425/7/12 = 4.348125 would be the correct calculation by that logic, but I think it's a stupid calculation.

You agree on a price or wage or whatnot by day, week, month whatever and you need to calculate it the way you write the agreement, converting it makes no sense.

If you have rent X/month, you can't pay less just because it's February.

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cyberdeath666 t1_ja0lape wrote

Reply to LPT - Tell those that give you a gift card what you purchased. by resjudicata1

I couldn’t care less what you get with your gift card. I got you a gift card because I literally don’t care what you get. There should be ZERO strings attached to gift giving, otherwise it’s not a gift, it’s you wanting to feel better about yourself for “giving” someone something. That’s like expecting to be thanked for donating money to charity. Do it because it’s good, not because you need a pat on the back. If someone does thank you, then that’s great, but expecting a thank you, or a list of what they bought with their gift card, is narcissistic and intrusive. This is a stupid “LPT” and it sounds like OP needs validation for gifts they get people or for receiving gifts. No thanks.

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