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[milagros317]

I restored them lol.
There's not many regulars on the SSF huh?

Nope. Now there are only two.
There was a time when there were five regulars (me, Kurchatovium, General Zod, HisDivineShadow, and Kered) along with a few semi-regulars such as Bugman and BigJim.
At a later time, there were only two, me and Paracarl44.

 

[Edge]

Well maybe this year a 3rd will join at some point.
Still no snow Mils!?

 

[milagros317]

No snow at all (so far). Rain yesterday.

 

[Edge]

I just don't want it to be an easy winter and then we get to spring and then get a snowstorm.
I remember the Yankees opening day in April of 1996 when they were snowed out.

 

[milagros317]

I can remember three April blizzards in this area. One from my childhood in northern NJ and two since I moved back to NYC.

 

[Edge]

Yeah that year April 1 we got like 12 inches up here north of the city and it took my mom's backyard fence down.

 

[milagros317]

Still no snow, which I regard as 'so far, so good.' 😀

 

[Edge]

I'm just hoping if it's going to snow it does it in January or February. Anything beyond that I'm in full spring mode.

 

[milagros317]

I hate it when it snows on my birthday.

 

[Edge]

It won't this year. That's my weather prediction. Was your career only as a math teacher or did you do something else before that?

 

[milagros317]

Besides summer jobs while in high school or college, teaching math was my only career. I only had two employers, Northwestern University (1976-1978) and Fordham University (1978-2016).

 

[Edge]

Good schools. Cost a million bucks to go now lol. I went to community college and transferred to get my bachelors.

 

[milagros317]

Good schools. Cost a million bucks to go now lol. I went to community college and transferred to get my bachelors.

Not quite a million. Tuition and fees including room and board to be a full-time residential student at Fordham is about $70K a year, so four years is well over a quarter of a million. Don't quote me, but it is vastly overpriced. 😱

 

[Edge]

Yeah I know. Once you get your first job nobody asks you about school anymore. They want to know your work experience!

 

[milagros317]

That is my observation, too. School gets you your first job and then you need to produce good work for your next job.

 

[Edge]

Indeed. Also your perception of money changes...your expenses and cost of living go up faster than your income increasing normally lol.

 

[milagros317]

I remember paying my own rent for the first time and I remember resenting that I had to pay the same rent for February, only 28 days, that I had paid for January, 31 days. 😛

 

[Edge]

That's pretty funny. It would be cool if they pro-rated it. Have you ever bought anything (house, condo etc.)?

 

[milagros317]

No, I have been renting a rent-stabilized apartment for decades.

 

[Edge]

Yeah I don't know if it's worth it for me to buy something and live alone.

 

[milagros317]

If you don't think you would like living alone, then don't buy, even if it might be a good investment.

 

[Edge]

Maybe a town house my Uncle got one and it's nice but not too big not that I could afford it lol.

 

[milagros317]

I wouldn't mind a larger apartment, but I also can't afford it. 😛

 

[Edge]

NY is expensive for sure. It's February Mils...the shortest month of the year.

 

[milagros317]

Yes, February is a short and brutal month.