@9mmsmg At some point I want to teach our daughter that she needs a heightened sense of awareness around certain people.
I'm not sure how to toe this line without sounding nuts.
@xwanyex Many companies fail to account for a good number of contingencies when drafting procedures.
Most write everything necessary to continue turning a profit while passing audits, but ignore low risk edge cases that are just unnecessary small headaches.
@ambrosecarol2@alwaysadblock It was, and when they told me everything after the fact I couldn't help but think they were crazy for not asking twice.
Even $15 was very low, but the workers were all illegal (which mom and dad knew and were fine with since they saved money).
@jeremyct Why don't you just take the boomer advice and chain yourself to an FHA loan with 3% down so you're throwing your money away on mortgage insurance for a decade or so?
@JoshuaBarzon The problem isn't that Iowa is affordable and people don't know, it's that 95% of the places in the US used to be affordable and Iowa used to be cheap.
We can't just tell the entire middle class to move to the least desirable places of the country.
@avidseries I don't think you could find enough people with money laying around to make a real difference.
Those that do likely do it with a financial motive rather than for the benefit of the town, unfortunately.
@squirt_queefer@BjorkBrodern There are multiple instars so they do get big, yes, but TBE is caused more often by small ticks than large ones (because you don't ever see them on you).