It’d be cheaper, sure. But that assumes anyone actually wants to run things locally. My VP is an elderly woman who would love to get off the Board as well. We just don’t have volunteers to run things. I joined up so our HOA didn’t get handed to a lawyer to run, which would cost even more.

Prior to having a management company, the HOA treasurer embezzled about $40,000. It’s the reason they got the management company in the first place.

Getting out of it is the hardest part for us right now.

We’re in a small 28 unit condominium, so our dues go towards insurance for all buildings (only exterior, have to have our own for studs in), water, lawn service, management company, etc. Our dues are almost $400/month.

Yes, per month. It absolutely blows, especially when we’re trying to sell our unit and it’s been on the market for almost half a year.

I’m the HOA president so I know what all our expenses are (and have fought to keep increases to a minimum, including negotiating the community water bill with the water company), and unless we kick out the management company (Not going to happen) the dues are just going to stay high. We’re preparing to refuse an increase for the next year.

My guess is that it may not be factoring traffic conditions for bicycle directions

This is a great thread for finding new people to block

Google image search gives me this guy, which sounds and looks right http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=1639

I’d love to be on a GLP-1 (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc). I’ve had Wegovy prescribed, but my plan excludes it and the others unless you have diabetes.

It’s definitely one of the current “trendy” prescriptions in the USA right now, which I hate since a lot of people are using them as “get thin quick” hacks that will fix their life. Being a 300lb guy without diabetes where general diet and exercise aren’t dropping the pounds, my prescriber said I’d be a perfect candidate for it.

Same, been using it long before it was bought by Microsoft. It has customizations I like, and (when it works properly) I can copy and paste between my phone and computer.

It’s hard to be non-biased. There’s not a single person who does not have a bias of some sort. The way people get bent out of shape over the bot makes me sad. It gives a decent starting point for anyone looking to start learning about the different biases and how different outlets report information. Of course it’s not a perfect bot or website it’s getting the info from, but it’s a valuable tool.

I did block it myself though. Sync gives large previews of links, so it did get a bit spammy. This could be disabled in the app’s settings, but it’s a feature I like so I can easily get to linked articles or videos. Wish I could turn it off for bots

Ketchup + Mayo is called Fry Sauce here in the USA (This can vary based on the state)! Will definitely try with some diced onion next time I make some

If you have a general understanding of the characters, you could jump in and have fun. It’d definitely be worth it to see the first two Deadpool movies and Logan first for better context, but I’d say it’s easy to follow. From the Marvel side, the Loki series provides background on a key organization in the movie, but don’t sweat it if you haven’t seen that either (But it definitely is good)

I actually love Fakespot. I’ve had it installed as an extension for years, but now it’s native

It’ll stay red if people don’t vote

Same. We made it a date and went downtown to a pawn shop to pick out rings. It’s honestly a great way to find fun rings at not-horrendous prices

I’d be worried about anyone smoking the rosins used in orchestra

IT can have scripts and flowcharts they are required to follow, even if it is redundant to tech savvy people.

Rosin, I think

I believe that’s how Mastadon users show up on Lemmy

Eddache just did a fun video about the Jetsons

https://youtu.be/XQ9kcWioR68

Oh yeah, no discredit to the services to the consumer. On the merchant side though, they don’t want to pay for the higher fees to accept the cards

I noticed that as well. Makes sense since I just got the update as well.

Device information

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Sync flavor: googlePlay    

Ultra user: true    
View type: Cards    
Push enabled: false    

Device: cheetah    
Model: Google Pixel 7 Pro    
Android: 14