Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Election.

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Re: Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Electio

Post by Seth » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:12 am

piscator wrote:Uber is in business to profit from the financial naivete of their drivers, who don't realize the reason they can write off so much of their Uberincomes as mileage is because they are actually spending more than that per mile to operate a vehicle.
Doesn't cost me 57 cents a mile to run my vehicle. It costs me 22 cents a mile. Now, that amount can rise or fall with gas prices and of course unusual maintenance requirements.
'I pad my miles on my income tax returns, and show a loss that even lowers my wife's taxes. And the tips cover the gas/oil. IRS never sees the tips, or the cash munny bootleg rides I give either.' -- Hypothetical UberSucka
Uber drivers only occasionally get tips.
If you drive your vehicle enough to make cash flow with it, you're well over miles on any noncommercial vehicle lease and will write a check to GMAC before you lease another vehicle from them.

Only if you lease the vehicle.
If you have a commercial lease, you're still paying for every mile, only at a commercial rate and with commercial insurance, because insurance companies invented CarFax and every other vehicle tracing system in the world, and they'll know your VIN is involved in a commercial lease before you drive it off the lot.
Only if you lease the vehicle.
If you're financing your vehicle, you are definitely upside down if you're putting more than 12k miles/year on it, which even if they are all paid miles that's not much of a living after you back out the costs of the lease, insurance, gas/oil, extra maintenance and repair. You ain't gonna finance another vehicle without paying for every mile you racked up on your trade. No free lunch.
Of course not.
Yep, the only way to come out ahead is to cheat, or have a vehicle that fixes itself for free...
Or drive a quality vehicle that doesn't break down at 50,000 miles. Like a Benz.
Steal gas and oil? A little risky over time. Spend $5-$6k on a new dash/binnacle, put it in, drive like hell with zero concern for miles, then put in the original with low indicated miles back in at the end of the lease or when it's time to trade up? The Man is wise. That sort of fraud makes you an outlaw in his eyes. Riskier than hijacking fuel trucks. Saul is not cheap and would have to be included as yet another expense that has to come off your Ubergross, as Saul always gets his $$ on the front end...
Red herring.
In short, unless a driver "pays his vehicle first" he has very little chance to operate in the black over a 5-year span. If he does "pay his vehicle first", he's making about what he would washing lettuce for a non-union grocery store.
Beats living in a cardboard box, and I don't have to work for a dick like you.
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Re: Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Electio

Post by JimC » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:51 am

Can we get back to Grease?

It's the word...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Post by Seth » Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:08 am

JimC wrote:Can we get back to Grease?

It's the word...
I thought bird was the word... :think:
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Re: Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Electio

Post by piscator » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:00 am

Seth wrote:
piscator wrote:Uber is in business to profit from the financial naivete of their drivers, who don't realize the reason they can write off so much of their Uberincomes as mileage is because they are actually spending more than that per mile to operate a vehicle.
Doesn't cost me 57 cents a mile to run my vehicle. It costs me 22 cents a mile. Now, that amount can rise or fall with gas prices and of course unusual maintenance requirements.
Kiss my ass it costs you $0.22/mi to run a 13mpg Mercedes SUV like a taxi. You must be talking about after you apply your Uber check against it... :roll:
Gas was $4/gallon when you started this little venture into free enterprise, and even though it's less than half that now, your gas still costs almost $0.15/mile @ $1.80/gal. You ain't financing no $70,000 Mercedes SUV for $0.07/mile, much less servicing, insuring, and depreciating it, unless you're driving about 19,000 miles a month. :funny:


Greese is definitely the word here. Honk honk.

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Re: Black Roof Country

Post by mistermack » Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:13 pm

piscator wrote:
mistermack wrote:
piscator wrote: Or even make the trip, in your case...

To someone who grew up in some coal-fired row house from a DH Lawrence novel, my lifestyle would have to read like a fantasy novel, but my neighbors and party guests actually are Iditarod champions with movie deals, rock stars, and Bering Sea crabbers, so having a boat and a couple helicopter wreck stories doesn't really distinguish me in any way. :dunno:
I suppose you just can't help it. Maybe you don't know you're doing it.
I drop that shit on purpose, if that's what you mean. But it's true: It's not the thing you fling, but the fling itself. Alaskans are different, and if you've never been to Alaska you haven't a clue how we live.
The point is you can't stop bragging. Whether it's your boat, or your workforce, or the fish you catch, or your daughter's wonderful house, or your interesting neighbours, or your rags to riches story, it's always about how wonderful you are.
Fuck it, I KNOW how wonderful you are. I've been told often enough. Can't you just give it a rest, or put it in your signature?
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Re: Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Electio

Post by Svartalf » Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:57 pm

JimC wrote:Beware Greeks bearing gifts...
Especially if you live in Anatolia/Asia Minor
Embrace the Darkness, it needs a hug

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Post by piscator » Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:08 pm

mistermack wrote:
piscator wrote:
mistermack wrote:
piscator wrote: Or even make the trip, in your case...

To someone who grew up in some coal-fired row house from a DH Lawrence novel, my lifestyle would have to read like a fantasy novel, but my neighbors and party guests actually are Iditarod champions with movie deals, rock stars, and Bering Sea crabbers, so having a boat and a couple helicopter wreck stories doesn't really distinguish me in any way. :dunno:
I suppose you just can't help it. Maybe you don't know you're doing it.
I drop that shit on purpose, if that's what you mean. But it's true: It's not the thing you fling, but the fling itself. Alaskans are different, and if you've never been to Alaska you haven't a clue how we live.
The point is you can't stop bragging. Whether it's your boat, or your workforce, or the fish you catch, or your daughter's wonderful house, or your interesting neighbours, or your rags to riches story, it's always about how wonderful you are.
Fuck it, I KNOW how wonderful you are. I've been told often enough. Can't you just give it a rest, or put it in your signature?

So...you bust my balls, I bust your balls. Then you complain I'm busting your balls? :funny:

You'd hate it here, BTW...


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Re: Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Electio

Post by Seth » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:34 am

piscator wrote:
Seth wrote:
piscator wrote:Uber is in business to profit from the financial naivete of their drivers, who don't realize the reason they can write off so much of their Uberincomes as mileage is because they are actually spending more than that per mile to operate a vehicle.
Doesn't cost me 57 cents a mile to run my vehicle. It costs me 22 cents a mile. Now, that amount can rise or fall with gas prices and of course unusual maintenance requirements.
Kiss my ass it costs you $0.22/mi to run a 13mpg Mercedes SUV like a taxi.
It's not 13mpg. So bend over and pucker up.
You must be talking about after you apply your Uber check against it... :roll:
Gas was $4/gallon when you started this little venture into free enterprise, and even though it's less than half that now, your gas still costs almost $0.15/mile @ $1.80/gal. You ain't financing no $70,000 Mercedes SUV for $0.07/mile, much less servicing, insuring, and depreciating it, unless you're driving about 19,000 miles a month. :funny:
You're wrong because your assumptions are incorrect, and they are incorrect because you're an ass.
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Re: Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Electio

Post by JimC » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:45 am

mm and Seth, stop picking on poor little piscator! :lay:
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Post by piscator » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:50 am

Don't care about you 60mpg luxury SUV that you don't have to pay for, Seth. I know you're either full of shit, or just never put a pencil to it and just pulled a number out of your ass, which only makes you slightly less full of shit.

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Post by piscator » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:51 am

JimC wrote:mm and Seth, stop picking on poor little piscator! :lay:

:yes: Always wanted to be a Teacher's Pet!


You heard him boys. Time to fuck off and plot your revenge. :hehe:

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Re: Black Roof Country

Post by mistermack » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:09 am

piscator wrote: So...you bust my balls, I bust your balls. Then you complain I'm busting your balls? :funny:
I'm sorry if my post affected your balls. I've certainly got no interest whatever in them.
And my balls are fine. I check them all the time. But you did manage to get on my tits.
Amid some otherwise interesting posts.
piscator wrote: You'd hate it here, BTW...
I doubt it. I can usually find something to do.

It wouldn't be top of my list to visit though, even though I like mountains.
I don't hunt or fish any more, and don't like modern country music. I'm not fond of flies, or winter, or drinking piss, and they elected Sarah Palin. So there are lots of other places I'd rather go first.
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Re: Far-left, Anti-Austerity Party Triumphs in Greek Electio

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piscator wrote:Don't care about you 60mpg luxury SUV that you don't have to pay for, Seth. I know you're either full of shit, or just never put a pencil to it and just pulled a number out of your ass, which only makes you slightly less full of shit.
Prove it.
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Re: Black Roof Country

Post by piscator » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:06 am

mistermack wrote:
piscator wrote: So...you bust my balls, I bust your balls. Then you complain I'm busting your balls? :funny:
I'm sorry if my post affected your balls. I've certainly got no interest whatever in them.
And my balls are fine. I check them all the time. But you did manage to get on my tits.
Amid some otherwise interesting posts.
piscator wrote: You'd hate it here, BTW...
I doubt it. I can usually find something to do.

It wouldn't be top of my list to visit though, even though I like mountains.
I don't hunt or fish any more, and don't like modern country music. I'm not fond of flies, or winter, or drinking piss, and they elected Sarah Palin. So there are lots of other places I'd rather go first.
You don't have to go all Bear Grylls on us. There's plenty of good water here. You can drink your Tennants if you want some cans to shoot.

How about Kreischberg? Wanna visit Kreischberg?


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Re: Black Roof Country

Post by mistermack » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:11 am

piscator wrote: You don't have to go all Bear Grylls on us. There's plenty of good water here. You can drink your Tennants if you want some cans to shoot.

How about Kreischberg? Wanna visit Kreischberg?
''Video not available in your country.''
Anyway, Bear Grylls is a twat. I like Ray Mears though.
I should have added shooting and any kind of skiing to my list of don't likes.

Bhutan, I would like to visit, if I was to go wandering the hills again.
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