Mother Of All Whore Threads Non-VIP Edition v.1

My electricity is like 50-60 dollars most of the year, but during the summer it's usually like 100-110. I don't really have to use the heater since I think this building's concrete -- it sits at an unassisted 75-ish degrees even at like 30 degrees outside.

Ain't complaining, I need those months to balance out this heat, lol.

In other news, my rent actually went down this year -- by a very miniscule amount, but still!

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Janz3n said:
haven't had ac in over a year now. my utility bill which is just electricity now costs me under $100 a month. landlord pays for water. no gas. but then about $1000 for wood to heat the house in the colder months.
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Our electric bill (BGE - Baltimore Gas & Electric) is around $150 during the summer months ($143 the last bill I paid) and under $100 during the colder months.

We have oil furnace for heat (water heater is electric). Wife pays for that... I'm not sure the cost since I company comes out usually every few months during the winter. It's just the two of us in a 1100 sq ft house so we try to keep the temps comfortable but not crazy so the furnace kicks on lol

Honda-Fan said:
In other news, my rent actually went down this year -- by a very miniscule amount, but still!
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Hmmm... :think: that's good news. Interesting but good
 
bootyluvr said:
Our electric bill (BGE - Baltimore Gas & Electric) is around $150 during the summer months ($143 the last bill I paid) and under $100 during the colder months.

We have oil furnace for heat (water heater is electric). Wife pays for that... I'm not sure the cost since I company comes out usually every few months during the winter. It's just the two of us in a 1100 sq ft house so we try to keep the temps comfortable but not crazy so the furnace kicks on lol


Hmmm... :think: that's good news. Interesting but good
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I suspect it has to do with the fact that I'm in an apartment-district; There's like 10 complexes within walking distance of each other in one big shopping/restaurant area, and I think they have to play 'chicken' to compete price-wise. They're all roughly the same quality.

Either way, we're getting two large Calzones to celebrate
 
bootyluvr said:
Our electric bill (BGE - Baltimore Gas & Electric) is around $150 during the summer months ($143 the last bill I paid) and under $100 during the colder months.

We have oil furnace for heat (water heater is electric). Wife pays for that... I'm not sure the cost since I company comes out usually every few months during the winter. It's just the two of us in a 1100 sq ft house so we try to keep the temps comfortable but not crazy so the furnace kicks on lol


Hmmm... :think: that's good news. Interesting but good
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my electric bill at my last house with a pool and hottub going was under $300.
 
Honda-Fan said:
When you get another hot tub

Can I use it?

I'll bring barbecue lol
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I will never buy a hot tub or pool again in my life time. unless it comes with a house i buy or rent. hot tub turned into an expensive lawn art after the first year.
 
Janz3n said:
my electric bill at my last house with a pool and hottub going was under $300.
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We have a pool (it's Florida, imagine that); our electric is roughly between $250-300/mos in the summer. Between the pool pump and the A/C, it adds up. We haven't gotten to the point of adding solar yet but that is in the long term plans. No hot tub though; and no plan to get one.
 
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Man, y'allready know what time it is -- More Weeb Tales with ya boi Honda-Fan!
This time, I went to a movie!

Alright, so this past Wednesday, Crunchyroll sponsored an event for a one-night-only showing of Kizumonogatari, which is the entry point to the Monogatari series of novels-turned-anime. Great series. In my excitement to snag a ticket ASAP, I didn't really read very far into what would be required of me to see this screening.

ISSUE #1-- Location!

Let me preface this by saying, I absolutely don't like the mall. Never really have -- gives me anxiety. However, the only spot showing near me was an AMC 15 that happened to be in the local North Park Mall. North Park is in the Highland Park area, which is a psuedo-enclave where SMU's campus rests. It's where the extremely wealthy of Dallas live. North Park is like their hangout; Unlike many shopping centers, It's not a dead mall (in fact, it looks just like how malls used to look), it's just so expensive that it keeps us serfs out. Upon arriving, not only did I have to move because of the presence of valet parking, I later found out that the self-service parking was way in the nosebleeds! So I parked by the little police booth, and grabbed my jacket.

I went inside and was met by a big centerpiece. There has to be some sort of city ordinance that entails that all Dallas-area public art has to be red futurist/brutalist metal sculpture. It was surrounded by people who all seemed to have been stood-up for a hot date. I went up the stairs, while noticing others dressed in anime stuff. I started smelling popcorn, and I got to the ticket man-- which spurs us onto...

ISSUE #2-- Runtime!

After my digital ticket got beeped, I noticed the runtime of the movie -- 2 and a half hours. That couldn't be right; In my head, the Kizumonogatari movie was only like 60 minutes. I went through the line, got my Popcorn, Junior Mints, and oversized Coca-Cola Remix drink (Which tasted like water since the syrup shot out all over the cup and not in it ) AND YES I OVERPAID -- what I described is NOT cuisine befitting 30 dollars. But anyway, I found my way to the theatre I was supposed to be in, sat down, and immediately noticed tell-tale signs of 'long haul' moviegoers. Things like--

-Groups of 3
-Extra food
-Blankets
-Pillows

What sealed the deal was two dudes behind me casually mentioning that it was all of the Kizumonogatari movies put together-- something I hadn't realized, as I guess I'd only ever heard of one releasing. Apparently, they released two more...so, lucky me? As I got more and more sleepy, the movie seemed to get tougher to keep up with. Kizu is not a kid's movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I found it funny that all of the previews were Disney/Pixar type stuff.

3 hours later at around midnight, I left the mall drained. All the shops had closed, all the valet had gone home, and there was my car under a lonely pool of parking-lot light. It was the smoothest drive home I'd probably ever had since moving. Would I do that again? Maybe. Would I go to North Park again? Nah.


Also Kizumonogatari was great -- it's really violent though.
 
I’ve never seen a theater allowing pillows and blankets in to a show. That’s a new one for me
 
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