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09-27-2018, 03:35 PM #176Registered User
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Thanks for Jerseying our tax problems. Someone had to say it.
A NY farmer on the border Of VT was approached one day by a land surveyor while plowing his fields. The land surveyor says “sorry, but after surveying your land it looks like your land is actually in VT.” The farmer gets off his tractor and kisses the surveyor. “Thank god almighty,” he says “I don’t think I could take another minute livin’ in a state so close to NJ.”
Why is moving from NJ to Vt like golf? You spend your life to get to the greens and end up in a hole.
How many transplants from NJ does it take to fix VT’s tax problem? None, they broke it.
An old timer fix for high taxes, Ask your neighbor from Jersey and do the opposite.
Why are the mountains of VT better than the flatlands? Because shit flows downhill.
Ever see a drug dealer from VT? Nope, neither have I, they’re all from NJ.
Thanks, i’ll Be here all night.
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09-27-2018, 04:05 PM #177Banned
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Don't know Mark and I grew up on Fairview. Blue house just 1 down and across street from broncos (towards the high school). I was in Jeff's class. I didn't roll with the wrestling team, but Madison's small so I knew a lot of people, classes above and below. Used to hang with Neil O'Donnell at the westheads a bunch. Fun times. And yeah Madison was a sleepy town. Got away with a lot. More than a few keggers when my parents were out of town.
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09-27-2018, 08:16 PM #178Banned
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Too funny. O'D married my gym teacher. She was smokan. Mark's family lived on Central so you guys were almost neighbors, his brother John was maybe your age. Both ended up at Delbarton. I think I was in your sister's class if you're Amy's bro. We almost "Dated" freshman year. Our lockers were next to each other. Tell her Packie says hello.
BTW... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gFoHkkCaRE
...and bore-ass. There's a reason I left 6 days after graduating and never went back. Jersey was sweet in 1901 when my family moved there. My dad used to walk to school with his 20 guage shooting pheasant, kept his shotgun and game in his locker. That was 1956. Times have changed.Last edited by DaveVt; 09-27-2018 at 08:44 PM.
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09-28-2018, 04:00 AM #179Banned
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Just sent her a text. "Packie says hi" I'll let you know what she says. Fuggin small world. We have a place in VT. Where u at? Kmart (pinnacle condos) for us.
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09-28-2018, 04:52 AM #180Banned
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We live near Montpelier in Northfield. Nice little stroll down memory lane.
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09-28-2018, 06:30 AM #181Banned
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She said hi
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09-29-2018, 10:38 AM #182
Here's a little secret about CEO and senior executive compensation....most of it is in the form of stock options. Notice the huge dips in compensation in 2003 and 2008 which coincided with stock market corrections. I only know this because my brother who is much smarter than me was the Exec VP for operations of a fairly large publicly traded company.
You know that Bombardier has a plant across the lake in Plattsburgh, right? NY bases its tax breaks for corporations based on the number of jobs they create.
It's a well-documented fact that IBM started retreating from Vermont when George Pataki offered the company $41 million in tax breaks to manufacture the 400mm silicon wafers in Fishkill rather than in the Essex Junction plant which had pioneered the process for the 100mm and 200mm wafers and had the talent pool in-house to do this. That was the beginning of the end.
For those that think I'm a shiny, white-collar douchebag, you don't know me or my history. I actually have worked almost every job in a restaurant from dishwasher to line cook. It's hard work that doesn't pay all that well. That's why I decided to do something else with my life. It's all about choices and priorities. If you choose to move to Vermont and don't bring your well-paying job with benefits with you, you may find it hard. The upside is great but don't expect it to be easy or have the same level of amenities and services you had in MA, CT, NY, or NJ.
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09-29-2018, 12:36 PM #183Banned
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10-03-2018, 04:18 AM #184Banned
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Is Bezos on Titsongravity? Amazon 15/hr min. I feel less conflicted now when I watch GOT on Prime.
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09-29-2019, 12:31 PM #185Registered User
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Good thread. Thanks for the insights posted here.
Burlington is in our radar for graduate studies for my wife. We would be coming from Oregon. I don't have a job that I can do remotely, so would need to find something there. This thread doesn't give me happy thoughts about the job market.
Burlington seems expensive, where would a good base for family of 4 with one that needs to commute to UVM?
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09-29-2019, 02:42 PM #186
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09-29-2019, 02:43 PM #187Registered User
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09-29-2019, 03:04 PM #188
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09-29-2019, 03:43 PM #189
Lots of good MTB riding in the area as well.^^^
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09-29-2019, 07:46 PM #190"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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09-29-2019, 08:10 PM #191
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09-29-2019, 08:15 PM #192
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09-29-2019, 08:59 PM #193"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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10-07-2019, 06:03 AM #194Banned
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Richmond is clearly the next Williston. I'd look out 15 not out rt 2 from Burlington. Closer to far better and far less marketed recreational resources IMO.
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10-07-2019, 06:17 AM #195
Signing a lease this week for a place downtown as the house is under contract.
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10-07-2019, 06:32 AM #196
What street? Myrtle?
char_ if your wife is doing graduate school in Burlington the drive into town is easier from the East, the North/South corridors are painfully slow in comparison.www.apriliaforum.com
"If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?
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10-07-2019, 07:39 AM #197
Congrats, Peruvian!
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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10-07-2019, 08:18 AM #198
Generally true but coming in to or out of downtown has become much more of a shitshow in the last few years from every direction. Between 7am-9am and 3pm-6pm I do everything possible to avoid downtown and surrounding areas, especially Shelburne and Williston Rds. Vermont's population continues to decline with the exception of Chittenden Co. and it is very noticeable on the roads. Even the previously less traveled "backroads" are congested more often than not.
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10-07-2019, 09:10 AM #199
Graduate student at ? UVM or St.Mikes? No downtown involved. Though char_ job comes into play.
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10-07-2019, 09:54 AM #200
Welcome to town. My kids are all consuming these days but would like to catch up with some mags in the area at some point.
Coming from a Boston perspective I’ve yet to see anything resembling traffic. Some slow moving stuff on 7 but I am coming from the depths of traffic hell. It is all relative.Uno mas
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