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    Something Random

    I understand you have no need for a yard. There are attached homes on 20'x100' lots with very little yard space. My brother owns one. The idea though is to own where you live so you're not at the mercy of a landlord. I really wish we would build more homes designed for one or two people instead...
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    Empire in Decline

    Holy crap! I knew this administration was evil but this takes the cake. Maybe he took a cue from his former buddy Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani partially solved the homeless problem in NYC by having the police round up homeless people and sell some of them to NYU for medical experiments. No idea what...
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    Something Random

    Houses have advantages and disadvantages. I have to maintain it myself. I have to shovel snow. I have to take care of the yard. It can be a lot of work at times. On the plus side it helps keep me more active than I might otherwise be. The advantages to me outweigh the disadvantages. I can have...
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    Something Random

    Sounds like it was bought out by a private equity firm. These firms are big reason housing is unaffordable in most places. Mark my words-since your complex is on the shore of Lake Michigan they probably eventually want to turn it into luxury condos or something similar. This is why I would...
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    Empire in Decline

    Hopefully Trump will go the route of all dictators and wannabe dictators. To quote a line from the movie Valkyrie "The portrait will be unhung and the man will be hung."
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    Empire in Decline

    I'm reading this as a sign they want to bring back the draft, as one of the comments mentioned. If we send troops on the ground in Iraq we'll need far more than a volunteer military can provide. All of here had better get prepared to be drafted. Age won't save you. They were going to draft up to...
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    Windows 11

    Even before the Internet kids got their fill of that stuff looking at dirty magazines. I remember the time me and my siblings stumbled across my father's stash. My mother of course went ballistic that he even had that stuff in the house, especially with young children around.
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    Empire in Decline

    Interesting how the minute people become inconvenient Trump throws them under the bus. That said, I'm glad "ICE Barbie" will be gone. She's a nasty bitch in every sense of the word.
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    Steve, I don't have telegram but I have WhatsApp. I'll send you a message on your WhatsApp...

    Steve, I don't have telegram but I have WhatsApp. I'll send you a message on your WhatsApp number. My WhatsApp number is 1-929-690-1845. That number is no longer active but it still works on WhatsApp. Joseph Realmuto jtr1962@yahoo.com
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    I've been scammed and I need help

    I did figure out that they completely control the platform, even though they act like it's a separate entity. I'm thinking a good hacker might be able to change the withdrawal permissions on the platform and let us take out our money, assuming of course there's still money there to be taken...
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    I've been scammed and I need help

    Here's my full trading history with them. Once I got my account to over $300K (in part thanks to $176K Xinyue loaned me) and started "officially" investing with them on September 11, 2025 Chen got my account to over $2 million in a little over a month, or so it seems.
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    I've been scammed and I need help

    Wow, the similarities to my experience are amazing. Like you, she claims to be in love with me but of course I didn't fall for it. I thankfully don't fall in love easily, much less with someone I never met in person, but I feigned being love with her so as not to hurt her feelings. I enjoyed...
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    I've been scammed and I need help

    Hopefully they'll eventually get caught and we'll both get some restitution. I hope you reported them to the FBI and SEC. The more leads they have the better. Now "Jiaxin", or whatever her name really is, is supposedly working with a friend to get back my money. We'll see if anything comes of...
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    Empire in Decline

    Now oil prices will spike and the markets will tank. Fun times ahead. :(
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    I've been scammed and I need help

    Except I'm not sending her any more money.
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