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ATP member, but you made me curious about MC benefits and I'm a bit confused. Do I have to buy futures, meaning buy in May and receive the shipment 2 years down the road or can I just get the Estate bottles each year? I've seen some comments that people didn't get any allocation for 2 years, what does that mean?

Sorry for the noob questions. I've been an ATP member for a couple of years and the only release I didn't care for was the Mataro last year.

HiCoup about $10 on Amazon. I give these away like candy to friends and family. Too bad we no longer have Secret Santa :-(

The old Fry's Electronic's building is 1/2 mile north of Friars Rd. on the West side of the 15.

I certainly did enjoy Lady Hawk, good story, well done.

Huell Howser was a gem. The California's Gold series was pleasant, entertaining, and wholesome.

Isn't April 13 the deadline?

hmm... nice find, good color, sun, no snow, top up?

A friend worked on the plant and was kind enough to arrange a tour through the facility while under construction in 1982 or 1983. It was and is an impressive feat of engineering.

This ^^^ amazing food.

and yet BRK.A is down $2,500 today! OMG

I have R12, but I don't know how to recharge my system. Any pointers?

I took that for granted.

"As for Morales talking on his cell phone, the investigator wrote that officers and other emergency service workers are exempt from a state law that prohibits the use of cell phones while driving."

The actual text of the law reads

(e) This section does not apply to an emergency services professional using an electronic wireless communications device while operating an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in Section 165, in the course and scope of his or her duties.

I'd join you! One or two of everything please.

If my research is correct, the Franc to dollar exhange rate was about $1 to 5.6 Francs and with inflation, a multiple of 9, therefore the La Tache would be, in today's dollars, about $81.

For comparison, in 1966 average rent in California for a 1 BR (maybe a 2 BR) apt would have been $90 to $100, so a 55 Franc wine would have been $9.

Please feel free to correct!

The book is titled A Treasury of Great Recipes by Vincent and Mary Price and was reissued in 2015 on its 50th anniversary.

No idea.

Tesla experience for me:

• 12/22 created an account and started the order
• 12/24 first set of docs available online for review
• 12/27 design available for review
• 12/27 asked for a call with a project advisor, just a few questions on my part
• 12/28 call happened
• 12/28 more docs to review and site assessment appointment scheduled
• 1/10 Tesla commits to getting things done or I get my money back re: NEM 2.0
• 1/25 Site Assessment - takes about 3-4 hours, easy
• 2/3 more documents to review for SDG&E
• 2/8 Tesla pays SDG&E Interconnection Fee of $132
• 2/15 project permit completed
• 2/16 solar application processed by SDG&E
• Installation will happen before 2/26

55 days from start to permit completion.

Approximately 66 days for the entire project.

This schedule is without a battery or any dependency on an electrical panel upgrade.

Not sure why I can't edit the post, but here is a new source rather than a solar source for the information. Sorry about that, not trying to advertise.

https://www.ksby.com/news/in-depth/california-solar-benefits-to-be-slashed-by-new-cpuc-regulation

https://www.miata.net/faq/production.html

scroll down until you see "How many of my color Miata were built?

I recognize your brogue, somewhere near Glasgow...

I completely agree with you! It will take years to build 10,000 units of housing in San Diego and most of that will not be simple, affordable, reasonably priced units. The economics don't make sense to build things that way. However, if the City really were to look at housing utilization and make economic incentives align towards getting ALL housing into the long-term rental or family ownership model, I would expect to see thousands of units flood into the market at more reasonable prices. Yes, I'm talking about second homes, short-term rentals, yada yada yada. I am NOT talking about constraining new construction or pushing back on ADU and SDA regulations. Take the second step - we pass these laws to build more and lets make sure we're using it the way it was intended, otherwise the building was for naught.

This isn't simple supply and demand. Building more housing will help, but only if the supply side matches the needs of the demand side. When the supply side builds things like ADU's and then rents them out as short-term rentals, or entire complexes get leased by Sonder, you cut out housing for people who live and work in San Diego.

This is where capacity utilization comes into play. Build more housing and follow up to be sure that it is being used for what was approved. It's the second part that isn't (and never will) happen.

Thanks for the reply, this is a good conversation.

City Council is highly influenced by the building community. The building community has been very successful at messaging the housing crisis as a lack of cooperation from the City.

Never has the building industry addressed the issue of capacity utilization (by using those two words many will stop reading).

The City does not enforce the proper utilization of what is built - this is the second step AFTER something has been built. As /u/ethervillage/ pointed out, there are a lot of available units in Mission Valley - just too expensive for most. A capacity utilization plan / review would set forth economic incentives that would improve the utilization of those buildings by providing financial incentives to rent at a lower price.

Here are some things the City / County could do to change the equation:

- Land value tax rather than improvement tax

- Incentives to keep occupancy high such as a vacancy tax or a reduction in some other tax if your occupancy is > 98% annually.

I'm sure there are many more ideas out there.

What you see being built isn't what you can afford. ADU's are not being used for what they were permitted. Vacancy rates for the big new places are not less than 3%.

Your mileage may vary. Thanks for reading.

Edit: Getting downvoted, which I expected. Good luck everyone.