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loonlaugh t1_jecy8tu wrote

Reply to Why are people stealing trash cans? by oagirl9339

If you didn’t paint numbers on it…Call the city and ask for the serial number of the bin associated with your address. Then walk your nearby alleys and look at the front of bins for the engraved number.

(Never knew they were marked until we got a ticket for a bin that was stolen from our house before we moved in and left somewhere illegal.)

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loonlaugh OP t1_jdihx8g wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Independent Consultant Contract Rates by loonlaugh

We're not arguing. We're having a discussion. Career advice subreddits don't have the benefit of locally-based knowledge and experience that the local subs (such as this one) offer. Consultant contract rate information from Houston, San Diego, Myrtle Beach, Hiawasee, etc. isn't going to be relevant here. That's why people turn to the local subs, for the local experience and knowledge. The fact that you provided solid information on the topic, through the local lens, supports this approach.

You're a good human being, take it easy on yourself (and others).

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loonlaugh OP t1_jdidw68 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Independent Consultant Contract Rates by loonlaugh

You are assuming only early career folks would ask a question like this. I'm not.

There are many other reasons that someone would ask this question and would ask it here rather than google. Senior professionals change portfolios/jobs/sectors, senior professionals unfamiliar with going contract rates might want to confirm information before accepting a bid or finalizing their own proposal, SES moving out of the gov't, human resources at smaller companies/organizations might gather local rate information if their budget doesn't allow for a benchmark study, senior professionals having worked entirely in one sector and moving to consulting might not have rate info, or have moved cities and want local rate info ...the list goes on and on. Your assumption that anyone asking questions must be early career is a concerning indicator of senior staff you've been exposed to. Senior professionals don't know everything about everything and asking questions is not a sign of unintelligence, weakness, seniority, etc. We should all value questions and questioners, because the alternative is a bunch of uninformed people making decisions on who-knows-what!

The whole point of local subreddits is to build community and to lean on the shared experience and knowledge of that community. If a certain topic makes you "want to blow my brains out," please don't respond. I imagine that's a horrible way to feel and you shouldn't subject yourself to it - scroll by. I hope you don't blow your brains out, that would be a loss for our community.

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loonlaugh OP t1_jdi0itv wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Independent Consultant Contract Rates by loonlaugh

It was unnecessarily mean to call it a "dumb" question, when I qualified the initial post with the notion that there'd be quite a range due to a large variety of variables at play. :( Knowing this question would elicit snarky commentary and a large range of data (and potentially unhelpful), I intentionally posted it anyway with the hope I may tease out some useful trends and discover useful information, and other readers might even reconsider their current rate.

That being said, I do sincerely and greatly appreciate you sharing your rates, along with your opinion based on your experience doing this kind of work. Your 25% rule is also a good lens of consideration. And you're a champ to provide supporting info to help readers script from.

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loonlaugh t1_jcy26wt wrote

Reply to comment by Quail-a-lot in Buying flowering bulbs “For Life”? by flyeaglesfly777

-Ack! Star of Bethlehem is a voracious and horrid invasive. (I guess it is BIFL, because you’d never get rid of it.) Listed in the Invasive Plant Atlas of the US. Known to be especially bad in the Mid-Atlantic, displacing native spring ephemerals and other ornamentals. Very difficult to remove after planting due to their vigor. (Source: a ton of research after I transplanted the pretty little white flowers from abandoned lot to my garden before looking them up, removing them “all” two months later, and have been fighting them for years since.) Please don’t plant Star of Bethlehem!

-Why avoid Breck’s? (She asked while waiting for the Breck’s bulbs she put in last fall to come up…)

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loonlaugh t1_j28qnd5 wrote

Reply to Recommendations for boarding a mobility impaired dog? by Ok_Culture_3621

Certain Rover folks do in home overnights. And certain Rovers also do differently abled animals. My friend that used to Rover here had senior mobility impaired dogs at his place while their family was on travel, so I know they exist. Another idea is to have a sitter come and stay at your place and dog sit MrBeagle in his own home.

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loonlaugh t1_j28q78i wrote

Reply to Cat sitter recommendations by dx2113

Another plus for Rover or other established corporations over a private person is that they carry business insurance. A good idea to ask about/research just in case. A sitter leaves the door unlocked and you’re robbed, a sitter is hurt in your home, a sitter breaks something in your home, etc. are all things that make them having insurance important for you.

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loonlaugh t1_j28ppza wrote

Reply to comment by AdditionalAttorney in Cat sitter recommendations by dx2113

If someone is an experienced Reddit user, then the Reddit community is their known, their trusted resource. They may also have established relationships with the people in this subreddit. If they don’t use Rover, it is their unknown and therefore not a trusted resource. Generally recommendations from a known, trusted community carry more weight with people than ones from virtual strangers or unknowns.

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loonlaugh t1_j20s7du wrote

Reply to comment by run85 in Cat sitter recommendations by dx2113

Definitely ask for a meet-and-greet with any potential sitter. Some Rovers charge for it, some don't. We met with a handful and considered any charges worth it to narrow down one(s) we felt would work for us. And then we also had another one or two for backups that we could schedule if our main one wasn't available. Luck!

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