My friend works in an investment firm up there. They deal in a lot of safe investments, so I imagine "plotting his next move" is like watching paint dry.

Yeah.. this is why I moved from springfield to KC - Springfield sucks tbh. 💀

Obviously you just need to be able to afford a better car with AWD and snow tires. /s

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I make a bit less then then this and basically agree with what u said. If i didnt have a spouse id have to tighten up my budget quite a bit, but still be "fine"

Depends on the house, the down payment, and what your idea of "comfortable" is. If you're a frugal person and have a fairly large down payment, then probably.

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This factually correct comment should not be controversial, let alone sitting at -1.

What is going on in this sub?

I feel you there. Got a '40s house, myself.

Did you at least have your faucets dripping? It won't always stop a freeze when it gets this cold, but it should keep the pressure from cracking anything.

We decided to put it off until the weather warms back up. I felt bad making somebody schlep us food when we have plenty in the house already, and these cold temps aren't just unpleasant; they could really cause problems for somebody if something happened.

I can only assume that the problem is exacerbated by lack of public works funding from the state, considering Springfield is only paying $14.50 for a job that usually requires you to work in freezing temperatures, while driving in dangerous conditions. To me it makes sense why there is a lack of workers

My son delivered pizza and he said that $10 tip at the least is appreciated during this weather

that’s what i’m sayin lol getting butthurt because their town is full of meth heads and mega churches

Just don’t complain if they’re a little late or the foods a little cold. Also depends on how much you’re getting. Just think of it were you doing it what would you expect. That plan seems to work best for people that aren’t awful humans.

Jesus. They even downvoted you for telling me to have a good one.

I tip at least 70-80% during this weather, and live <3 miles away from anywhere I order from. If someone wants to drive in this weather, they'll pick up orders like this and know approx. how much they're making from it. Go for it.

The one's out there doing it need the money and will hopefully be safe about it. I, on the other hand, choose to take this time off to relax and get white girl drunk

I agree this town sucks at being proactive about snowy conditions. They are definitely reactive and often too late.

Source: grew up in the northeast, lived in the 417 for 10 years.

If you haven’t called anyone yet, we really like United Plumbing; they’re 24/7.

I would say the meter probly isn't frozen than.

We still have cold water out of our faucet - does that still apply?

If possible check your water meter. When I worked at CU the bottoms of meters would freeze all the time because the meter pits aren't insulated.

lmao have a good one maye

It lows the freezing point therefore lowering the melting point

You can experiment with this concept at your house too

Get a large bowl, room tempeture can of soda, salt, and ice.

Add water and a lot of salt to the bowl. Stir up so the salt is dissolved into the water

Add the can of soda

Add the ice.

Now stir. You'll notice the ice melt fast. Faster the ice melts the faster the water will become cold.

Remove the can of coke and open it and taste. Should be ice cold.

Why? Ice cools water (or whatever) by absorbing the heat from the liquid or surface. In exchange the liquid or surface is cooled. The faster it melts the faster this exchange happens. It takes a lot of energy to cool things or to heat things. They will eventually meet equilibrium and be losing cold to the air or surface they are in contact with by conduction convection and well this wasn't supposed to be a complicated explanation so we'll just leave it at that.

Your house's ac works on this same concept sort of. It's not magically spitting cold air into your house it's sucking the heat out and passing it over something cooler then returning it back to your house. In the case of hvac it's compressed gas/fluid. Altitude and atmosphere effects the properties of things like the boiling point and ok im gonna stop

A guy I work with does grub hub he loves going out in this shit because people usually do tip better.