So, Russian forces cut power to Chernobyl. It’s now on backup power. If that fails, we risk all the spent fuel melting down? This would be bad for Ukraine and the EU, no? Is this Putin’s backdoor nuclear threat to the West? It’s not a bomb, so…
At this point, time for the torch. Heating oil is at astronomical prices and ever increasing. I’m done with being stuck inside. Let’s get some warmth and sun. I know, I know. It ain’t gonna happen, especially here on the coast.
I’m FERS-FRAE. Saving 10% plus the 5% match. I’ve been house hunting for a year. One fell through because of the seller. The second fell through because we found out it was on a FEMA flood zone. We’re onto #3. Making an offer tonight.
We all know interest rates are going up, but my realtor just told me that her friend in the business thinks we may be seeing mortgage interest rates approaching 5-7% within the next year. That seems ludicrous. Something that sells for 500k today may be worth 350k in five years. Lots of folks will go underwater. I say this as I’m putting in an offer for over asking for a property in Gloucester…
GL to companies trying to get its employees that can WFH to come back to the office. My commute is 45 miles one way, but thankfully only needed to make it once a week pre-COVID.
I’ll probably be back 1 day per week next month. My team is virtual, teammates all over the country, so I’m really just a hotelier anyway. Travel ramping up too. Two weeks of travel already scheduled for April.
I’m hopeful that the Ukrainians put up a good fight and hold off the Russians in the immediate term. Short and medium term seem more precarious. Long term, any puppet regime will eventually be ousted. Putin is nearing 70. We’re in the last decade of his reign.
Macron said as much. I wonder what someone like Putin would do if he was ever diagnosed with a terminal illness. Would he just fade to black or go out like a supernova?