That sounds like a pretty cool shredder, Carmella . Ours takes up to 16 pages but I usually do 4 at a time. It doesn't take too long. Maybe that's a good sign... in the past we had so much documentation to destroy I went for the barbecue. Fire it up!
justbroke - that's not a bad job... hurry...

Good question. How about... Gamestop?...

Yeah so, really annoying... job problem. I put 24 bytes on a transmit channel, and get 26 on the receive. How does that even happen? Anmoying, yes but... if I could just do that with $100 billls... LOL!!! printin money baby!

Yeah Barbisi, true; but, we are almost there. I agree, it's difficult being around happy chipper people.
Wow justbroke they quit? Dang. It took me about 10 minutes; I could get three side by side usually. I used to burn them along with old tax forms etc. but they stank and smoked like crazy....

So as we are planning to relocate in 2022, after our BK maelstrom, we are going through all our stuff... sooo fun on a Saturday. Moved books to sell, to the garage - get store credit which is almost 2X the cash offering - that builds up, yknow - so we can buy something rare, we have been looking for....

shipo good luck!...

Carmella , thank you!

shipo , thanks! ...

So, we plan to sell the house ASAP, once our BK maelstrom is over.

We are considering borrowing from my 401K to access funds to fix up the place:
appliances: microwave, dishwasher, stove/oven
paint
carpet/laminated hardwood possibly
faucets
bathroom vanity...

Thanks justbroke . My concern is, jumping from one stressful situation directly to another, although we need to do it, while simultaneously improving our stress management: going from a 5 year bk to prepping/selling/leaving the house, and renting somewhere (searching for a place in CO or elsewhere),...

Yep, this is exactly why we want to sell this house ASAP rather than later, to avoid these costly repairs, particularly the sewer line. The only way that could be paid for that I know of, fresh out of bankruptcy, would be a 401K loan. But we are considering that, for the home sale preparations: paint,...

If your name is on the mortgage as a signer/co-signer, you may need to look into the homestead exemption; it may not matter if you default on the bankruptcy: if you sell your home while *in* the bankruptcy, you (since you are bankrupt, not your spouse) can keep up to a certain dollar amount of the home...

Thanks Carmella, good to keep in mind!...

As long as your car doesn't keep breaking down, yeah! LOL! Like both of ours hahaha! Seriously... new transmission, $3700. Last year, on mine: replaced front axle, brakes; on Barbisi's: starter, alternator... argh! But they are paid for. Drive safely!

Thanks guys! Now... if I just had about $10,000.... ... ... ... LOL! Hang on to it, make a payment using that, each month... we'd be doin alright!...

Ten payments to go....

sophieanne will do, thank you! I work in aerospace engineering: software, systems integration, and test primarily....

Thank you sophieanne ! We say 'Seattle' since we aren't yet familiar with Washington in general, and 'Seattle area' is the first thing we think of, when we think of Washington. The info you provided is very reassuring. We enjoy going to the metro area(s), but we don't want want to live 'in' the metro...

That sounds familiar; I tried some cheese at a French group meeting that smelled like dog excrement; maybe that was it. Couldn't handle it. One of the other folks commented though: "it has such a wonderful complex flavor and odour". Uh, yeah... ok... enjoy, knock yourself out!

hm I might try that if given the chance but I dunno...