All I did was look for open houses on the web. I went to a few, found one I liked, and made an offer.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Feb 09, 2005 4:14:34 pm PST #5708 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
sarameg - Feb 09, 2005 4:18:19 pm PST #5709 of 10002
Huh. I troll the open houses list in the paper, but most are waaaay out of my league. Will have to check the web. I think I want someone to hold my hand even if they are in it for themself. I freak out over paperwork (reminds me: taxes this weekend and move more $$ to savings.)
Also there is the appalling fact that B'more average price has increased something like 25% in the past year (maybe 2, I don't quite recall.) Stuff moves here. Probably not like NYC, from what I've heard, but... I function well under duress. However I hate anticipating duress.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2005 4:20:19 pm PST #5710 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My cynicism is such now that I think what should have been a deep reaching scandal on the order of Watergate, will evaporate in a whirl of spin.
IMHO we've already had several scandals bigger than Watergate....
sarameg - Feb 09, 2005 4:22:56 pm PST #5711 of 10002
OMG! Expose on ABC local news! Wilty roses!
There is a reason I skip local news.....
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2005 4:25:36 pm PST #5712 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
All I did was look for open houses on the web. I went to a few, found one I liked, and made an offer.
Is that how it works? I was thinking I'd just walk around 'til I saw a house I liked, ring the doorbell, and tell the owner, "I really like your house. Can I have it?"
Tom Scola - Feb 09, 2005 4:33:41 pm PST #5713 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I troll the open houses list in the paper, but most are waaaay out of my league.
You should probably go to a couple of open houses, even if you know you can't afford it, just to establish what you are and aren't willing to settle for.
Plus, trapsing through the homes of complete strangers? FUN!!!
amych - Feb 09, 2005 4:35:13 pm PST #5714 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I was thinking I'd just walk around 'til I saw a house I liked, ring the doorbell, and tell the owner, "I really like your house. Can I have it?"
Nah, you just wait until they move to Switzerland. Less icky human interaction that way.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 4:39:25 pm PST #5715 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My cynicism is such now that I think what should have been a deep reaching scandal on the order of Watergate, will evaporate in a whirl of spin.
IMHO we've already had several scandals bigger than Watergate....
My cynicism is such that if that gets any traction at all it will be because the guy was involved with gay porn. While I don't mind hypocrisy getting called, I suspect it will be the "gay" and the "porn" and not the hypocrisy that gets play.
sarameg - Feb 09, 2005 4:39:56 pm PST #5716 of 10002
Plus, trapsing through the homes of complete strangers? FUN!!!
When we moved when I was 16, it was into a development still under construction. So lots of houses without locked doors that me & mom would walk through just prior to completion. It was cool, and we'd compare them to ours and discuss how we would furnish them and whatnot. Then the open houses. I think we saw the inside of every house built between 1991 and when I left for college. Mom has seen the rest.
I do feel weird walking into other people's houses. Like I should apologize or something. Projecting my oversized bubble, I think. I need to get over it.
sarameg - Feb 09, 2005 4:42:04 pm PST #5717 of 10002
ALIAS: wouldn't a Romanian say Praha or some variant, not Prague? Or PROG, as he did.