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Ooooookay.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
Gudanov - Apr 22, 2005 5:27:01 am PDT #8040 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Fred Pete - Apr 22, 2005 5:27:35 am PDT #8041 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
without a real estate crash
During the last 2 years before we sold our condo, the condo's market value went up about 40%. In the 2 years since we bought our townhouse, the townhouse's market value has gone up around 60%.
I fear a bubble and an imminent crash.
sj - Apr 22, 2005 5:27:36 am PDT #8042 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Happy Birthday, Betsy!
Gudanov - Apr 22, 2005 5:29:54 am PDT #8043 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Mortgage interest is tax-deductible if you itemize your deductions
That's a tricky issue in Kansas City. The housing is low enough that you can buy a nice 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath home and not have enough interest payments to itemize even with state taxes.
Calli - Apr 22, 2005 5:31:47 am PDT #8044 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
And then there are intangibles (pro and con) to both,
Mmmmm-hmmm. I spent part of last weekend changing air filters and smoke detector batteries at my parents' house. When I got home I found a note from the maintenance folks saying they'd been by and changed both at my place. Sure, Dad has a ladder and I don't. But then, he needs a ladder and I don't. The water heater in my apartment died a sudden, silent death last year. I called the office around 9:05 that morning and got home from work to find a bright, shiny new water heater. No muss, no fuss, no waiting around for plumbers. OTOH, I have one closet, period, and no room for a kitchen table. When I move it's 30 days notice and I'm out of there. On the other hand, my landlords have over 5 years of rental checks from me and I'll never see a penny of that again.
Meh. I'd like a condo or a townhouse, if only so I can paint the damn walls. (So, so tired of rental white.) But I definitely recognize some advantages to renting, especially in a place with a good maintenance program.
§ ita § - Apr 22, 2005 5:32:33 am PDT #8045 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cindy, last time I saw her scantily clad, it was just after I was being all excited about my "boy muscles" (iliac crest). And then I saw hers -- she's wider above the hips than at them (although her tremendous glutes mean she has quite the hip to waist ratio) and she wasn't doing any weight training then. Now that she's in a college program, she may very well be doing so. When she was privately coached, or at that tennis school in Fl, she managed to avoid it.
Her family's mad muscular, though. Her dad was on the Jamaican track team in the 72 Olympics, and one of her older sisters held most of the Aiglon (Swiss boarding school where Fergie almost sent her kids) skiing records. Until Megan showed up and took 'em off 'er.
Steph L. - Apr 22, 2005 5:34:25 am PDT #8046 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Calli is me. I am Calli. (We even have similar jobs!)
As a single woman, I have no desire to buy a house (even if I did have $150 K just lying around, since debt is apparently anathema). I don't want to deal with a leaky roof, busted pipes, broken dishwasher, etc. And I don't want yardwork.
I don't think I'll ever buy until I have a houseboy husband.
-t - Apr 22, 2005 5:35:13 am PDT #8047 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy Earth Day everyone!
Happy birthday, Betsy!
And a good Passover to all who celebrate. For the second year in a row I am travelling during Passover. I have to learn not to do that.
§ ita § - Apr 22, 2005 5:35:46 am PDT #8048 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I want a house, but I live in LA, so I really doubt I'll be able to buy anything other than an apartment all on my own.
I should probably start dating, then.
Trudy Booth - Apr 22, 2005 5:38:15 am PDT #8049 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Bacon bandaids
OMG, we have to get that for Nilly.