Nora, expect the inspectior to talk in terms of gloom and doom, they almost always do. When I bought a house, ours told us we were "making a huge mistake." It was way scary, but the actual list of problems were all solvable. Our former house in Cambridge had, for example, a dirt basement floor and standing puddles of water under the fuse box (a thing which TOTALLY freked out the inspector "This could kill you: were his words as he made us come downstairs to look.) turned out to be a wonderful place to live and we repaired all the stuff he found.
Mal: I call you back? Wash: No, Mal. You didn't. Zoe: I take full responsibility, cap.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Scrappy - Apr 16, 2005 5:24:58 am PDT #3935 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sparky1 - Apr 16, 2005 5:29:31 am PDT #3936 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Sometimes I suspect law students like Wills and Trusts so much because the we like to imagine our demanding clients dead and gone.
Perkins, do you think your new job won't require the workaholic in you? Cool!
Stephanie - Apr 16, 2005 5:32:02 am PDT #3937 of 10001
Trust my rage
Nora, expect the inspectior to talk in terms of gloom and doom, they almost always do.
Yes to this. Just before we bought this house, the inspector told us that we had "potentially serious drainage problems." The builder fixed a few things and now the water flows where it should. In our CO house, the buyer's inspector said we also had serious drainage problems, which a landscaper fixed for $500. Both times I almost panicked and walked away from the deal, but both times it worked out well.
Lee - Apr 16, 2005 5:32:11 am PDT #3938 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm told that I will almost never have to work on weekends and not even that many evenings.
Shocking, but true.
Sparky1 - Apr 16, 2005 5:35:39 am PDT #3939 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Wow, it's almost like you're an academic again.
Lee - Apr 16, 2005 5:38:05 am PDT #3940 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I KNOW!
Aims - Apr 16, 2005 5:43:20 am PDT #3941 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"The dust will always be there; my kids won't."
Maybe I can dust WITH the baby!!
Sparky1 - Apr 16, 2005 5:43:33 am PDT #3942 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Only you'll probably dress much better than most on the academic side. Which is a very good thing.
Maybe I can dust WITH the baby!!
You'll have to switch to cloth diapers. I don't think that having her in plastic pampers will pick up much dust when you swipe her across the top of the mantel.
§ ita § - Apr 16, 2005 5:44:09 am PDT #3943 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe I can dust WITH the baby!!
Swaddle and swab!
Aims - Apr 16, 2005 5:48:18 am PDT #3944 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
New from the makers of Swiffer, The Swaddle and Swab!
Just attach duster to baby's onesie, attach baby to pole and WHEEE! Airplane ride AND clean your ceiling fan!