'First Date'
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.
If only there were people whose job it was to assess the risks of future events and explain it all to us.
Hmm, can't think of anyone like that around here.
From way back, I've been sort of ignoring the housing market except for noticing that around town, for sale signs are staying up longer. Used to be they'd go within a week.
I'm noticing in my neighborhood that for sale apartments are going nowhere. Still not getting any cheaper, though.
Out of curiosity, what are they asking, lisa?
Still not getting any cheaper, though.
Yeah, I read somewhere (The Trib?) that sellers are generally being stubborn and refused to lower prices much....
Out of curiosity, what are they asking, lisa?
$260,000.
Which is ridic. Even when the market was at its hottest I think the most a house sold for on the street was $230 and that was an end-of-row house (wider then the interior houses) and across the street (where they have slightly longer lots). It's a nice place, they've done a lot of work on it, and it's got central AC. But it doesn't have, for example, a fabulous modern kitchen or beautifully landscaped yard or anything.
My friend said if it had been priced at about $240 she would have put a contract in on it. That is on the high end of comparable places she'd looked at in the neighborhood.
Yeah, I read somewhere (The Trib?) that sellers are generally being stubborn and refused to lower prices much....
I know that DH's company will buy a house from an employee who moves and needs to sell if it doesn't sell within a year. So there are some people who have no incentive to lower their asking price.
That is insane!! But then, I was shocked to see the listing of a crappy yellow house on coldspring (right after falls! with no apparent driveway except to one way coldspring!) in the upper $300s. Horrid location, doesn't even look that big. Not sure if it sold.
I'd make an offer on that place by lisah at say $180K and see what they say. ijs.
I'm watching Olivia try to eat her toes
Silly girl. Not that baby toes aren't a delicious treat, but they're for grownups.
I would be grouchy at all the face-space people who've been gobbling up Nilly's time and attention except that, well, it's Nilly. Can't really blame them.
moonlit! Yes, definitely, if you have time, threadsuck Bitches and bask in the teacher love.
And happy birthday, Trudy, with all the porn and mojitos and Fernet and cabana boys you deserve, which is lots and lots. I hate that the messed-uppedness of the world has made stress and sadness invade what should be a day of pure luxuriant sybaritic celebration of your porny pantsitude.
As well as happy birthday, Kara, but with neither porn nor booze nor cabana boys, unless you want to celebrate the day by bossing your brothers around, in which case, go to!
And happy b.orgiversary to Fred Pete, with a side of snark and cats and vintage-movie glamour.
The Halloweenie just thumped in hearty approval of all the above messages.
Happy Birthday Trudy!
Thankfully, Monday is my No Compelling Shows on TV day, so I can happily read or watch DVDs and ignore the retrospectives.
Peace to all
Mooonlit, seeing your font after so long - a plus. and I remember the struggles you had for a while
good morning, Nilly
coffee time