Wow, j, I read you with my obssession goggles...cause I read "Marinara" as "marijuana". It was a John Munch moment. I thought "Wow, SF really is different" I am a dumbass.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
erikaj - Nov 01, 2006 9:09:42 am PST #6773 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Toddson - Nov 01, 2006 9:10:33 am PST #6774 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
So what kind of sauce do YOU put on your marijuana?
Amy - Nov 01, 2006 9:11:40 am PST #6775 of 10001
Because books.
Marijuana sauce could make today better.
Gudanov - Nov 01, 2006 9:12:17 am PST #6776 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I thought people just laced bananas with it.
erikaj - Nov 01, 2006 9:13:29 am PST #6777 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I have never used it with sour cream...suspect it of being white- girl like a grilled-cheese sandwich.
Jesse - Nov 01, 2006 9:14:06 am PST #6778 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm skimming past the banana bread talk as I try to ignore the carrot cake calling my name from kitchen.
FWIW, if you're paying off a mortgage, it's really building equity, so in a sense a lot of that 50% is going into your net worth.
AND, don't you get a tax deduction on the payments? So the net cost to you is actually less than the check you write?
msbelle - Nov 01, 2006 9:17:57 am PST #6779 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
YAY! Jesse also making me feel better.
I am starting to slide down mood hill into grumpy valley.
Liese S. - Nov 01, 2006 9:18:41 am PST #6780 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Mmm. Carrot cake.
I'm trying to ignore the upsetting rent/mortgage discussion, as I pay more than 50% of my salary on rent, and that's with taking a raise upon moving. And I'm trying to get into buying land and building and creating equity, but I just heard from my realtor today that in order to put in a septic system on perked land, I need to buy at least an acre. Which is what I wanted all that time ago, but gave up on as too expensive. I cannot understand for the life of me why property values in this area are so completely out of whack. They're priced like lots in freaking Hawaii for heaven's sake.
I love where I live. It's very pretty. But I'll be damned if I'm going to spend a half a million dollars on a small in-city lot and *not be in Hawaii*.
Gudanov - Nov 01, 2006 9:18:54 am PST #6781 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
AND, don't you get a tax deduction on the payments? So the net cost to you is actually less than the check you write?
You get a tax deduction on the interest you pay. But it is only a benefit if you itemize deductions. For me, the standard deduction is barely less than itemized so it isn't a very big factor. For those with more expensive houses or high income the deduction is a big deal.
Vortex - Nov 01, 2006 9:22:11 am PST #6782 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Crap. Got an email that our credit union is merging with the bank owned by DH's company. Somehow, I doubt this merger is going to benefit the membership.
Can they merge and still be a credit union? I thought that there were strict rules about what you could and couldn't do, and that's why some entities were credit unions and some were banks.