We're having some kind of Monsoon. Just when I think it can't rain any harder, it does.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Sue - Aug 31, 2007 7:58:47 am PDT #7877 of 10001
hip deep in pie
megan walker - Aug 31, 2007 8:03:43 am PDT #7878 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I heard an idea being floated to allow people whose homes have been foreclosed on to keep living in the home and pay a fair market rent.
I have no idea how one would successfully (or fairly) implement such a system.
And while I hate the idea that these predatory loans ever existed, many people used them to buy houses they couldn't normally afford or to pay down other consumer credit card debt. I don't really feel sorry for those people, just like I don't feel sorry for people that buy $30,000 cars when they make $40,000 a year.
Daisy Jane - Aug 31, 2007 8:12:57 am PDT #7879 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
And while I hate the idea that these predatory loans ever existed, many people used them to buy houses they couldn't normally afford or to pay down other consumer credit card debt. I don't really feel sorry for those people, just like I don't feel sorry for people that buy $30,000 cars when they make $40,000 a year.
In a lot of cases though, they were told they would be able to refinance in a few years (no mention of prepayment penalties), income amounts were changed, clients were told to sign paperwork that wasn't fully filled out. I've had some people call and say that when they qualified it was for a 30 year fixed, but now it says they have an ARM.
BigDuluth - Aug 31, 2007 8:17:42 am PDT #7880 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
I can't say I watch Dirty Jobs frequently, but I do get pleasure out of watching a show with people like my Dad on it. Especially after eight hours of L&O reruns.
Every day over lunch I manage to find a tv to watch Dirty Jobs... though yesterday I did more listening than watching while I ate and he replaced a pump in a sewage treatment plant.
And yes Fridays off are awesome!
Nutty - Aug 31, 2007 8:18:00 am PDT #7881 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
In not-finance news, what's wrong with this sentence?
“It’s very sad,” Kilgore said. “He is clearly not happy. We, as humans, have bread animals for our own pleasure for thousands of years. In this case, we have bread animals to fight.”
What are they doing to these poor animals that they're turning into bread??
Kathy A - Aug 31, 2007 8:19:42 am PDT #7882 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hee--that pump replacement job was the only one after which Mike and the crew didn't go out to eat/drink afterwards. According to him, they just went back to their hotel rooms and took about five million showers to get the smell out.
Trudy Booth - Aug 31, 2007 8:21:08 am PDT #7883 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
What are they doing to these poor animals that they're turning into bread??
Maybe its a Soylent Green thing.
Daisy Jane - Aug 31, 2007 8:21:32 am PDT #7884 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Every day over lunch I manage to find a tv to watch Dirty Jobs...
Mr. Jane said that yesterday they had an alligator farm in Cutoff, LA which I drove through back in the Search for Gas in South Louisiana adventure of Aught Four.
Kathy A - Aug 31, 2007 8:21:44 am PDT #7885 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
In this case, we have bread animals to fight.”
What are they doing to these poor animals that they're turning into bread??
Are the bread animals rising up against us? They're definitely not pets; they just loaf around.
Tom Scola - Aug 31, 2007 8:22:14 am PDT #7886 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What are they doing to these poor animals that they're turning into bread??
Maybe they're just coating them with breadcrumbs?