Don't say that, you midwesterners! We are flying to Cleveland tonight and neither I nor the kids have decent winter gear (any more, in my case).
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
flea - Mar 20, 2008 10:24:15 am PDT #6245 of 10001
information libertarian
Emily - Mar 20, 2008 10:24:37 am PDT #6246 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I just googled "dance the hoochie coo standing on the corner." Google must think I'm looking for 1920's hookers.
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2008 10:28:48 am PDT #6247 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yesterday my boss decided to drain the gas tank of the snowblower and put it away from storage. Of course, he was joking at the time that because he'd done that, we'd get more snow (even though he thought we were through with large amounts of snow for the season).
Susan W. - Mar 20, 2008 10:30:13 am PDT #6248 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Susan, just from what I've been reading on various economic/housing blogs, I'd hold off on buying for at least a year, and then see what the market is doing in Seattle. The foreclosures are just starting to happen now--many of the ARM mortgages haven't even reset yet. When they do, the foreclosure rate is going to skyrocket even more than it is already.
Well, we just renewed our lease, so we're staying where we are through 3/31/09. And we're only buying if the inheritance comes through, which is still not a certainty.
As for anecdata, there are definitely more houses on the market, and they're staying there longer. Two houses across the street from us have had for sale signs for months. And when DH and I were poking around realtor websites, we found a house we liked that had originally been listed at $420K that's now around $350K.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2008 10:34:49 am PDT #6249 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That job I got laid off from a year and a half ago? Mortgage industry. I keep wanting to chime in on this conversation but then I start laughing and can't.
It's good that I'm out of that industry, and from what I heard most of the rest of my group is gone too.
Nutty - Mar 20, 2008 10:35:12 am PDT #6250 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Emily, dare I ask why you googled that phrase?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 20, 2008 10:40:44 am PDT #6251 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just googled "dance the hoochie coo standing on the corner." Google must think I'm looking for 1920's hookers.
And wouldn't it make more sense to "goolie" that phrase?
Jesse - Mar 20, 2008 10:44:26 am PDT #6252 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A coworker just asked me not to growl at her. I had to explain I was growling toward her, not at her.
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2008 10:45:24 am PDT #6253 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Couldn't you say you were growling with her, not at her?
Jesse - Mar 20, 2008 10:47:55 am PDT #6254 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Unfortunately, she was not growling.