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07-15-2003, 12:07 PM

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As to the home, well... I wouldn't buy right now. This market is so inflated you'll never get your $$$ back out of the home. Of course, some realtor will tell you there's no better time than now because of rates, but that whole pitch is illusory, unless you believe prices don't rise inversely to wipe out any gain you get from plummeting rates. There will be a short window in a few months when the housing market tanks but rates haven't really risen meteorically yet during which time you'll be able to steal a house. I'd start looking now and pray for a housing market crash.

S(Waiting for the crash so I can steal some property)D

I am sorry but, are you high?

dtb · 07-15-2003, 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
[Responding to non-sensical analysis by SD about the real estate market.] I am sorry but, are you high?

Do you have ESP or something?

purse junkie · 07-15-2003, 12:12 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
I am saving up to have my boobs inflated

You're just going to end up with some version of that idiotic Carmen Electra floating pontoon look. Either enjoy what you've got, or invest in those tan silicone things with fake nips you can stuff in your wonderbra instead. Though I imagine they scare the crap out of a guy when they fall out in the clinch.

taxwonk · 07-15-2003, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
I hate it when people simply create new rights.

Rite on, Brother.

taxwonk · 07-15-2003, 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This person is (i) a sock, (ii) an idiot, (iii) paigow or (iv) all of the above.

Thurgreed(burberry?)Marshall

I was thinking it was your sock. Opening salvo on me, with a Paigow flavor. It has TM writ large upon it.

sebastian_dangerfield · 07-15-2003, 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
I am sorry but, are you high?

Have you looked at housing prices lately?

I just looked at a home my friend sold for $250 two years ago. It is now selling for $360. No improvements have been made since he had it. You think if I buy that piece of shiiite I'm going to get my cash back out of it???

If I wait for the market to crash, I can buy a home like that for $270-280K.

Now I'm high why?

bilmore · 07-15-2003, 12:25 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Rite on, Brother.

Glad to see SOMEBODY got it.

Bad_Rich_Chic · 07-15-2003, 12:41 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
If I recall correctly, it was an abusive relationship, and I know those can sometimes take longer to leave.

I have nothing of substance or value to add to this, except to say: retain a divorce lawyer and talk it through with him/her before you talk to your wife. (i) Your lawyer is always, always in your corner, which you can't say about family or college friends, and he or she surely knows a lot more about this than you or them or just about any of us, and (ii) you had sure as hell better know the future settlement implications of (x) letting her leave with the kid and (y) letting her stay in the house before you decide to do either (and surely a bunch of other stuff neither you nor I have considered).

Seriously, you need to stop fucking around, as TM and bimore point out, but before you jump know what you are jumping into. What do you want? Do you want custody, if she's so unstable? Do you want the house? The actions you take now could significantly effect your position down the road.

BR(bringing you the cold, hard calculus of exit strategies)C

Bad_Rich_Chic · 07-15-2003, 12:44 PM

I was a poison-making spy? I always have been a bit of a snoop.

I do not know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.
You were born somewhere around the territory of modern USA South-Center approximately in 1450.
Your profession was chemist, alchemist, poison manufacturer.
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Your brief psychological profile in that past life:
You always liked to travel, to investigate, could have been detective or spy.
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Lesson, that your last past life brought to present:
You should develop self-love and ability to implant hope into hearts of people. Ambition -- is not everything. True wealth is buried in your soul.

Not Bob · 07-15-2003, 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Have you looked at housing prices lately?

I just looked at a home my friend sold for $250 two years ago. It is now selling for $360. No improvements have been made since he had it. You think if I buy that piece of shiiite I'm going to get my cash back out of it???

If I wait for the market to crash, I can buy a home like that for $270-280K.

Now I'm high why?

Dunno about the housing market in Philly, but around here, the last few times that the market crashed, prices didn't really go down so much as they merely stopped increasing at a geometric rate. And houses were on the market longer.

Of course, I'm sure that there are parts of the country where house prices actually decline when the R/E market crashes. But from what I have read, even formerly red-hot markets that went ballistic during the tech boom (I'm thinking of SF and TCOTU) have not seen prices go down.

I guess it depends upon your view of a house -- is it an investment that you expect to appreciate at 5-10% or more annually, or is it a place to live?

ThurgreedMarshall · 07-15-2003, 12:52 PM

Okay, time for a poll. This one is a little bit outable, depending on how much personal info you share with coworkers. But feel free to make your answer as generic as possible while still being interesting to avoid the problem.

I've been talking offline to another poster about marriage. I think we both agree that you can't find the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. When you're happy with yourself and at peace, it just happens. You have a better chance when you're not looking. When you're looking, you're trying to fit a person into a preconceived notion of what you think you want or need. When you're just happy being you, you have no such restrictions.

So, how did you meet your SO (if you're not currently in a relationship, use the best relationship you've been in or whoever broke your heart)? What was it about them that made you attracted to them? For married people, how and when did you know they were the one?

TM

Edited to fix poll so that it applies to everyone.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 07-15-2003, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Okay, time for a poll. This one is a little bit outable, depending on how much personal info you share with coworkers. But feel free to make your answer as generic as possible while still being interesting to avoid the problem.

I've been talking offline to another poster about marriage. I think we both agree that you can't find the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. When you're happy with yourself and at peace, it just happens. You have a better chance when you're not looking. When you're looking, you're trying to fit a person into a preconceived notion of what you think you want or need. When you're just happy being you, you have no such restrictions.

So, how did you meet your SO? What was it about them that made you attracted to them? For married people, how and when did you know they were the one?

TM

Jesus. This isn't a poll.

Are you Oprah?

ABBAKiss · 07-15-2003, 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
So, how did you meet your SO? What was it about them that made you attracted to them? For married people, how and when did you know they were the one?

Set up with his roommate.

07-15-2003, 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Jesus. This isn't a poll.

Are you Oprah?

No, he is Count De Monet.

Hey TM, the rule is you go first. And dont forget to mention whether she made your toes curl with her smooches.

ThurgreedMarshall · 07-15-2003, 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
No, he is Count De Monet.

Hey TM, the rule is you go first. And dont forget to mention whether she made your toes curl with her smooches.

If I were Oprah, I wouldn't waste my time fucking around with you assholes. I would be enjoying the billion dollars I have stashed away. Oh yeah. I'd probably be having a donut right now.

I met my wife in college. I asked her out and she brought her roomate (a sure sign I was NOT in there). I was disappointed, but we had a good time. Later, when I brought her back to her dorm, we hung out outside and talked after her roomate went upstairs. She told me that her roomate invited herself when she said she had this date and she didn't know what to do.

I guess I knew we would be together for a long time back then because we got along so well (hard to imagine anyone would get along with me, yez). Everything was just easy.

TM