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How many "tourists" take pictures of office stairwells?

RIP Philip Baker Hall, great character actor. Memorable rolls

Happy Flag Day! And now you know...

I chatted with the guy who put our fence up a few months after we closed. He said he had to go back to one quote after they found the lumber and up the price quite a bit. I don't remember how much. We decided early on we didn't want wood. Too much upkeep. Decided on an aluminum wrought iron style. A bit more pricy than wood but won't have to replace it any time soon unless a deer tries to run through it again. I figure we have nothing to hide, the fence was strictly to keep the dog in. The neighbors are welcome to join us when we enjoy the patio. We'll even provide the wine.

That's pretty much who I'm assuming. Somebody like Blackstone. My niece had a house outside of Raleigh,NC last year. The house sold as soon as the agent listed it. Some outfit out of Texas, I think they ended up either renting or flipping it.

A lot of the investment buying around here is cash offers. Now whether they turn a profit when they try to flip is another story. I haven't checked rental rates lately, Either way it's the average home buyer who is getting screwed

On the plus side we've stopped getting mail and phone calls from brokers asking if we want to refinance.

We closed June 1 2020. Nothing like watching a house being built 700 miles away. I think at one point we were up about $70 thousand with one of the best lots in the sub. Not looking to sell anytime soon, I figure it will be on our heirs. I'm curious to see where it goes, the ones that did buy and sell quickly did ok. There is still one on the market that hasn't seen movement at least on Realty.com and Zillow. Upside it is a big military area and a college town. Good location between two major shopping areas (Richmond and Newport News). I am hoping that tempers things a bit.

Maybe this has already been posted because I can't remember where I saw it. Mike Schmidt batted ,196 his first full season in the bigs... https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schmimi01.shtml I also think the fact that everyone is struggling has put extra pressure on Tork.

The Rep doth protest too much...

Not to mention a wife who wouldn't stay home smile and bake chocolate chip cookies.

This is what happens when you have a foreign born alien running for office in a state he doesn't live.

This probably belongs in the minors thread but say a headline from the Toledo paper that Lloyd is out for unannounced reasons today, not sure for how long. The story was behind the Blade's paywall. if I was into conspiracies I'd wonder.

As we were saying. As we wee saying....

And another one bites the dust...

Hey I still want live radio shows in small markets and control boards with slide pots...

I agree whole heartedly. Yet a lot of the people I see whining about gas and grocery prices are the same people who are ardently opposed to things like good mass transportation. A decent healthcare policy (basic medicare for all would be a good first step), who oppose efforts to enhance education and training programs in areas where they are really needed. Especially as we enter the post service industry world. Yet they'll still cling to their two bedroom SUVS as god given rights (small g on purpose)

Exactly

And folks will still cling to their guns and gas guzzlers. We're still cheaper than a lot of other countries.

Maybe it's the old man in me today, but Trump was the conduit for a lot of what has been festering in this country for decades. He made it acceptable, not necessarily to the main stream but to enough to make it dangerous. Trump spurred on by Right Wing Media, folks like Rush, Hannity, even Tucker and such would have never had the chance to have a platform like they do now 30 or so years ago. Not to mention a generation of opportunistic politicians who see the golden ring. And to all those folks its mostly a way to get richer, but to their audience its gospel.

Harking back to Watergate for a moment. It really wasn't until John Dean's testimony and more importantly the revelations about the missing 18 minutes on the taping system that the reality of what was happening at the time was significant. If I recall correctly, it really wasn't until the vote of the House Impeachment Committee that reality really didn't set in. Times are different, the two parties are more divided now than in 1974. I'd really like to know what turned so many of what we thought were conservative but not crazy Republicans to the dark side?

"Right Wing Wack Jobs" will just get craftier. Just look at Virginia where the current governor managed to walk a fine line between trying to ignore Trump and embrace his policies without the bluster and vitriol. When you have 40 plus percent of the voting population baked in just because they have an R beside their name it's an uphill battle. Organizing Democratic voters is like herding cats. Republicans are like sheep it just takes a couple of crafty dogs.