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[dday9]

I still sell insurance, not sulphur ;P

[Shaggy Hiker]

Just paid off my house.

Woo Hoo!

[dday9]

That is amazing!

[dday9]

How do you intend to enjoy this newly freed up income?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Well....the car broke down on Saturday, which is kind of an indicator that I ought to be thinking about replacing it. It has a few issues, but still looks great and (usually) runs great, but it has 230,000 miles on it. I think I'll put that off until spring, as I'd like to get through the winter without dealing with that. Might start looking earlier, I just don't really know whether there's anything on the market that truly suits me, so it might be a lengthy search.

There's a bit of a remodel coming over the winter and spring, too. Being somewhat aesthetically challenged, that's a ponderous process for me. The goal may be to replace the wood stove, but if I'm going to do that I really need to do so in conjunction with whatever I'm going to do with the floor, but if I'm going to do the floor I really should paint first, and I may have to alter the countertop in the kitchen.

So, the first step is to figure out what color to paint the living room, which is all that is going to get painted, I think.

[SJWhiteley]

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So, the first step is to figure out what color to paint the living room, which is all that is going to get painted, I think.

I saw a camel ask the bank on his cellphone what color to paint a guest bedroom. They were not too helpful; I think he went with taupe.

[FunkyDexter]

The goal may be to replace the wood stove

You've got a stove made out of wood?! Sheesh, these Americans are crazy.

It was listed for $125k but we asked for $105k

The house is a 3 bedroom 1 bathroom home and I think the living square footage is a little over 1300.

Say Wha...?!

Here's a one bedroom mobile near me for roughly that (a little more actually). Mind you, there's less chance of being eaten by alligators in Bristol.

[dday9]

Wood burning stoves are popular here, but it is a disqualifier for many insurance companies. In fact, in my risk management guidelines for the primary company that I represent doesn't allow for wood burning stoves and then 2 of the 3 brokering companies that I write through also don't allow for wood burning stoves.

[homer13j]

Here's a one bedroom mobile near me for roughly that (a little more actually). Mind you, there's less chance of being eaten by alligators in Bristol.

Looked it up with Google Earth... here we would call that a trailer park. But it's near a place called Catbrain!

And what's the story with the abandoned airport? Looks like there's an old Concorde jet on display.

[NeedSomeAnswers]

Say Wha...?!

Here's a one bedroom mobile near me for roughly that (a little more actually). Mind you, there's less chance of being eaten by alligators in Bristol.

Yeah i wrote and deleted 2 posts, after ddays post on his new house, but i think we Brits just have to accept that there is just a lot of land in the US

Saying that i watched a programme about New York Property the other day and yikes i am surprised anyone can afford to live anywhere near New York anymore its kind of what London is aspiring to!!!

Wood burning stoves are popular here, but it is a disqualifier for many insurance companies.

Really thats interesting, it doesn't really figure on UK insurance i wonder why that is?? Could it be due to the materials used for house construction?

[FunkyDexter]

And what's the story with the abandoned airport?

I have no idea. Bristol has an airport but it's out to the west rather than North. It looks like a pretty big one, though.

Si might know more about it. He's lived here longer than me.

i think we Brits just have to accept that there is just a lot of land in the US

Tell me about it. It must be great to be an American... apart from the fact that it would mean being American

[dday9]

[dday9]

Really thats interesting, it doesn't really figure on UK insurance i wonder why that is?? Could it be due to the materials used for house construction?

It may just be localized to Louisiana too, I'm not familiar with underwriting guidelines in other states.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I don't know that it makes a whole lot of difference out here. Wood heat is somewhat nice, but we have problems with inversions. I often won't use the stove for a month or two during the winter simply because I don't want to be contributing more to the problem. Once an inversion sets in, it can get hard to breathe, though most years, the air quality doesn't degrade too badly.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Everybody appears to be on vacation.

[dday9]

I'm going to Nashville, but it is for work not pleasure.

[NeedSomeAnswers]

I'm going to Nashville, but it is for work not pleasure.

oh oh let me guess, your going to record a Country album?

[jdc20181]

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[homer13j]

[dday9]

Homer, it took me a moment to recognize your avatar.

[homer13j]

Homer, it took me a moment to recognize your avatar.

Well, at least someone gets it.

[FunkyDexter]

It looks a bit like an Einstein puppet but it's a bit to small for me to make out properly.

[Shaggy Hiker]

A still from an animated Einstein/Kung-Fu/porn movie?

[homer13j]

A still from an animated Einstein/Kung-Fu/porn movie?

You're close... it's from a movie.

Bats, they are sick. I can no hit curve ball. Straight ball I hit it very much. Curve ball... bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come. Take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come.

[FunkyDexter]

an animated Einstein/Kung-Fu/porn movie

well that's an intriguing combination

[Shaggy Hiker]

Well, it looked like Einstein, and it kind of looks like he's wearing a karate belt....and nothing else.

[NeedSomeAnswers]

It does look a bit like that but since Homer gave us the quote from the film its from which even has the name of character in the quote i think we can safely say it's not Einstein Karate Porn Kid !!!

[Shaggy Hiker]

Reality may be stranger than fiction, but my misinterpretation is funnier than reality.

[jdc20181]

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[dday9]

[jdc20181]

lol

*Bump*

[Shaggy Hiker]

Ah, it's been many years since I've seen that movie.

[dday9]

There was 2 weeks in my 9th grade summer where I'd get... incapacitated... and watch that movie every day.

[homer13j]

There was 2 weeks in my 9th grade summer where I'd get... incapacitated... and watch that movie every day.

I remember when they filmed it - summer of '88 or '89. Most of the stadium scenes were filmed in Milwaukee's County Stadium that looked similar to Cleveland Municipal Stadium but was only about half the size. Made it a lot easier to fill with extras for the crowd scenes. That funky water tower just beyond the outfield is a dead giveaway that it's Milwaukee.

On "opening day" there's a pan shot of the Terminal Tower that includes the Scranton Peninsula and the old Republic Steel Nut & Bolt works. They set off smoke bombs on the roof of the place to make it appear to be in operation when in reality it was abandoned in '86 or so. While the movie guys were working on the roof me and a buddy of mine were busy stripping all the copper wire out of the place. We made almost $1000 that summer hauling all that copper up the hill to the scrapper using my old Datsun pickup.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yeah, movies shot "not on location" tend to run into issues with people familiar with the surroundings. I'm always looking to see if inappropriate animals or vegetation are in the shot....well, not ALWAYS, but when the shot is just about scenery. If their going to take the time to show it, I'm going to look at it.

[FunkyDexter]

I think inappropriate animals are great. That's why I like the monkeys at the zoo.

[dday9]

A solid grand back in the 80's?! If you would've invested the entire amount in Dell in 1988, you would've had $157k before they moved it back to private ownership.

[Shaggy Hiker]

If you knew the future, you could be quite rich...or very depressed...hopefully it would be the former.

[dday9]

Shaggy, you must've pulled some weight to get these tested in your state: http://www.bing.com/search?q=Sandpoi...es+public+test

[SJWhiteley]

Is the post count/# an unsigned short?