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  Best guitar solo in rock song

  by sooner7nc in

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  oh no, not another music thread!

  sorry folks but yes another music thread.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjyn-eg1zk.

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  Best guitar solo in rock song

  by sooner7nc in

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  oh no, not another music thread!

  sorry folks but yes another music thread.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjyn-eg1zk.

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  "Du Hast!" Great!
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  Best guitar solo in rock song

  by sooner7nc in

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  oh no, not another music thread!

  sorry folks but yes another music thread.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjyn-eg1zk.

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  I love "THE" Boston Album. One of my all time favorites. Try headphones, a couple shots of the whiskey, with a beer chaser. Oh yeah.
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  Should I walk away from my "underwater" home?

  by The Berean in

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  millions are now facing the dilemma of making house payments on a property that is not worth what is being paid.

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  after originally promising to repay the bank, is there a "moral" obligation to continue in a dwelling, even at a loss ... or is it best to exercise the "legal" right of foreclosure and pay the consequences ?.

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  "A mortgage is a business deal??" So that means, walk away from it if it isn't a good investment?? That is pure crap. If it makes you feel better, then by all means give that damn mortgage company the shaft.

  It seems to me that a mortage represents someone elses money that is being put on the line so that you can buy something that you really can't afford to begin with. Because you don't have enough money to buy a house you use someone elses to do it. It is as simple as that. It may be humbling to look at it that way, but that's the way it is.

  So because you don't see the value appreciating you can dump it??

  What if the mortgage company saw that you were making a great return on their money, and decided they wanted their money back, or maybe they want the property. Would that work for you?

  We've lost something very valuable here. Sad.

  What happened here is that many people thought they could roll the dice with someone elses money. They lost, and now they don't want to pay back the lender. The lenders saw the greed and sought to accomodate it all. LOL. Sorry to say, be we all deserve what we got. We all get to pay.
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  American TV sucks

  by acolytes in

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  let me just say i think american t.v is the most entertaining in the world.. i love the citcoms (seinfelt, everybody loves raymond ect ect) i grew up with rawhide, the virginian, star treck, rovkford files, starsky and hutch ect ect.. at the moment iam watching americas got talent (maybe it hasnt) but the shows great entertainment.

  then i rememberd when i was in the u.s and how i felt american t.v sucked with all those commercials.. tell me do you have non commercial t.v.in the states?.

  how much time is given to commersials with a 22 minute seinfet episode?.

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  Some of our best TV now, is on HBO, SHOWTIME, etc. You pay a minimal monthly fee, but are commercial free! Hallelujah.
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  Tattoos/Piercings?

  by Think About It in

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  i feel like woody allen in the 1973 movie "the sleeper".

  i leave in 1995, wake up 15 yrs later to see what has been going on in the jw religion and find out it is completely different from what i left.

  i started a thread about beards, because i wanted to know how the modern day beard and goatee fad went over in the kh's.. now i'm curious about the tattoo, piercings and short or shaved hair look.

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  Has GodChick got a "Tramp Stamp?"
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  Should I walk away from my "underwater" home?

  by The Berean in

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  millions are now facing the dilemma of making house payments on a property that is not worth what is being paid.

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  after originally promising to repay the bank, is there a "moral" obligation to continue in a dwelling, even at a loss ... or is it best to exercise the "legal" right of foreclosure and pay the consequences ?.

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  If I sign on the "dotted line," then I am obligated to abide by the contract. If what I buy loses value, it does not mean that now, I am not obligated. If everyone acted this way, we would basically have complete anarchy. Just because greedy bankers screwed many, that does not mean it's right to follow their lead.

  If you cannot honor your obligation, and you risk losing everything, and a roof over your head, then yes, you should take advantage of the safety net put in place by the bankruptcy laws.

  Too many have abused this safety net (financial strategy...right, "charge!"), and now the bankruptcy laws are much tougher because of it. Now, when more people are honestly in need of it.

  Come on people.
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  Should I walk away from my "underwater" home?

  by The Berean in

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  2. friends

  millions are now facing the dilemma of making house payments on a property that is not worth what is being paid.

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  after originally promising to repay the bank, is there a "moral" obligation to continue in a dwelling, even at a loss ... or is it best to exercise the "legal" right of foreclosure and pay the consequences ?.

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  When you sign a contract, you give your word.

  Even after getting screwed by the banks, corps, realtors, shouldn't we honor word?

  Bankruptcy should only be used if you CAN'T fullfill your obligation, and are in danger of being on the street. Isn't that the reason for bankruptcy. I never thought of it as a "strategy."
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  Should I walk away from my "underwater" home?

  by The Berean in

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  millions are now facing the dilemma of making house payments on a property that is not worth what is being paid.

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  after originally promising to repay the bank, is there a "moral" obligation to continue in a dwelling, even at a loss ... or is it best to exercise the "legal" right of foreclosure and pay the consequences ?.

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  I understand that Robdar.
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  Should I walk away from my "underwater" home?

  by The Berean in

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  millions are now facing the dilemma of making house payments on a property that is not worth what is being paid.

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  after originally promising to repay the bank, is there a "moral" obligation to continue in a dwelling, even at a loss ... or is it best to exercise the "legal" right of foreclosure and pay the consequences ?.

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  watson

  By following that advice, you could wind up in an even bigger financial vise.

  This is not necessarily true. They may not be able to take equity out of their inflated value and buy some quads, but if they can pay, they should.

  We don't know the circumstances, just the original question.

  Here's one for ya:

  A criminal has a "right" to a fair trial. It doesn't mean he is not a criminal.

  One thing we have learned in this country is how NOT to be responsible for our decisions.