A nice 3 bedroom 2 bath house in my area costs about $200,000. But, with today's real estate market, you can get something for much cheaper. I just bought a house in September. It's a three bed two bath on one acre and it was originally on the market for $179,000. By the time I was done negotiating, I got it for $132,000 plus the seller paid all of my closing costs, had the heating and air serviced and they paid for a two year home warranty. Needless to say, they were motivated sellers. I think I did good!
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How much does a house cost in your area - Is it affordable???
by Witness 007 inwhere i live in australia nice newer 3 bedroom brick houses go for $220,000 up.
i think this is reasonable.
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What are your Guilty Pleasures of a geeky/nerdy variety?
by Crumpet ini don't mean the ones we know about already - things people wouldn't think you did or enjoyed to look at you.. i love watching ray mears extreme survival and learning about how to survive and find food and shelter in extreme climates even though there is a strong possibility that i shall never try and escape naked from a japanese prisoner of war camp, or crash without a flagon of water into the sahara, or come stuck in my ship in a freezing ice plateau in deepest antartica.
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what's your guilty geeky pleasure?.
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I have so many geeky/nerdy things that I enjoy, it would probably qualify me for the horn-rimmed glasses with duct tape award. I, too, am an electronics nut. I've been messing with electronics since I was 8. I like The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, The History Channel, etc. I collect antique medical books. I have a coin collection. I play the organ. But, I have enough non-geeky things that I enjoy to offset my major geek status. I enjoy and own muscle cars. I played in a blues band and a rock band. And, my wife is HOT! Soooo, those three things alone keep the horn-rimmed glasses monster at bay.
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Anybody else have birds hit their windows often?
by dinah inthe most beautiful cardinal just hit the window in our den.
he's breathing, i can't tell if anything is broken.
i'd check a little closer but i don't want to get pecked or something.
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For two years a I had a cardinal that would fight his reflection in the passenger side mirror of one of my trucks. He would beat the hell out of the mirror for most of the morning until about 11 AM. The thing that sucked, other than him constantly knocking my mirror out of alignment was that he always pooped all over my passenger side door. I sold that truck a year ago and I haven't seen him since. Maybe he followed the truck to its new home.
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greetings from a long time lurker
by nondescriptex inlong time lurker, first time poster.
i won't be able to say much... you understand why some of us can't risk identification... a lot to lose.
and i might not be able to post very often.
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Nondescriptex, I always like to quote the Latin philosopher Horace - "Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur." When translated means "Why do you laugh? Change the name, and the story is told of you." We've all been there. You're among friends. Just let it all out. Of course, don't name names and places if you need to protect yourself. It's understandable. Welcome to the board.
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Shot in the chest with an arrow (not a Cupid thread)
by frozen one inevery june about 9,000 runners show up in this part of the world to race along lake superior in grandma's marathon.
last year, and also in 2005, the male winner was a kenyan named wesley ngetich.
as many will know there has been a lot of fighting in kenya since kenya's election in december.
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I think more worthless people should get shot; not talented people like this. Why does Charles Manson get to die of old age in prison and this guy get killed with an arrow? Somebody up there isn't dealing a fair hand, in my opinion.
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OK you scuz buckets... I'm mad now!
by dawg infolks, surly one of you can tell me what the scriptual reasons the jws have that only the so called "annointed" should partake of the evening meal as the laughable jws call it?
have i pissed someone off?
did i not bathe this week?
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Hey Dawg, how's it hangin' in Athens?? Anyway, the thing that always bothered me about the memorial more than anything was that it was supposed to be the only holiday the JWs celebrated. But, nobody celebrated anything. It was just another meeting, except at this meeting you had the added challenge of passing around a plate and a cup that nobody was allowed to eat or drink from and try not to spill the holy juice on your suit. What a sucky religion. No celebration of any kind allowed and why? Oh, wait! Yeah, that's it, if we lead an incredibly boring life, we'll get to live forever and ever and ever in a world where EVERYBODY is a JW and we don't celebrate anything ever again for eternity! Woo Hoo! Count me in! NOT!
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Has anyone ordered from Schwan's before???
by babygirl75 ini was given a catalog by schwan's delivery men that came into the salon i was at yesterday.
my husband wants me to try them out, to help save time since i'm invovled in so many different projects at this time.
it would definetely help so that i wouldn't have to go to the grocery store (which i hate!
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I used to have them deliver ice cream. It was pretty good, but too expensive.
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by oompa ini am on every post except for warewolf and daily journal.........life is good.........oompa.
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What is werewolf? I keep hearing it. somebody let me in on the secret!
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My nominee for Pres.
by dinah injon stewart.
he's funny as hell.. he's spent the last three nights saying that the media's reports shades elections.. i heard a report of hillary having a "breakdown" jeez, it was not a breakdown.
there was no snot or tears.. he wants the media to shut up, quit trying to be the first to know what america is thinking.
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I nominate Oompa.
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I think that the term BBW is waaaay overused. There are some women that have some weight on them that look good (sometimes REALLY good). But as a guy who has been in the dating scene can tell you is that BBW can mean anything from a size 12 to a hideous creature that can't go to the beach because Greenpeace keeps trying to push them back in the ocean. If leaving your house involves cutting an 11' x 14' hole in the side of your house and a crane and a flat bed trailer, you are NOT a BBW (big beautiful woman) you are just big. And a woman.
Now that I've probably offeneded many, many people, I think that beautiful women come in all shapes and sizes, not just what I refer to as the cookie-cutter blondes on TV. In fact, I don't find myself really attracted to the cookie-cutter blondes because they are so cliche. Remember, Marilynn Monroe was a size 14. (Seriously, look it up!) My wife is not a size 7, or a blonde, but she's hot as hell. I wouldn't want her to be a size 7. She'd be too skinny.
I saw this TV show that my wife was watching I think on Monday night. I think it was called "How To Look Good Naked". Basically, it was about teaching women not to have self esteem issues when they basically look normal. The cookie-cutter blondes that are in every TV show, magazine and commercial have made normal-looking women delusional. So many women think that they are fat and ugly when they are just fine. They had this chick on there that felt that she was ugly naked. Well, she looked OK to me. If any women have some self esteem issues because they think they look bad naked, feel free to email me a naked photo and I'll tell you what I think! (Just kidding). (Not Really).