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I gotta beg to differ on the TV thing, though. When I was a kid, we had a 13 inch RCA TV that was black and white. We upgraded when my dad bought a new RCA TV from the company store. It was a 27 inch, 200 pound, radiation cannon and it was the sweetest thing I ever saw back in 1985. In fact, it was one of these and looked…

It's been raining here almost non-stop since Thursday and it's not supposed to stop until Thursday.

$2500 a month rent for a house is the norm around here. Studio apartments are going for $1000-$1200 a month. The only way you get cheaper is to go to the shadier parts of town or way out in the sticks, away from everything. So you might save a buck on housing costs but you're spending two on commuting costs. Unless you can…

Interesting https://finance.yahoo.com/news/just-cant-wait-nearly-three-210000181.html

Another one who just dropped a new album called "Wisdom" is Stick Figure. Dude's a one man band that has a reggae roots sound that the lead everything, Scott Woodruff, dubs over itself to create a multi-layered track. He has collaborations with other artists but "Stick Figure" is essentially Scott Woodruff and Cocoa the…

I use malaphors often. It really burns up the kids goats! They tell me it doesn't make any sense but I tell them anyway, hey, whatever floats yer biscuits! They get frustrated and walk away but, you know, it's no sweat off my duck's back!

Sweet! Keep 'em coming! I got new music to go find. Would be cool if y'all had some discussion around these bands instead of just throwing out a name but whatever.

I don't know how much ours lost. Don't care. We were way under market value when we got it because of the disaster it is. The old house is being rented out and only has 3 more years of collecting rent to where it's collected it's value and paid itself off.

Yeah, property maintenance on vacant houses that have either just been built or were bought and put up for rent has been pretty lax around here too.

I read a news story the other day that the interest on a current 30-year, fixed rate average for a mortgage is 6.02%. The last time interest rates were that high was in 2008. In 2022 the average monthly payment for a 30-year mortgage (principal, interest, and private mortgage insurance) is nearly $2,430, based on a median…

Yeah, well, I worked at a local shop for 3 years and the vehicles we saw the most were Hyundais and Kias for blown transmissions and Toyotas for blown, sludged up engines. Fords and GMs came in for oil changes, brakes and other maintenance. Anecdotal evidence is fun, isn't it?

The current Ford Explorer sits on Ford's CD6 platform which was new in 2019 and underpins only the Explorer and it's Lincoln sibling, the Aviator. It was a complete redesign from the ground up for 2020. The 2015 Explorer was built on the Ford D4 platform. The D4 was a revised D3 platform from 2008 that was redesigned in…

Why is "Ocean Breeze" or "Ocean Fresh" scent or the myriad of similar odors that people pay for a thing? Like, I have yet to smell any one that actually smells like an ocean. Oceans don't smell good. They smell like fish poo and crab flarts. Especially at low tide when all the sulfur and methane compounds in the rotting…

A little, huh? Never been to Hawaii, have ya? I had locals tell me the dirt is orange because it's not actually dirt but rusted old cars and patio furniture.

If you data was part of one of the numerous leaks from everywhere from you medical insurance provider to the U.S. Government and anything in between in the past 2-3 years then your identity protection service will not likely pick it up. Reason being the breach was already reported in the news and wouldn't be listed as…

Dude, he asked for recommendations, not a urine parade in his Wheaties. Anyway, that's a real nice price for a 2006 and 32 feet. That would be going for $25K, at least, around here. In fact, the closest analog I can find locally is a Fleetwood that's 3 feet longer and 3 years older with a Chevy gas V8 and an Allison…

Thinking about the two Georges we've lost here made me think of this again. Never seems to be enough of that time thing to go around.

This is going to hurt. https://notthebee.com/article/check-out-the-data-on-the-coming-housing-crisis-as-home-sales-tank

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed, I didn't want to say anything and get called out as a know-it-all again. That crack in the base plate is a bit concerning too.

Been there, done that, except on my back, not my face. Made doing anything but sitting still excruciating. Hope you heal up soon and make sure the doc looks out for Bell's palsy.

All the mountains I move in my stupid projects, it's the little details I'm most proud of. These outlets were a pain in the rear. They had to be at that height because of restrictions behind the wall. But the baseboard is the style that is prevalent throughout the rest of the house. So in order to match it, we went with…

This wasn't hoarding. He literally just dumped trash everywhere. Under the pool deck is the same situation. Additionally, the pool deck has erosion problems under it. You dig like 6 inches down and you will find the original gravel and weed barrier that bordered the whole pool. He just never did anything to curb the…

So another post before I get to the laundry room, which isn't really done yet but "supply chain" issues have made that difficult. Anyway, the porch clean out. Posted the dumpster pictures above. The porch clean out literally filled 2/3rds of a 20 yard dumpster and we still had more to throw in there before it was all said…

Well, life got away from me for a bit there and didn't have time to circle back around. But since I'm waiting for a job to finish on my systems, I'll post something more. So the sewer line we fixed last year that we scoped to see where it went and if we could get to the pipe that Captain Halfass said was at the garage?…

Yeah, the issue there is that all those housing developments, they "count" towards domestic "growth" which in turn strengthens the Yuan. But the thing is, if those housing developments never get occupied then the "growth" that they were built to support never actually happens. So the cash flow behind that strengthened Yuan…

So the U.S. and Europe aren't the only ones seeing a housing market slow down. https://slashdot.org/story/22/08/17/1536244/as-chinas-economy-stumbles-homeowners-boycott-mortgage-payments For decades, buying property was considered a safe investment in China. Now, instead of building a foundation of wealth for the country's…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jSOQBcz9hc&list=PLD58ECddxRngHs9gZPQWOCAKwV1hTtYe4&index=197

My previous statements still stand.

Tried that but like Doc's images say, the horn is matte black and with the black fabric behind the fancy fabric, you can't see much but shadows.

So since the kids started living with me when Jackie and I moved in together, they go to other peoples' houses and partake in the audio journeys over there. Then, apparently, they complain to Jackie that the audio experience was lacking and they had to turn the TV up too loud to be able to hear everything. They have also…