Topic: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread (Read 934615 times)

Nosferatu · « **Reply #2400 on:** June 11, 2007, 05:35:49 AM »

Probably the only one hair grows from.

d_money · « **Reply #2401 on:** June 11, 2007, 08:18:41 AM »

You should have got the Texas Edition

xolik · « **Reply #2402 on:** June 11, 2007, 08:55:38 AM »

Quote from: Nosferatu on June 11, 2007, 05:35:49 AM

Probably the only one hair grows from.

Well, you could be this guy for all I know....

Nosferatu · « **Reply #2403 on:** June 11, 2007, 11:00:12 AM »

Touche, Mr Beeblebrox. =P

RelandR · « **Reply #2404 on:** June 11, 2007, 01:10:01 PM »

Oh man, that identical-twin thing that guy has goin' on is too pinche wierd for words

pbsaurus · « **Reply #2405 on:** June 11, 2007, 02:07:43 PM »

Quote from: BizB on June 09, 2007, 08:00:08 PM

Enjoy your $2,640 per year gasoline expense. (based on 15K mi and $3/gal)

I'm spending $3750 based on 17.5K miles and $3/gal. That puts my cost of ownership on my Hemi powered Ram 1500 at $725 per month. That's $140 more per month than my mortgage, taxes and insurance on the house.

Dude, no wonder you can afford kiteboarding. Our mortgages are about $3200/month. Taxes about $550/month. Insurance about $80/month.

Scheherazade · « **Reply #2406 on:** June 11, 2007, 03:34:22 PM »

Quote from: Dark Shade on June 10, 2007, 07:59:28 PM

Sounds purty, does the look work for you? How does zat make you feel?

Which reminds me, I'm in need of a haircut.

I think it works, though it's a bit beyond my age. >.<

Evonus · « **Reply #2407 on:** June 11, 2007, 05:20:11 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 02:07:43 PM

Dude, no wonder you can afford kiteboarding. Our mortgages are about $3200/month. Taxes about $550/month. Insurance about $80/month.

Holy fucking shit, what's that mortgage on, Wyoming? That's more than six times my rent.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #2408 on:** June 11, 2007, 05:29:31 PM »

1189m sq ft 3br/1ba house in San Jose, CA

Evonus · « **Reply #2409 on:** June 11, 2007, 05:50:16 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 05:29:31 PM

1189m sq ft 3br/1ba house in San Jose, CA

Something tells me you're getting ripped off.

12AX7 · « **Reply #2410 on:** June 11, 2007, 05:52:18 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 05:29:31 PM

1189m sq ft 3br/1ba house in San Jose, CA

DAYUM!!! I know your pay scale out there is higher (cost of living/wages/etc) than here so that accounts for some of it, but
Holy Crap! I have a 2BR/1ba, 1098sq ft first floor (partially finished basement- where the Studio is); 1100 2nd floor; all on (almost) one acre (8/10ths of one acre, actually). Total, including closing costs AND a city water tap (which I had to have for the VA loan, even though I have my own well) was right at 121K. My Monthly payments were $864 / month (thats including the escrow). All this in a nice location, too. Upper-middle class neighborhood, and my closest neighbor is just over an acre away (not exactly sure how far they are "feet" or "yard"-wise). NONE of my neighbors (one on each side, and one across the street) can even SEE my house; save the roof.
I was making $1k/month payments, putting the extra on the principle; but thanks to my dead wife's insurance company's persistance, they found me in Georgia and informed me that she had never changed her beneficiary (me), and it was double-indemnity on a 100K life policy. I recieved two checks for 90+k each. This is how I just paid the house off and bought that truck, btw. Mixed feelings for sure.

12AX7 · « **Reply #2411 on:** June 11, 2007, 05:54:05 PM »

Quote from: Evonus on June 11, 2007, 05:50:16 PM

Something tells me you're getting ripped off.

I dunno. You should see prices on everything out there. Jeeeeeez.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #2412 on:** June 11, 2007, 05:57:56 PM »

It's worth about $780K right now.

Min · « **Reply #2413 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:01:37 PM »

Wow 12. Congrats on paying the house off, that's awesome. Sorry about how the money came, of course.

Pb, you should sell your house and live here.

BizB · « **Reply #2414 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:03:38 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 02:07:43 PM

Dude, no wonder you can afford kiteboarding. Our mortgages are about $3200/month. Taxes about $550/month. Insurance about $80/month.

Eff... I don't even make enough to make those payments. Certainly, you make triple what I make.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #2415 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:04:51 PM »

Quote from: Vespertine on June 10, 2007, 05:32:40 PM

This would be the brand new baby that I bought today. 2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe. Mine's the same color as the one in the picture. I luuurve it!!!

Those are fricking SWEET. I'm quite envious.

People ask me why I live in a place like central Minnesota.

Here's why.

I live in a 2,000 square foot house built in 1989. 4 levels, 3 bedrooms 2 baths. 2 car garage, private well, private septic, 1/2 acre lot with mature trees and a big deck to boot.

My mortgage is a little over $1,500 a month.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #2416 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:08:57 PM »

Quote from: Detta on June 11, 2007, 06:01:37 PM

Wow 12. Congrats on paying the house off, that's awesome. Sorry about how the money came, of course.

Pb, you should sell your house and live here.

I couldn't find a job there, remember?

12AX7 · « **Reply #2417 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:09:35 PM »

Quote from: Detta on June 11, 2007, 06:01:37 PM

Wow 12. Congrats on paying the house off, that's awesome. Sorry about how the money came, of course.

Pb, you should sell your house and live here.

Thanks!

Yeah, I'd MUCH rather have been mature enough to keep her. Fuck the money. She was my soulmate; and I acted like a self-important, immature little boy. I waited years to marry her- from when we met in 86 until we married in 93. This was, of course, a long-distance relationship (Germany / U.S.); but I KNEW she was for me.
Anyway. Live and learn.
If there's anybody you guys love; and you havent said so recently, DO IT NOW. They may be dead and gone when you wake up; and you'll never have that chance again.

ivan · « **Reply #2418 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:12:17 PM »

About 15 years ago, I almost moved out of SoCal to a state much further North and a bit East. At that time, I could buy a house there for about 1/4 of what I'd pay here, which sounded great. The part that didn't sound great was that my skillset earned LESS than 1/4 of what my skillset earned here. My income-to-mortgage ratio would actually drop.

Also, there was another thing: it would be very easy and tempting to move away, but it would then be out of the question for ever to move back. The only way a regular Californian can afford a house that lists three quarters of a million dollars and up is if he is also selling a house here.

ivan · « **Reply #2419 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:12:47 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on June 11, 2007, 06:08:57 PM

I couldn't find a job there, remember?

Werd.

12AX7 · « **Reply #2420 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:14:26 PM »

Quote from: ivan on June 11, 2007, 06:12:17 PM

The only way a regular Californian can afford a house that lists three quarters of a million dollars and up is if he is also selling a house here.

Never thought about that; but that's a good point.

dcrog · « **Reply #2421 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:20:49 PM »

Indeed. The wife watches a lot of property ladder, flip this house, etc.. If we could move our little 1000 sf house to some of the places in SoCal the price would be closer to a million than the 125K it's worth here.

ivan · « **Reply #2422 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:25:38 PM »

Yeah, the difference is amazing, and some areas are undergoing a market correction. But then there are areas that seem to just keep getting higher. Pretty soon we'll have to build a wall, establish a military and print our own money.

12AX7 · « **Reply #2423 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:28:00 PM »

ivan the Terribly Great?

RelandR · « **Reply #2424 on:** June 11, 2007, 06:30:58 PM »

Quote from: ivan on June 11, 2007, 06:12:17 PM

... it would then be out of the question for ever to move back. The only way a regular Californian can afford a house that lists three quarters of a million dollars and up is if he is also selling a house here.

About the only logical way "out" of the Calif. market is to "retire out", that or relocate somewhere at equal $level.

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12, that's a bitter-sweet story for sure.

Me and my Mrs. are in our 30th year, I can't imagine waking up without her there.

... and saying so is all too important.

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