Skip to content

Off Key - General Discussion

3.3k Topics 23.1k Posts

A place to talk about whatever you want

  • Pinned threads

    Pinned
    4
    4 Posts
    956 Views
    S
    Great!
  • "Maybe we shoudn't even be there" (Political)

    1
    1 Posts
    1 Views
    No one has replied
  • Weather where you are thread

    138
    138 Posts
    4k Views
    D
    Raging wind (by our standards) up to 21 mph with a high of 78 F. Then tonight the cold days begin going down to 45 F. Heavy showers 4:45- 7:30 p.m. It won't put a dint in our draught.
  • Hard to imagine they could sink any lower

    politics
    2
    2 Posts
    24 Views
    D
    Disgusting on so many levels.
  • Videos - AI or not AI ?

    7
    7 Posts
    133 Views
    D
    If it's Netanyahu waiving a hand with six fingers it's fake.
  • Ear plugs (Recommendation)

    3
    3 Posts
    9 Views
    D
    Thanks!
  • My favorite condo is pending

    9
    9 Posts
    88 Views
    D
    @steve-miller I concede you might be right. This company makes quality products but I looked at the pictures of the backs of all of the washers and dryers. The top loading machines have to hook up to and drain into the same sink. I mentioned that. But by the time I looked at at the ventless washer/dryer combination for instance I think what I saw is a kind of electrical plug you would only be able to plug into your wall if you had washer and dryer hook ups in the first place. My criteria already narrow my choices a lot-- '70's cement block constructed building, ground floor if two stories, elevator if two or more stories and located on the second floor or higher, low price point, low HOA fees, reasonable taxes, solid financials with an adequately funded escrow account, and hopefully in the area of the city where I live. So we'll see. A lot of these condo complexes have laundry rooms as an "amenity." I think that's unpractical and kind of dumb, but it probably had to do with how these complexes were originally and still today marketed to local residents but also to people wanting to have a second home "in Florida" and the second home aspect of it made the builders think and probably rightly that having a vacation home in Florida would be enough to sell people on these buildings. It's an interesting time in the market. It's crashing and properties are being listed sometimes for almost a year. The timing is very lucky for cash buyers. That's not me saying this. Every economist and real estate expert is saying the same thing. I'm sure I'll find something.
  • What are you watching?

    82
    82 Posts
    4k Views
    A
    Proper retired I am these days. Become a daytime television watcher, well, quite selectively. These two relaxing half hour programmes are currently on Rewind TV: Old Country, presented by Jack Hargreaves, made in the mid 1980's, looking back on the life before WW2. Horses, carriages, fishing, rabbiting, dogs, tools, farming, pottery, smithing; back to an age when life was slow, and everyone DIY'd. Episodes also on youtube Discovering Gardens, presented by Michele Brown and Giles Brandreth, made in the late 1980's. Lovely English garden estates, with the owner-gardeners explaining and advising. An absolute gem. Seems to only be on tv.
  • My latest obsession - handmade ocarinas

    7
    7 Posts
    68 Views
    S
    You have the coolest hobbies!
  • Playing for Change

    4
    4 Posts
    48 Views
    S
    Always enjoyed their stuff.
  • Dead or Alive? (political)

    2
    2 Posts
    28 Views
    D
    So I just saw a video of him saying he wasn't dead and holding up each hand supposedly as a response to a video the government released of him (this happened) where one of his hands had six fingers. I'm not convinced. At the very least Iran wants him dead, and is targeting him, because he/ we killed their head of state.
  • Entertainment news (discretion advised, not pleasant)

    1
    1 Posts
    15 Views
    No one has replied
  • Phillips O'Brien (with Paul Krugman) on Iran (Political)

    2
    2 Posts
    32 Views
    D
    I think his he has dementia, and forms his decision making process on what he's told and what he wants to believe. I know he's the center of a cult of personality, but man, even the left doesn't get this screwed over after a Democratic presidential win.
  • Kismai the laundry guru

    11
    11 Posts
    85 Views
    D
    Re: Reddit. I should give it a shot. It's one internet rabbit hole I've not fallen in so far.
  • Like old cookbooks?

    3
    3 Posts
    43 Views
    AdagioMA
    I guess that means that they made the flamingo tongues?
  • Laughter is the best medicine

    100
    100 Posts
    5k Views
    DougGD
    celebrate the ides of March by having a doughnut. In fact, eat two Bruté…
  • Performance art is real

    1
    1 Posts
    19 Views
    No one has replied
  • Bye bye 800 year old right to trial in Britain

    1
    1 Posts
    28 Views
    No one has replied
  • Meghan and Andrew

    1
    1 Posts
    23 Views
    No one has replied
  • JD and Marco's shoes

    2
    2 Posts
    39 Views
    D
    Florsheim oxfords that don't fit. I'm guessing the secretary ordered the boss's size or a similar size/s? My advice? Save your 5¢ on Lucy's psychoanalysis.