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  • What about this 'house'?

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    @AndyD The one you chose is beautiful, Grade II as you know, and more manageable I would imagine than your 1st link. The 1st link is mind boggling. Grade I and that price?! I'll take the Georgian mansion in your other post. I love them as I'm sure you've noticed by now.
  • What's up for Thanksgiving this year?

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    We're heading out to Santa Fe for the week. Our sons, daughter-in-law, two step grands are joining us from Las Vegas.
  • Not shocked at all

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    Thanks for the tips, @Rontuner . I think the iron I bought is faulty. It would melt a little solder and then completely fail to melt any more, even with the solder pressed against the iron.
  • Saudi Public Investment Fund low on cash?

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    What is a trillion here or a trillion there to Saudi Arabia. Seriously.
  • We failed the young generation

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  • ICE agent caught in sting

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    A simple case of mistaken identity. (“ I THOUGHT that cop was a prostitute… “)
  • This month's piano recording

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    @CHAS said in This month's piano recording: may have to wake up the Clavinova that is here definitely!!
  • Mountains of waste

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  • Win for the day

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    Yahoo!
  • Inside India's lottery scams

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  • Pete’s take

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    @Daniel Not just in the US. Canada has a similar housing crisis. I bought our house in 2011 for $150,000. The (conservative) estimated value today is $450,000. Nothing about our neighbourhood has changed. No new services or anything that would have increased the property value. My kid and his girlfriend pay $2400 a month to rent a small two bedroom apartment in a nearby small city/large town. That’s almost twice my mortgage payment, yet even if they could save up enough for a down payment (while also paying that ridiculous amount in rent), they would never be approved for a mortgage because paying rent does nothing for your credit score.
  • About that Khashoggi guy

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    Mary Bruce from ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-saudi-crown-prince-murder-jamal-khashoggi-127650855
  • A harrowing encounter with ice

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    @Daniel
  • Love this show

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    Great! Thanks so much!
  • China's investments

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  • Ken Burns

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    We watched the first hour of last night's episode this morning while we were having breakfast. Good stuff.
  • "Ghost tapping"

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    Good links, wtg. I copied them to my email.
  • So inspirational

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  • solar flares and headaches??

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    Knew a florist who said she sold more roses on the full moon to men with apologies to make.
  • Virtual staging

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    @ShiroKuro said in Virtual staging: The line between presenting possibilities ("look how nice it would be if you did this!") and deception is tricky, but this one is too close to deception IMO. Yes indeed. But I understand the appeal of virtual staging in a nice home whose furniture has been removed. Staging a home with real furniture adds thousands to the cost of selling your home while putting virtual furniture in place costs a few hundred.