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speaking of striking, what happened with Greece? they defaulted, right? and? - Andie Mar 23, 08:09 4
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- no, there was another bailout. -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 08:09 2
  - but, till when? -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 08:10 1
    - until they default, because they will default. -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 08:11
I can tolerate the possibility � remote and getting remoter � of a Romney presidency for the same reason that so many Republicans can�t stand him: -- (link) - calculator and sandals jones Mar 23, 08:08
SITMOP: Joba dislocated his ankle and will need surgery, could be done for the year. - Krusty Mar 23, 08:07 3
- Excuse me while I have a moment of PTSD. *shiver* -- nm - Ender Mar 23, 08:11
- maybe if he did not wear his cap so low, he could see where he is stepping. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 08:09
- ugh. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 08:09
Obama: "If I had a son, he�d look like Trayvon" -- (link) - znufrii Mar 23, 08:06 3
- Shakes Head -- nm - amoxy Mar 23, 08:10
- ..... -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 08:09
- That's a little... patronizing. -- nm - nubby Mar 23, 08:07
I could have spelled b-r-e-a-s-t there, but that just seemed like asking for trouble. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 08:06
I have no memory of the last two days, someone tell me what I was going to do today and this weekend. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 23, 08:01 6
- In-n-Out, and by that I mean the burgers. -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 08:05
- I hope your wife took your carkeys -- nm - amoxy Mar 23, 08:04 1
  - I have a car? -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 23, 08:09
- ice your asshole. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 08:02 2
  - I think he means outside the normal routine. - Beryllium Mar 23, 08:03 1
    - YOMANK -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 08:05
I'm so excited for hotel night and sleeping in tomorrow morning. it's going to be so lovely. mmmmmm, hotel night. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 23, 08:01 1
- textme the room number when you get a chance. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 08:01
The Montauk St. Patrick's Day parade is this Sunday. Second biggest in New York. It's gonna be crazy. -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 07:59
Student sues Ga. school over proposed prom changes -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:58
there, i preranked the first 200 people in the dingers league for myself - tRuMaN, almost a CPA Mar 23, 07:55 16
- I read this as Dinners League and thought Tru was going to a very large Speed Dating event. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 23, 08:01
- somehow someway the auction prices will screw you over -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 07:56 11
  - i changed all the values to the number of homeruns i expect them (ok, the site i was using) - tRuMaN, almost a CPA Mar 23, 07:57 1
    - someone will pay 100 bucks for Pujols. - groiny Mar 23, 07:58
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  - it is best to be there in the beginning to adjust. - groiny Mar 23, 07:57 7
    - I'm actually okay with my slacker league draft considering I missed the important beginning -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 07:58 6
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        So, you need places to crash for a wedding or something? -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 08:07 2
        
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        uh oh :) -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 08:09
        
        you must be crazy. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 08:05
      - yeah, I realized half way in that the offensive categories outnumber the pitching ones. - groiny Mar 23, 07:59
- what is the start time Central? noon? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:56 2
  - Your live online auction draft is set for Sat Mar 24 1:00pm CDT [ Add to My Calendar ], which is 1 day, 3 hours, and 3 minutes from now -- nm - tRuMaN, almost a CPA Mar 23, 07:57 1
    - nice, I might be able to be there for the beginning at least. -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:57
how was lenny kravitz? -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 23, 07:50 1
- pretty bland, IMO. - groiny Mar 23, 07:52
Poor little Steel Hammerhands - school must have been hard. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 07:50
Good news: sounds like brother's dog only has a UTI, nothing serious. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 07:47 1
- that's really good -- nm - ceregon Mar 23, 07:49
Villa on the road at the Emirates tomorrow. I'm thinking Arsenal 4 Villa 1 -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 07:43 1
- I'm good with that....2 by Persie -- nm - J Mar 23, 08:02
Detachment, B+ -- nm - con_carne Mar 23, 07:42
ST Poll -- How close is the nearest library? - znufrii Mar 23, 07:38 39
- About four blocks but it's tiny. I'd have to take a very short train ride to get to one of the largest in NYC. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 08:09
- 0.0 miles. I say what I want and it appears the next day. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 23, 08:07
- one block over -- nm - pixitude Mar 23, 08:05
- about an 8 minute walk. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 08:01
- There's a small co-op type library that is about a 45 second walk from my front door ... Not sure where the nearest public one is -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 07:59
- 0.0 miles from the nearest library -- nm - con_carne Mar 23, 07:58
- 100 paces -- nm - nubby Mar 23, 07:57
- My office is located on the 4th floor of our Central Library. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 23, 07:55 1
  - And the ones closest to home is about a 10 minute walk. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 23, 07:57
- about 1.5 kilometres. But they are on strike. All 99 branches are closed. -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 07:54 4
  - Canadians. Be. Striking!. Damn! -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 07:57 3
    - Toronto is sort of falling apart this year. -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 07:58 2
      - :( Hate hearing that. It's one of my favorite places. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 08:04
      - Noun. Verb. Rob Ford. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 08:00
- about 1/4 mile from home. from work, don't know. -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 07:50
- Maybe 1.5 miles from home. A 5-7 minute drive, maybe. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 23, 07:48
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- 2 miles -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 23, 07:44
- across the street -- nm - ceregon Mar 23, 07:42
- Couple of blocks. About a half mile....I walked down there twice yesterday. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 23, 07:42
- 3/4 of a block. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 07:42
- From my house, a 10 minute walk -- nm - amoxy Mar 23, 07:40
- I'm soaking in it! -- nm - mara Mar 23, 07:39 1
  - ha ha ha. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 23, 07:45
- and my new house will be a block and a half away from one. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 07:39 9
  - what else is close? what's your neghborhood bar? -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 23, 07:46 8
    - either Great American Pub or the Boathouse, both 2 blocks away on the main street, and there are some divier ones scattered about as well. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 07:47 7
      - wait, you've found a house? awesome news. links yet or is it hush hush. So cool -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 07:50 6
        
        i don't think znu's comfortable posting house stuff here. -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 07:52 5
        
        has he reduced his 20 house posts to 10 house posts for non members or something -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 07:54 4
        
        just for that, I'm not going to link it again, you'll have to go look for it yourself. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 07:59 2
        
        can't find it. screw it. congrats -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 08:07 1
        
        fine. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 23, 08:09
        
        heh -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 07:55
- from my house, a 4 minute walk. from here, a 15 minute walk. -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 07:39
- 4 miles or so. Love the place because it's great for Pinchy. Their kids zone is fantastic -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 23, 07:39
- from my work, a 2 minute walk -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 07:39
- I have no clue -- nm - Bacon Mar 23, 07:39
- I'm looking at it from out my window. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:39
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Hunger Games nicks? -- nm - budice on fire Mar 23, 07:35 4
- All I've got is a John Carter nick. -- nm - Was Barsoom Was Mar 23, 07:42 2
  - *no one sees it* nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:45 1
    - heh, I might go Monday, I have some free passes that expire end of March -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 07:46
- I pondered this last week, I came up blank. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:37
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- But what about our new fancy QB rating, huh? -- nm - ESPN si Mar 23, 07:43
- i was actually surprised that anyone would want Mark Sanchez to be their starting QB. -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 07:37
my only real complaint about the Hunger Games....(spoils) - groiny Mar 23, 07:31 14
- I wasn't wowed...It was good, very good, just not great (spoilers) - amoxy Mar 23, 07:34 1
  - well, they did not spend a ton of time on anyone else. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:38
- spoilers - Beaker Mar 23, 07:32 3
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  - yes, that is what the book said. (spoils) - groiny Mar 23, 07:33 1
    - ahh gotcha -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 07:34
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  - did you not get my counter? -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:32 6
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      - He is also slow to respond to my counter offer. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:36 3
        
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        just saw it and countered. - groiny Mar 23, 07:45 1
        
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Bank of America has announced a program that will let homeowners facing foreclosures stay in their homes as renters. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 07:30 42
- What a nightmare for homeowners - pay the man who kicked you out. Why not let them 'lease with an option to buy". -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 23, 07:41 7
  - cause they already failed with the whole "buying" part of that -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 07:42 6
    - hey now, some of us in this position have tried in good faith to keep our end - groiny Mar 23, 07:54
    - Couldn't have been by much because they're requiring sufficient income to pay the rent, which means they're being 'qualified' all over again. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 23, 07:46 4
      - Mortgage at high purchase price could be far, far greater than rent at or below market value. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 07:58 3
        
        right -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 08:06
        
        sure, but in the end, you have nothing to show for your time and money? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 08:00 1
        
        I was just countering the "couldn't have been by much" part, with a hearty "yes, it surely could" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 08:02
- i wonder how the rent payment will compare to the loan payment. - TFox Mar 23, 07:34 29
  - Supposedly, the rent will be based on market value for the area. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:35 28
    - slightly below, based on what I read last night. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 07:36 13
      - Article says at or below. I wonder if below could cause tax implications? -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 07:45 12
        
        and if they can afford the rent why couldn't they afford the house payment? something smells and it's usually B of A. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 23, 07:48 11
        
        That's what I am thinking. If you can't afford 1500 a month for a mortgage how do you afford 1500-1600 a month in rent?? - Bacon Mar 23, 07:49 9
        
        I would think the rent would be based on current market rent, not on the inflated price they originally bought the house at. - Ender Mar 23, 08:00 5
        
        you expect a bank to play fair? -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 08:05 4
        
        It doesn't make any logical sense for the bank to base the rent on the old mortgage, they already know they won't get that much, there's no upside for them. -- nm - Ender Mar 23, 08:06 3
        
        they have these people against the wall with their pants down. - loosilu Mar 23, 08:07 2
        
        The story specifically says "current market rental rates", that has nothing to do with the former mortgage balances. -- nm - Ender Mar 23, 08:09 1
        
        ah, fair enough. - loosilu Mar 23, 08:10
        
        exactly. -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 07:53
        
        likely forgiving the past due amounts. - groiny Mar 23, 07:53 1
        
        yeah, this is not a handout, it's a grab. They get the house AND immediate income. If they kick them out, they have to refurbish and try to rent it. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 23, 07:55
        
        yup. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:49
    - right, but i think in most cases that's higher than the mortgage payment would be, *but* - TFox Mar 23, 07:36 13
      - Higher than what a new buyer's mortgage would be, but that doesn't mean it's higher than their old mortgage. -- nm - Ender Mar 23, 08:04
      - in my market, rents are cheaper than mortgages, so it depends. -- nm - loosilu Mar 23, 07:56
      - That's the way I understood it as well - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:38 10
        
        well, i mean, it should improve everybody in the aggregate. - TFox Mar 23, 07:39 9
        
        Some will, some won't (see it that way) - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:41
        
        if you can not afford your payment as is, going up 100 bucks is not much help IMO. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:40 7
        
        well, you shed a lot of upkeep expense and responsibility, right? i mean, rent is much easier to budget for. - TFox Mar 23, 07:44
        
        It is worse than that. You now lose your mortgage interest tax deduction. So you now are hundreds less a month than if you made the payment. -- nm - Bacon Mar 23, 07:44 5
        
        If you're facing foreclosure, do you care? I'd say most don't. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:54 3
        
        I would have been totally cool with letting them foreclose on my house. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:55 2
        
        We were almost to that point, then decided on another route. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:56 1
        
        me as well, my friend. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 07:56
        
        If your not paying your mortgage, though, you have no interest deduction. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 07:45
- sure they will. - groiny Mar 23, 07:32
- read about this yesterday, it sounds like a promising program. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 07:30 2
  - certainly better than letting the home sit empty and get torn apart by thieves (also, I would think they will have to staff up this new division) -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 07:31 1
    - or foreclosure which kills the value of every other house in the subdivision for 6 months. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 07:32
Should everyone go to college? -- (link) - znufrii Mar 23, 07:29 1
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I've admittedly jacked some library albums that way. I feel dirty now. -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 07:29 1
- (Though I've also considered donating CDs to the library to try to offset it.) #firstworldguilt -- nm - TFox Mar 23, 07:29
Who plugged up B2? TRUMAN??? -- nm - Bacon Mar 23, 07:27 1
- who needs a plunger, you have hands don't you?! -- nm - Tru' Boss Mar 23, 07:29

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