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Post #97,431 by cwbrenn 4/20/03 1:12:49 PM Reply	Gotta live somewhere... and since renting is not an option, given the pets we have, it's time to buy. If it all falls apart in the future, then that sucks. But it's not like we're buying something we can't afford to make payments on... "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #97,432 by ben_tilly 4/20/03 1:21:59 PM Reply	True But did you buy more than you would have, because you can afford it right now? Are the people who are refinancing taking advantage of the opportunity to get cash back? Whether or not they are, the fact is that many people are doing these things, and the aggregate effect of this is good short term and possibly scary long term. Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #97,498 by cwbrenn 4/21/03 12:06:40 AM Reply	We're actually paying less than I expected. We basically got more house for less money than what I expected to pay for a smaller house. In other words, what is known as A Good Deal, as far as I can tell... "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #97,504 by deSitter 4/21/03 12:20:15 AM Reply	How are you getting on with the "upstaters"? I thought they were very good folks. -drl (Dm - 2Am)(Rmn + 1/2gmn R + 1/2Fmn) = 0
Post #97,515 by cwbrenn 4/21/03 1:09:02 AM Reply	Yeah, it's funny. I mean, down south you hear about how rude the northerners are, but so far everyone around here has been really friendly. They do drive more aggressively, though. :) "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #97,516 by Andrew Grygus 4/21/03 1:18:29 AM Reply	As one who practically lives on . . . . . The freeways of Los Angeles County, I have driven in the North East, and "aggressive" is not the term I would use. I know "aggressive", I do that, every day, and that's not what they do there. I prefer to stay here where the drivers are relativeley sane. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #97,519 by kmself 4/21/03 2:37:34 AM Reply	You can't scratch... ...rust. \r\n\r\n Or more to the point, you don't care if you do. Cars with paint intact (and their owners' egos) stand no chance against the frigid north rustbuckets. --\r\n Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n
Post #97,521 by Andrew Grygus 4/21/03 3:14:37 AM Reply	Scratching rust is one thing . . . . but you still wouldn't drive like that here unless your ambition was to be a hood ornament for an 18 wheeler in your next life. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #97,527 by cwbrenn 4/21/03 6:50:04 AM Reply	I just won't drive out west, then because the northerners drive plenty aggressive for my tastes. :) "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #97,549 by deSitter 4/21/03 9:54:10 AM Reply	Re: I just won't drive out west, then On MA 128 around Boston, they drive in the breakdown lane - I shit you not. -drl (Dm - 2Am)(Rmn + 1/2gmn R + 1/2Fmn) = 0

Mortgage officially approved and authorized - (cwbrenn) - (22) - April 18, 2003, 03:02:29 PM EDT

Very good! Now, you can relax. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - April 18, 2003, 03:08:20 PM EDT

Good news - soon be able to say 'home is mine (& banks)' - (dmarker) - (3) - April 18, 2003, 06:04:12 PM EDT

Sorta - (cwbrenn) - April 19, 2003, 12:37:00 PM EDT

Cousin is real estate broker - (tuberculosis) - (1) - April 22, 2003, 04:13:26 AM EDT

My Boss - (deSitter) - April 22, 2003, 04:21:26 AM EDT

Closed on ours today - (Steve Lowe) - April 19, 2003, 12:55:37 AM EDT

Our refinance goes to funding this week... - (gdaustin) - April 20, 2003, 10:24:28 AM EDT

reading this thread.... - (ben_tilly) - (14) - April 20, 2003, 10:39:03 AM EDT

Gotta live somewhere... - (cwbrenn) - (9) - April 20, 2003, 01:12:49 PM EDT

True - (ben_tilly) - (8) - April 20, 2003, 01:21:59 PM EDT

We're actually paying less than I expected. - (cwbrenn) - (7) - April 21, 2003, 12:06:40 AM EDT

How are you getting on with the "upstaters"? - (deSitter) - (6) - April 21, 2003, 12:20:15 AM EDT

Yeah, it's funny. - (cwbrenn) - (5) - April 21, 2003, 01:09:02 AM EDT

As one who practically lives on . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - April 21, 2003, 01:18:29 AM EDT

You can't scratch... - (kmself) - (3) - April 21, 2003, 02:37:34 AM EDT

Scratching rust is one thing . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - April 21, 2003, 03:14:37 AM EDT

I just won't drive out west, then - (cwbrenn) - (1) - April 21, 2003, 06:50:04 AM EDT

Re: I just won't drive out west, then - (deSitter) - April 21, 2003, 09:54:10 AM EDT

But, our house payment is only about 1/4 of bring home - (gdaustin) - (3) - April 20, 2003, 08:51:52 PM EDT

If I guess the motivation of the people in power right... - (ben_tilly) - (2) - April 20, 2003, 10:52:20 PM EDT

One one hand... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - April 20, 2003, 11:31:21 PM EDT

Don't jinx me... - (ben_tilly) - April 21, 2003, 12:45:33 AM EDT

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