Sammy

A Karen version of Absolutely Fabulous?

Thunderbird updated and said it had support for something called Matrix Chat. Never heard of it and had to look it up. Its described as somewhat like IRC (the good ol days) for the modern age with added voip. No I dont live in a cave. Its just a big world.

For just a little bit of levity. Be safe everyone.

And all the while both holding what looks like their bottles of beer. For all we know, their 3rd or fourth. The one in the black shirt seems to be slurring her words quite a bit. And on a bus. As always, alcohol makes you do stupid shit.

I picked up a little acoustic guitar riff I found on youtube. Nothing fancy. But since its not the usual iphone included ones I know its mine when it goes off.

Considering how easy it is to make your own ringtones its a wonder anyone can actually make money selling them.

There are always going to be 'the world is doomed' when it comes to housing prices crashing etc. But nobody truly knows about the future just educated guesses. So it depends on who is doing the guessing and their track records. Like the stock market. Lost a fair amount in the market, like most everybody else, but various advisors always tell me that if its there for the long term its better to not panic and ride it out based on past history and performance. That said, it seems that in the Bay Area for the most part over the next year or two we wont see much of an actual decline, relatively speaking, but growth rates will certainly slow down considerably. Its still a tight market here due to supply. Though in such times condos tend to be the hardest sells. Possibly a good time for small and well planned upgrades over time until things turn around. It has been said that deals can be had for such things with fewer pre-listing renovation projects around. But I dont know how true that is.

Exit tax. They better not or heads will be unceremoniously cut off and roll around like bowling pins. I agree the way things stand now, I don’t know what kind of supply would be available come next spring. I wouldn’t want to just ‘settle’ on some place because it’s all that’s available.

Hurricane Charles Bronson. That should tell people to watch out.

"Five dollar, me milk and shake you long time"

Yup first thing that came to mind was Pulp Fiction. Jack Rabbit Slims?

For the likely selling price for my condo, minus fees and all the various expenses, I could by a good size house there and pay 1/2 as much for taxes and such. edit: But from what I read, sometimes it sounds like it would better moving down south to Compton or South Central.

Anyone familiar with the area near Myrtle Beach? A nice place? Quite a lot of affordable places compared to prices here for a 2 bedroom condo. Just looked like an interesting option if outside the Charleston area was looking to be a likely decision. I do miss being near the ocean. I don’t really think of the east bay fitting that description.

Maybe a pleasant weekend dream? None of those cans will be consumed and filled into various bellies across Florida.

If upgrading an older system, but the motherboard can handle nvme, be sure to read carefully the manual. Using one can sometimes also shut off a SATA connection. Which one depends on which slot you put the nvme in. As it does on mine.

Depends on who has the key.

Been looking more at just riding it out and over time putting some money into making various upgrades that I could enjoy in the meantime and when the time comes help the value. Replacing all the appliances and washer/dryer etc to start. All of which are on the older side as it is and have their issues. There are other things around that should be doable without any major trouble. My family in the area might pack up and go, wherever that is. But that's life. Location is Benicia, so over the bridge closer to Vallejo. WC was trendy, and at the time there were some possibilities to buy, but overpriced imo for what you get. So Benicia was a pretty good middle ground and kind of out of the way. One issue coming up next year is that this area, along others on the other side of the delta(?), will have higher risk classifications due to high winds and such for fire danger. So property insurance cost is going up for everybody around here. Dunno how much. I'm told my current insurance company may not cover me next year. Then again, property insurance costs in Orlando look pretty high probably due to hurricanes and potential flooding. So, six months ago relocating looked like a pretty good deal. Not so much now.

Seems the same kind of unit in the complex as mine sold for 18k 'under' their asking price when it was listed two months ago. Their asking price seemed a fair one at least at the time before the rate hikes. Got one of those 'just sold' flyers in the mail. That sucks for the rest of us here. To answer the question, some of the options are a few ideas just west of Orlando. Just seems like an interesting option for myself. Could be a family move near Charleston. But that option is dependent on what commitment others will make, or which area to chose, which I dont think they actually have. Only possibilities. I dont think they know themselves. Could also do further north in Cali away from the high prices of the bay area. Or, if my condo value just drops too much, as much as I would like to eventually leave the bay area perhaps stick it out where I am for the duration. While I dont really enjoy it here, I'm working and its a lot better than not having a job if all the 'recession is coming' people are correct. I'm almost 55 now. Maybe keep things on the current track for 5 years. Try to do more enjoyable things and take my vacations. And then retire, so to speak, to some location when Im 60. One thought realtors seem to have is that selling during a recession isnt necessarily bad if you are trading up to another area for long term residence where housing prices there took a bigger drop than yours did. Though that kinda sounds like an attempt to keep sales and commissions going.

True. Then again politicians are often a mirror of ourselves. Keep picking dumb fucks as candidates for your respective parties and it guarantees a dumb fuck will win the election. One or the other. Got a little under two months to go and I see that everywhere. edit: and yes that means most people, who pick mirrors of themselves as candidates, are dumb fucks.

I keep hearing the word ‘correction’ when it comes to housing prices, probably worse for condos, if the idea is to sell. Unfortunately shit like that sometimes becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. Or make it worse than it otherwise would be. If that kind of thing happens I suppose the other option is to sit tight and wait it out. Even though it would be long term.

Also a question of what the housing market will be like in a year. Both for selling and buying.

Since it is likely I will be moving within 6 months, dunno yet where to or if the job makes me an offer I couldnt refuse, I was curious how much it would cost to rent in a particular area. Leaving the money in a savings account or very safe investments for the short term instead of simply buying the same type/size place outright in the same location. The difference between paying rent or paying property taxes / insurance / HOA. Rents are outrageous and never truly knew how much. Even with high property taxes and high HOA's. Of course as a renter you can pack up and go whenever you want while owning means a long term commitment. But being able to just pack up comes at a pretty high price.

Yup I remember that one. Then again, at the same trial the prosecutors kept trying to scheme their way into a victory as well. And in that case dumb as rocks having him try on gloves while wearing protective vinyl gloves. Probably why he got acquitted. The jury said 'fuck all of you' to the prosecution and defense. And I dont blame them.

Ok thats funny.

The question is, which one pushes the most and worst propaganda. The answer? The one that tells the most of what you dont want to hear.