Teddy Ruxpin

The online staging photos for my house used a setup in one of the bedrooms that is impossible. If the bed was oriented the way they showed it online, the backboard would block the bathroom and bedroom closets.

That was pretty egregious. My guess was the photoshopper hadn't been in the house and had no clue what was behind the camera.

I didn't understand the team moving to New Orleans to begin with. I get there is nothing in the Gulf South from Houston to Atlanta but the market didn't seem there at all.

Similarly I didn't get the Grizz choosing Memphis. Felt like catching a falling knife. Versus a more "hip" destination with future growth runway.

I figure you run out of options as an owner and try to fill a geographic gap and pray.

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Generally not up to the borrower. The lender is going to insist on escrow unless they agree to waive it. Usually doesn’t happen unless you are putting a lot of money down and only financing a small percentage of the price.

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Funny enough, my bank went along with it with 90% of the balance still outstanding. Took me like 5 minutes of effort a couple years ago.

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guaranteed seats was good for them since my mom is older and daughter is 4. No chance of being separated or having to haggle with anyone.

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Almost zero chance of separation under old policy with families with young kids boarding between Groups A and B basically anywhere short of flying to Orlando or 30A.


Which makes me think being based in Orlando traveling for work has to be brutal :lol:

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It would fit today’s DEI culture since it was a man killing other men for sexual perversion.

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It wouldn't fit because of this. That would create a negative image.

Which version you get? I can't believe people buy the Platinum Hybrid Max. Maybe they pull a boat or something with it because the Hybrid Limited can fricking go.

My experience with anything south of the US that's tropical over Christmas is you're gonna pay. I'd consider waiting or purchase a refundable fare or be comfortable with credits and keep checking for price drops and rebook. There are even apps now that will do the rebooking for you automatically.

I usually make a pretty big investment in my index funds at the beginning of the year and I feel like too often the last few years a precipitous, albeit short lived, drop immediately follows.

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You’d think it would be in their best interest to just close any fund that consistently returns less than 1%/yr.

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Why would they close a fund that does exactly what they said it is supposed to do?

You have to recheck bags? You switching terminals too?
6 hours?

Sounds miserable to attempt.

Lemmy, are you referencing the Elizabeth Line? My understanding is it runs every 20/30 minutes and even the London papers think it's essentially useless. If you barely miss it you may as well have been in the cab. I opted cab back in September due to the above and plus I had kids/bags with me and the drop off point would have required another cab anyway. The last parts not applicable to our guy here but this is becoming a lot of effort for 3/4 hours maximum time to do things.

Perhaps consider visiting Windsor?

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Anyone want to tackle HIstory and Shop?

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Phil has been prognosticating since 1887.