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CoronitaParticipantClothes dry faster when you attach the posts to the front and back bumper of the car and hang the clothes before going out to do errands. Doesn't take up space on the balcony. It is efficient to time the laundry with grocery runs since you will be unloading the car anyway. Two armloads of groceries can be too heavy but one of groceries and one of whites is alright. I use my truck since it has a lumber rack.I can hang multiple lines. Sometimes I don't have time to take the clothes off so I park across the street from my house. I got too much stucco on my truck during one job. It was easier just to stucco the whole thing than clean it. I think it is an original idea. HOA doesent like the color though. It has nice texture.
I prefer sticking my clothes in the engine component after my spirited ride to and from the grocery store. Things dry in a few minutes, especially with a turbocharged car. There's plenty of heat leftover even after grilling my lunch.
It's pretty simple..Stick your favorite salmon, corn, potatos wrapped in nice aluminum foil. Secure the wrapped food next to your turbocharger or engine block, ensuring it does not slip into your timing belts, drivetrain, etc. Go out for a nice spirited ride to the grocery. Come back, lunch is done, and throw your nice pj's on the engine block.
This lady rocks. Got the idea from her.
http://www.howtodothings.com/automotive/how-to-cook-food-on-your-car-engine
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CoronitaParticipantClothes dry faster when you attach the posts to the front and back bumper of the car and hang the clothes before going out to do errands. Doesn't take up space on the balcony. It is efficient to time the laundry with grocery runs since you will be unloading the car anyway. Two armloads of groceries can be too heavy but one of groceries and one of whites is alright. I use my truck since it has a lumber rack.I can hang multiple lines. Sometimes I don't have time to take the clothes off so I park across the street from my house. I got too much stucco on my truck during one job. It was easier just to stucco the whole thing than clean it. I think it is an original idea. HOA doesent like the color though. It has nice texture.
I prefer sticking my clothes in the engine component after my spirited ride to and from the grocery store. Things dry in a few minutes, especially with a turbocharged car. There's plenty of heat leftover even after grilling my lunch.
It's pretty simple..Stick your favorite salmon, corn, potatos wrapped in nice aluminum foil. Secure the wrapped food next to your turbocharger or engine block, ensuring it does not slip into your timing belts, drivetrain, etc. Go out for a nice spirited ride to the grocery. Come back, lunch is done, and throw your nice pj's on the engine block.
This lady rocks. Got the idea from her.
http://www.howtodothings.com/automotive/how-to-cook-food-on-your-car-engine
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CoronitaParticipantClothes dry faster when you attach the posts to the front and back bumper of the car and hang the clothes before going out to do errands. Doesn't take up space on the balcony. It is efficient to time the laundry with grocery runs since you will be unloading the car anyway. Two armloads of groceries can be too heavy but one of groceries and one of whites is alright. I use my truck since it has a lumber rack.I can hang multiple lines. Sometimes I don't have time to take the clothes off so I park across the street from my house. I got too much stucco on my truck during one job. It was easier just to stucco the whole thing than clean it. I think it is an original idea. HOA doesent like the color though. It has nice texture.
I prefer sticking my clothes in the engine component after my spirited ride to and from the grocery store. Things dry in a few minutes, especially with a turbocharged car. There's plenty of heat leftover even after grilling my lunch.
It's pretty simple..Stick your favorite salmon, corn, potatos wrapped in nice aluminum foil. Secure the wrapped food next to your turbocharger or engine block, ensuring it does not slip into your timing belts, drivetrain, etc. Go out for a nice spirited ride to the grocery. Come back, lunch is done, and throw your nice pj's on the engine block.
This lady rocks. Got the idea from her.
http://www.howtodothings.com/automotive/how-to-cook-food-on-your-car-engine
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CoronitaParticipantClothes dry faster when you attach the posts to the front and back bumper of the car and hang the clothes before going out to do errands. Doesn't take up space on the balcony. It is efficient to time the laundry with grocery runs since you will be unloading the car anyway. Two armloads of groceries can be too heavy but one of groceries and one of whites is alright. I use my truck since it has a lumber rack.I can hang multiple lines. Sometimes I don't have time to take the clothes off so I park across the street from my house. I got too much stucco on my truck during one job. It was easier just to stucco the whole thing than clean it. I think it is an original idea. HOA doesent like the color though. It has nice texture.
I prefer sticking my clothes in the engine component after my spirited ride to and from the grocery store. Things dry in a few minutes, especially with a turbocharged car. There's plenty of heat leftover even after grilling my lunch.
It's pretty simple..Stick your favorite salmon, corn, potatos wrapped in nice aluminum foil. Secure the wrapped food next to your turbocharger or engine block, ensuring it does not slip into your timing belts, drivetrain, etc. Go out for a nice spirited ride to the grocery. Come back, lunch is done, and throw your nice pj's on the engine block.
This lady rocks. Got the idea from her.
http://www.howtodothings.com/automotive/how-to-cook-food-on-your-car-engine
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CoronitaParticipantIn my opinion, for a SFR (SFH, or whatever you call single family home) that is DETACHED, I wouldn't pay more than $50/month that has very little in terms of common area. (no common pool, no common recreation utility, no attached golf course, not gated community), etc.
That's the biggest qualm I have against some of the latest developments (for example some of the Pardee communities here in Carmel Valley.) I think the attached homes have HOA's for $150/month or something like this. The neighborhood has very little "common" to maintain imho, no shared resources, no shared pool, no gated community with a guard house, etc. I guess it might be common trees, and landscaping, but there isn't that much in a detached community. Where i live, there's very little to maintain (a hillside brush, which belongs to the city, not the HOA), and there's a $25/month HOA. I even think at times that's overkill, but $25/month is ok for me to chip in, considering the masters association organizes a free easter egg hunt every year .
Attached homes are different story.
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CoronitaParticipantIn my opinion, for a SFR (SFH, or whatever you call single family home) that is DETACHED, I wouldn't pay more than $50/month that has very little in terms of common area. (no common pool, no common recreation utility, no attached golf course, not gated community), etc.
That's the biggest qualm I have against some of the latest developments (for example some of the Pardee communities here in Carmel Valley.) I think the attached homes have HOA's for $150/month or something like this. The neighborhood has very little "common" to maintain imho, no shared resources, no shared pool, no gated community with a guard house, etc. I guess it might be common trees, and landscaping, but there isn't that much in a detached community. Where i live, there's very little to maintain (a hillside brush, which belongs to the city, not the HOA), and there's a $25/month HOA. I even think at times that's overkill, but $25/month is ok for me to chip in, considering the masters association organizes a free easter egg hunt every year .
Attached homes are different story.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
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CoronitaParticipantIn my opinion, for a SFR (SFH, or whatever you call single family home) that is DETACHED, I wouldn't pay more than $50/month that has very little in terms of common area. (no common pool, no common recreation utility, no attached golf course, not gated community), etc.
That's the biggest qualm I have against some of the latest developments (for example some of the Pardee communities here in Carmel Valley.) I think the attached homes have HOA's for $150/month or something like this. The neighborhood has very little "common" to maintain imho, no shared resources, no shared pool, no gated community with a guard house, etc. I guess it might be common trees, and landscaping, but there isn't that much in a detached community. Where i live, there's very little to maintain (a hillside brush, which belongs to the city, not the HOA), and there's a $25/month HOA. I even think at times that's overkill, but $25/month is ok for me to chip in, considering the masters association organizes a free easter egg hunt every year .
Attached homes are different story.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
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CoronitaParticipantIn my opinion, for a SFR (SFH, or whatever you call single family home) that is DETACHED, I wouldn't pay more than $50/month that has very little in terms of common area. (no common pool, no common recreation utility, no attached golf course, not gated community), etc.
That's the biggest qualm I have against some of the latest developments (for example some of the Pardee communities here in Carmel Valley.) I think the attached homes have HOA's for $150/month or something like this. The neighborhood has very little "common" to maintain imho, no shared resources, no shared pool, no gated community with a guard house, etc. I guess it might be common trees, and landscaping, but there isn't that much in a detached community. Where i live, there's very little to maintain (a hillside brush, which belongs to the city, not the HOA), and there's a $25/month HOA. I even think at times that's overkill, but $25/month is ok for me to chip in, considering the masters association organizes a free easter egg hunt every year .
Attached homes are different story.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
—– Sour grapes for everyone!
CoronitaParticipantIn my opinion, for a SFR (SFH, or whatever you call single family home) that is DETACHED, I wouldn't pay more than $50/month that has very little in terms of common area. (no common pool, no common recreation utility, no attached golf course, not gated community), etc.
That's the biggest qualm I have against some of the latest developments (for example some of the Pardee communities here in Carmel Valley.) I think the attached homes have HOA's for $150/month or something like this. The neighborhood has very little "common" to maintain imho, no shared resources, no shared pool, no gated community with a guard house, etc. I guess it might be common trees, and landscaping, but there isn't that much in a detached community. Where i live, there's very little to maintain (a hillside brush, which belongs to the city, not the HOA), and there's a $25/month HOA. I even think at times that's overkill, but $25/month is ok for me to chip in, considering the masters association organizes a free easter egg hunt every year .
Attached homes are different story.
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CoronitaParticipantI believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.
I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.
Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.
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CoronitaParticipantI believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.
I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.
Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
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CoronitaParticipantI believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.
I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.
Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
—– Sour grapes for everyone!
CoronitaParticipantI believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.
I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.
Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
—– Sour grapes for everyone!
CoronitaParticipantI believe the reason UTC is being overhauled is because they are currently in trouble. UTC mall has declined in quality and appeal. It's suppose to be a more upscale mall in the past, but lately it's really been in decline. With the macy's/robinson-may closure, they never found a decent replacement for the robinson-may. The stores are middle end stores, unlike fashion valley.
I have a relative that does financial analysis of the retail industry. Part of my relative's job is to go shopping to check out what's good and what's bad. It's that person's opinion that UTC is a terrible mall…. and the sales comps from the stores seems to indicate so.
Part of the new Crate and Barrel store is to start to make that mall more upscale. Imho, so long as you have a Sears predominantly in the mall, it's not going to happen. But that's just my opinion. Frankly, I love Sears when it comes adding to my tool collection. I had a field day yesterday with their "1-day 15% off anything you can fit in the brown paper bag" tool sale…Sidenote: I'm slightly disappointed because it's getting harder and harder to find tools made in the USA..While a lot of Craftsman is still USA, I noticed Sears started to sell some of the knock-off brands like "Companion" which is a chinese/indian subpar brand imho. But at the cost of those , I guess you could go through 3 sets of knock-off brands before breaking even in the cost of buying an equivalent craftsman brand set.
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—– Sour grapes for everyone!
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