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[quote=Hatfield]Do you guys have any opinion on VOIP boxes? One of my projects for the new year is to dump phone and cable service and get a digital converter box and put up an aerial and get all my TV either through the air or through the internets.

So as part of that effort, I was wondering if anyone here has an opinion on the various VOIP boxes offered by Vonage, Ooma, etc. I would prefer to get one that will allow me to transfer my wireline telephone phone number since I’ve had it for ~20 years.[/quote]

We use this company and are basically very happy with the service. http://www.italkbb.com/bb/enu/enu_index.asp

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[quote=applejack]Scarlett, I do worry about what you mention. Mainly, that I will get into the house and will JUST have had the baby…and I will know what my family has said, and they will all be coming by to see the baby and I might feel anxious about what they are thinking about the house. Although, I am sure when we have a baby we will not think about the house that much.

I am not sure if I am in love with the house or not, at this point I am so exhausted with the whole house-buying and baby-making process that I don’t really care, I just want to get something done! I might have been in love with the house but we had to negotiate for several months and now I am just tired! My husband says we will regret it if we don’t go through with it.[/quote]

For the record, both the two times when we bought hosues my wife either had JUST given birth or very close to her due date. So I know the stress you’re going through. You need to do some soul searching quick with your husband and make a decision both of you can live with.

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[quote=applejack]Scarlett, I do worry about what you mention. Mainly, that I will get into the house and will JUST have had the baby…and I will know what my family has said, and they will all be coming by to see the baby and I might feel anxious about what they are thinking about the house. Although, I am sure when we have a baby we will not think about the house that much.

I am not sure if I am in love with the house or not, at this point I am so exhausted with the whole house-buying and baby-making process that I don’t really care, I just want to get something done! I might have been in love with the house but we had to negotiate for several months and now I am just tired! My husband says we will regret it if we don’t go through with it.[/quote]

For the record, both the two times when we bought hosues my wife either had JUST given birth or very close to her due date. So I know the stress you’re going through. You need to do some soul searching quick with your husband and make a decision both of you can live with.

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[quote=applejack]Scarlett, I do worry about what you mention. Mainly, that I will get into the house and will JUST have had the baby…and I will know what my family has said, and they will all be coming by to see the baby and I might feel anxious about what they are thinking about the house. Although, I am sure when we have a baby we will not think about the house that much.

I am not sure if I am in love with the house or not, at this point I am so exhausted with the whole house-buying and baby-making process that I don’t really care, I just want to get something done! I might have been in love with the house but we had to negotiate for several months and now I am just tired! My husband says we will regret it if we don’t go through with it.[/quote]

For the record, both the two times when we bought hosues my wife either had JUST given birth or very close to her due date. So I know the stress you’re going through. You need to do some soul searching quick with your husband and make a decision both of you can live with.

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[quote=applejack]Scarlett, I do worry about what you mention. Mainly, that I will get into the house and will JUST have had the baby…and I will know what my family has said, and they will all be coming by to see the baby and I might feel anxious about what they are thinking about the house. Although, I am sure when we have a baby we will not think about the house that much.

I am not sure if I am in love with the house or not, at this point I am so exhausted with the whole house-buying and baby-making process that I don’t really care, I just want to get something done! I might have been in love with the house but we had to negotiate for several months and now I am just tired! My husband says we will regret it if we don’t go through with it.[/quote]

For the record, both the two times when we bought hosues my wife either had JUST given birth or very close to her due date. So I know the stress you’re going through. You need to do some soul searching quick with your husband and make a decision both of you can live with.

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[quote=applejack]Scarlett, I do worry about what you mention. Mainly, that I will get into the house and will JUST have had the baby…and I will know what my family has said, and they will all be coming by to see the baby and I might feel anxious about what they are thinking about the house. Although, I am sure when we have a baby we will not think about the house that much.

I am not sure if I am in love with the house or not, at this point I am so exhausted with the whole house-buying and baby-making process that I don’t really care, I just want to get something done! I might have been in love with the house but we had to negotiate for several months and now I am just tired! My husband says we will regret it if we don’t go through with it.[/quote]

For the record, both the two times when we bought hosues my wife either had JUST given birth or very close to her due date. So I know the stress you’re going through. You need to do some soul searching quick with your husband and make a decision both of you can live with.

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You guys are having a baby soon; the price is 300K higher than your initial target; your family hate looking at it… My gut feeling is don’t do it. Why pay a “shocking” price for something your family had “an extremely negative reaction” to? If you hate it already before buying it, my guess is you’ll have an enormous buyer’s remorse afterwards.

In a crazy situation like this one, more often than not the best action is do nothing, definitely not making a HUGE commitment like this.

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You guys are having a baby soon; the price is 300K higher than your initial target; your family hate looking at it… My gut feeling is don’t do it. Why pay a “shocking” price for something your family had “an extremely negative reaction” to? If you hate it already before buying it, my guess is you’ll have an enormous buyer’s remorse afterwards.

In a crazy situation like this one, more often than not the best action is do nothing, definitely not making a HUGE commitment like this.

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You guys are having a baby soon; the price is 300K higher than your initial target; your family hate looking at it… My gut feeling is don’t do it. Why pay a “shocking” price for something your family had “an extremely negative reaction” to? If you hate it already before buying it, my guess is you’ll have an enormous buyer’s remorse afterwards.

In a crazy situation like this one, more often than not the best action is do nothing, definitely not making a HUGE commitment like this.

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You guys are having a baby soon; the price is 300K higher than your initial target; your family hate looking at it… My gut feeling is don’t do it. Why pay a “shocking” price for something your family had “an extremely negative reaction” to? If you hate it already before buying it, my guess is you’ll have an enormous buyer’s remorse afterwards.

In a crazy situation like this one, more often than not the best action is do nothing, definitely not making a HUGE commitment like this.

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You guys are having a baby soon; the price is 300K higher than your initial target; your family hate looking at it… My gut feeling is don’t do it. Why pay a “shocking” price for something your family had “an extremely negative reaction” to? If you hate it already before buying it, my guess is you’ll have an enormous buyer’s remorse afterwards.

In a crazy situation like this one, more often than not the best action is do nothing, definitely not making a HUGE commitment like this.

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[quote=sdduuuude][quote=nocommonsense]The hyperthetical “asian” in your example WILL have a much lower chance EVEN if he has all those people skills.[/quote]

Agree with you on this, but the fact is the DON’T have the people skills because of the focus of their education.[/quote]

I know plenty asians who’re both techniquely creative and great team leaders and who have no chance in advancement. And then I think about the management I know who’re exclusively white and European/American and imagine putting them next to those wonderful attributes you mentioned they all supposedly have because they were not damaged by their non-asian parents. I can only shake my head.

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[quote=sdduuuude][quote=nocommonsense]The hyperthetical “asian” in your example WILL have a much lower chance EVEN if he has all those people skills.[/quote]

Agree with you on this, but the fact is the DON’T have the people skills because of the focus of their education.[/quote]

I know plenty asians who’re both techniquely creative and great team leaders and who have no chance in advancement. And then I think about the management I know who’re exclusively white and European/American and imagine putting them next to those wonderful attributes you mentioned they all supposedly have because they were not damaged by their non-asian parents. I can only shake my head.

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[quote=sdduuuude][quote=nocommonsense]The hyperthetical “asian” in your example WILL have a much lower chance EVEN if he has all those people skills.[/quote]

Agree with you on this, but the fact is the DON’T have the people skills because of the focus of their education.[/quote]

I know plenty asians who’re both techniquely creative and great team leaders and who have no chance in advancement. And then I think about the management I know who’re exclusively white and European/American and imagine putting them next to those wonderful attributes you mentioned they all supposedly have because they were not damaged by their non-asian parents. I can only shake my head.

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[quote=sdduuuude][quote=nocommonsense]The hyperthetical “asian” in your example WILL have a much lower chance EVEN if he has all those people skills.[/quote]

Agree with you on this, but the fact is the DON’T have the people skills because of the focus of their education.[/quote]

I know plenty asians who’re both techniquely creative and great team leaders and who have no chance in advancement. And then I think about the management I know who’re exclusively white and European/American and imagine putting them next to those wonderful attributes you mentioned they all supposedly have because they were not damaged by their non-asian parents. I can only shake my head.

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