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[quote=CONCHO]I believe that my experience living as a middle-class US citizen has given me the insight to decide what is right and wrong for other people. I think women shouldn’t have to wear funny, loose-fitting ghost outfits that cover most of their bodies. That would be objectifying them. Instead, they should be liberated and wear minimal, revealing clothing and tattoos showing how liberated they are. Body piercings are nice as well. Such liberated, tattooed, minimally-clothed women are thus freed from being objects and can express their freedom to rub themselves on me without fear of reprisal from an oppressive, sexist system.

Unless they are fat of course, and then they should be forced to cover up as much as possible.[/quote]
LMAO!

My husband had an interesting situation when he was renting his house out (when he moved in with me, a month before our wedding.) The couple was born and raised in Philadelphia and were practicing muslims. The woman wore a burqa in front of my husband. She took it off when it was just me in the room. She explained she chose to follow the more conservative methods of her religion, that a woman should not show her face to unmarried men. We continued to rent to them till 2002. She did NOT wear the burqa around him after we got married, because, I guess my husband was no longer a “threat”.

I felt very afraid for them after 9/11. She took the El to work in center city, (yes, wearing a burqa) and she did face some anti-muslim lash back. This was a very nice woman.

Back to the subject at hand… I heard that public schools in france banned ALL religious adornment several years ago. Burqa’s, Crucifixes, Stars of David. I had less of an issue with this because it was very consistent.

For the comments about visitors to other countries having to follow the religious laws of that country… Yes, if those countries are theocracies. Visiting another country is a choice. We live in a country that has a secular government, specifically allowing freedom or religion. That is one of the things that truly makes this country great. No imposition of a specific religion, no ban of a religion.

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[quote=CONCHO]I believe that my experience living as a middle-class US citizen has given me the insight to decide what is right and wrong for other people. I think women shouldn’t have to wear funny, loose-fitting ghost outfits that cover most of their bodies. That would be objectifying them. Instead, they should be liberated and wear minimal, revealing clothing and tattoos showing how liberated they are. Body piercings are nice as well. Such liberated, tattooed, minimally-clothed women are thus freed from being objects and can express their freedom to rub themselves on me without fear of reprisal from an oppressive, sexist system.

Unless they are fat of course, and then they should be forced to cover up as much as possible.[/quote]
LMAO!

My husband had an interesting situation when he was renting his house out (when he moved in with me, a month before our wedding.) The couple was born and raised in Philadelphia and were practicing muslims. The woman wore a burqa in front of my husband. She took it off when it was just me in the room. She explained she chose to follow the more conservative methods of her religion, that a woman should not show her face to unmarried men. We continued to rent to them till 2002. She did NOT wear the burqa around him after we got married, because, I guess my husband was no longer a “threat”.

I felt very afraid for them after 9/11. She took the El to work in center city, (yes, wearing a burqa) and she did face some anti-muslim lash back. This was a very nice woman.

Back to the subject at hand… I heard that public schools in france banned ALL religious adornment several years ago. Burqa’s, Crucifixes, Stars of David. I had less of an issue with this because it was very consistent.

For the comments about visitors to other countries having to follow the religious laws of that country… Yes, if those countries are theocracies. Visiting another country is a choice. We live in a country that has a secular government, specifically allowing freedom or religion. That is one of the things that truly makes this country great. No imposition of a specific religion, no ban of a religion.

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[quote=CONCHO]I believe that my experience living as a middle-class US citizen has given me the insight to decide what is right and wrong for other people. I think women shouldn’t have to wear funny, loose-fitting ghost outfits that cover most of their bodies. That would be objectifying them. Instead, they should be liberated and wear minimal, revealing clothing and tattoos showing how liberated they are. Body piercings are nice as well. Such liberated, tattooed, minimally-clothed women are thus freed from being objects and can express their freedom to rub themselves on me without fear of reprisal from an oppressive, sexist system.

Unless they are fat of course, and then they should be forced to cover up as much as possible.[/quote]
LMAO!

My husband had an interesting situation when he was renting his house out (when he moved in with me, a month before our wedding.) The couple was born and raised in Philadelphia and were practicing muslims. The woman wore a burqa in front of my husband. She took it off when it was just me in the room. She explained she chose to follow the more conservative methods of her religion, that a woman should not show her face to unmarried men. We continued to rent to them till 2002. She did NOT wear the burqa around him after we got married, because, I guess my husband was no longer a “threat”.

I felt very afraid for them after 9/11. She took the El to work in center city, (yes, wearing a burqa) and she did face some anti-muslim lash back. This was a very nice woman.

Back to the subject at hand… I heard that public schools in france banned ALL religious adornment several years ago. Burqa’s, Crucifixes, Stars of David. I had less of an issue with this because it was very consistent.

For the comments about visitors to other countries having to follow the religious laws of that country… Yes, if those countries are theocracies. Visiting another country is a choice. We live in a country that has a secular government, specifically allowing freedom or religion. That is one of the things that truly makes this country great. No imposition of a specific religion, no ban of a religion.

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I had a detached garage when I lived back east. I didn’t have the key issue locking up the garage because I kept a garage door opener in my purse.

I had a baby in that house… and if I was carrying in the baby AND it was raining or snowing, I parked closer to the front door (garage was down a long driveway to the back of the lot)… that allowed me to unload stuff onto the covered front porch and have a shorter walk… Or I’d park right be the back porch (which was off the kitchen) – also covered.

It was part of the charm of a 1910 house.

Current house has garage close to kitchen… but further from the stairs to upstairs… when my younger son was an infant, I’d park close to the front door (which was near the stairs) if I needed to transfer a sleeping baby to his crib.

There is no perfect arrangement.

I agree with Hobie’s reasons.

Besides.. how many Californians actually park cars in their garage…? I think we’re the only ones on our block that have 2 cars in our 2 car garage.

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I had a detached garage when I lived back east. I didn’t have the key issue locking up the garage because I kept a garage door opener in my purse.

I had a baby in that house… and if I was carrying in the baby AND it was raining or snowing, I parked closer to the front door (garage was down a long driveway to the back of the lot)… that allowed me to unload stuff onto the covered front porch and have a shorter walk… Or I’d park right be the back porch (which was off the kitchen) – also covered.

It was part of the charm of a 1910 house.

Current house has garage close to kitchen… but further from the stairs to upstairs… when my younger son was an infant, I’d park close to the front door (which was near the stairs) if I needed to transfer a sleeping baby to his crib.

There is no perfect arrangement.

I agree with Hobie’s reasons.

Besides.. how many Californians actually park cars in their garage…? I think we’re the only ones on our block that have 2 cars in our 2 car garage.

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I had a detached garage when I lived back east. I didn’t have the key issue locking up the garage because I kept a garage door opener in my purse.

I had a baby in that house… and if I was carrying in the baby AND it was raining or snowing, I parked closer to the front door (garage was down a long driveway to the back of the lot)… that allowed me to unload stuff onto the covered front porch and have a shorter walk… Or I’d park right be the back porch (which was off the kitchen) – also covered.

It was part of the charm of a 1910 house.

Current house has garage close to kitchen… but further from the stairs to upstairs… when my younger son was an infant, I’d park close to the front door (which was near the stairs) if I needed to transfer a sleeping baby to his crib.

There is no perfect arrangement.

I agree with Hobie’s reasons.

Besides.. how many Californians actually park cars in their garage…? I think we’re the only ones on our block that have 2 cars in our 2 car garage.

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I had a detached garage when I lived back east. I didn’t have the key issue locking up the garage because I kept a garage door opener in my purse.

I had a baby in that house… and if I was carrying in the baby AND it was raining or snowing, I parked closer to the front door (garage was down a long driveway to the back of the lot)… that allowed me to unload stuff onto the covered front porch and have a shorter walk… Or I’d park right be the back porch (which was off the kitchen) – also covered.

It was part of the charm of a 1910 house.

Current house has garage close to kitchen… but further from the stairs to upstairs… when my younger son was an infant, I’d park close to the front door (which was near the stairs) if I needed to transfer a sleeping baby to his crib.

There is no perfect arrangement.

I agree with Hobie’s reasons.

Besides.. how many Californians actually park cars in their garage…? I think we’re the only ones on our block that have 2 cars in our 2 car garage.

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I had a detached garage when I lived back east. I didn’t have the key issue locking up the garage because I kept a garage door opener in my purse.

I had a baby in that house… and if I was carrying in the baby AND it was raining or snowing, I parked closer to the front door (garage was down a long driveway to the back of the lot)… that allowed me to unload stuff onto the covered front porch and have a shorter walk… Or I’d park right be the back porch (which was off the kitchen) – also covered.

It was part of the charm of a 1910 house.

Current house has garage close to kitchen… but further from the stairs to upstairs… when my younger son was an infant, I’d park close to the front door (which was near the stairs) if I needed to transfer a sleeping baby to his crib.

There is no perfect arrangement.

I agree with Hobie’s reasons.

Besides.. how many Californians actually park cars in their garage…? I think we’re the only ones on our block that have 2 cars in our 2 car garage.

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We used Southland Geotechnical. I think the geologist’s name was Sue Tangiers (could be wrong about the last name… I just called her Sue. Hubby signed the contracts, etc.)

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We used Southland Geotechnical. I think the geologist’s name was Sue Tangiers (could be wrong about the last name… I just called her Sue. Hubby signed the contracts, etc.)

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We used Southland Geotechnical. I think the geologist’s name was Sue Tangiers (could be wrong about the last name… I just called her Sue. Hubby signed the contracts, etc.)

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We used Southland Geotechnical. I think the geologist’s name was Sue Tangiers (could be wrong about the last name… I just called her Sue. Hubby signed the contracts, etc.)

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We used Southland Geotechnical. I think the geologist’s name was Sue Tangiers (could be wrong about the last name… I just called her Sue. Hubby signed the contracts, etc.)

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[quote=sdrealtor]Not saying this is going to save the market but I just saw this twice this week. The wealth transfer from our paretns generation to the baby boomers is very real and it is coming as we speak.[/quote]

I don’t disagree that this happens… heck I’ve experienced it (to a much smaller degree!!!) when my dad passed away 2.5 years ago. But I think it’s not as common in the scale (size of inheritance) that you mention. I think more typical would be a few hundred thousand – maybe enough to pay off or pay down a small mortgage, but not enough to blow on a big house with big upkeep.

And it’s a trend that will be going away… I’ve read so many articles about the boomers underfunding their retirement and living beyond their means. Granted, the boomer generation didn’t start till 1946 – so the oldest are only 64. I’ve seen this myself with older coworkers and family who didn’t get serious about retirement till their late 40’s, and or spent retirement savings on their childrens college fund. Their kids may have good educations, but now the parents have mortgages into retirement years and can’t retire.

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[quote=sdrealtor]Not saying this is going to save the market but I just saw this twice this week. The wealth transfer from our paretns generation to the baby boomers is very real and it is coming as we speak.[/quote]

I don’t disagree that this happens… heck I’ve experienced it (to a much smaller degree!!!) when my dad passed away 2.5 years ago. But I think it’s not as common in the scale (size of inheritance) that you mention. I think more typical would be a few hundred thousand – maybe enough to pay off or pay down a small mortgage, but not enough to blow on a big house with big upkeep.

And it’s a trend that will be going away… I’ve read so many articles about the boomers underfunding their retirement and living beyond their means. Granted, the boomer generation didn’t start till 1946 – so the oldest are only 64. I’ve seen this myself with older coworkers and family who didn’t get serious about retirement till their late 40’s, and or spent retirement savings on their childrens college fund. Their kids may have good educations, but now the parents have mortgages into retirement years and can’t retire.

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