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April 28, 2009 at 9:44 AM in reply to: What do folks think about the stock market these days? #389206April 28, 2009 at 9:44 AM in reply to: What do folks think about the stock market these days? #389259
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ParticipantI am not an expert.
I just have a feeling that the results of the stress test and some of the earnings reports that are still trickling out will have a downward effect.But, the market isn’t rational so I’m probably wrong.
April 28, 2009 at 9:44 AM in reply to: What do folks think about the stock market these days? #389398ParticipantI am not an expert.
I just have a feeling that the results of the stress test and some of the earnings reports that are still trickling out will have a downward effect.But, the market isn’t rational so I’m probably wrong.
ParticipantSo – for the folks who used their houses as ATMS to buy really nice “stuff” – they can use their really nice stuff to showcase homes for sale and have a place to live and put their stuff.
wow.
ParticipantSo – for the folks who used their houses as ATMS to buy really nice “stuff” – they can use their really nice stuff to showcase homes for sale and have a place to live and put their stuff.
wow.
ParticipantSo – for the folks who used their houses as ATMS to buy really nice “stuff” – they can use their really nice stuff to showcase homes for sale and have a place to live and put their stuff.
wow.
ParticipantSo – for the folks who used their houses as ATMS to buy really nice “stuff” – they can use their really nice stuff to showcase homes for sale and have a place to live and put their stuff.
wow.
ParticipantSo – for the folks who used their houses as ATMS to buy really nice “stuff” – they can use their really nice stuff to showcase homes for sale and have a place to live and put their stuff.
wow.
ParticipantI lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.
I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)
ParticipantI lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.
I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)
ParticipantI lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.
I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)
ParticipantI lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.
I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)
ParticipantI lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.
I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)
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I heard one proposal for the way it’s going to work is based on your prior year’s usage + a cushion allocation. So for example if you consumed X gallons same time last year, you’re allowed X+some cushion…If that’s true, once again, folks who were “savers” get punished. Sound familiar?
[/quote]Ugh – say it isn’t so. We’ve been thrifty with our water for a while. As we’ve replaced toilets we’ve put in eco ones (dual mode, low water)… As we’ve relandscaped, post construction, we’ve been doing more zero-scaping. We’ve been big users of drip irrigation for our fruit trees, rather than sprinklers.
It definitely seems like it will punish the folks who were already being thrifty.
Next you’ll tell me power consumption is going to be rationed, based on past years use… We’d be screwed there too, since we’re already using 1/2 compared to neighbors in the same model house. (We compared bills when we were talking about solar power systems – they just got one, we’re considering it.)
The only saving grace is we haven’t implemented our gray water system for irrigation. We’ve got it planned, but not implemented yet. This is definitely discouraging us from implementing it for the near term.
Participant[quote=flu]
I heard one proposal for the way it’s going to work is based on your prior year’s usage + a cushion allocation. So for example if you consumed X gallons same time last year, you’re allowed X+some cushion…If that’s true, once again, folks who were “savers” get punished. Sound familiar?
[/quote]Ugh – say it isn’t so. We’ve been thrifty with our water for a while. As we’ve replaced toilets we’ve put in eco ones (dual mode, low water)… As we’ve relandscaped, post construction, we’ve been doing more zero-scaping. We’ve been big users of drip irrigation for our fruit trees, rather than sprinklers.
It definitely seems like it will punish the folks who were already being thrifty.
Next you’ll tell me power consumption is going to be rationed, based on past years use… We’d be screwed there too, since we’re already using 1/2 compared to neighbors in the same model house. (We compared bills when we were talking about solar power systems – they just got one, we’re considering it.)
The only saving grace is we haven’t implemented our gray water system for irrigation. We’ve got it planned, but not implemented yet. This is definitely discouraging us from implementing it for the near term.
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