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ParticipantI hesitate to post this – for fear of looking like I’m promoting one team and bashing another… but I was surprised to read that the Solyndra loan guarantees were initiated and mostly completed under the former administration.
http://fefwww.istockanalyst.com/article/viewnewspaged/articleid/2686855/pageid/1
I’m sure folks will blame whichever side they feel is to blame. But I’m not sure that the full blame for the Solyndra loan can go to Obama.
September 12, 2011 at 4:38 PM in reply to: OT – Who will run for President on the Republican side? #728879ParticipantSince Gary Johnson’s been mentioned here… He will be tweeting his responses to tonight’s GOP debate.
Participant[quote=sdduuuude]
Definitely don’t buy a house from sdr cuz I’m not geeting a damn thing.[/quote]Seriously – he should have offered you and CDMA engineer wine and robot parts!
Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=afx114]BG, your post doesn’t jive with what I’m seeing as a recent buyer in North Park. There are younger families with kids everywhere. On any given evening after work, my wife and I take our 11-month old to crawl around on our front lawn and are passed by two or three, sometimes up to five or six young families like ourselves walking their dogs, jogging with their baby stroller, or pulling along a wagon with a baby in it.
Maybe I live in a pocket that is the exception and not the norm, but none of what you’ve said above about my neighborhood (border of North/South Park) with regard to “younger families” is true.[/quote]
I’m glad to hear this, afx, as this is how I remember it. Do you know if these young families are owners or renters? And, by chance, is your home located in Burlingame?[/quote]
BG – I was out and about a bit this weekend and saw lots of stroller action in both north park and university heights this weekend. The place was crawling with families. I was surprised by University Heights – I lived there 30 years ago (on Park, near Adams) and it was a lot less family oriented then.
Participant[quote=creechrr][quote=UCGal][quote=carlsbadworker]I was curious if people who has solar panel installed, do they got outage as well? And why nuclear power plant also has to be shutdown when you need them.[/quote]
San Onofre tripping off is the biggest problem I see. Seems like a serious grid design flaw.I’ll ask my neighbors weather they kept power with their panels… I’m not sure if they have the battery bank, or just feed back to the grid. I would imagine you’d run out of power in the evening if you don’t have the battery bank.[/quote]
I’m curious how other systems work but, my system shuts down when power is lost on the grid. It’s suppose to be a safety feature to prevent someone working on the line from getting zapped.
Also, the system shuts itself down at night. Battery systems are hugely expensive.[/quote]Yep. Just talked to my neighbor… there is a shutoff system so the solar arrays don’t back feed the grid and put line workers at risk. He didn’t have batteries either… uses the grid as the capacitor for the system.
Participant[quote=carlsbadworker]I was curious if people who has solar panel installed, do they got outage as well? And why nuclear power plant also has to be shutdown when you need them.[/quote]
San Onofre tripping off is the biggest problem I see. Seems like a serious grid design flaw.I’ll ask my neighbors weather they kept power with their panels… I’m not sure if they have the battery bank, or just feed back to the grid. I would imagine you’d run out of power in the evening if you don’t have the battery bank.
ParticipantCordless phones for the land line obviously didn’t work. Nor did the answering machine. But the hardwired land line extensions worked.
Cell coverage (Verizon) was less than wonderful in the late afternoon. I assume because everyone was calling everyone else to say they were stuck in traffic. (Spent 2 hours going from sorrento valley to UC yesterday!!!) Cell coverage was fine in the evening.
Internet was obviously down. I have a cable modem through time Warner.
Participant[quote=Ren]
We do plan to take it to the next level when we buy/build our forever house – a casita with its own entrance, living area, and kitchen/laundry. The MIL will live there for a while, but once she’s gone, it will easily knock $1,400 off the mortgage every month.[/quote]
That’s our plan for our casita once the in-laws aren’t using it anymore. Hopefully they’ll live long enough that our mortgage will be paid off – but it will be a nice income stream for our retirement.Participant[quote=jpinpb][quote=UCGal]Josh, your neibir is either an idiot or jealous of your cash stream.[/quote]
Or anti-social. I became good friends w/some of my roommates. One came to my wedding. I don’t know why there would be such a stigma to renting a room to someone. People are so weird.[/quote]
OK – I can spell… I swear I can. Damn the auto correct and virtual kepyad typing on my xoom.
neibir = neighbor.
(and auto correct HATES my younger son’s name. Very annoying.)
JP – I met one of your roommates. She was very nice.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I just saw your income on the other thread and you should definitely buy a house from me. I promise to spend all the money stimulating the economy. Think of all the good things I could do like
Take TG out for a night of debauchery
Buy scaredy a new bike
Get BG a 300K mile tune up on her Lexus
Take Allen elk hunting in Montana
Buy CAR enough stamps to send every congressman/woman and senator a letter.
Send Brian to SF so he can let his freak flag fly
Buy Desmond enough fire wood to survive a nother frigid Winter on the mountain top
Pay for UCGal’s RealtyTrac subscription so she can stay up to date on all the lastest foreclosure data
Unlimited Happy Meals for the Jacarandoso/Rusctico kids
Dinan chips for FLU’s cars
A 1 year subscription to Money magazine for Econ Prof
Buy JP seeds and fertilizer for the garden she has dreamed of for years
And not to forget me, buy myself a case of Dalla Valle
Really kev, dont be so selfish. We are all depending upon you (snark off)[/quote]
lol – Love it!
ParticipantI had roommates in my house in Philly and my house in WA state. Helped make the house affordable so I could afford to travel and have fun.
3 former neighbors in my current hood have rented rooms to students. It’s fine and makes financial sense.
Josh, your neibir is either an idiot or jealous of your cash stream.
Participant[quote=UCGal][quote=Jacarandoso][quote=walterwhite]Which is nit incompatible with occasional spells of happiness.[/quote]
Nor is it incompatible with a best case scenario for over all quality of life for all involved. This may be hard to discern at times,more or less, depending on the people involved.[/quote]
Maybe I’m in denial… but I think you can be very happy when you find a person who’s a good partner in child rearing (if you have kids), financial endeavors, hobbies, travel. The key is being on the same page on the big stuff – money, kids, commitment.
But if the couple is out of balance on commitment (cheating), money (a spender vs a saver), or child rearing (strict parent vs lenient parent)… happiness is definitely doable.[/quote]
That last paragraph of mine came out wrong. Doh.I meant that happiness was doable if you’re on the same page. It’s MUCH harder if you’re out of balance in any of those areas.
Participant[quote=walterwhite]i think 1000 an ounce was a while ago.[/quote]
A while ago = 2 years ago.
What else doubled in the last 2 years?Participant[quote=Jacarandoso][quote=walterwhite]Which is nit incompatible with occasional spells of happiness.[/quote]
Nor is it incompatible with a best case scenario for over all quality of life for all involved. This may be hard to discern at times,more or less, depending on the people involved.[/quote]
Maybe I’m in denial… but I think you can be very happy when you find a person who’s a good partner in child rearing (if you have kids), financial endeavors, hobbies, travel. The key is being on the same page on the big stuff – money, kids, commitment.
But if the couple is out of balance on commitment (cheating), money (a spender vs a saver), or child rearing (strict parent vs lenient parent)… happiness is definitely doable.
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