The ultimate thread! (possible NSFW) (#30)

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

you need Dr. Bronner's soap

REALLY

more like $3 for a small bottle

I like that stuff.....its perfect for camping and works well daily too...

[Mars]

werk.

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Mars

werk.

jerk.

I just wanted to rhyme... ur really not a jerk ya hippy...

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by semlin

noice. Did you adjust that for your tires? many miles of highway mileage marker tests shows that my odometer is exactly 5% under with 285s. You may be close to 17 mpg and not know it...

Two years ago without the trailer I got 19.5 mpig as peak mileage which translates to just over 16 mpusg. I was trying very hard to get to 20.

I was at 15 over the Rez.....

some PO made sure that the odometer works correctly with the larger tires [there is a gear that one can switch out for the correction...]

anyway, Michael and I just yesterday night were congratulating ourselves again on buying a truck where all the mods were done right someone spent big money in the day

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by semlin

does everyone have a skeleton in their closet?

I got hundreds

like these

[InsanityIsBorn]

Rat a tat

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by semlin

and as a scientist, you know absolutely nothing about selling homes to nebraskans if you leave your price high, you attract less offers which means that anyone who eventually does make an offer will feel free to lowball you anyway. thus your asking price is meaningless.

that's what I figure

for those Nebraskans that may have an interest in the house already (locals), the price will never be cheap enough they can't be the target audience anyway

Originally Posted by semlin

there is a lot of weird psychology and variables that goes into selling houses. part of it is about creating excitement in buyers with a new listing and a fear of losing the house. if you want to sell right away, you need to drop the price enough to create a stir in people who haven't seen it before, and thus to bring anyone who has been looking at it for a while waiting for a price drop out of the woodwork.

I don't think there is a whole lot of buying going on at all

Originally Posted by semlin

if you don't mind waiting another year then, given how dead the market has been, I would leave it off the market and wait to see how the market unfolds. typically the housing market heats up in the spring and peaks in early summer because that is when people with school age kids prefer to relocate. by early summer people with kids who want to buy a house that year and get relocated before school starts in september are starting to panic if they have not found what they want. therefore, wait until early june to list.

yup, pretty much May through middle of July is prime season in Omaha - what hasn't been sold by then has a low chance of selling later in the year; we will only list for that time.....

[GeoRoss]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

I like the 80-82 better with round headlamps and metal dash, but this is the holy grail of hilux's; xtra cab, solid axle, efi

I wheeled with a very cool mid to late 80's mini truck on Cliff Hanger. He had put in the 3.4 24 cam Tacoma/4Runner engine, a very nice truck to be sure.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by Jman

Hmmm, not many nearby. Perhaps some of the local organic stores have GCs. Maybe they will donate a GC for the advertising.

Did you check Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food ?

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

Rat a tat

Here comes the white sheet!

[GeoRoss]

Originally Posted by semlin

noice. Did you adjust that for your tires? many miles of highway mileage marker tests shows that my odometer is exactly 5% under with 285s. You may be close to 17 mpg and not know it...

Two years ago without the trailer I got 19.5 mpig as peak mileage which translates to just over 16 mpusg. I was trying very hard to get to 20.

I was getting amazing mileage. I peaked at 19.5 mpg for one stretch. I actually thought my fuel gauge was broken.

I think the correction on mine is around 4-5% and I corrected them. Something to do while driving to keep the mind active.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Only $5, but Container Store sells these little nylon shopping bags that go on your keychain:



The Container Store > Shop Totes & Briefcases > Small Nylon Shopping Bag

The bigger, prettier one is $8:
The Container Store > Shop Totes & Briefcases > Large Floral Shopper Bag

[Jman]

Originally Posted by Jman

Holy giant picture, Batman!

Originally Posted by semlin

what, where

Here.

Originally Posted by Jman

Whoa.

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

Rat a tat

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Here comes the white sheet!

Actually....

I meant the band... but scarface is cool too...I guess...


lol

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

[/unsolicited advice][/buttingintoyourbusiness]

I don't mind that at all thanks for the input

the proverbial white elephant: nice house surrounded by smaller cabins that are either renovation-worthy or have been renovated to the max that the permits would allow (our house was one of the first to undergo this when they were more lenient with the permits and thus ended up with much greater square footage)

we knew when we bought the house that it would take time to sell - it's a complete custom that needs to be appreciated.....it took our PO more than a year to sell it, and he lost big time on it (he was the one who gutted and rebuilt it without regard to cost)

it's also in a semi-rural area that not even many Omahans know about

the problem is really that comps are hard to come by without market movement at all

I'd like to see someone express some interest for a change - last year we had like 5 visits altogether, and one of that was another realtor who wants it on the cheap for himself and from what I understand, 3 did not buy anything else, either - they were just curious to get inside, I guess (none of them from out of town), and one party bought a rural spread of many more acres (husband won out over wife in determining type of property - price would not have mattered there)

[DSRTRDR]

I am fully prepared to consider the possibility of making it a summer home and spending more time there while writing grants and papers (now that I have better read of the new boss here and how this institution functions.......)

for sure a lot less humid than BTR

plus, many people who retire to AZ (as we plan to do eventually), keep a summer house in the midwest or get one - well, I have one already

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

I like that stuff.....its perfect for camping and works well daily too...

nah, the soap aspect is secondary

it's the label that counts

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by GeoRoss

I wheeled with a very cool mid to late 80's mini truck on Cliff Hanger. He had put in the 3.4 24 cam Tacoma/4Runner engine, a very nice truck to be sure.

he was a nice guy, too

[DSRTRDR]

I will have meetings all afternoon

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

nah, the soap aspect is secondary

it's the label that counts

It smells good though...


















BTW it tastes nothing like it smells....

[Jman]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/ny...hp&oref=slogin

Spooky stalker of Uma Thurman.