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Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

  • Too dang warm here for snow.

    Votes: 6 26.1%

  • Frost is in the ground, no snow.

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • Just a few piles left around here currently.

    Votes: 4 17.4%

  • Got a good dusting last night.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • An 1 or so of old snow.

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • 2 to 4 inches.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 4 to 6 inches

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 6 to 8 inches

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • Up to a foot.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Somewhere between 1 and 2 feet.

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • A little ice here.

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • A lot of ice here, I can skate in the streets.

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • It was just short of looting for Milk, bread, booze and TP at the local grocery store.

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • Bring on the snow!! It keeps the Riff-Raft away.

    Votes: 5 21.7%

  • I'm taking my talents to a warmer climate!

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • You hosers were too snowed in to start a new poll.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • We're going skiing.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Freddy Meyer hacks my snow.

    Votes: 4 17.4%

  • Giada's Melons plow my snow.

    Votes: 9 39.1%

  • Have plenty of bacon here to eat for this current Snowmaggedon.

    Votes: 5 21.7%
  • Total voters
    23
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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

dxmnkd316 said:
Fraud Oz is one of the worst things to air on American television in history. He's done so much to damage science and medicine.
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This!

Brenthoven said:
Amen. He is like WebMD in real life.

You have a bad cough, are fatigued. Yep, you need to buy x product or supplement!!!!11!!!! it will save you and make you live to infinity.
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FYP. The Docs at Columbia are trying to get him kicked off the staff
 
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Looks like the wife and I just bought a house. is it normal to be scared *****less?
 
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Almington said:
Looks like the wife and I just bought a house. is it normal to be scared *****less?
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I was. It's a long-term decision and a lot of risk. At the same time, it can be a good asset, one that also provides you financial protection in certain grave circumstances.
 
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I'd be more worried if you weren't. I panicked a couple of times after I purchased. "What happens if I lose my job?" "What if I can't afford insurance?" "What if I didn't calculate my finances right?"

There were a few times I had to call my dad to make sure I made the right decision.
 
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Congrats, Almsy! And what they all said about the emotions.
 
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Just got the email from the office....delayed opening till 10am. Why even bother?
 
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Good Evening, Lodge!

Congrats Almsy! Does this mean party? Mr and I are considering buying. We are looking, but not sure yet. Just starting.
 
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Almington said:
Looks like the wife and I just bought a house. is it normal to be scared *****less?
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Yup. mr les is normally incredibly mellow and never gets ruffled about anything. Both times we bought he was sleepless for days before the signing. Strangely I wasn't I know we were totally fvcked if it didn't work out so I had to let it go. (my job, earlier in the marriage, was to freak out about all the minutia)

Snowmageddon is snopocolypsing. Whee!
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

dxmnkd316 said:
I'd be more worried if you weren't. I panicked a couple of times after I purchased. "What happens if I lose my job?" "What if I can't afford insurance?" "What if I didn't calculate my finances right?"

There were a few times I had to call my dad to make sure I made the right decision.
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Huh...I never had any thoughts like that after I bought mine. I think I mostly felt relieved to be done with that process.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Huh...I never had any thoughts like that after I bought mine. I think I mostly felt relieved to be done with that process.
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You were a bit frustrated at the lack of appraisal (?) due to the nature of the construction of your house. It was a possibility, from my understanding, that you could have been royally screwed on that. What if the appraisal was too high? I'm sure there were some nerves involved. :)
 
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Brenthoven said:
You were a bit frustrated at the lack of appraisal (?) due to the nature of the construction of your house. It was a possibility, from my understanding, that you could have been royally screwed on that. What if the appraisal was too high? I'm sure there were some nerves involved. :)
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Not really, there's nothing to be worried about. I knew well ahead of signing the papers what I could and couldn't afford, and my house was well below that line.

The appraisal stuff just ****ed me off and pushed me into an FHA loan that I didn't prefer. Nothing really to be nervous about, frustrating, yes, nervous, not really.
 
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Fun weekend!
One of my closest friends turned 50 last week and retired after 27 years on the job in one of the local MSP suburbs - I just lost my free speeding pass in Fridley. ;)

Had him + a few more buds and their wives/significant others over for dinner Saturday, always fun to hang with buds, drink beer, whisky, & wine while giving each other crap. Made gumbo....it turned out fantastic!
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I blame Dr. Oz and all of his shows about BMs for making it normal conversation outside of your doctor's office.
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leswp1 said:
This!
FYP. The Docs at Columbia are trying to get him kicked off the staff
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I would hope that my co-workers (intelligent nurses) would be above Dr. Oz, but who knows. Talking about cleanses and colonics and the like. Good lord people. Not to mention, we all work nights, which data has shown, wreaks havoc on your GI (among other body systems). 2 of the 20-somethings have already had botox as well. I'm feeling old, fat, and grouchy (and yet, I don't really mind).

Almington said:
Looks like the wife and I just bought a house. is it normal to be scared *****less?
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Congrats! We've indefinitely suspended our search.
We'll keep saving though, just in case.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

The only thing I had was a little bit of "holy ****! I just bought a house!". The rest of it was pretty stress-free, even as we had the inspection on the afternoon of the giant midwest blackout back in 2003.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

Hammer said:
The only thing I had was a little bit of "holy ****! I just bought a house!". The rest of it was pretty stress-free, even as we had the inspection on the afternoon of the giant midwest blackout back in 2003.
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I get that feeling when I buy a new vehicle. Can't imagine a house!


And les: as for nights.....had a helluva schedule for a couple years, two jobs:
1. Su-Thu, 10pm-6am
2. Sat-Sun, 6am-3pm

Yeah, took a toll on me, that's for sure. All the sleep on Fri, no sleep on Su.
 
Brenthoven said:
And les: as for nights.....had a helluva schedule for a couple years, two jobs:
1. Su-Thu, 10pm-6am
2. Sat-Sun, 6am-3pm

Yeah, took a toll on me, that's for sure. All the sleep on Fri, no sleep on Su.
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I had 11:30pm-8:30am for a while. Yeah no, never again.

Granted right now I have 5am-4pm right now, but 4x10s is fun.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

Good Morning, MEUSA! :)


Good Morning to the rest of tLodge! :)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #189: The Winter of our Discontent.

Morning.

Apparently my DNA suggests I'm about 32% scandanavian (Norway or sweden). Guess I better look in to that! :)
 
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