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Quote from: butthead on November 21, 2008, 12:29:47 AM
Dwight's perfect crime was the best part of the show.

Thi.

Quote from: Oleg on December 01, 2008, 06:43:12 PM
Is this a good time to climb up on my Curt Flood/Marvin Miller soapbox?

Why?  So you can actually see your monitor?

I hope Rickey has spent the better part of the last 5 years working on his acceptance speech.  Or I hope he didn't work on it at all.  I can't decide.

Quote from: butthead on November 29, 2008, 12:11:48 PM
Do any of you guys speak Italian? Or know someone that does? I have some relatives in town from Sicily, which is cool except we won't be able to talk to each other. It could make things awkward when I start yelling and talking slowly in a desperate attempt to make them understand me.

Are you asking for a translator, or for someone to teach you Italian?

Because I can't help you with either.

Quote from: TJ on November 26, 2008, 08:08:10 AM
I seem to remember the Mets took a flyer on some eccentric guy who lived in the Himalayas back in 1985.  He was a non-roster invitee to spring training, and they were apparently ready to offer him a contract and insert him into their starting rotation, which already included Dwight Gooden, Ron Darling, Sid Fernandez and Rick Aguilera.  Unfortunately, he decided baseball wasn't for him and returned to the Himalayas.



Maybe the Pirates think they found another one.

I remember that guy.  Old Monkey Toes, they used to call him.

Quote from: Simmer on November 25, 2008, 12:37:53 PM
Congrats to RD for being a first-time entry into the market game, and good luck on your purchase.  Thanks to all the replies too, this has been some very helpful and worthwhile information.

I know this isn't a spam comment, but it sure reads like one.

Quote from: Simmer on November 25, 2008, 12:36:16 PM

Quote from: Old Style Man on November 25, 2008, 09:29:19 AM

Quote from: RoyHobbs on November 19, 2008, 09:22:13 AM
And something special for the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner.

Bacon wrapped Turducken, and these guys didn't skimp. They wrapped the chicken and duck in bacon before stuffing the bacon wrapped trukey.



http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/

I've got to tell you that as much as I love bacon, that looks disgusting. I thought I was in on this bacon trend before it was a trend, but it's become ridiculous.

The damn thing looks ALIVE.  Like a crab lobster monster.  An alive one.  Also sorta looks like a rancor.  A dead one.

HEADCRAB!

DPD.  More Black Friday deals.

Quote from: Andre Dawson's Creek on November 25, 2008, 11:14:25 AM

Quote from: Kerm on November 25, 2008, 10:56:10 AM

Quote from: Eli on November 25, 2008, 10:37:27 AM

Quote from: Old Style Man on November 25, 2008, 10:33:15 AM
I've heard that the general rule of thumb is to offer close to 10% less than the asking price. The worst that can happen is you don't get a counter offer, in which case you can raise your offer if you decide to do so.

This.  It never (or rarely) hurts to make a lower offer.  A friend of mine just bought a house that was listed for $335,000.  He offered $300,000 just to start negotiations, and the people ended up taking it.  He was just hoping to get it down by a few thousand.

Yep.  We got $30,000 knocked off the purchase price of our house, too.  We started at $50,000 under.  If they're insulted, they're insulted.

We sold our house in the Boom and were once offered 30k lower than our asking price and about 10k more than we paid for the house.  Their Realtor said it was because we were only in the house less than 2 years (even though we were asking for the going rate in our neighborhood).  We told her to tell her clients to go fuck themselves and wished them luck finding a house in the area for  30k under asking.  We weren't going to deal with them again.

Of course, we weren't in a hurry to sell at the time and new we'd get more serious/better offers.  We sold it 2 weeks later for our asking price (it was the buyer's first offer because we were willing to sell it on a contingency).

Then again, it's not the boom anymore so I doubt people are as comfortable with holding on to their house as we were.

It also depends on what the asking price is, of course.  When we low-balled the seller, they were at least $15,000 over where they should have been.

Quote from: Old Style Man on November 25, 2008, 11:08:23 AM

Quote from: Kerm on November 25, 2008, 10:56:10 AM

Quote from: Eli on November 25, 2008, 10:37:27 AM

Quote from: Old Style Man on November 25, 2008, 10:33:15 AM
I've heard that the general rule of thumb is to offer close to 10% less than the asking price. The worst that can happen is you don't get a counter offer, in which case you can raise your offer if you decide to do so.

This.  It never (or rarely) hurts to make a lower offer.  A friend of mine just bought a house that was listed for $335,000.  He offered $300,000 just to start negotiations, and the people ended up taking it.  He was just hoping to get it down by a few thousand.

Yep.  We got $30,000 knocked off the purchase price of our house, too.  We started at $50,000 under.  If they're insulted, they're insulted.

The only caveat is to be prepared to walk away if the sellers aren't reasonable. Don't fall so in love with a place that you absolutely must have it. You'll eventually find another place that you might even like better than the first if you're rejected.

Exactly.  Be prepared for them to tell you to go fornicate yourself.  And then do so on their front door handle.

Quote from: Eli on November 25, 2008, 10:37:27 AM

Quote from: Old Style Man on November 25, 2008, 10:33:15 AM
I've heard that the general rule of thumb is to offer close to 10% less than the asking price. The worst that can happen is you don't get a counter offer, in which case you can raise your offer if you decide to do so.

This.  It never (or rarely) hurts to make a lower offer.  A friend of mine just bought a house that was listed for $335,000.  He offered $300,000 just to start negotiations, and the people ended up taking it.  He was just hoping to get it down by a few thousand.

Yep.  We got $30,000 knocked off the purchase price of our house, too.  We started at $50,000 under.  If they're insulted, they're insulted.

By the way, Slak, I was cracking up when I saw your NXE Avatar.  It looks just like you.

If you guys don't have Dead Rising (in my opinion, one of the best Xbox exclusives), and you're feeling adventurous, Circuit City is going to have it on Black Friday for $9.99.  There are a bunch of other deals going on, too.

Quote from: 5laky on November 24, 2008, 10:51:52 AM

Quote from: Kerm on November 24, 2008, 10:46:10 AM

Quote from: 5laky on November 24, 2008, 10:37:24 AM

Quote from: Kerm on November 24, 2008, 10:29:01 AM

Quote from: 5laky on November 23, 2008, 08:09:01 PM
I can say that the Netflix thing is awesome.

I can second this.  I watched all 15 episodes of the second season of FNL this week (well, 13, since I'd watched the first two when they were released).  Great stuff, and they're only going to increase the selection.

Simmer, I installed the games I figure I'll play most (Gears 2, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Saints Row 2, NHL 09) this weekend.  The only one I've given significant play time to is Gears, and it's really nice to not have to listen to your optical drive grinding away.  Plus, the install process only takes about 5 minutes.

Pre installed Fallout 3, and he said it's like a totally different experience.  For the better.

I don't have that big ass hard drive like you do. I'd really like to do this for those games though.

I bet you can fit 1 or 2 at a time, though.  Most games are only about 6 GB or so.

I've got about 5 GB left - not sure what I need to delete. Probably some demos that I didn't want in the first place. But I think the Rock Band songs are taking up quite a bit of space.

Yes, they do.  RB was a big motivator behind the decision to upgrade to the Elite.  That, and the 360 crapping out again.

Oh, and if anyone is still playing Halo 3, Bungie says DON'T install it to the HD, because it will actually run worse.  I'm looking at you, BananaHands.

Quote from: 5laky on November 24, 2008, 10:37:24 AM

Quote from: Kerm on November 24, 2008, 10:29:01 AM

Quote from: 5laky on November 23, 2008, 08:09:01 PM
I can say that the Netflix thing is awesome.

I can second this.  I watched all 15 episodes of the second season of FNL this week (well, 13, since I'd watched the first two when they were released).  Great stuff, and they're only going to increase the selection.

Simmer, I installed the games I figure I'll play most (Gears 2, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Saints Row 2, NHL 09) this weekend.  The only one I've given significant play time to is Gears, and it's really nice to not have to listen to your optical drive grinding away.  Plus, the install process only takes about 5 minutes.

Pre installed Fallout 3, and he said it's like a totally different experience.  For the better.

I don't have that big ass hard drive like you do. I'd really like to do this for those games though.

I bet you can fit 1 or 2 at a time, though.  Most games are only about 6 GB or so.