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I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Price Drop

 For those who missed the news, we had bad thunderstorms and torrential downpours yesterday afternoon.  In DC, the Federal Government said it was fine for people to leave work early.  That didn't happen for us.  Then again we weren't in DC.  We had a few minutes of gusty wind, a bit of thunder, and then steady rain for about an hour and a half.  Everything was done by the time I got home from work.

I did 14 sets of Kettlebell exercises yesterday and my L1 - L5 rather impolitely reminded me that they're slowly fusing together.  Naproxen does wonders.  So does a heating pad.  This means I will have to work the exercises in slowly, possibly into other workouts.  Maybe a set or two when I do arms, and a set or two when I do chest.

Twenty-four hours after the house next door was listed, there was a price drop from $185,000 to $179,900.  This was after one showing, so obviously it didn't go as well as the owner thought it was going to go.  I've talked to him several times, he thinks he's a shrewd businessman and that all potential buyers are stupid.  They aren't.  Not with the prices of homes today.  They do their research.

Remember my cutting back my peach tree?  Well, this is what it looks like today, not at all like the nectarine tree which is pretty much dead to the world.


Because today's Tuesday, and down in Atlanta the Grand Jury usually meets on Tuesdays, there's a good possibility more indictments are going to be handed out.  Trump's indictment dance card must just about be filled by now, so I guess he will need to flip it over and start listing them on the back.  

For those not paying attention to the details, yesterday his attorneys whined that they had needed more time to come up with a delaying tactic that would sound good to Republicans as a response to his stupid comment, "you come for me, I'm coming for you."  They claimed first amendment rights, that he was allowed his freedom of speech.  Jack Smith shot that down, saying his comments had nothing to do with freedom of speech.  Ouch.  The DOJ is having none of his bullshit, which means he must be going through cases of ketchup.  People are not only saying "no" to him, they're spicing it up with a silent "screw you, loser."


8 comments:

  1. I am surprised that you can get a house anywhere in the US for under $200,000.

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    1. They're available here, but you get what you pay for.

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  2. Uh-oh. That house is gonna end up being $150K.
    And you know that ketchup is gonna fly today. I hope we get a mugshot and handcuffs. The sense of entitlement and the privilege that Jabba the Orange enjoys are nauseating.

    XOXO

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    1. He's going to do as much damage as possible.

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  3. The weather is so odd. Here in Harrisburg where the showrooms located, it was sunny when I left work but by time I got to the Westshore Mechanicsburg it was completely dark like midnight. But we had very little rain in Mechanicsburg.

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  4. When we were first looking to buy (the house I'm in currently), we went to visit one house and the price dropped by 100,000 French francs as we walked through the door. That told me all I needed to know!

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    1. Price drops always indicate problems, seen and hidden. The house next door? 1/2 of the basement is finished, the other 1/2 is a crawlspace.

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