Rain.

2009-02-25 Thread Charlie Bell
It did. It rained. We had a couple of mils. It helped with the containment of the fires. We've spent much of the day wondering whether the fire at Daylesford will skip containment lines, and burn down Claire's folks' cottage. But, you know. Money. Jobs. So on. Real stuff like economics

Re: On the Housing Market

2009-02-25 Thread John Williams
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Dan M On the whole, up on the north side of Houston, it's cheaper per sq. ft. per year to own than to rent. Dallas seems to have had little, if any, real estate bubble. It has the lowest peak to current price decline (9%) of any of the 20 cities tracked by the

Weekly Chat Reminder

2009-02-25 Thread William T Goodall
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over

RE: On the Housing Market

2009-02-25 Thread Rceeberger
On 2/24/2009 11:22:40 PM, Dan M (dsummersmi...@comcast.net) wrote: Thanks John! Those were pretty much the kinds of arguments I was seeing in 2006-2007 that made me anticipate the bubble bursting. Do you see the correction lasting 12 - 18 months or perhaps longer? I won't argue with the

Re: On the Housing Market

2009-02-25 Thread David Brin
I'm testing by replying once with Re: in the subject line and once without. If only the Re: comes to me, then we have a PARTIAL version of the old method, and I'll ask that folks remove Re: unless they seriously want my attention. (The old Re: Brin: was better) If I get both, then another

On the Housing Market

2009-02-25 Thread David Brin
Testing without Re: From: Rceeberger rceeber...@comcast.net To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:25:30 PM Subject: RE: On the Housing Market On 2/24/2009 11:22:40 PM, Dan M

Re: On the Housing Market

2009-02-25 Thread David Brin
Alas, both versions came through. Nick, have we run out of solutions here? david From: David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:58:46 PM Subject: On the Housing Market

Re: On the Housing Market

2009-02-25 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 2/25/2009 9:00:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: Alas, both versions came through. Nick, have we run out of solutions here? david ...with no Re grets? What is a gret anyway? **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in

Re: Rain.

2009-02-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
Charlie wrote: It did. It rained. We had a couple of mils. It helped with the containment of the fires. We've spent much of the day wondering whether the fire at Daylesford will skip containment lines, and burn down Claire's folks' cottage. But, you know. Money. Jobs. So on. Real stuff like

Re: Rain.

2009-02-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 26/02/2009, at 5:00 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Glad to hear you've had a little rain Charlie, hope its enough to keep your family's cottage (and many others) safe. Actually, no. *sigh* Another 40 degree day tomorrow, and strong winds. Many schools have been closed. Charlie.