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Anon, the best part of that list is:







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I stumbled across this and thought of this thread: <a href="http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/94/art_20_Reasons_Not_Move_to_Dubai.html">20 reasons not to move to Dubai</a>
 
One cubic meter of U-238 (a.k.a. depleted uranium) weighs 41,998 pounds and is 70% more dense than lead.





(Sorry, been on a chemistry kick of late).
 
<p>I believe there was some thread where people despaired about kids only wanting to chase easy money because some teen said he wanted to be a mortgage broker when he grew up. </p>

<p>But there is hope - the most popular choice among kindergardeners for what they want to be when they grow up is a superhero. And many want to be police officers, even though they figure they make $29 a year.</p>

<p><strong>When I Grow Up: Kids' Dream Job Salaries</strong></p>

<p>http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/09/kids-dream-jobs-ent-dream1007-cx_de_1009salary.html?boxes=popstories</p>
 
<p>Renovation hangover</p>

DIY parties may invite disaster



<p>Homeowners looking to save money by having friends for drinks and renovations may discover the results are sobering.</p>



<p><a href="http://realestate.msn.com/Improve/Article_wsj.aspx?cp-documentid=5551476&GT1=10534">http://realestate.msn.com/Improve/Article_wsj.aspx?cp-documentid=5551476&GT1=10534</a></p>
 
<p>It has finally hit ICanHasCheezburger</p>

<p><a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/10/12/oh-noez-mah-mortgage-dun-readjusted">http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/10/12/oh-noez-mah-mortgage-dun-readjusted</a></p>

<p><img alt="" src="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/128348674541875000ohnoezmahmort.jpg" /></p>
 
<p>A rather unusual post fromhttp://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2007/10/19/tell-us-whats-next-for-oc-home-prices/ </p>

<p>Carlos Says:


October 19th, 2007 at 10:00 pm


Buying a decent beautiful house is like a marriage made in heaven at first. Foreclosure is like a painful divorce at the end. </p>

<p>Make sure you do not catch a falling knives. I did.</p>

<p>Pebbles Says:


October 19th, 2007 at 10:16 pm


(I’m afraid to ask, because I don’t believe Carlos is into 2-way communication, but here goes.)</p>

<p>Carlos,</p>

<p>A real falling knife?</p>

<p>You said you never had credit - how did you pull off buying a house?</p>

<p>Carlos Says:


October 20th, 2007 at 2:28 am </p>

<p>We were asked to train and then transferred our know how to our teams in India and China for 6 months. Process went very well. Our management were so happy with the result.</p>

<p>Back home, I have had a weirdest dreams in my sleep. Our family were gone and our house emptied. We were desperate, believing that a foreclosure notice and pink slip could come any week. “I was asking God to show me the way.” </p>

<p>Suddently, President George Bush on gorgeous white unicorn, Treasury Henry Paulson on a huge decorated elephant, and ex Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan on a muscular donkey as a 3 white knights in a shining amours. They were rushing to rescue us all. We eagerly stood on the sidewalk and cheered loudly. </p>

<p>When I woke up, sweat was all over and I could not sleep for the next 3 days. Now I spending the next 2 weeks in hospital without health insurance, our jobs are in India and China, our retirment is gone and my house is foreclosed. </p>

<p>Too old to find a new job and too early to retire. Time of adversity catch up with us all.</p>
 
Fixed the thread by editing my post above. Sorry, sometimes forget to copy & paste into Notepad f irst to remove all the weird HTML formatting that messes up the posts.
 
<p>Woot ! I'm back and look at the billboard I found !</p>

<p><img alt="" src="http://img107.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/10/23/grafittiart018-489he36v0.jpg" /></p>
 
<p>Yes, I was back home in New England. Perfect fall weather. I'll be in chat in a few....the boards are running really slow for me tonight.</p>

<p> </p>
 
Some 1/3 of Americans believe in ghosts.

<p>"To put the roughly one-third who believe in ghosts and UFOs in perspective, it's about the same as, in recent AP-Ipsos polls, the 36 percent who said they are baseball fans; the 37 percent who said the U.S. made the right decision to invade Iraq; and the 31 percent who approve of the job President Bush is doing. A smaller but still substantial 23 percent say they have actually seen a ghost..."</p>

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_re_us/ghosts_ap_poll">poll results</a></p>
 
Now isn't THIS just ducky...... <a href="http://wonkette.com/politics/dick-cheney/dick-cheney-hunting-again-315231.php">Dick Cheney: Hunting Again!</a>
 
<p>OK, since we are in a bubble.</p>

<p>It seems that the tulips that the Dutch were most enamoured of, were rare for a reason. Even ordinary bulbs were desired, but the great rarities, all lacy and with several colors were rare for a reason.</p>

<p>They were infected with a virus which affected their color and petal shape. And apparently wasn't so hot for the plant, otherwise the interesting shapes and colors wouldn't have been so rare.</p>

<p>There was a Scientific American article on it some years ago.</p>
 
<p>An email I received....this development is about 45 minutes North of Tahoe.... desperate times call for desperate measures.....</p>

<p>. Live Mortgage/Loan Free For One Year at Sierra Park


__________________


Sierra Park in Quincy, California is offering a special incentive to


hew homeowners. For a limited time, Sierra Park will pay their buyers


mortgage/loan for a year on a new home (excluding the Helmsley


design). Buyers can pick their lot and home design and let Sierra


Park do the rest by crediting back one year's mortgage/loan. Or, if


buyers use cash, they'll credit the equivalent of up to $20,000 at


the close of escrow! That's a fantastic savings!





Call 530-283-9301 or visit Sierra Park on the web at


www.sierraparkatquincy.com for pricing and more information on this


amazing deal.





http://www.sierraparkatquincy.com


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<p>Finally! Twin eight year old boys have invented <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_re_us/odd_underwear_invention">Wedgie-proof underwear</a> . They call it "Rip Away 1000." </p>
 
<p>Kinda interesting, Google has a trends tool that lets you how much people are searching various terms. Tried out "short sale"</p>

<p><a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=short+sale&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0">http://www.google.com/trends?q=short+sale&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0</a></p>
 
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