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It's been said already, but it bears repeating... SLOW SIMMER!!!!! Chili made fast will make you run fast. Take your time, let it go all afternoon if you can, and don't forget the cornbread.

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+1

If that's what you want, go to Taco Bell instead. Chipotle doesn't have the correct chemical imbalances to give you rectum rockets.

Yup. But it's still freakin' hilarious.

Back in Columbus with my gf. Instead, we're both in Cleveland with our respective families, neither of us having a very good time.

Really depends on the apartment, what your short/medium term plans are, and what the housing market is like. I'm always hearing the "Renting is stupid, you're throwing money away!" line, but they fail to take into account the fact that as a renter, you don't pay for common repairs (leaky faucets, blocked drains, roof/siding, etc), you don't pay property tax, and often don't pay water/trash/sewer. Landscaping is generally taken care of, as is snow clearing. The New York Times has a pretty nice calculator w/ graphic to see where you'd break even. Suffice to say, with the housing market as it is, my "break-even" point is nearly 20 years out. By then, I expect to be screening my kids' dates, possibly halfway around the world.

+1 for Derek's wife. Very useful info there, thanks!

Anybody here work with/for an apartment management company? Looking for insight on how rates will likely react to the general economic crappiness going on out there over the next 6-12 months.

Not completely true... In the 2004-2007 climate, when interest rates were insanely low, an ARM was a ticking time bomb. But flip it around and think about folks who would have gotten an ARM in 1982 (granted, they hadn't been invented yet). Interest rates then were nosebleed high, and so an ARM there would have made wonderful sense, because as interest rates decreased in the following years, the rate would reset lower, putting dollars in your pocket. ARMs are not the enemy. Not being educated about how they work is.

Ack!! It's those... those.. THINGS from Quiznos! Now back to your regularly scheduled normalcy.

When I actually have time (yeah, when does that happen), that's where I go. As already said, lots of equipment, lots of freeweights, BBall, VBall, RBall, and a 5L-25SCM pool that's kept nice and cold

Where's Andy? I think I see a fingerprint on the fender!

I warned you.

Nudge... $50 or *reasonable* offer

Yes. Mensan had it as his sig pic for a while, or something like that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-azqXygCzO8

Pick Mensan's brain for every last neuron. It's on straight, and I've got no worries about his boy growing up right.

Here, let me help you... ( . Y . )

Alright, then, I'll raise ya one of these

Quit being lazy and link

It's not 80's, but there's always (lyrics NWS, but no pr0n)

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Deflation is what is making Paulson and Bernanke shit their pants, wet their beds, and go hiding in a corner at night.

Yes and no... They haven't formally left, but because they're so fed up with Iran and Venezuela, they've basically said "We're going to do whatever the hell we want, and you can go piss yourselves."

Nah, I'd like them to stay. That way I know whether the candidates themselves are getting nasty, or if it's some 527 (you know, the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" types) who are doing it instead.

If by "safer" you mean Ford Pinto, "more efficient" you mean Hummer H3, and "better performing" you mean "Zastava Koral", then yes, I'm all for it as well