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Catpfish

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  1. You have to account for the cost of the land, which is by far, the highest component to real estate in California. I'd bet over 80-85% of the homes can be rebuilt for less than $3 million assuming they can get by government restrictions
  2. I was reading (on the internet, so it has to be right) that many of the homes burned not from embers on the roof, but from embers being drawn into the attic through the airflow vents. Once inside, there isn't much that could be done. Does that sound right? In looking at pictures of houses on fire, many seem to have fire resistant roofs like Spanish tile or composition shingles. I know that fire resistant does not equal fire proof.
  3. Catpfish

    Getting old sucks

    Maybe an Alexa type device that he can yell at if there is a problem and his phone is not near him. It saved my aunt when she fell and broke her leg.
  4. Which reel mower are you running? I started with a California Trimmer but moved up to a Revolution 26. I have a larger yard and it's not quite level enough to go shorter than about 3/4".
  5. I don't have Jellyfish, I have Gemstone. I had the same issue with light colors being dimmer and not quite right. It was due to a one of the transformers being faulty. Once they replaced that, the colors were correct and the lights were brighter. I don't know that I would have noticed it as much, but we have 2 transformers because of line length and there was a difference between one side of the house and the other.
  6. I know my Internet isn't the best, but does the picture such for anyone else?
  7. I understand that. Just curious how you decide when to do that and how long you run it...after a couple of flickers, after 30 minutes of it? How do you know when the situation has resolved? I live in the country so I don't really have neighbors to judge the status of things
  8. Generator won't help with that. It's on about a 7 second delay before it starts and about 10 seconds before it starts delivering power. The blips are too fast and would be damaging to the generator to start and stop so much
  9. Buying another property has no bearing on taxes anymore. You are allowed to exclude up to $500,000 if MFJ. That is gain not price as you'd be surprised how many people miss that aspect.
  10. You can agree to whatever could be worked out. However, from my experience, you don't see many, if any, net listings. You really open yourself up to breach of fiduciary duty if the price differential/commission becomes too great. Even though the seller might have agreed to the net price at the outset, that doesn't mean they won't come back and want more money. I would guess that the courts would tend to side with the seller if it made it that far.
  11. Just read where he actually died on April 28th but wasn't known about until a public records search on July 29th.
  12. Just a note to someone making plans, the output rating on the portable generators are for gas. If you use propane, you have a 10% drop in output and natural gas results in a 20% drop in output. Keep that in mind when sizing a generator and matching it with the fuel input you plan on using.
  13. Also, don't forget to consider that the power ratings on the generators are for operation using gas. Propane has a 10% dropoff in output and natural gas has a 20% decrease. Make sure you plan ahead for the actual output for the fuel you are using.
  14. Probably an oil level issue. It does tend to burn some oil when it's running long term
  15. I think there are a few Quik Trips in the Houston area, but I don't know if they are any closer
  16. I've heard (but not verified) that Farm Bureau bumps it to 3% after a certain valuation is reached and it's not that high...something like $700K. Full disclosure, this is from my uncle that is with the local Farm Bureau but takes 30 minutes to give a 2 minute answer. I might have been zoned out.
  17. Not dead yet. Lease renewed until December 2025. They want to put the whole shopping center together into a project and they have run into issues with leases that were previously renewed. Supposedly
  18. Wall to wall D-Day (even though mainly concentrated on European Theater/Barbarossa) all weekend on Smithsonian channel.
  19. Crappy video quality, but, damn, right in the feels
  20. Video went private just when it was about to start for me
  21. I only found it one time on DirecTv and it starts at something like 10pm on the 6th. Maybe Turner Movies?
  22. Courtesy runner. Not pulled from game. Allowed once per player
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