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With a sink drain, someone will have to hold a seal over the adjacent sink drain, assuming there are 2 drains. Also, if there is a dishwasher, any lines that go to the sink or disposal will need to be pinched off (vise-grips?) so that the plunger can create pressure and vacuum. I used to...

You mean that's what they mean? Because that is absolutely not what they're saying. <blockquote>In August, our agents in Southern California presented 146 bids on homes for sales and 90 of them, or 62%, were on homes with at least one other offer, up from 52% in July.</blockquote>

"<em>Figures don't lie, but liars figure</em>". 62% of the offers were on houses with other offers? How many of the multiple offers on properties were coming from the same data set of offers? Maybe all 90 multiple offers in the set were spread out across only 9 properties, and the other 56...

Sleeping well at night.

What exactly is a "slab leak"? Do you mean that there's a water supply line in the foundation that's leaking? Or is it a drain pipe?

I was 13 when I got my first job cleaning the home-ec classrooms in the high school.

I am sooooo pasting that on the side of my parents' PC. It took them 8 years to get comfortable with the differences between left- and right-click.

Dear Ben, Seriously? Your buddy, Daedalus PS You may want to publicly address the widespread rumor that has you pegged as an expert on the Great Depression.

When I think of stereotypical *bad* realtors and other salespeople, and the "advice" they give, this is the guy I'm thinking of. I was surprised in how appalling I found the advice given, and that says a lot. Cliff's notes: 62-year-old woman, recently divorced, laid off and unable to...

Surface area.

Saw this chart yesterday re: fed govt pay. Hadn't heard of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day">Clusterstock</a> before, but it seems like a pretty cool site. <img src="http://static.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=4a982ffe33b676021318cfd2" alt="" />

And is it possible to get a refi at 100% DTI? Back end only (of course!).

No question whatsoever. That is perfect Scamglish.

+1 A guy on a board I'm on had the repo guys get into his garage while he was away, but they didn't get the car because he had removed the steering wheel. But they succeeded a little after that...while he was parked at a motel during a long-distance move--with the car on a trailer! What...

I agree with Almon. It's impossible to draw more than cursory parallels between China and anyone else. China still has to make [MUCH] tougher decisions today than Japan had to at any point in the 80s. While that lending chart may look alarming, realize that they could fund it all with their...

Damn Deuce. You continue to amaze. I should have caught the 5!, but I didn't realize all 5 numbers had to be different from the others.

2009 El Segundo Car Show. It's tomorrow, 8/22. I have made the long drive to Cars and Coffee multiple times, and if I lived in Irvine, I would make the drive to El Segundo tomorrow. It is excellent.