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    Highlands Ranch, Colorado

    My sister's family lives in Highland Ranch, and used to live in Littleton until 2 years ago. Do you have any specific questions? They're here in SoCal visiting until 1/1. If you post your questions this afternoon, I'll see if they can answer them tonight. By the way, they live in a...
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    Better Low Tax Countires?

    Just move to a state without income tax -> you'll instantly make X% more! See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax#U.S._States_without_a_personal_income_tax I agree with Oscar. Plus higher taxes doesn't mean the government is being inefficient or wasteful. Money goes to pay...
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    Christmas Lights in Irvine

    Thanks IAC! Keep them coming if you can think of other places too.
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    Christmas Lights in Irvine

    The family will be driving around town to check out Christmas lights in Irvine this year. Instead of just blindly drive around, do y'all know of some streets with good lights? I live in Quail Hill, and think Treehouse has pretty good lights, especially at the cul-de-sac where a few houses...
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    Mortgage Rates

    The rate quoted was 4.875%, but we cannot lock it because we just started the process and just met the mortgage broker for the first time yesterday. We bought the place this past January, so hopefully I can do the piggybacking as you suggested. How does that work? Do I approach the title...
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    Mortgage Rates

    Hi everyone, long time no speak...hope you're all doing well. Troop - good luck on your refi. Graph - hope you're no longer fixing computers at 2am 3 nights a week. Can I ask a question please? What would be reasonable closing costs on a 30-yr $622,500 fixed rate refi with 0-point...
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    Kids baseball game=Priceless, Snacks for game=$120 !!

    IrvineCommuter - i think you're missing the point. i was shocked (over and over again) that irvine parents would spend over $100 bucks on snacks duty.
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    Kids baseball game=Priceless, Snacks for game=$120 !!

    the post-game snacks for our son's baseball team are growing out of control. for the 3rd time this season, the parents who have snack duty picked pizza. voila, 10 pies came out of the pizza dude's hatchback (what is the strange romantic attraction between pizza men and hatchbacks?). i figure...
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    Feng Shui and Communities

    i asked my father once why it was bad to have a house at the end of a T-intersection, and he gave me a historical rundown: 1- if the house sits downhill of a long street, water would hit it first during a flood. 2- when sewage system didn't exist, folks used to throw their...
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    Tell us about your Hobbies

    antique maps...china from the 1600s and 1700s, hong kong from the 1800s and early 1900s, north america showing californida as an island... just love how they used to show korea as an island, fictitious lakes and rivers, and if you're lucky, sea monsters swallowing ships... troop...
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    Who's your Fave Artist?

    WINEX - it's this one, "Whaam!": <img src="http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/1/5/Roy-Lichtenstein-Whaam--15643.jpg" alt="" /> troop: me too! i'm not crazy about his later stuff. here is another of my faves, "GRRRR!!!!":<img src="http://www.artworksinc.com/images/2077.jpg"...
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    Who's your Fave Artist?

    mine's roy lichtenstein...last year i saw his ww2 plane (forgot title) in person at the tate modern museum in london. that was way cool...
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    LEE Homes

    can someone post a photo of the catwalk? what the heck is it?
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    I didn't think this was possible...

    my mama used to say, "always wipe the seat before getting started..."
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    Where to buy squaw bread in Irvine

    thanks all... IR/Zovall, maybe we should change the name to "Bread Thread"?
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    Case Study House # 22 - The Stahl House

    wow, troop, chance of a lifetime...have fun tomorrow
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    Tell me about Oceanside

    btw, 92054 may not be "central" oceanside...i clicked on the city itself and it auto-selected that 92054...
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    Tell me about Oceanside

    http://www.zipskinny.com/index.php?zip=92054
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    Where to buy squaw bread in Irvine

    And we also like the dark bread served at Outback Steakhouse. What is it called?
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