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Now I'm really confused.... I thought the original post was about a 99.9% chance of prices continuing to decline.... so wouldn't that be roughly 1000-1 in favor of declining prices? When I first read it, I wondered how much someone spent to determine that it was likely home prices in OC would...

Bumping the thread, both to see how Stepping_up is doing, and to relate an on-going personal story. My partner's parents are both in their mid 80's, and although the relationship between he and they is cordial, they aren't really close. His dad had multiple falls close to Labor Day, and ended up...

On the Central Coast, we have doggie drinking fountains that are very similar to human ones, just at ground level. The owner steps on a lever to start the water, the water streams out, and the dog can either lick the stream, or a little bit collects in the basin before draining away. I suppose...

Wow, thanks for the information. The difference in yields is pretty amazing. I still think there's way more wine grapes up here than anyone can actually drink, so maybe we should limit irrigation. There are a few vineyards up around Paso, and one in the Edna Valley, that claim to "dry farm" the...

Bumping this thread, in response to comments over on the "what you'd really like to say" thread... No_Vas.... why can't you irrigate grapes in Europe??? Don't they irrigate any crops? From commentary up here in this "wine country".... rain late in the growing season is bad, as it...

Spent 10 years in Tucson, left in 2004. Depending on what sort of investment you're looking for, keep in mind that SW and West Tucson are the "bad" sides of town, central and east are "ok" and north/northeast were the booming "bubble prone" areas. And far northwest, the Oro Valley, was...

I don't think anyone was out of line. He opened himself up to questions, identifying himself as a "local professional" and people asked him questions. No one challenged his knowledge or intellect... of course, since he didn't try to answer any of those questions, there wasn't much information to...

Did they really say a "woman's body was found dead?" It's really not newsworthy.... a woman's body found alive, now that might be news. Santa Ana Zombies in Irvine!

No, you can't get POA without consent. What you would have to do is petition the court, show cause why your mom/dad isn't competent to make their own decisions, and have the court appoint you as guardian. If the relationship is so strained that you don't really want to be the decision maker...

I'm a RN with more years of experience than I really want to recall, and also the personal experience of caring for my mom in her last years, complicated by dementia. So, from both professional and personal experience: Have the tough conversation(s) before you really need them. How does...

Based on the link to the article posted on the other thread, Grace should hold on to the avocados (or let the tree hold on to them), until they become "estate reserve" and then sell them to people for a higher price. How do you measure oil content of the avocado?

In fact, avocados don't ripen on the tree at all. They stay hard until they are off the tree. I don't know why they grow like that, No_Vas probably does, though!

Fabulous site!!!!! ROFLA.

Is he paying rent? If escrow has never closed, and the developer is in bankruptcy... he's got a great deal!

I kinda like it.... but minus the "traditional" entry and garage... that should be modern, as well. And I like the colors. I'm sure the neighbors don't.

Now I have to go appeal to my teenagers.... I can't figure out how to get to "IHB on FB" while on facebook. I can get there from here, but can't get there from there!

Yep, thanks, the link worked fine, once I found it earlier in the thread....

I can't find the Facebook page for "IHB on FB" either, trip.threat, so don't feel bad. Someone will help us, I'm sure...

Stepping-up.... I always forget with hydranga's what color you get with adding acidic fertilizer. They are like litmus paper... I think if you make the soil more acid they turn blue, and if you leave them alone, they are pink. My mother-in-law has a bush that is half and half, she can only reach...

I don't know enough about farm subsidies. It would seem a reasonable idea to try to intervene to keep prices to farmers growing food reasonably stable, so the growers can make reasonable plans for future crops. I guess it's the "reasonable" part that is difficult. And I don't think there should...