Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yes it has been know to gather up people's old used tires.

A lot of good retread material there -


humfrz

[humfrz]

OK, nap time - gotta get it in before my doctor's appointment - oh, I hope he doesn't find something ELSE wrong with me -


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Nice day. Got some new slippers.

Almost mukluks!

[cjd]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well now, if you don't need a big ticket job (like in Seattle) or you are retired, a possible place for you and your wife may be over on the Olympic Peninsula around Sequim. That would put you within a 10 minute drive to the water (Strait of Juan de Fuca), a 30 minute drive to the Olympic Mountains, an hour drive to the Pacific ocean or a 2 hour ferry ride to Seattle (for your wife's city fix).

Here ya go -

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sal...t/9_zm/0_mmm/?


humfrz

I've considered the peninsula. That place though? HOA= no. Also has a lot of weeds to keep short. And a few other challenges... That property tax though! So cheap.


We've found that suburbs means we both hate the place. Have a few years till I can retire, especially if my wife finds the job market excludes her.. she's just unexpectedly discovered 18 years at a company means nothing more than a few more weeks of severance...
Edit... Likely will look for land to build...

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Almost mukluks!

I bet miss Fuzzy Britches' mukluks are way more comfy.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well that picture illustrated "Hum's" story perfectly. Just needed Mimi and her mukluks.

I've now officially stared at that photo way into the "stalker zone" time.

I say her recently in a trailer for "How to be a Latin Lover". She's definitely had work done to her face but still looks dang good for a lady who is 78 years old.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I've now officially stared at that photo way into the "stalker zone" time.

I say her recently in a trailer for "How to be a Latin Lover". She's definitely had work done to her face but still looks dang good for a lady who is 78 years old.

I have to disagree... she looks all wrong... eyes all over the place, the whole face looks plastic... Age with grace!!






And now:




May be not... lets just drop this...

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Abstract thinking, problem solving, teamwork, the list goes on. The fact you state you stood and shot the shit does indicate you didn't grasp the concept at all.

They were Mensa-style logic puzzles that I quit doing for fun when I was 16. "Spend an hour in a room doing these? Meh." The boss may as well invite me over to a candle-making party. At least I'd get a candle out of it.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, sometimes it's just hard to shake old habits -

I bought and sold three houses (my personal residences) within a mile of where ol Sapphireho lives, so I'm familiar with the area.

Also, I was a real estate broker for over 10 years and bought and sold hundreds of houses for clients.

I just completed a CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) on his property in San Jose.

That background and experience led me to the comment about his property and his competition, as far as his pricing, having 3 bedrooms vs. 4 bedrooms.

Now, when you are ready to get the hell out of the Midwest, come on out to Washington, to our naturally air conditioned climate, with air that ain't been breathed before, and I'll find you a nice little retirement place up in the mountains.




humfrz

i don't really have a desire for a place up in the mountains i mostly want what i have but with a large barn with a few car lifts and a machine shop. i'm sorta watching for the house behind me to go up on the market, might make them an offer and build a barn in it's place... i'm also an older millennial. with the way they keep upping the retirement age, i don't expect to ever retire. but i'm 6, so i've got a ways to go.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by bcj

The weather people are predicting that Seattle will burn to the ground this summer !!!

If you wait til fall there should be fire sale pricing

the one thing i can say about this is if you look at the majority of electrical work, not starting on fire isn't for a lack of trying.

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, nap time - gotta get it in before my doctor's appointment - oh, I hope he doesn't find something ELSE wrong with me -


humfrz

i suggest you don't let him anywhere near your head!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

They were Mensa-style..

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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i suggest you don't let him anywhere near your head!

REALLY! They wanted to do a test on my head once, the Doctor (PhD type) brought in a pile of different shaped, colored blocks and a green box with different shaped holes in it. NO WAY would I participate!




humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i don't really have a desire for a place up in the mountains i mostly want what i have but with a large barn with a few car lifts and a machine shop. i'm sorta watching for the house behind me to go up on the market, might make them an offer and build a barn in it's place... i'm also an older millennial. with the way they keep upping the retirement age, i don't expect to ever retire. but i'm 6, so i've got a ways to go.

OK, well you got a ways to go (working) before the mountain cabin would be for you.

OBTW, before you get too far into that idea of buying a property, tearing down the house and building a barn, I suggest you check to see if there any CC&Rs, any HOA restrictions, or any local or county restrictions in doing that -




humfrz

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by JD001

I have to disagree... she looks all wrong... eyes all over the place, the whole face looks plastic... Age with grace!!
...

Well to be fair, in the trailer she was wearing sunglasses and looked much better with some movie magic.