Wii Sports. I want Resort but not yet.

:D :p ^

All teams are hitting this wall at this time this year because of teh modified schedule for teh Olympics. At this point it's not team skill that wins you games but it's conditioning and good bounces.

CNN spun something into something not intended by those engaged in the activity they were covering? Surely you joke.

I've had this on flights too. I've woken up on an overnight, only to have no idea where I'm heading or when I need to be there. I then fall blissfully back to sleep, knowing I'll figure it all out when I land.

^^

What about the 732? ;)

Okay, but what about the tax portion of your housing payment? That is seldom fixed.


Wii Sports Resort is much more realistic/accurate with regard to the Wiimote.

I can't find it online either. And my parents - subscribers - aren't home to see if it showed up yet. I guess I'll just have to exercise more patience.

I'm not a huge fan of the CNN video, especially the original cut where the guy finishes with the oh so classy "I just don't get it" line. But I am a fan of the fact that I'm in the shot. :D

I should have taken this approach, I feel like I missed someone in my multi-quote congratulatory frenzy.

I don't actually have one of my own photos of ZS-SIL. However, I found this one on teh-internets (which appears to pre-date the addition of "AfricanCharterAirline.com" to the left side of teh fuselage):

What empire are you building over there?

Every day it's a new lead you're looking for. :D

Oh, what I meant was if you go TPAC, you have to come back TPAC. If you go TATL then you have to go back TATL.

Mixing the two causes it to be issued as a RTW tix.

Home loan = approved. :cool:

I have a coworker who called me foolish to my face for buying a house last year. I finally got him to shut-up when I did some simple math for him over lunch one day and showed him that over a 5 year term my house would have to depreciate by at least 20% for me to have "spent" the same amount in housing as he had (based on my mortgage and his rent).

Granted, that doesn't take into account the 6% broker commission on the sale, as well as the various other costs associated with initiating the mortgage, home inspection and everything. Let's be conservative and say at a 10% devaluation in my property value I'd be at a break-even with his rental expenses. When you factor in annual rent increases, that's super-conservative.

With his rent he buys flexibility, having more money liquid (no need to save for random large one-time expenses) and ease of living (in terms of maintenance and upkeep). But he also has to deal with neighbors sharing walls (he's in a multi-unit dwelling), on-street parking (:rolleyes:, NY), and all the hassles that come with renting.

On my side of the fence I'm more or less locked into living where I do for at least two years (assuming my values go up, two years to avoid capital gains), but more practically 5-7 from a I don't want to take a financial hit. Seeing as my fiancee is an employee of NYS and given her pension progression, as much as I hate to admit it, 5-7 years isn't unrealistic. As much as it may kill me.

Yes, I have upkeep and maintenance (time and money), and I need to keep cash on hand for home-related expenses, but I'm far from house poor. Here's the kicker, in 5-7 years, even if my house value stays absolutely flat I will still be at least 10% higher ROI than my coworker.

Sure, he can project more or less to the exact dollar amount his housing spend and he has no downside in terms of investment. But he also has no up-side.

And when you consider, on a per sq. foot basis (a flawed metric, but a consistently flawed metric) the average sale price in my neighborhood is up 12% since when I closed on my house, all signs are pointing to there's an up-side to my investment. Granted, that may change considerably between now and when I sell it, but it's nice to not have to "dig up."

Home ownership certainly has its moments, but from an investment standpoint, I think this is one of the best ones I've made in a long time. I got in at the right time (for my market) and got a good mortgage rate.

And no more having to deal with my neighbors having monkey $ex next door. Or my other neighbors making my apt. smell like weed. Or the folks downstairs and their constant cooking of curry and seafood that smelled like it was a week past its prime.

Same here...gotta love paying a set amount each month and that's it.

Thanks!

Congrats!

Website does exist! Apparently ZS-SIL had not yet received the full ACA livery (which does actually look quite nice, once completed). Merely seeing "AfricaCharterAirline.com" poorly stenciled on the faded/patchy exterior of the 732 wasn't very confidence inspiring.

This one is personal (and the same one I was looking for yesterday). I applied there the other day and my resume is 1:1 exactly what they're looking for based on the published JD.

I'm just trying to find an inside track to make sure my resume gets seen as opposed to lost in the :rolleyes:.