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Comment on Reproductive Justice by archcrone

archcrone — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:18:25 +0000

Great post — by the way, Trinity Chapel is supposedly planning on doing this fake funeral procession every year.

Comment on Reproductive Justice by Abortion as a Terrorist Attack: Welcome to the Mother’s Day Parade « The Crone Speaks

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:15:08 +0000

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Comment on Return to Paranormal State by Mark

Mark — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:01:27 +0000

I agree with Andy Griffith.

>:(

Comment on The Thing We’re not Talking About by Lynnster

Lynnster — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:00:13 +0000

Ah, congrats B., that’s wonderful news! And Happy Birthday too. :)

Comment on My Secret Identity by Lynnster

Lynnster — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:59:24 +0000

No, that’s Madame Delphine LaLaurie with the slave beating (and the still haunted house). Marie Laveau was the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Comment on Good Morning by Exador

Exador — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:01:44 +0000

Yeah, our home inspector had a cross or a fish or some other christian symbol. He also had a neato printout report from the back of his car.

He also somehow missed that the center support column for the main room of our house was cracked all the way around.

Comment on My Secret Identity by Katherine Coble

Katherine Coble — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:34:53 +0000

Is she the chick that beat all those slaves? Or is that someone else?

Comment on Good Morning by bridgett

bridgett — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:47:26 +0000

Ah, so totally second what Ginger and Lesley said an independent inspector. We took one off the list that the agent gave us (because we were new to the area and dumb as rocks) and came to find out that the realtor and the inspector were a “team” — she pushed the houses, he assured the buyer to close the sale. They went to the same church, their kids played together, she had been in his wedding, she was carrying his cards and his personalized pens….While he did an ok job and the house was pretty sound, it was very nervewracking the day of the inspection to find out how very chummy this supposedly neutral evaluator was.

Definitely attend the inspection and follow the inspector around. Ask questions and take notes. You’ll learn a lot about your prospective house like that.

Comment on Good Morning by Lesley

Lesley — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:33:17 +0000

Wow, there’s a lot of stuff here I wish I’d read before I bought my first house. And second house. I really should have asked why there was all that plastic sheeting in the attic…
Best advice is to take other people with you. They’ll ask questions you won’t think of. Take lots of pictures. Visit often. Open every cabinet, every closet, make sure they’re not hiding anything.
And don’t get an inspector from your agent; get an independent one. And go with them to through the inspection.
Jag’s advice was really great. And beware a house sold by a re-habber. Re-hab it yourself.

And, my god, Realtracs is crack. I’m not even in the market and I can waste a whole day on it.

Comment on Good Morning by GingerSnaps

GingerSnaps — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:32:09 +0000

So much great advice here…

The only thing I’d add is to make a note of how easy it is to get out of the driveway. I always notice when there are these beautiful homes that have blind drives because they are on a hill or at a curve. I can’t imagine what a pain that must be every single day.

You’ll have to get a termite inspection, and I’d be sure to get an independent home inspection by somebody who has no vested interest in selling you the house.

I’m happy to help in any way I can, B…just call me if there’s anything I can help out with!

Comment on Good Morning by GingerSnaps

GingerSnaps — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:31:04 +0000

So much great advice here…

You’ll have to get a termite inspection, and I’d be sure to get an independent home inspection by somebody who has no vested interest in selling you the house.

I’m happy to help in any way I can, B…just call me if there’s anything I can help out with!

Comment on Good Morning by GingerSnaps

GingerSnaps — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:30:40 +0000

So much great advice here…

You’ll have to get a termite inspection, and I’d be sure to get an independent home inspection by somebody who has no vested interest in selling you the house.

I’m happy to help in any way I can, B…just call me if there’s anything I can help out with!

Comment on Good Morning by Nomen Nescio

Nomen Nescio — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:28:16 +0000

pay a professional inspector to check on the big ticket items. if you can, shop around for that inspector — the one we used delivered a really spiffy report, in print and online too, yet missed some obvious structural gotchas that we KNOW he had right in front of his face at least twice.

if the house is old, just resign yourself to not really knowing the place for a year or two. the stories i could tell you about my attic and how i learned to know it…

americans all seem to want breaker boxes. i don’t see what the big deal is. i grew up in a house with a fuse box (built in the late 1970’s, no less) and those fuses worked just fine. oh well…

oh, and under-sink plumbing? yes, check and triple-check. i’ve got stories on that count also. it’s just easy enough to do that lots of people who shouldn’t be trying to do it, try to do it…

Comment on Good Morning by yankee,transferred

yankee,transferred — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:23:01 +0000

The house that calls your name is probably THE house.
You’ve seen my house-it called my name, and continues to do so.

Comment on Fred the Pig by JusticeForFred

JusticeForFred — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:52:53 +0000

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