Presidential horse race (NDC)
John Doherty
Here's a site that tracks current polling:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
It has Kerry leading in electoral votes, 285 to 249.
Yet a huge chunk of thes are weak or barely for either candidate.
Ohio, PA & FL are all currently barely Kerry.
NM, WI & MI show as barely Bush.
Matthew Blankman
"John Doherty" <jgnospa...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgnospamdoherty-4E...@netnews.comcast.net...
It's now showing Bush leading, 276 to 258.
Neil Krueger
Doherty at jgnospa...@comcast.net wrote on 6/16/04 5:25 PM:
If I were to guess, I'd predict that NM, WI and MI all end up going Kerry,
and OH and FL end up on the Bush side......
Peace,
Neil X.
Mark
>Date: 6/16/2004 7:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <BCF64B0B.23422%n...@comcast.net>
Anybody wanna buy me dinner and a few bottles of wine and discuss my states' 4,
count 'em 4! votes??
FEEL the power of the Ocean State!!
Mark
John Doherty
"Matthew Blankman" <ma...@funnyenough.nospam.com> wrote:
>
> It's now showing Bush leading, 276 to 258.
Now that's a horse race, all right... Florida flipped since I posted
this hours ago.
JD
Toad The Dead Vegan
> Anybody wanna buy me dinner and a few bottles of wine and discuss my states' 4,
> count 'em 4! votes??
>
> FEEL the power of the Ocean State!!
I'm a little far away for the wine and dinner (plus I don't have any
desire to seduce you) but I'll be happy to discuss your little state.
I hear that Woonsocket is the locus of this entire election, and how
Woonsocket goes, so goes the nation.
Or was that Pawtucket?
RI, where you have to pay to use the beach. Wacky place.
Toad
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Neil Krueger
mth...@aol.comnospam wrote on 6/16/04 8:25 PM:
No one is talking about the 25 votes in Texas, either.....
Like MA, you Plymouth Plantation folk are lopsidedly predictable, when it
comes to Presidential politics.
Peace,
Neil X.
Mark
>Date: 6/16/2004 8:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <40D0E94F...@hotmail.com>
>
>Mark wrote:
>
>> Anybody wanna buy me dinner and a few bottles of wine and discuss my
>states' 4,
>> count 'em 4! votes??
>>
>> FEEL the power of the Ocean State!!
>
>I'm a little far away for the wine and dinner (plus I don't have any
>desire to seduce you) but I'll be happy to discuss your little state.
Hey, we can share the wine without necessarily sharing the women, Toad.
>I hear that Woonsocket is the locus of this entire election, and how
>Woonsocket goes, so goes the nation.
RI is a funny place...tiny (you can drive across it the long way in less than
45 minutes) but it has many different ethnic communities. In the case of
Woonsocket, it's the French Canadien haven, which leads to people talking like
this:
"Welcome to Woonsocket, drive slow your car!"
"Next time you go thru my yard, go 'round"
"Park your cars side by each"
and my personal favorite:
"I put my shoes out on the porch last night, I went out this morning and there
they were, gone!"
Given the French influence, I'd say that Kerry has Woonsocket locked.
>Or was that Pawtucket?
Pawtucket has no redeeming value whatsovever, with the exception of the
PawSox...and McCoy Stadium, a truly great place to watch a game without taking
out a home equity loan.
>RI, where you have to pay to use the beach.
Well, we pay to park...like most places I reckon. With the exception of
Narragansett, where those fuckers running the town actually charge people to
*walk* onto their town beach. So I don't go, AND I fart in their general
direction whenever possible.
>Wacky place.
<Claus von Bulow> "You have no idea." <Claus von Bulow>
Mark
John Doherty
in article 20040616202539...@mb-m19.aol.com, Mark at
> mth...@aol.comnospam wrote on 6/16/04 8:25 PM:
> > Anybody wanna buy me dinner and a few bottles of wine and discuss my states'
> > 4,
> > count 'em 4! votes??
> >
> > FEEL the power of the Ocean State!!
> >
In article <BCF67E9D.2347B%n...@comcast.net>,
Neil Krueger <n...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> No one is talking about the 25 votes in Texas, either.....
>
> Like MA, you Plymouth Plantation folk are lopsidedly predictable, when it
> comes to Presidential politics.
>
OK, Neil, you've stumped the panel.
When did Plymouth Plantation get moved inside the border of the Ocean
State?
Last I checked, The Mayflower, The Rock & the Plantation were all in the
Bay State.
JD
scarletbgonias
>
> RI, where you have to pay to use the beach. Wacky place.
>
> Toad
>
Here in b-e-a-utiful NJ, we also have to fork over the cash to use our
beaches and lay our blankets next to those "Jersey Beach Whistles".
Prices range anywhere from $5.00 to $10.00 a day, depending on the day
(weekday or weekend) and the beach selected.
Theresa
Mark
>Date: 6/17/2004 9:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <jgnospamdoherty-4E...@netnews.comcast.net>
Heh. I was giving the midwestern interloper a pass on that one.
Mark
Mike Z. Helm
Nope. I never heard of paying to park. It's bad enough that some
places don't let you drive into the ocean if you feel like it.
volkfolk
"John Doherty" <jgnospa...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgnospamdoherty-4E...@netnews.comcast.net...
>
>
>
>
>
The official name of Rhode Island is "The State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantation" ( Neil must have been momentarily confused)
Just another Rhode Island oddity that the smallest state has the longest
name
Scot
Toad The Dead Vegan
> >From: Toad The Dead Vegan wrote:
> >Mark wrote:
> >> Anybody wanna buy me dinner and a few bottles of wine and discuss my
> >states' 4,
> >> count 'em 4! votes??
> >>
> >> FEEL the power of the Ocean State!!
> >I'm a little far away for the wine and dinner (plus I don't have any
> >desire to seduce you) but I'll be happy to discuss your little state.
> Hey, we can share the wine without necessarily sharing the women, Toad.
We're gonna have to share yours, cuz we done shared all of mine.
> >I hear that Woonsocket is the locus of this entire election, and how
> >Woonsocket goes, so goes the nation.
> RI is a funny place...tiny (you can drive across it the long way in less than
> 45 minutes) but it has many different ethnic communities. In the case of
> Woonsocket, it's the French Canadien haven, which leads to people talking like
> this:
>
> "Welcome to Woonsocket, drive slow your car!"
> "Next time you go thru my yard, go 'round"
> "Park your cars side by each"
> and my personal favorite:
> "I put my shoes out on the porch last night, I went out this morning and there
> they were, gone!"
>
> Given the French influence, I'd say that Kerry has Woonsocket locked.
I was shocked that there are Portugese neighborhoods. They are talked
about as a separate ethnic group. Until I went to RI & TPP I thought
the Portugese were just regular white people!
Then I worked with a ton of them at a plastics factory in Warwick
(pronounced Warrick). Yup, they're a separate ethnic group.
Portagee. Weird.
> >Or was that Pawtucket?
> Pawtucket has no redeeming value whatsovever, with the exception of the
> PawSox...and McCoy Stadium, a truly great place to watch a game without taking
> out a home equity loan.
I saw a game there once. It was pretty neat, like being caught in a
time warp.
> >RI, where you have to pay to use the beach.
> Well, we pay to park...like most places I reckon. With the exception of
> Narragansett, where those fuckers running the town actually charge people to
> *walk* onto their town beach. So I don't go, AND I fart in their general
> direction whenever possible.
No one pays a dime to park at a beach anywhere on the west coast, its
all free. Every beach in RI & TPP is either private, as in you have to
have a sticker saying you live in that town, or you pay cash.
At least it used to be that way. Barrington had armed guards to keep
out the riff raff from Warren & Bristol.
I loved when people would say they were going to the shoa. I thought it
was some Jewish thing until I thought about for a bit.
> >Wacky place.
> <Claus von Bulow> "You have no idea." <Claus von Bulow>
Newport, where summer cottages start at 1 billion.
Toad The Dead Vegan
> The official name of Rhode Island is "The State of Rhode Island and
> Providence Plantation" ( Neil must have been momentarily confused)
I was just gonna say that.
> Just another Rhode Island oddity that the smallest state has the longest
> name
And there is no "Rhode Island" in the state that I'm aware of. Not to
mention almost none of the state is on any island at all.
Block Island excepted, as it usually is.
Mark
>Date: 6/17/2004 1:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <40D1D574...@hotmail.com>
>
>volkfolk wrote:
>
>> The official name of Rhode Island is "The State of Rhode Island and
>> Providence Plantation" ( Neil must have been momentarily confused)
>
>I was just gonna say that.
>
>> Just another Rhode Island oddity that the smallest state has the longest
>> name
>
>And there is no "Rhode Island" in the state that I'm aware of. Not to
>mention almost none of the state is on any island at all.
>
>Block Island excepted, as it usually is.
Ahhh, but you are WRONG, blackjack breath and former Warrick resident.
Aquidneck Island, which is where I was raised and matured into the pillar of
the community I am today, is indeed an island. Portsmouth High, class of '76.
Newport and Middletown making up the rest of the island. Fun place to grow
up....tall ships and bicentennial occurred 2 weeks after my 18th birthday and
HS graduation.
Then there is Jamestown, Hog, Prudence, Goat, and a few others I can't recall.
The Block is one hellava cool place, isn't it?
You didn't know Rob Fogg when you worked at that plastic place did you?
Mark
Toad The Dead Vegan
> >And there is no "Rhode Island" in the state that I'm aware of. Not to
> >mention almost none of the state is on any island at all.
> >
> >Block Island excepted, as it usually is.
> Ahhh, but you are WRONG, blackjack breath and former Warrick resident.
May a weird holy man squat on your fruit loops.
And, young peon, I lived in BARRINGTON, not Warwick. Barrington, where
the skies and the blood are both blue.
> Aquidneck Island, which is where I was raised and matured into the pillar of
> the community I am today, is indeed an island.
Hang on there bud, I said most of the state isn't on any island at all,
not that there weren't a few islands. What is the "Rhode" for?
> Portsmouth High, class of '76.
> Newport and Middletown making up the rest of the island. Fun place to grow
> up....tall ships and bicentennial occurred 2 weeks after my 18th birthday and
> HS graduation.
Man, you must be really rich. Know any Vanderbilts?
> Then there is Jamestown, Hog, Prudence, Goat, and a few others I can't recall.
>
> The Block is one hellava cool place, isn't it?
Uh, well, yeah, but not really my style if ya know what I mean.
WIIAAHS on Block Island?
> You didn't know Rob Fogg when you worked at that plastic place did you?
Gosh, I don't think I remember anybody's name from back then. Wait, one
of the Portagee machine operators was named Chago. I remember that
one. That man ate more donuts than Homer Simpson.
Jay Printing........probably outsourced to India by now.
This discussion has really got my mind going back.......no beer
available on Sundays, my cousin taking me to downtown Providence for
beer and pickled eggs at the Hope Cafe, that slut from the RI School of
Design, Roger Williams State Park, that incredible 4th of July parade in
Warren (or was it Bristol), New York System hot dogs, frosted schooners,
abandoned factories everywhere, a guy telling me he was taking his boat
to the shoa and therefore needed some days off (long drive--all the way
across the state from his house), all those towns with West or North
etc. as a prefix of their real names, yet with no town existing without
the north or south in front of it (N. Kingston, but no Kingston?), boats
everywhere, a mayor holding guns to people's heads, and a blizzard that
had me in the house for 4 straight days.
Wow, Little Rhody. How much are homes going for these days? I hear
Providence is actually nice now, back in my day it was a decayed remnant
of a city.
I'm pretty curious about the price thing if you can help.
Andy Gefen
wrote:
If I remember correctly, Verrazzano was sailing by Aquidneck Island
and thought it looked like Rhodes, and the name eventually stuck, even
though the name of the island itself didn't.
-- Andy (former Ocean Stater) (remove z's to respond)
Neil Krueger
>>
>> OK, Neil, you've stumped the panel.
>>
>> When did Plymouth Plantation get moved inside the border of the Ocean
>> State?
>>
>> Last I checked, The Mayflower, The Rock & the Plantation were all in the
>> Bay State.
>>
>>
>> JD
> Scot correctly stated:
>
> The official name of Rhode Island is "The State of Rhode Island and
> Providence Plantation" ( Neil must have been momentarily confused)
>
> Just another Rhode Island oddity that the smallest state has the longest
> name
>
> Scot
Right.....it's PROVIDENCE Plantation, not Plymouth Plantation. AFAIK, there
actually was a Providence Plantation in Rhode Island, unlike Rhode Island,
which you can't find in Rhode Island. You'll have to excuse us
Commonwealthers if we consider that a bit confusing.
Peace,
Neil X.
Joe
I guess you "youngsters" are all too young, but Rhode Island was the home
of the Newport Folk Festival. And that my friends was the precursor for
Woodstock.
I attended from 1965-1969, and during those years, it was the greatest
music festival anywhere in the world!
And, that was when Newport was a Navy town. Each summer, the pre-hippies
descended on the town...and it was just a great, phenomenal party. One of
the best I've ever attended! The first few years, everyone was drunk. The
last few years, everyone was drunk and tripping. Ahhh...the good old days
;-)
I also attended the Jazz Fest in 1969, which was pretty crazy itself. That
was just 2 weeks before Woodstock. It was the same as Woodstock, only
different ;-)
I remember looking out over the field on the last Saturday night. It felt
like just before the Fall of the Roman Empire, with the barbarians at the
gates. There were fires everywhere, thousands dancing on the hillsides,
and free flowing intoxicants. And, then Sly Stone let loose the words that
ended the Newport Festivals: "Hey you, on the hills. Break down the
fences, and come on in." He then launched into "I want to take you
higher" and all hell broke loose, in a wonderful, fantastic LSD-fueled
hippie frenzy...from which Rhode Island probably never recovered.
Those were some great years for us young hippies.
Joe
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My favorite state oddity is that there are not really 50 states. We
have 46 states and 4... something else. Anybody care to guess who and
what they are?
-m-
Tim Donohoe
scarletbgonias wrote:
I have to pay $600 a year and much more in taxes to use my own beach on
the jersey shore, on top of that my neighbors who use my beach complain
about my music. TO make matters worse they make up complaints about my
cat who stays in NYC with a cat sitter. I bet they are sending me a
certified letter about the size of my patio right now. To get even with
all of them, I will save you and your family $5 by getting you a parking
pass and a badge and the proper blood tests to use my beach whenever you
want.
The Iron Muffin
> My favorite state oddity is that there are not really 50 states.
> We have 46 states and 4... something else. Anybody care
> to guess who and what they are?
Commonwealths.
Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.
--
The Iron Muffin
DEAD FREAKS UNITE
Who are you? Where are you?
How are you?
JimK
volkfolk
"Mark" <mth...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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Isn't Block Island part of New York?
Scot
volkfolk
"-mike-" <cla...@powerweb.net> wrote in message
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Commonwealths. Virgina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania (?) and Delaware (?)
Scot
Toad The Dead Vegan
> Isn't Block Island part of New York?
You may confusing it with Fire Island.........
volkfolk
"Toad The Dead Vegan" <Dav...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40D2EAE2...@hotmail.com...
> volkfolk wrote:
>
> > Isn't Block Island part of New York?
>
> You may confusing it with Fire Island.........
>
> Toad
IIAAHSWYPII?
Seriously though. My grandparents owned a beach house in Amagansett NY (long
before it was a place for the "beautiful people" to hang out) I spent a
great deal time hanging out in Montauk Point by the Lighthouse. Block Island
and Fishers Island are both visible from the point, and I was always under
the impression that they were part of NY state (I know that Fishers Island
is, even thought the only access is the Ferry from New London, CT.
An interesting side note about my Grandparents house in Amagansett is that
in 1942 a German U-boat landed 8 German spys less than a mile from my their
house.
My Mother, Aunt and Grandmother all knew the Coast Guardsman who discovered
them when they landed. My grandparents and my Mom had great stories about
what it was like on the end of Long Island during WWII. Even when I was a
kid during the early 60's stuff from ships that had been sunk during WWI
would occasionally wash up on the beach (the #best# was the tar balls that
were created by the bunker oil from sunken ships. YUCK!!!!)
http://www.montauklife.com/history_night_of_the_nazis.html
Scot
scarletbgonias
God, I just looooove Jersey and the arrogance of those who feel
entitled to use someone else's space and then complain about the
"space". (I used to live in Belmar - major party central where
"anything goes" on your property for those who rent the bungalos.)
Sounds like you might live either in the southern part of the state
where there are lots of private beaches as backyards.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice area.
As far as the offer goes, I'm O+, love the GD and will bring lotso my
own music to play probably louder than yours!
Seriously though, can't you legally keep the neighbors off "YOUR
beach" since it sounds like it's YOUR yard?
Theresa
Andy Gefen
wrote:
>Isn't Block Island part of New York?
>
>Scot
>
Block Island is definitely part of Rhode Island. I've only been there
once, but it's a beautiful place.
-- Andy (remove z's to respond)
John Doherty
Kerry up again, 285/249
Mike Healy
Toad The Dead Vegan <Dav...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>No one pays a dime to park at a beach anywhere on the west coast, its
>all free. Every beach in RI & TPP is either private, as in you have to
I seem to recall a parking fee at San Clemente but it's been a
while so I could be wrong. I know you have to pay at Manhattan Beach.
Mike Healy
Tim Donohoe
I am between Bay Head and Lavallette. It is my front yard, but the
actual beach is owned by a beach club, so everyone from the ocean to the
bay owns the beach, conversely I am able to use the playgrounds, the
marina, bay beach etc. I like to call it my beach when they get uppity
with me, it makes them turn red and they feel obliged to explain the
legal aspects of beach ownership.
Most folks really don't bother me, there are just those few who feel the
need to be involved in everyone's life, those are the same ones who are
trying to turn the beach into an ashtray so my response to music
complaints is always a smoking complaint. They did send me 2 certified
letters this winter, one because the trim on my house needed painting
and one because some weeds grew in my driveway. Living on the ocean
apparently doesn't make a person any more laid back.
Neil Krueger
Doherty at jgnospa...@comcast.net wrote on 6/18/04 8:19 PM:
> Newsflash:
>
> Kerry up again, 285/249
>
>
> http://www.electoral-vote.com/
John, take a deep breath, hold.............and release. Now, repeat.
Now a big smile out to ya!! :) :) :)
You'll have a heart attack if you watch the horserace steadily for the next
four months. Sure, follow the post-convention bounces, but other than that,
even in October, it's premature to be adding up electoral votes in an
election so close. We might as well just enjoy the summer and leave the
polling to Zogby and Gallup for the next 90 days. Lord knows, ain't nothing
we can do about it until the rest of the nation starts paying attention to
presidential politics, some time after Labor Day. Before then, it would
take a scandal of truly monumental proportions to have any significant
impact on the results.
Peace,
Neil X.
John Doherty
Neil Krueger <n...@comcast.net> wrote:
> in article jgnospamdoherty-69...@netnews.comcast.net, John
> Doherty at jgnospa...@comcast.net wrote on 6/18/04 8:19 PM:
>
> > Newsflash:
> >
> > Kerry up again, 285/249
> >
> >
> > http://www.electoral-vote.com/
>
>
> John, take a deep breath, hold.............and release. Now, repeat.
>
>
> Now a big smile out to ya!! :) :) :)
Well, just following up on the poster who noted that Bush was up within
hours of my posting Kerry was in the lead.
It reinforces the title of this thread, the horse race aspect.
JD
Joe
> I seem to recall a parking fee at San Clemente but it's been a
> while so I could be wrong. I know you have to pay at Manhattan Beach.
It's possible that parking might cost, but all beaches in
California have been free and open to the public since the
Coastal Conservation Act was passed in 1972.
I think there's only exception. The beach that's the western
border of Vandenberg Air Force base is closed during launches
from the Spaceport. For safety and security.
The people of California own all the beaches in California,
and no one can charge to use the beach. Parking your car is
another story.
Toad The Dead Vegan
Is LA part of the west coast?
I thought it was another planet.
I hate LA, dadadadada daaaa da daaaa, I hate LA.
Seth Jackson
wrote:
>Is LA part of the west coast?
>
>I thought it was another planet.
>
>I hate LA, dadadadada daaaa da daaaa, I hate LA.
Pfffffffffft!
- Seth Jackson
Songwriting & Music Business Info: http://www.sethjackson.net
Mark
>Message-id: <40D227E5...@hotmail.com>
>
>Mark wrote:
>
>> >Toad The Dead Vegan Dav...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> >And there is no "Rhode Island" in the state that I'm aware of. Not to
>> >mention almost none of the state is on any island at all.
>> >
>> >Block Island excepted, as it usually is.
>
>> Ahhh, but you are WRONG, blackjack breath and former Warrick resident.
>
>May a weird holy man squat on your fruit loops.
>
>And, young peon, I lived in BARRINGTON, not Warwick. Barrington, where
>the skies and the blood are both blue.
Borrington, no blacks please. Or liquor stores. I played on an allstar soccer
team with a bunch of Borrington guys. Not bad guys once you got them out of
town. Whitebread defined.
>> Aquidneck Island, which is where I was raised and matured into the pillar
>of
>> the community I am today, is indeed an island.
>
>Hang on there bud, I said most of the state isn't on any island at all,
>not that there weren't a few islands. What is the "Rhode" for?
>
>> Portsmouth High, class of '76.
>> Newport and Middletown making up the rest of the island. Fun place to grow
>> up....tall ships and bicentennial occurred 2 weeks after my 18th birthday
>and
>> HS graduation.
>
>Man, you must be really rich. Know any Vanderbilts?
Nope, but my wife became buddies with Ginger Rogers during her stay at the
hotel we worked at.
>> Then there is Jamestown, Hog, Prudence, Goat, and a few others I can't
>recall.
>>
>> The Block is one hellava cool place, isn't it?
>
>Uh, well, yeah, but not really my style if ya know what I mean.
>
>WIIAAHS on Block Island?
Gay on the Block? You sure you have the right island? I've been going there
for years and never noticed it...<insert wiseass comeback here>
>
>> You didn't know Rob Fogg when you worked at that plastic place did you?
>
>Gosh, I don't think I remember anybody's name from back then. Wait, one
>of the Portagee machine operators was named Chago. I remember that
>one. That man ate more donuts than Homer Simpson.
I played soccer against a whole bunch of portagees like him...the only words I
know in Portugeuese are swears.
>
>Jay Printing........probably outsourced to India by now.
It is.
>This discussion has really got my mind going back.......no beer
>available on Sundays, my cousin taking me to downtown Providence for
>beer and pickled eggs at the Hope Cafe, that slut from the RI School of
>Design, Roger Williams State Park, that incredible 4th of July parade in
>Warren (or was it Bristol), New York System hot dogs, frosted schooners,
>abandoned factories everywhere, a guy telling me he was taking his boat
>to the shoa and therefore needed some days off (long drive--all the way
>across the state from his house), all those towns with West or North
>etc. as a prefix of their real names, yet with no town existing without
>the north or south in front of it (N. Kingston, but no Kingston?), boats
>everywhere, a mayor holding guns to people's heads, and a blizzard that
>had me in the house for 4 straight days.
>
>Wow, Little Rhody. How much are homes going for these days? I hear
>Providence is actually nice now, back in my day it was a decayed remnant
>of a city.
Wow, thats a pretty damn good RI synopsis.
The parade is in Bristol, oldest 4th of July parade in the country.
Buddy Cianci is in federal prison for 6 years.
I think I knew that slut from RISD.
I was at URI during the blizzard of '78...we ended up drinking Billy Beer by
the end of the week because the stores couldn't get deliveries in. Awful
stuff, even for a college kid.
There is a North Kingstown (where I live), a South Kingstown, and a Kingston,
where URI is located, which really isn't a town but is a part of South
Kingstown. Got it?
Providence is a beautiful city now, nothing like the 70's or early 80's. They
build a gorgeous downtown area with a riverwalk, outdoor restaurants...its been
a pretty amazing renaissance.
Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
Taxes suck, but it is one beautiful place to live.
Mark
Toad The Dead Vegan
> Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
> per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
>
> Taxes suck, but it is one beautiful place to live.
Holy Christ!
As soon as my house appreciates another 50-100k I'm moving to Bend
Oregon where a nice 3 bed 2 bath on a half acre can be had for 200k.
But after I get there, nobody else can move in. We future Benders hate
immigrants from CA & NV.
Seth Jackson
>Providence is a beautiful city now, nothing like the 70's or early 80's. They
>build a gorgeous downtown area with a riverwalk, outdoor restaurants...its been
>a pretty amazing renaissance.
Thayer St. was nice during the '70s.
>Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
>per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
Still cheap compared to prices in Southern Cal.
DYREWLF
>Holy Christ!
>
>As soon as my house appreciates another 50-100k I'm moving to Bend
>Oregon where a nice 3 bed 2 bath on a half acre can be had for 200k.
>
>But after I get there, nobody else can move in. We future Benders hate
>immigrants from CA & NV.
>
>Toad
The area around Bend is gorgeous. We had thought about moving there a few years
back, but housing at that time didn't offer us much more than what we had in
western WA. Seems the prices there have been pretty stable and now the way the
housing market has gone up out here, Bend is much more attractive. Steve
Joe
> As soon as my house appreciates another 50-100k I'm moving to Bend
> Oregon where a nice 3 bed 2 bath on a half acre can be had for 200k.
> But after I get there, nobody else can move in. We future Benders hate
> immigrants from CA & NV.
Just move Mt Bachelor, and no one would want to move to Bend.
Andy Gefen
wrote:
>On 21 Jun 2004 13:39:34 GMT, mth...@aol.comnospam (Mark) wrote:
>
>>Providence is a beautiful city now, nothing like the 70's or early 80's. They
>>build a gorgeous downtown area with a riverwalk, outdoor restaurants...its been
>>a pretty amazing renaissance.
>
>Thayer St. was nice during the '70s.
>
I went to Thayer Street last month. I think it's gone downhill a bit
from the 70's. The East Side is still very nice. Downtown, however,
was a significant improvement. The Waterfire was very nice, and well
worth seeing. Now I just gotta get back to Al Forno ...
>>Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
>>per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
>
>Still cheap compared to prices in Southern Cal.
>
I imagine that aren't too many places you can't say that about.
Toad The Dead Vegan
> Toad The Dead Vegan <Dav...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > As soon as my house appreciates another 50-100k I'm moving to Bend
> > Oregon where a nice 3 bed 2 bath on a half acre can be had for 200k.
>
> > But after I get there, nobody else can move in. We future Benders hate
> > immigrants from CA & NV.
> Just move Mt Bachelor, and no one would want to move to Bend.
I'm moving to Bend.
They even have a nice, brand new amphitheater that features lower level
national touring acts now. This month its Jewel, Keith Urban, and
Heart.
Not like I'd pay to see any of that, but at some point SOMEONE I would
want to see will be playing there.
Its a place that has everything I could ever want, including a beautiful
new retirement center for my mother.
I'm glad you're staying in Marin. Like I said, we future Oregonians
hate immigrants!
Toad The Dead Vegan
> On 21 Jun 2004 13:39:34 GMT, mth...@aol.comnospam (Mark) wrote:
>
> >Providence is a beautiful city now, nothing like the 70's or early 80's. They
> >build a gorgeous downtown area with a riverwalk, outdoor restaurants...its been
> >a pretty amazing renaissance.
> Thayer St. was nice during the '70s.
> >Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
> >per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
> Still cheap compared to prices in Southern Cal.
How are LA prices compared to Mars prices?
Toad
Future Bender
Seth Jackson
wrote:
>I'm moving to Bend.
>
>They even have a nice, brand new amphitheater that features lower level
>national touring acts now. This month its Jewel, Keith Urban, and
>Heart.
>
>Not like I'd pay to see any of that, but at some point SOMEONE I would
>want to see will be playing there.
>
>Its a place that has everything I could ever want, including a beautiful
>new retirement center for my mother.
>
>I'm glad you're staying in Marin. Like I said, we future Oregonians
>hate immigrants!
I don't know if it's still the case, but many years ago, Bend was
having traffic problems because there were two many cars for its one
main road to handle.
Seth Jackson
wrote:
>> >Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
>> >per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
>
>> Still cheap compared to prices in Southern Cal.
>
>How are LA prices compared to Mars prices?
You'd be flabbergasted if you knew the median home price in my town.
Joe
> I'm glad you're staying in Marin. Like I said, we future Oregonians
> hate immigrants!
Actually, I'll be in Oregon in just a few weeks ;-)
Toad The Dead Vegan
> I don't know if it's still the case, but many years ago, Bend was
> having traffic problems because there were two many cars for its one
> main road to handle.
I'm hoping to go up there in August for a few days so I guess I'll find
out.
If they were having problems a few years ago, they must really be having
problems now unless they did something to fix it. About 10,000 people
have moved there since 2000.
Of course compared to Vegas traffic it would be literally nothing no
matter how bad it is.
And yes, SoCal has more traffic than Vegas so you win that one, Seth!
Toad The Dead Vegan
> On 22 Jun 2004 01:23:27 GMT, Toad The Dead Vegan <Dav...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
> >> >per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
> >
> >> Still cheap compared to prices in Southern Cal.
> >How are LA prices compared to Mars prices?
> You'd be flabbergasted if you knew the median home price in my town.
I ove those people. They sell their California homes for ridiculous
profits, move to Vegas, and drive our housing costs up like crazy.
YES! They're gonna make me rich and able to move to a nice town.
God bless LA, dadadada da dada God bless LA.
Toad
Seth Jackson
wrote:
>Of course compared to Vegas traffic it would be literally nothing no
>matter how bad it is.
>
>And yes, SoCal has more traffic than Vegas so you win that one, Seth!
I'm not sure about that. It's hard to get much slower than The Strip
on a weekend evening.
Seth Jackson
wrote:
>Seth Jackson wrote:
>
>> On 22 Jun 2004 01:23:27 GMT, Toad The Dead Vegan <Dav...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>
>> >> >Housing prices have gone nuts in RI over the last 3 years. 30-35% appreciation
>> >> >per year. Totally bonkers. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 3000 sq. ft = $550-600k.
>> >
>> >> Still cheap compared to prices in Southern Cal.
>
>> >How are LA prices compared to Mars prices?
>
>> You'd be flabbergasted if you knew the median home price in my town.
>
>I ove those people. They sell their California homes for ridiculous
>profits, move to Vegas, and drive our housing costs up like crazy.
>YES! They're gonna make me rich and able to move to a nice town.
>
>God bless LA, dadadada da dada God bless LA.
We're not selling our home any time in the foreseeable future. We want
our kids to attend the excellent public schools our city offers. They
start kindergarten in September.
Garry Bryan
: Toad The Dead Vegan <Dav...@hotmail.com> wrote:
:> I'm glad you're staying in Marin. Like I said, we future Oregonians
:> hate immigrants!
: Actually, I'll be in Oregon in just a few weeks ;-)
I'll be up there this week and part of next. . .if we end up having a summer
home in Coos Bay, I'll try and say hi next year, Toad . . .
Garry
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Toad The Dead Vegan
> On 22 Jun 2004 14:01:29 GMT, Toad The Dead Vegan <Dav...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >Of course compared to Vegas traffic it would be literally nothing no
> >matter how bad it is.
> >
> >And yes, SoCal has more traffic than Vegas so you win that one, Seth!
> I'm not sure about that. It's hard to get much slower than The Strip
> on a weekend evening.
True, but its not like anyone who lives here ever gets stuck in that.
Even if you are, at least there's all sorts of things to look
at.....like those out of town bimbos flashing their tits out the limo
moonroof.
Toad The Dead Vegan
> Joe <jo...@nospam.com> wrote:
> : Toad The Dead Vegan <Dav...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> :> I'm glad you're staying in Marin. Like I said, we future Oregonians
> :> hate immigrants!
> : Actually, I'll be in Oregon in just a few weeks ;-)
>
> I'll be up there this week and part of next. . .if we end up having a summer
> home in Coos Bay, I'll try and say hi next year, Toad . . .
>
Ha. I looked into Coos Bay since I'd love to live by the ocean, but
anything near the water is cost prohibitive for me. Plus it rains an
awful lot for me to live there fulltime.
But oh yeah, if this move were to ever happen I'll be on the lookout for
Oregon rmgd'ers.
Seth Jackson
wrote:
>> >And yes, SoCal has more traffic than Vegas so you win that one, Seth!
>
>> I'm not sure about that. It's hard to get much slower than The Strip
>> on a weekend evening.
>
>True, but its not like anyone who lives here ever gets stuck in that.
>
>Even if you are, at least there's all sorts of things to look
>at.....like those out of town bimbos flashing their tits out the limo
>moonroof.
You win.
Mark (The DunderHead)
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FUCK YOU!!!!!!
That is all,
Mark
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Joe
> FUCK YOU!!!!!!
> That is all,
I just love the small of right wingers imploding first thing in the
morning.
Let's hope Bush has as bad a day as Right Wing Markie seems to be having.
Joe