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John Kuthe

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Jan 9, 2021, 12:20:22 PM1/9/21
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And The House smells wonderful.

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

John Kuthe

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Jan 9, 2021, 12:42:51 PM1/9/21
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On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:20:22 AM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
> And The House smells wonderful.
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

And I just got them in the Oven@350F, 11:30AM.


Mmmmmm! :-)

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

GM

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Jan 9, 2021, 12:46:27 PM1/9/21
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johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> And The House smells wonderful.


In the meanwhiles you are fast running out of money...if you don't get some sort of J - O - B very soon you won't have money for taxes, and the Sheriff will come a - knockin' on your door to EVICT you...your humble abode will be sold for back taxes for PENNIES on the DOLLAH...some CHEEP chink landlord will buy it for a tear - down, no doubt...

Homelessness does NOT smell "wonderful", you can be most assured...

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Greg

Taxed and Spent

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Jan 9, 2021, 1:52:43 PM1/9/21
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Don't worry about Kuthe. All he will need at some point is a bus ticket
to Bothell.


GM

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Jan 9, 2021, 2:10:44 PM1/9/21
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Lol...and Julie will wire him the money to buy it...!!!

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Greg

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 9, 2021, 2:24:45 PM1/9/21
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*The Gardener, John, and the Well Hung Tanzanian*

It'd be like Kukla, Fran and Ollie except for... except... Actually apart from there
being three of them, it wouldn't be anything like Kukla, Fran and Ollie.
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

--Bryan

John Kuthe

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Jan 9, 2021, 2:52:13 PM1/9/21
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Done, covered, and in my Big Refrigerator:

https://i.postimg.cc/65dgRBJx/Garlic-Potatoes-cooling-off-1-9-2021.jpg

33F now, temp controlled by Mother Gaia!


John Kuthe...

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 9, 2021, 3:07:58 PM1/9/21
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Kootchie can sniff Clarabelle's ass and get whomped with a seltza
bottle... and the Flubberdub will bite off Kootchie's widdle peepee.

GM

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Jan 9, 2021, 3:25:14 PM1/9/21
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And to add to the foetid stew, Burr Tillstrom, who created the show, was a big 'ole queer, lol...!!!

https://rickkaempfer.blogspot.com/2013/09/chicago-gay-lesbian-hall-of-fame.html

Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame 2013:

"Shame on me for not even knowing that the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame existed. (It has been around for more than 20 years) I only found out because of a Robert Feder tweet announcing this year's inductees. The list is here, by the way, and includes Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts and Kukla, Fran & Ollie's Burr Tillstrom.

I knew that Tillstrom was from Chicago, but had no idea he was gay. It's not even mentioned in his wikipedia page, not that it should be. In fact, I'm hoping it's not mentioned because it isn't really relevant to his art, but I suspect that the wiki-author just didn't know. Tillstrom died in 1985, and was popular long before "coming out" was considered socially acceptable..."

</>


John Kuthe

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Jan 9, 2021, 3:45:45 PM1/9/21
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What makes you think that at the very moment you posted that I was not on the Internet actively pursuing a number of nursing job postings?

Because I was, and am!

Greg Sorrow :-(


John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jan 9, 2021, 4:03:45 PM1/9/21
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On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 2:45:45 PM UTC-6, johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> What makes you think that at the very moment you posted that I was not on the Internet actively pursuing a number of nursing job postings?
>
> Because I was, and am!
>
> Greg Sorrow :-(
>
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>
You didn't get the job you've been telling us about for the last week or two???
The "meet and greet" orientation didn't pan out??

John Kuthe

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Jan 9, 2021, 4:07:02 PM1/9/21
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Not so far, no.


John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Hank Rogers

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Jan 9, 2021, 4:38:23 PM1/9/21
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John Kuthe wrote:
> On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:42:51 AM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:20:22 AM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
>>> And The House smells wonderful.
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> And I just got them in the Oven@350F, 11:30AM.
>>
>>
>> Mmmmmm! :-)
>>
>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>
> Done, covered, and in my Big Refrigerator:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/65dgRBJx/Garlic-Potatoes-cooling-off-1-9-2021.jpg
>
> 33F now, temp controlled by Mother Gaia!
>
>
> John Kuthe...
>

If you had any money left, you could start a company producing a
successful product ... Kuth's garlic Rainbow Loo potatoes, stocked
at every grocery's freezer case ... They're all vegetarian, From Da
Loo, and we use zero gasoline to produce our fine ass product!

But no, you blew every god damn cent on trinkets and old audio junk.

Kuth and the beanstalk.






Dave Smith

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Jan 9, 2021, 4:39:46 PM1/9/21
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Your history suggests that you would have been telling us about the job
you found.

John Kuthe

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Jan 9, 2021, 4:44:11 PM1/9/21
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This is Rec.Foods.Cooking. I was cooking this morning, so I posted. No OT either, which a job IS!

John Kuthe...

Hank Rogers

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Jan 9, 2021, 4:52:25 PM1/9/21
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I just used google to search: help wanted insane cannabis nurse
with nissan leaf.

It comes back with:
It looks like there aren't many great matches for your search

Here see for yooself Dickhead:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=help+wanted+insane+cannabis+nurse+with+nissan+leaf&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&as_filetype=&tbs=

Hank Rogers

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Jan 9, 2021, 4:57:21 PM1/9/21
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Yoose always got "peepees" on yoose mind Popeye. That ain't healthy
unless yoose gay.


Hank Rogers

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Jan 9, 2021, 7:30:31 PM1/9/21
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Hell no. I feel sorry for him. Nobody would ever hire him though.
It's too damn risky.

It would be like hiring Popeye to tend to a bunch of horny
homosexual teens. Or

Or giving don trump control of the office of US president.

That was a fucking disaster.


Hank Rogers

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Jan 9, 2021, 7:37:02 PM1/9/21
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You won't get hired until someone trusts you. Until you take your
medicine, that will never happen.

It's up to you.


Sqwertz

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Jan 9, 2021, 11:12:05 PM1/9/21
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On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 09:20:19 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe wrote:

> And The House smells wonderful.

They're just potatoes (and salt if you're doing it right).

-sw

Sqwertz

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Jan 9, 2021, 11:13:09 PM1/9/21
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Oh boy of boy oh boy oh boy! Those look excellent!

-sw

GM

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Jan 9, 2021, 11:20:16 PM1/9/21
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It's just a pic of an aluminum pan...you are LYING, obviously, about the taters...

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Greg

Alex

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Jan 10, 2021, 1:01:44 AM1/10/21
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OK.  So you lied *again*.  Next time try to not post I GOT A JOB!!!
until you get your first paycheck because that would be another lie and
people don't like liars.

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 10, 2021, 8:46:27 AM1/10/21
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Telling... he'd be raving about all its aspects... Kootchie had best
return to donut holes.

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 10, 2021, 8:53:55 AM1/10/21
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On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 22:13:03 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:
You must have x-ray vision to see through all that waste of aluminum
that Kootchie could have used for rain gutters.

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 10, 2021, 8:58:09 AM1/10/21
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Kootchie foiled again.

Cindy Hamilton

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Jan 10, 2021, 9:00:35 AM1/10/21
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Do you know how badly it hurts Mother Gaia when we make aluminum
out of bauxite?

Cindy Hamilton

Janet

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Jan 10, 2021, 9:56:47 AM1/10/21
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In article <a5vdwn3omyfd$.d...@sqwertz.com>, sqwe...@gmail.invalid
says...
Foiled again, sirrah.

Janet UK

Taxed and Spent

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Jan 10, 2021, 10:01:14 AM1/10/21
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They are ready to go into his brand new microwave oven. His fourth brand
new microwave oven in the past year.

Gary

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Jan 10, 2021, 10:08:10 AM1/10/21
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It's a tin foil hat for his meal. Keeps Big Brother from spying on his food.


Bryan Simmons

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Jan 10, 2021, 10:49:52 AM1/10/21
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Making meatallic aluminum from bauxite is *very* energy intensive.
It's no coincidence that aluminum plants are usually located near
large hydroelectric dams. Recycling a aluminum can uses a small
fraction of that energy. Used aluminum foil that is contaminated with
food isn't recyclable, and goes into Mother Gaia's Sanitary Landfill.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

--Bryan

GM

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Jan 10, 2021, 10:58:02 AM1/10/21
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Widespread availability of cheap aluminum is one of the Machine Age's great accomplishments...alu was once about as expensive as gold...

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Greg

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 10, 2021, 11:37:29 AM1/10/21
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When human figure out how to produce electrity for next to nothing,
there will be an aluminum age, where aluminum will replace many other
materials in many applications. That will be a while, but two things
that are underutilized right now are bamboo and hemp, especially in
concretes.
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

--Bryan

John Kuthe

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Jan 10, 2021, 11:42:25 AM1/10/21
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HempCrete is the best!

Retired U.S. Senator John Boehner is heavily invested in Hemp!

GM

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Jan 10, 2021, 11:46:32 AM1/10/21
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Have you considered a HempCrete roof, John...???

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Greg

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 10, 2021, 11:48:41 AM1/10/21
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John Boehner was never a Senator.
>
> :-)
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

--Bryan

Ed Pawlowski

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Jan 10, 2021, 12:05:05 PM1/10/21
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The Washington Monument Was Completed in 1884. That 9-inch aluminum
pyramid, which completes the top of the structure as it narrows to a
point, is 100-ounces of solid aluminum, part of the monument's lightning
protection system. In the 1880s, aluminum was a rare metal, selling for
$1.10 per ounce and used primarily for jewelry ..

Gold was $20.67. Today is about $1300.

John Kuthe

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Jan 10, 2021, 9:23:05 PM1/10/21
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On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 10:48:41 AM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
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> >
> > Retired U.S. Senator John Boehner is heavily invested in Hemp!
> >
> John Boehner was never a Senator.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> --Bryan

What was he, then?

John Kuthe...

Hank Rogers

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Jan 10, 2021, 9:42:04 PM1/10/21
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A cannabis US representative.


Alex

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Jan 11, 2021, 7:15:19 PM1/11/21
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It's about 50% higher than that.  Who knew it would be a great
investment at $400 just 20 years ago?

John Kuthe

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Jan 11, 2021, 10:18:29 PM1/11/21
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Missed out on the Gold Rush, eh? ;-)


John Kuthe, RN, BSN....

GM

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Jan 11, 2021, 10:53:49 PM1/11/21
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I would not take such a mocking tone...Alex is quite financially stable, as opposed to you, who is on the threshold of homelessness...

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Greg

Alex

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Jan 12, 2021, 7:16:35 PM1/12/21
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Yes, but my other investments are serving me well.

John Kuthe

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Jan 12, 2021, 8:35:25 PM1/12/21
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Nope, I just got a PT Nursing job, and I start tomorrow! :-)

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Alex

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Jan 13, 2021, 7:07:16 PM1/13/21
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I can't be fired.  You can...

cshenk

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Jan 13, 2021, 7:15:35 PM1/13/21
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Alex wrote:

> John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 6:15:19 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
> > > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > > On 1/10/2021 10:57 AM, GM wrote:
> > > > > bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > > On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 8:00:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy
> > > > > > Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 2:52:13 PM UTC-5,
> > > > > > > johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:42:51 AM UTC-6, John
> > > > > > > > Kuthe wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:20:22 AM UTC-6,
> > > > > > > > > John Kuthe wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > And The House smells wonderful.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> > > > > > > > > And I just got them in the Oven@350F, 11:30AM.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Mmmmmm! :-)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> > > > > > > > Done, covered, and in my Big Refrigerator:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
https://i.postimg.cc/65dgRBJx/Garlic-Potatoes-cooling-off-1-9-2021.jpg
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 33F now, temp controlled by Mother Gaia!
> > > > > > > Do you know how badly it hurts Mother Gaia when we make
> > > > > > > aluminum out of bauxite?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > Making meatallic aluminum from bauxite is very energy
> > > > > > intensive. It's no coincidence that aluminum plants are
> > > > > > usually located near large hydroelectric dams. Recycling a
> > > > > > aluminum can uses a small fraction of that energy. Used
> > > > > > aluminum foil that is contaminated with food isn't
> > > > > > recyclable, and goes into Mother Gaia's Sanitary Landfill.
> > > > >
> > > > > Widespread availability of cheap aluminum is one of the
> > > > > Machine Age's great accomplishments...alu was once about as
> > > > > expensive as gold...
> > > > >
> > > > The Washington Monument Was Completed in 1884. That 9-inch
> > > > aluminum pyramid, which completes the top of the structure as
> > > > it narrows to a point, is 100-ounces of solid aluminum, part of
> > > > the monument's lightning protection system. In the 1880s,
> > > > aluminum was a rare metal, selling for $1.10 per ounce and used
> > > > primarily for jewelry ..
> > > >
> > > > Gold was $20.67. Today is about $1300.
> > > It's about 50% higher than that. Who knew it would be a great
> > > investment at $400 just 20 years ago?
> > Missed out on the Gold Rush, eh? ;-)
> >
> >
> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN....
>
> Yes, but my other investments are serving me well.

I don't have many but the main one is still netting me 8% return.

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 13, 2021, 8:11:22 PM1/13/21
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We're looking at houses again tomorrow, some of which are in a
municipality that is known worldwide, Ferguson. The Ferguson
cop who killed Michael Brown lived in Crestwood, where Mr. Kuthe
and I grew up. One can get a lot of house for not a lot of money in
Ferguson.
https://www.zillow.com/homes/2653052_zpid/
It's not unsafe. I was hesitant about my son buying in North County,
but a big yard and open floorplan is what he wants, and while the
lender considers it investment property, for my son, it's a potential
home.

--Bryan

John Kuthe

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Jan 13, 2021, 8:25:49 PM1/13/21
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Prejudiced much? :-(

John Kuthe...

Omni Vore

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Jan 14, 2021, 4:59:13 PM1/14/21
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On 1/13/2021 5:25 PM, John KOOKthe wrote:

>> I was hesitant about my son buying in North County,
>> but a big yard and open floorplan is what he wants, and while the
>> lender considers it investment property, for my son, it's a potential
>> home.
>
> Prejudiced much? :-(

There's nothing prejudiced about that, you stupid fuckwit. It's
well known that your region has some very high-crime neighborhoods.

Fuck off out of here, pour yourself a scalding hot cup of shut the
fuck up, and keel over dead soon.

Alex

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Jan 14, 2021, 7:28:40 PM1/14/21
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That's a good number.  Better than 1/10th of 1% in a savings account!

Alex

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Jan 14, 2021, 7:30:21 PM1/14/21
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There are bad neighborhoods everywhere are plenty of them are occupied
by white trash.  Crime statistics don't lie.

John Kuthe

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Jan 14, 2021, 7:33:00 PM1/14/21
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I beg to differ. There is no such thing as a bad neighborhood. Only bad people!

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Hank Rogers

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Jan 14, 2021, 7:56:15 PM1/14/21
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Some hoods are bad simply because they don't have enough money to
keep everyone happy and supplied with plenty of marijuana and meth.

As a cannabis nurse, you should know that.




Bryan Simmons

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Jan 14, 2021, 9:23:12 PM1/14/21
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John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
folks have as well.

What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
is less than market value.

The house that my son is on the verge of putting an offer on is likely
to increase in value, and it's in a municipality that has businesses,
not one of the tiny cities in North County that's revenues are almost
exclusively from property taxes.

Fuck, John, you know me well enough to know that I'm anything but
racist. I would have preferred that my son buy in University City,
mostly because he'd be closer, on a street with similar racial
demographics to the one in Ferguson, but he wants a large, open
basement, so he can have a billiard table, and it's about him, not me.
He's not racist either. He doesn't want to live in a segregated
neighborhood. I think he's a bit too colorblind to racism, but he's more
conservative that his parents in general. I was too when I was 19.

>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

John Kuthe

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On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
...
> John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
> when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
> at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
> every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
> folks have as well.

Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.



> What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
> putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
> what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
> the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
> is less than market value.

I do not think about my house's "resale value" as I will never sell it! I put too much of ME and my money into it but the roof was the last RENOVATION I've done, NOW it's water tight! It was not when I moved in so I facilitated a major substantive renovation! And one that ruined a great many of my albums covers via mold and water seepage as I stupidly put my record rack on the old wet and moldy basement carpet! Luckily I had the wisdom over the years to put most of my LPs in those old plastic lined Recordtown sleeves.


John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

cshenk

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Jan 14, 2021, 10:07:24 PM1/14/21
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418 N Elizabeth looks promising too.

John Kuthe

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Jan 14, 2021, 10:21:21 PM1/14/21
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When I worked for Convergys call center for a time in 2008 or 9 I used to ride my bicycle right by 418 N. Elizabeth and the house I just bought too! Because gasoline was just over $3/gal then and I'll be damned I'd pay that for it!


John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Hank Rogers

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Jan 14, 2021, 10:26:07 PM1/14/21
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Did you make garlic potatoes back then?


cshenk

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Jan 14, 2021, 11:15:23 PM1/14/21
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Alex wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> > Alex wrote:
> > I don't have many but the main one is still netting me 8% return.
>
> That's a good number.  Better than 1/10th of 1% in a savings account!

Yup. A managed investment left from when I was working for CSC.
Diversified long term with lower risk values. It held through all the
shenanigans of COVID market variables. It's not terribly big but the
8% was 3,000$ in 2020 that I would not have had.

Best I can tell if you held even in 2020, you are ahead of most. Mine
netted 8% so I'm happy. Heck, I'd have been happy with .80 profit after
that debacle of a year!

I have a few risky ones (none big) and quite a few in CD's (assured
return but interest varies on maturity as it rolls back over and right
now .60 is mostly it) and essential savings enough for a roof job.

I know you don't get rich off CDs but it's a decent starting point and
if you rack them well, you can get good protected income for later. At
need, I can pull 1,000$ a month for about 4 years just from them which
punches me to age 65 and leaves me a 2 year gap to 67 for social
security max. Then theres the other stuff like the one earning 8% and
a risky one that hit 10% (but may wipe itself out any day) and a long
term IRA not earning more than a regular savings account but 24,000$
strong and backed so can't lose it. Oh and TSP not bad but only 20K in
it (running 4%).

I'm no millionaire, but we will be ok. When I hit 62, I am pretty sure
we can swap Don's Social Security to draw as my spouse and he nets 300$
more a month it seems.

I plan a very simple test. I will see what it looks like if I bank my
entire GS paycheck for a month and see what shortfalls are there. My
guess is about 400$ with no changes to current habits. I could well be
wrong though. Worst that happens is 5K more in CDs and some reduction
of the liquid volume just in savings waiting for a roofing job or
something big like that.

Master Bruce

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On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:23:08 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons

Cindy Hamilton

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On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 9:43:36 PM UTC-5, johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> ...
> > John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
> > when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
> > at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
> > every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
> > folks have as well.
> Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.

Why should I know "much" about Ferguson? It's 500 miles away from here.

I know 1000 times more about Bel Nor than I really want to know.

You're all about "should". Just leave other people alone.

Cindy Hamilton

Gary

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Jan 15, 2021, 7:15:12 AM1/15/21
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On 1/15/2021 5:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 9:43:36 PM UTC-5, johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
>> ...
>>> John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
>>> when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
>>> at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
>>> every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
>>> folks have as well.
>> Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.
>
> Why should I know "much" about Ferguson? It's 500 miles away from here.

I'd never heard of Ferguson but I just googled it.
Another black gets shot by cop story from 6.5 years ago.
Black shootings happen in every city and almost every night. Usually
blacks shooting blacks. It's local news, not national news.

Almost every morning here on local news is another overnight shooting
story nearby. Typical morning "breaking" news. yawn



>

Janet

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In article <79551192-8752-4ac3...@googlegroups.com>,
johnk...@gmail.com says...
>
> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> ...
> > John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
> > when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
> > at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
> > every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
> > folks have as well.
>
> Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.
>
>
>
> > What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
> > putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
> > what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
> > the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
> > is less than market value.
>
> I do not think about my house's "resale value" as I will never sell it!

Your creditors probably will, and you will have no say in the matter.

That's what you fail to grasp.

Janet UK




Janet

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Jan 15, 2021, 8:47:30 AM1/15/21
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In article <308ee159-7eaa-4290...@googlegroups.com>,
johnk...@gmail.com says...
> Subject: Re: Garlic Potatoes just came to simmer! :-)
> From: John Kuthe <johnk...@gmail.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>
> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 6:30:21 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
> > [quoted text muted]
> > > Prejudiced much? :-(
> > >
> > > John Kuthe...
> > There are bad neighborhoods everywhere are plenty of them are occupied
> > by white trash. Crime statistics don't lie.
>
> I beg to differ. There is no such thing as a bad neighborhood. Only bad people!

Your financial inexperience is showing.



Janet UK.

Sheldon Martin

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Bad neighborhoods are those most likely to attract bad people.

Cindy Hamilton

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On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 7:15:12 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> On 1/15/2021 5:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 9:43:36 PM UTC-5, johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
> >>> when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
> >>> at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
> >>> every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
> >>> folks have as well.
> >> Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.
> >
> > Why should I know "much" about Ferguson? It's 500 miles away from here.
> I'd never heard of Ferguson but I just googled it.

Were you on a desert island in 2014? It was all over the national news.

> Another black gets shot by cop story from 6.5 years ago.

The real story was the rioting, just as in 2020.

> Black shootings happen in every city and almost every night. Usually
> blacks shooting blacks. It's local news, not national news.
>
> Almost every morning here on local news is another overnight shooting
> story nearby. Typical morning "breaking" news. yawn

The county I live in had 12 homicides in 2020.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:11:47 AM1/15/21
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I don't think about my house's resale value. I hope to leave it feet first
and will it to some worthy cause.

Cindy Hamilton

Sheldon Martin

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On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 06:11:36 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
<angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 8:37:20 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>> In article <79551192-8752-4ac3...@googlegroups.com>,
>> johnk...@gmail.com says...
>> >
>> > On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > ...
>> > > John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
>> > > when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
>> > > at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
>> > > every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
>> > > folks have as well.
>> >
>> > Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
>> > > putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
>> > > what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
>> > > the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
>> > > is less than market value.
>> >
>> > I do not think about my house's "resale value" as I will never sell it!

You are likely correct. After studying it's location on that pitiful
teensy lot I seriously doubt your house will attract many buyers,
Brear Kootchie... not easy to sell a rabbit hole... matters not what
you do to your hovel, it has zero street appeal and privacy.

Gary

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:55:30 AM1/15/21
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On 1/15/2021 9:11 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> I don't think about my house's resale value. I hope to leave it feet first
> and will it to some worthy cause.

Ass first, more likely, as that's your prominent personality. lol

Cindy Hamilton

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On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 9:49:44 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 06:11:36 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> <angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 8:37:20 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> >> In article <79551192-8752-4ac3...@googlegroups.com>,
> >> johnk...@gmail.com says...
> >> >
> >> > On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> > ...
> >> > > John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
> >> > > when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
> >> > > at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
> >> > > every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
> >> > > folks have as well.
> >> >
> >> > Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
> >> > > putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
> >> > > what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
> >> > > the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
> >> > > is less than market value.
> >> >
> >> > I do not think about my house's "resale value" as I will never sell it!
> You are likely correct. After studying it's location on that pitiful
> teensy lot I seriously doubt your house will attract many buyers,
> Brear Kootchie... not easy to sell a rabbit hole... matters not what
> you do to your hovel, it has zero street appeal and privacy.

You'd be amazed what sells in a college town:

<https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/207-S-7th-St-Ann-Arbor-MI-48103/24701140_zpid/>

Cindy Hamilton

Dave Smith

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Jan 15, 2021, 10:29:38 AM1/15/21
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On 2021-01-15 8:49 a.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:32:56 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe

>> I beg to differ. There is no such thing as a bad neighborhood. Only bad people!
>>
>> John Kuthe
>
> Bad neighborhoods are those most likely to attract bad people.
>

Prices and rent tend to be lower in base neighbourhoods. It is all the
low life inhabitants can afford.

Dave Smith

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Jan 15, 2021, 10:32:23 AM1/15/21
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The homicide rate in the Niagara Region tripled in 2019, from 2 to 6.
Most of them happened within a few blocks of each other and involved a
particular demographic.


jmcquown

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Jan 15, 2021, 5:15:41 PM1/15/21
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Shall we hark back to the $250 per room rent? With bathroom privileges?
Heh.

Jill

jmcquown

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Jan 15, 2021, 5:22:42 PM1/15/21
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That's a pretty salt box house. :)

Jill

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 7:49:59 PM1/15/21
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Those bad people tend to live in the same neighborhoods and breed more
bad people.

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 8:02:05 PM1/15/21
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There are some high interest savings accounts that pay better than long
term CD's with the ability to withdraw without a penalty at any time.  I
keep some money on hand here:

https://www.synchronybank.com/banking/?UISCode=0000000

There might be others with marginally better returns right now (maybe
Ally?) but I have used Synchrony for years - back to the good old days
of 2.75% when my bank was still .1%

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 8:12:56 PM1/15/21
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That town has a real college.  I think Obama's daughter went there out
of all of the places she could have walked right into.

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 8:14:52 PM1/15/21
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Your money?  We all know the real story.

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 15, 2021, 8:46:40 PM1/15/21
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Once Covid-19 is under control, John may well be able to rent rooms to
foreign students attending UMSL, where I did my junior year of college.
I never finished my BA, and won't, as there's no benefit to doing so. The
thing is, every time he brings in a tenant, he'll have to get an occupancy
permit from the city of Bel Nor. No doubt he will have scored some
points with the city with his pricey roof and gutters. All that said, UMSL
is primarily a commuter college, with few foreign students. His business
plan was flawed from the get go, as UMSL is not Washington University
in St. Louis.

John's house was an unwise purchase from an economic standpoint,
but it is not a "hovel." It is a boutique house. I haven't driven by it, but
I'm sure that it is pretty.

--Bryan

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 15, 2021, 8:50:59 PM1/15/21
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We White folks often inherit money. Think about that sentence.

--Bryan

John Kuthe

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:03:05 PM1/15/21
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Very Pretty too! Thanks to Old World Roofing!

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

John Kuthe

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:12:15 PM1/15/21
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...

No benefit to having a BA or BS when you're a janitor!


John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

cshenk

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:15:11 PM1/15/21
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Bryan Simmons wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 7:25:49 PM UTC-6,
> johnk...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 7:11:22 PM UTC-6,
> > bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 6:15:35 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
> > > > Alex wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > John Kuthe wrote:
> > > > I don't have many but the main one is still netting me 8%
> > > > return.
> > > We're looking at houses again tomorrow, some of which are in a
> > > municipality that is known worldwide, Ferguson. The Ferguson
> > > cop who killed Michael Brown lived in Crestwood, where Mr. Kuthe
> > > and I grew up. One can get a lot of house for not a lot of money
> > > in Ferguson.
> > > https://www.zillow.com/homes/2653052_zpid/
> > > It's not unsafe. I was hesitant about my son buying in North
> > > County, but a big yard and open floorplan is what he wants, and
> > > while the lender considers it investment property, for my son,
> > > it's a potential home.
> > >
> > > --Bryan
> > Prejudiced much? :-(
> >
> John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50%
> Black when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we
> looked at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I
> think that every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the
> non-USA folks have as well.
>
> What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
> putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
> what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
> the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
> is less than market value.
>
> The house that my son is on the verge of putting an offer on is
> likely to increase in value, and it's in a municipality that has
> businesses, not one of the tiny cities in North County that's
> revenues are almost exclusively from property taxes.
>
> Fuck, John, you know me well enough to know that I'm anything but
> racist. I would have preferred that my son buy in University City,
> mostly because he'd be closer, on a street with similar racial
> demographics to the one in Ferguson, but he wants a large, open
> basement, so he can have a billiard table, and it's about him, not
> me. He's not racist either. He doesn't want to live in a segregated
> neighborhood. I think he's a bit too colorblind to racism, but he's
> more conservative that his parents in general. I was too when I was
> 19.
>
> >
> > John Kuthe...
>
> --Bryan

I would not want to live in a mono-color neighborhood either. We
enrich each other here. We *may* look 50% 'white' but that is
subjective as some might be further defined and Hispanic (and ride
either line of white or not). In truth we are probably 35% 'white',
35% 'Black' and 30% 'mixed other from Hispanic to Asian to American
Native'.

We are a melting pot of the upper end of lower income when we bought
and many stayed. Our diversity enriches us.

Hank Rogers

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:28:09 PM1/15/21
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Hasn't helped you either ... and you are a cannabis genius.




Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:40:46 PM1/15/21
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Great assessment.  I'm not sure I ever typed "hovel" but the interior is
dirty as hell and I doubt the mold remediation was ever completed.

Master Bruce

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On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:50:55 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 7:14:52 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>> > On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > ...
>> >> What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
>> >> putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
>> >> what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
>> >> the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
>> >> is less than market value.
>> > I do not think about my house's "resale value" as I will never sell it! I put too much of ME and my money into it but the roof was the last RENOVATION I've done, NOW it's water tight! It was not when I moved in so I facilitated a major substantive renovation! And one that ruined a great many of my albums covers via mold and water seepage as I stupidly put my record rack on the old wet and moldy basement carpet! Luckily I had the wisdom over the years to put most of my LPs in those old plastic lined Recordtown sleeves.
>> >
>> >
>> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> Your money? We all know the real story.
>
>We White folks often inherit money. Think about that sentence.
>
Isn't it cool to be white and privileged? I wish I was even more white
and privileged. No wait, just more privileged!
>

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 9:51:08 PM1/15/21
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Of course, but he should give credit to his parent(s) who left him that
cash.  His tone is very narcissistic: "I put too much of ME and my money
into it...".  The "ME" part is a joke, we have all seen his lousy
craftsmanship.  The "my money" is true, because it was handed to him,
but he should take that opportunity to give credit to the source - the
guy who worked hard to leave him money to piss away. He is sending the
wrong message but that is his thing...

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 10:08:03 PM1/15/21
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This is from the guy who hasn't made a dollar with his degrees in years!

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 10:09:26 PM1/15/21
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Are you ready to admit they replaced every tile?

cshenk

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Jan 15, 2021, 10:16:05 PM1/15/21
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Same rates I have now for the CDs so no reason to swap and easier to
manage it all at the same place.

Alex

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Jan 15, 2021, 10:20:53 PM1/15/21
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If you are OK with CDs locking you in for a period of time, that's fine.

Cindy Hamilton

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Jan 16, 2021, 4:52:40 AM1/16/21
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I'm indifferent to the color of my neighbors. We nod and wave when
we see each other out in the yard, but that's the extent of the contact
we have with them.

Cindy Hamilton

Gary

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On 1/15/2021 10:31 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Do you consider low-income people to be low life people?



Graham

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Jan 16, 2021, 10:36:44 AM1/16/21
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Some really low-life people often inhabit Mar a lago and will be next week.

Dave Smith

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Jan 16, 2021, 11:13:21 AM1/16/21
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I might that some of them are poor because they are low life.


cshenk

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Jan 16, 2021, 9:20:09 PM1/16/21
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I am. I did a sort of 'ladder' where now almost all months have 2 CD's
mature (set for 1 year auto renewal with interest deposited and 100$
added at renewal). I made it easy so I can cash one and let the other
roll to the next year.

Now I'm filling in at 2 and 3 years out with them as they mature. Of
course I also have IRAs and a TSP.

Smile, I'd like to have 500K in savings but for now, I'm doing the best
I can with what I have.
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