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Re: The LAN Castle™
Reply #15 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 11:20am

You could do what my boss did and buy 80 acres of undeveloped real estate in Nevada for $200 an acre! Heck, even I could afford that!

Of course, the nearest electric line is 5 miles away, and it costs about $50,000/mile to add to it. Have fun with that. Wink

I'd love to build my own house to spec some day, but it will be a loooong time before I can stomach the cost of building a new house. I guess I see it as being similar to buying a new car. Why pay the premium for a new house when I can buy a "used" house for less than half the cost?

For the record, the house Mere and I are buying is going to be insured for $150,000. That's the replacement cost of building a similar structure on the same lot if the existing house burns to the ground. In short, we're paying 38% of the cost of a new house. Sure, new houses have lots of amenities and are built to your specifications, but they also cost 2.5x as much as a used house in good shape.

-b0b
(...thinks land in Nevada is a great long-term investment.)

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spanky Post Whore FTP Server Offline Posts: 1540 Detroit-ish Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #16 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 3:49pm Quote: insured for $150,000 !!!! Go go gadget insurance fraud!
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spanky Post Whore FTP Server Offline Posts: 1540 Detroit-ish Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #17 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 6:19am Hey, speaking of new lan digs, are you moved in yet??
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Re: The LAN Castle™
Reply #18 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 8:28am

We still don't have a closing date, but the mortgage has been approved and underwritten and we're only missing a single document (the deed from the seller's title company) which should show up some time in the next couple of days - hopefully today!

Assuming the seller kicks their title company's butt into action, we should be approved for closing by the end of the week. I'm hoping to schedule the closing for next Tuesday, so we can start the painting/cleaning/yard work etc.

I've already paid for the apartment through the end of May, so we'll have a solid three weeks to get the house into shape and move at our leisure. I'll never do the two-day two-person move again if I can help it!

-b0b
(...nearly killed himself moving into the apartment.)

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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #19 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 9:34am Hey, bob, if you need help moving and/or fixing up the place at all, get in touch with me and I'd be happy to lend a few hands and feet. X
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #20 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 10:32am Thanks for the offer! I'll definitely keep you in mind when it comes time to start pulling Ethernet cable! -b0b (...4,000 feet of it!)
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spanky Post Whore FTP Server Offline Posts: 1540 Detroit-ish Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #21 - May 1^st, 2008 at 8:46am Yeah if you need help just let me know. I will come over and stand around and supervise.
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #22 - May 1^st, 2008 at 10:33am Ah so you must be management then.
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #23 - May 1^st, 2008 at 4:59pm Somebody's got to do it. -b0b (...that's what the MBA is for.)
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Re: The LAN Castle™
Reply #24 - May 12^th, 2008 at 1:37pm

After weeks of waiting, we finally have a (tentative) closing date. It looks like we should be able to close on the house on Friday afternoon, meaning the keys will be in our hands before the weekend!

Meredith and I also bought our first appliance last weekend. We found a brand new Frigidaire electric stove on Craig's List for $400, which is about half the retail price. The seller's wife didn't like the color (sexy black), so she made him buy another one. Talk about whipped!

-b0b
(...schwing!)

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spanky Post Whore FTP Server Offline Posts: 1540 Detroit-ish Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #25 - May 12^th, 2008 at 7:18pm Did...did you just call a stove sexy? Hand in your man card!
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Reply #26 - May 12^th, 2008 at 7:39pm

It's not just sexy, it's damned sexy. Sleek black, with variable burner sizes, a programmable cook timer, a warming zone, and an advanced convection fan. You can even set a four-digit password that locks the stove, preventing the oven from being opened or any of the burners from being turned on. It's a geek's stove.

The way I see it, it's about as sexy as my toaster, which has freakin' cancel button. Does your toaster have a cancel button, Spanky? I didn't think so. Hand in your geek card!

-b0b
(...even a sewing machine can be sexy if you put a V8 in it.)

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Marie GeekCrew Hax0r Offline Posts: 291 Centreville, Michigan Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #27 - May 12^th, 2008 at 7:56pm That is one domestic god of an appliance. You'll be getting some good lovin' from that oven =) /haven't baked cookies in a while...may have to remedy that
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spanky Post Whore FTP Server Offline Posts: 1540 Detroit-ish Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #28 - May 13^th, 2008 at 12:41pm OK, that stove is semi-cool. And my toaster does have a cancel switch...it is called the ON switch and if I flip it to OFF guess what...BAM cancel! ...so there!
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: The LAN Castle™ Reply #29 - May 13^th, 2008 at 1:17pm It only counts if it's a dedicated Cancel button. No multifunction switches! -b0b (...points out that his toaster even has LED's, which need to be modded.)
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