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Cnote, I think Boise St. gets little respect because of their Smurfy Field, and the lack of ranked teams they play. Then they EXPECT the other 12-0 team in the country to come play a Bowl Game on their home turf ??? They are a bunch of 'Tards and deserve their rank in the poll.

Flipper, do you refurbish them ALL the same way ? Just wondering. I like the style, don't get me wrong.

Obviously someone's Grandmother got displaced from this house. I like it alot, but I hate that I would have to change out the wallpaper as soon as I stepped foot in the house. Looks very well kept. It is also in one of the best looking neighborhoods in the city. Spaceage, what mural ? Did someone delete the pic.

Just go over the railroad tracks at heading south on Chimney Rock and Westpark, about a quarter mile on the left, BOOM, you are in Farbville.

YOU have waaaaaaaayyyy too much time on your hands my friend. We need to get you a real hobby.

Katy water is actually very good out of the tap. Taking showers with it gets the soap off also. I don't see any reason for a water system.

What I liked about him is that he would buy and sell the muscle. He had opened a store down on 45 south somewhere, last I heard.

I will happily take mine down for you, if you would recipricate.

When you have known Jack for as long as I have.....

I guess that scent tracking dog is better than you thought, huh Niche ?

I stay away as far as I can from Rudy's Bar-B-Q. It is VERY unimpressive. Great Car Show, terrible Bar-B-Q. Pok-e-Jo's here in Austin, is much better. Hell, Bill Miller's is better and they are only a couple of blocks away from me on Burnet.

I think the closest you could come to clear ice is by raiding your local Mickey D's. They sell it by the bag, at least some do.

Edit for an Edit. All is peaceful in the world of HAIF ! Wow !

If they knew a better way, and could prove it.....

What are you going to do for the other 3 years after the economy has turned around, and you want to buy a house ?

I never said that ?

There is only ONE true Whiskey and that is John Daniel's No.7. It is to be served in a shot glass, SO, no need for dainty little cubes. If you want to make a drink with ice, buy a blender and make a Margarita !!!

Yep, he will be sorely missed in the Car Collector world. The guy had some of THE best and rare Muscle Cars out there.

Ok, let's make it hard for everyone. That's it, you ALL have to come to Austin now.

Banks base loans on what the value to risk factor is. So if you are getting a deal at $200k and the bank sees the property being worth $275k, making your $200k a good dela int heir eyes as well, then the risk for them is minimal, with your 10% down you being a creditworthy person such as you are gallagher. I would go for it, at YOUR terms, and see what the bank wants to do, and hash it out. I have a good feeling they will say yes to you though using these factors. Ability to prove 2 years of taxes Having the 10% down in the bank going back at least 3 months, and that it isn't a recent deposit. Your ability to prove your creditworthiness, i.e (740) beacon and you are over 25 yrs. old.

No, I never suggested that to you. I simply stated that if I offered you $6k less than what KBB guide said it was worth , you would throw a hissy. Using your logic, all those homes in River Oaks are just trumped up numbers by HCAD for the area ? It's a tough market for sellers of houses right now. I am sure that if someone offered you $1mil on a $2mil house as appraised by HCAD, you would take it, because that is only what the house is worth to that buyer, and you would never use the HCAD to justify your asking price, right ? There is a line about how much the house is worth to you, how much it is worth to someone else, and what it's ACTUAL worth is. So if HCAD suddenly said a house you are interested in buying is worth $200k less than what it was worth last year, and you had an opportunity to buy it, at what price point would you use as a negotiating tool ? Assuming the owners and you were oblivious to what has happened on HCAD, because neither of you use it as a barometer and they were $150k above HCAD appraised value. You shake hands, draw up the papers and you think the house is worth the asking price to you. Then you decide to look at HCAD just to be sure, and BAM!, you are horrified by your near faux pas, are you still gonna buy it for their asking price, or would you decide to use HCAD as a bargaining tool ? I am not saying that HCAD or KBB is the end all be all, I am simply saying that they are used as guides and tools to justify prices.

I remembered the program, they call it Cash for Keys.

The neighborhood isn't soooooo bad. There are alot worse around. Mainly about a mile or two up Antoine. I was driving around there a couple of months ago. The streets around the school are still very nice. Costa Rica Dr. in particular.

Van Clarke, that sounds right for the principal. I don't recall a wacky science teacher though. I remember getting sent to the Principal's office because some other kid had given me a funny looking pink pill, that I hadn't asked for, and the teacher saw it. I didn't get into trouble, but the other kid did.