SkyPig

This sentiment may not be popular in particular quarters but...since Google and Wikipedia have made K-12 librarians' jobs obsolete, perhaps the best use of school libraries (to the extent that they aren't filled with computer workstations) is as a display space for cultural artifacts and relics...

I love the idea! In fact, the Katy library right now has a display of antique art glassware in museum-like cases. I don't see why this couldn't be done with local cultural artifacts. But someone's got to pay for it...

Attached: Art "glass" from about 7,000 years ago.

State and Federal law requires that such projects conduct a survey to determine if there are any cultural impacts from the project, just like they do for environmental impacts. This cultural site was identified in 1995 when the road cultural survey was done, and recommended for preservation. When construction started, the DOT contracted with an archaeological firm to do that work. And that is what is now in progress. The work is being done by professionals, and scientific data gathered. This is all as it should be.

The artifacts will initialliy all go to the archaeology lab where they will be documented, counted, weighed, photographed, etc. All of that goes into a database to show what was found, where, and how deep. And that tells you what activities were going on there, and how long ago.

Eventually, the artifacts will all end up in some university basement where archaeology and anthropology students can examine them. I'd like to see them go to a museum where the general public can see them.

Well, I'm hoping to find another job soon, and then the mortgage company will work with me to reduce my payments or make up the shortage ("forbearance"). But that may not happen soon - there's no way to know how long it's going to take. And I don't want to sell early, if it turns out to be unnecessary. So it's a race between finding a job, and how long the mortgage company is going to tolerate the situation. I'm just wondering what happens in the worst case scenario. I couldn't imagine that the mortgage company would get to steal the profit from my 13 years of on-time payments and all the equity I've built up during that time. Glad to hear that isn't allowed...

Situation: Out of work, behind on mortgage payments three months, broke. $70K equity in the house, but no one will let me borrow against it, since I'm out of work. It's enough to pay-off the outstanding balance.

Question: If the mortgage company forecloses on my house and sells it out from under me, do I get the profits from that equity after they pay off the loan and deduct their expenses?