moneypitmike

Out of curiousity, how long does it take you to write a post? Thanks for the info.

Hopefully my roof doesn't leak during house showings.

It’s as much a lock as one of Paul’s severe threats and James ‘78 redux dreams.

Heat making headlines is a sign of a very slow news day. Just sayin’.

Minisplits are great. We have one at Pit2. Constant comfort. I don't think this week means next week. Reading comprehension, ftl.

Well, hopes for heat this week are down the crapper (not that I hope for heat). Humidity will be there, but warm average temps will be driven by mild nights, not by daytime heat.. At least there''ll be a break from watering the lawn.

I think we should rekindle the debate of CT geography. That’s as helpful as the coronavirus thread.

Aren’t you central CT?

Progged temps for the week have been lowered a tick. Still shows an 89 for Thursday (had been a 92 IIRC) and 84-85 the remainder of the week. Following tomorrow's 75* that is. Still warm in any case. Warm nights still in tact, ftl.

Yeah.....we're selling the house we recently moved to. It hits the market this week. We had grabbed this one more out of necessity than actually 'loving' it. We're not in a position to buy before we sell nor are we in the need to immediately get something if it does go under contract. Worse case (best case?) scenario we had up to Maine and have a leisurely search.

Nice. 84/60 here.. Could be worse.

Yeah---we've taken that into account on our list price.

Hey, I can't help but think of Kevin......with the house hitting the market, we're installing! If we go to a place with central air, there's going to be a bunch of window units hitting Craigs List.

We're losing almost a minute a day now. All down hill from here. Epstein didn't kill himself. Fact.

Do I get a weenie trophy for setting the record?

My winter storm threat threads die quickly--usually within 4 model runs.

Not that there's much difference between the banter thread and the monthly thread outside of late fall/winter, the banter thread should be changed to Summer.

Yes. What a difference in highs: Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Pit 1 82 88 92 92 83 Pit 2 70 74 79 79 76

Overnight A slight chance of drizzle. The drizzle could be heavy at times. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph. Sunday Scattered showers, mainly after 5pm. Patchy dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then scattered showers between midnight and 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Huh??

Looks like a foggy/misty 63* at Pit2 with progged highs in the mid 70's all week. World of difference from the sunny 81* here in ORH.

One of his best was Apocalypto. Tremendous.

Thanks for posting this! It's a little surprising that it took an Australian to come up with the best movie on the time. Like him or now, Mel makes great movies.

It's only 1.5%, but they drop it to 1% if they broker your next purchase within 3 months. We've always used traditional realtors. I had been impressed with their marketing of homes since they came on the scene (I'm always looking at houses even if I'm not in a buying situation). Among the things I noticed was the accuracy of their estimates with the ultimate purchase prices of homes. IIRC, their estimate on our current house ended up being pretty darn close to what we ended up getting it for. Since that time, they've upped it significantly--I'm guessing in response to the low number of houses currently on the market. I did a really broad search yesterday of houses in ORH regardless of Zip Code that had 4+ bedrooms and 3+ baths and a price greater than $400k. Even with that broad a search (all Zip Codes and a really only came up with 10 houses. If your familiar with the city, there are a ton of huge circa 1900 homes that (ours in 1917) so seeing that few active is really telling. I hope that their estimate of Pit2 is right. They now have it nearly double what we paid for it in 2015 or 16. Last week, we actually got a letter from a PWM realtor who was representing a couple from MA who wanted to know if we'd sell it. We didn't even ask what they'd be willing to pay. That's where I'm hoping to live my remaining time beginning in a few years. Buying that one was easily the best financial decision we'll like to make in our lifetime. I'll update you on RF once this sells.

Yeah. Looking to get out of the city life. Not sure where we'll land. I'm guessing Southborough or Westborough (my wife's from there). I'm hoping we might wind up in Princeton, but I don't think that's especially likely. Great interest rates in any case.

Thanks. It’s a sellers market for sure. Hopefully one of the buyers will be for us. We’re nit going to rush unnecessarily to a new one—want to be happy with where we land. The good news in that is I might get to spend some time at Pit2, my happy place.