WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 17

[nskjerven]

Paul and I talked last night *again* about the B2B repo and I think it will be just me and the kids for the Repo and most likely we'll drop of alaska. Paul doesn't want to cruise anymore and the room I have book was stupidly only a 3 person room for repo so I've had to add him to someone elses ressie and then we'd have to figure out weird sleeping arrangments - just seems too hard right now. Also I can't see being gone from work that long. It was great working for myself I could control work flow better - but that doesn't happen with a growing business. I'm bummed. I really want to see Alaska I'm not cancelling anything until last drop dates - I have the best tiered pricing so if we for some reason can go I'll keep them until then (what is the drop dead date?)

Last night we did a double feature at the drive ins - It was great

Airbender -which I liked (I love the cartoon too)
and Karate Kid -good too nice sound track as well

The musical is getting near show time -today is costume parade then molly and I are going to watch some other school friends perform in High School Musical (gag) (this I can't stand)

We are leaning towards calling Willie's Rotax season over. We have a friend that is offering us the use of his other engine to race in a different series with them. Cheaper series and a variety of tracks with much stronger competition. I think part of Willie's problem is he isn't racing with a gang of kids. I've also found out that the girls that he competes agasint have been at the track 3-4 times a week he gets seat time once a month if we are lucky -as we call those types trained monkeys they can do the same track over and over again and master the track - and be fast but they can't RACE - Wilson can do great against those who are first time on the track he is a quick learn. Crappy season all in all again I'm bummed and I know Paul is really feeling it too.

Paul has an interview Monday fingers crossed - they are so far and few in between I wish he'd get a job and we could find some stablitiy with it.

gotta get the boy up and fed for costume parade

 

[JLSE50]

Oh no, the older guy I used to work for couldn't be farther from being an energizer bunny! Yes, he used to be there at all hours, but even then he'd just shuffle through the office, slow as molasses. One of the hardest things about working for him was how slowly and inefficiently he works, because towards the end of my time working for him, I had become overflow help with the energizer bunny's workload and just couldn't afford my time standing in his office while he tried to remember why he called me, then go back to my desk on the other side of the office and have to go all the way back over to his office once he remembered what he wanted. He's a wonderful guy, I love him to death, but he's awful to work for.

My current guy is a wonderful guy, always smiling no matter how much he has going at once, and is super to work for.

Great!

 

[ibouncetoo]

Nan, I don't have paperwork on the Alaksa (as I'm just a tag-along) but the final payment date is in December I think (rediculously early). At least that's what I have in my head as final decision time. **somebody will come along with the exact date**

Kathe and I are both in limbo about the $$, but hopefully I can bunk with her to save her the solo upcharge and we can both go. We have a friend of Monica's joining us for the Alaska portion, so the two of them can keep that cabin and I can move over and share with Kathe. I keep rationalizing that this Alaska cruise has 'free' airfare for me...since I'm in Vancouver already.

Fingers crossed for Paul's interview!

.

 

[Tink rules]

To further elaborate the difference between the connotation of row houses verse townhouses:

If you look at Upstairs/Downstairs, the Bellamy's house in London located in Eton Place is connected to the houses on either side of it, and the exterior is the same as the houses on either side and the entire square.

These characteristics are the same as terraced houses you would find in Reading or Yorkshire --- connected on both sides, looks the same as the other houses on the street.

One would not however say that the Bellamy's lived in terraced houses. While for all intents and purposes they are.

The Bellamy's live in a posher neighborhood, they themselves are upper class and the houses are grander.

Marilyn will understand what I'm saying.

It is the same concept I grew up with regarding townhouses vs row houses.

Sutton Place or similar neighborhoods had townhouses.

Working class neighborhoods in Brooklyn or Philly had row houses.

Did I happen to mention that I really do live in a townhouse...

& I don't know where the servants are living since I don't have a "downstairs"

 

[JLSE50]

.....

Now I thought condos were apartments on one floor. There again, in the olden days) we used to call them flats - still do actually. Apartments were always posher!!! I guess you can have a 2 floor apartment but not a 2 floor flat!!!

To add the Middle States vocabulary:
(upstate New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana)

Condos are owned by an individual and apartments are owned by a company. We own our condo in a 6 story former factory in downtown Indianapolis. Some of the units are rented out to people but there is a personal owner. Mutual bills like heating the halls, custodial services, garbage, water, sewer, etc are paid by annual association fees so we have that in addition to our mortgage, electric bill, phone bill, etc.

Two units hooked together, like a big house with mirror image sides or different sides are called a DOUBLE. One family would live in HALF A DOUBLE.

Town houses are the same as row houses with a status thingy like Ian and Marilyn discussed--Town houses being newer and fancier so more expensive than row houses and there are 5 or more units in a row.

Houses with a small yard taken care of by a neighborhood association might be called Patio Homes.

Houses lived in by one family with their own yard cared for by their owner or someone hired by the owner are houses. The shape of the building determines the kind of house.

Two story--several styles

Ranch - one story with livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, one or more bathrooms, two or more bedrooms. They can have a basement, a crawl space or be built on a slab of concrete.

Bi-level or Raised Ranch-- a ranch with a lower level, usually finished into a family room, office or extra bedroom and a bath, sometimes set up as an apartment -- that opens out usually to the back yard with a sliding door. The front door would be half-way so you come in to a landing and go half a flight up to the ranch part and half a flight down to the lower level.

Split-level has bedrooms over a basement (finished or not) and living, dining and kitchen over a crawl space or a slab such that there is half a flight of stairs from the living-dining-kitchen level up to the bedrooms and another half flight down to the basement. Front door can be in any of several locations.

confused?

 

[granmaz]

To add the Middle States vocabulary:
(upstate New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana)

Condos are owned by an individual and apartments are owned by a company. We own our condo in a 6 story former factory in downtown Indianapolis. Some of the units are rented out to people but there is a personal owner. Mutual bills like heating the halls, custodial services, garbage, water, sewer, etc are paid by annual association fees so we have that in addition to our mortgage, electric bill, phone bill, etc.

Two units hooked together, like a big house with mirror image sides or different sides are called a DOUBLE. One family would live in HALF A DOUBLE.

Town houses are the same as row houses with a status thingy like Ian and Marilyn discussed--Town houses being newer and fancier so more expensive than row houses and there are 5 or more units in a row.

Houses with a small yard taken care of by a neighborhood association might be called Patio Homes.

Houses lived in by one family with their own yard cared for by their owner or someone hired by the owner are houses. The shape of the building determines the kind of house.

Two story--several styles

Ranch - one story with livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, one or more bathrooms, two or more bedrooms. They can have a basement, a crawl space or be built on a slab of concrete.

Bi-level or Raised Ranch-- a ranch with a lower level, usually finished into a family room, office or extra bedroom and a bath, sometimes set up as an apartment -- that opens out usually to the back yard with a sliding door. The front door would be half-way so you come in to a landing and go half a flight up to the ranch part and half a flight down to the lower level.

Split-level has bedrooms over a basement (finished or not) and living, dining and kitchen over a crawl space or a slab such that there is half a flight of stairs from the living-dining-kitchen level up to the bedrooms and another half flight down to the basement. Front door can be in any of several locations.

confused?

Yes!!! Isn't it all interesting though.

 

[JLSE50]

.....
We are leaning towards calling Willie's Rotax season over. We have a friend that is offering us the use of his other engine to race in a different series with them. Cheaper series and a variety of tracks with much stronger competition. I think part of Willie's problem is he isn't racing with a gang of kids. I've also found out that the girls that he competes agasint have been at the track 3-4 times a week he gets seat time once a month if we are lucky -as we call those types trained monkeys they can do the same track over and over again and master the track - and be fast but they can't RACE - Wilson can do great against those who are first time on the track he is a quick learn. Crappy season all in all again I'm bummed and I know Paul is really feeling it too.

Paul has an interview Monday fingers crossed - they are so far and few in between I wish he'd get a job and we could find some stablitiy with it.

gotta get the boy up and fed for costume parade

Thanks for the update. Keep us posted on Speed--maybe with this new group he will get his groove back

I have missed so much, what is your job?

Best wishes to Paul!

 

[JLSE50]

Yes!!! Isn't it all interesting though.

Yup-er-doodle !

 

[Tink rules]

One more thing. Do any of you know, would a 9-year old be young enough to still enjoy getting as a gift things for playing outside, like kites, super soaker squirt guns, sidewalk chalk, backyard-type games, etc.? Two of Tyler's cousins turned 9, one last week and one last month, we're taking birthday gifts for them when we head to their town tomorrow for my dad's birthday dinner and I'm bit lost. I got them each a gift card last year, but would like to get them each something fun this year but am not sure about the age.

Yes... Mark & Brian loved things like that... don't forget splash balls... forget chalk...

We were planning on going to visit Michelle and Barb this summer....why don't we coordinate!!

JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I have LOVED Mr Springsteen since I was a young teenager - he even pre-dates Mr Taylor by a couple of years....

My cousin knows him. He's really a regular guy... likes to show up at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park to play sometimes...

I would love to! When did you have in mind?

We're open and available almost anytime. The exceptions would be next weekend coz the kid is in FL right now with his mom and younger sister. We're holding down the fort. I can't do the weekend of the 31st of July and not on Labor Day weekend. Any other time you pick, we'll be there.

Michelle, when did you suggest we come for the races?

Holly, that might be a good time to go?

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DISER MINI MEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(ok... so I'm kidding... )

Tyler is just the sweetest....I can't wait to see you guys at Shell's. I'm going to look up hotels right now to get an idea of what's in the neighborhood. We'll stay overnight, but John only does hotels. It's an upgrade for me....when I was single I was a gypsy and would sleep wherever I could find sand. I especially loved sleeping out near the ocean on the beach. I think that's my mom's fault. She used to put me down for naps at the beach all summer as a child....what great memories!

Weekends free... August 4th... 27th & 28th... Mom won't be home for July 24th... but I should be here...

I thought terraced houses were '2 up, 2 down' - anything with more than 2 floors were townhouses... And I grew up in that industrial heartland of mediocrity, Birmingham...

I grew up in Jersey...

OMG Maz, I was 47 a couple of weeks ago and - not feeling so much of a youngster right now!!! Tho' age is, of course, relative...


I don't know. I just know I was aware of the distinction from an early age - but my Dad was a builder so maybe it was a part of my chequered upbringing...

Our 1st house was a mid-terraced house in Gillingham, Kent - £23,500 in 1985...

46 is scaring me... I don't know why... I guess I feel like there is no turning back...

 

[Tink rules]

Sorry!!!

August 7th!!! Wrong calendar page... sorry....

Holly... come visit anytime... but I don't have anyplace for anyone to stay yet... (my office isn't done with the sofabed...) and I know it would dig into your DCL payoff...

How about next year... you could combine a trip to Niagara Falls too! I bet Tyler would love it... bring your passports.. the Canadian side is the best.

 

[Tink rules]

So is everyone pumped for the big match today? I think it will be a a real cracker of a match!

I've picked them since the beginning so I'm sticking with them to the end.

Hup Holland Hup!

Go Oranje!

KAZ... DON'T EVEN THINK OF THINKING OF THEM!!! DON'T JINX IT!!!

Paul and I talked last night *again* about the B2B repo and I think it will be just me and the kids for the Repo and most likely we'll drop of alaska. Paul doesn't want to cruise anymore and the room I have book was stupidly only a 3 person room for repo so I've had to add him to someone elses ressie and then we'd have to figure out weird sleeping arrangments - just seems too hard right now. Also I can't see being gone from work that long. It was great working for myself I could control work flow better - but that doesn't happen with a growing business. I'm bummed. I really want to see Alaska I'm not cancelling anything until last drop dates - I have the best tiered pricing so if we for some reason can go I'll keep them until then (what is the drop dead date?)

Last night we did a double feature at the drive ins - It was great

Airbender -which I liked (I love the cartoon too)
and Karate Kid -good too nice sound track as well

The musical is getting near show time -today is costume parade then molly and I are going to watch some other school friends perform in High School Musical (gag) (this I can't stand)

We are leaning towards calling Willie's Rotax season over. We have a friend that is offering us the use of his other engine to race in a different series with them. Cheaper series and a variety of tracks with much stronger competition. I think part of Willie's problem is he isn't racing with a gang of kids. I've also found out that the girls that he competes agasint have been at the track 3-4 times a week he gets seat time once a month if we are lucky -as we call those types trained monkeys they can do the same track over and over again and master the track - and be fast but they can't RACE - Wilson can do great against those who are first time on the track he is a quick learn. Crappy season all in all again I'm bummed and I know Paul is really feeling it too.

Paul has an interview Monday fingers crossed - they are so far and few in between I wish he'd get a job and we could find some stablitiy with it.

gotta get the boy up and fed for costume parade

Do your best, leave the rest... Angels do no more...

& maybe Speed was just a little in over his head...

Good luck to Paul!!!

To add the Middle States vocabulary:
(upstate New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana)

Condos are owned by an individual and apartments are owned by a company. We own our condo in a 6 story former factory in downtown Indianapolis. Some of the units are rented out to people but there is a personal owner. Mutual bills like heating the halls, custodial services, garbage, water, sewer, etc are paid by annual association fees so we have that in addition to our mortgage, electric bill, phone bill, etc.

Two units hooked together, like a big house with mirror image sides or different sides are called a DOUBLE. One family would live in HALF A DOUBLE.

Town houses are the same as row houses with a status thingy like Ian and Marilyn discussed--Town houses being newer and fancier so more expensive than row houses and there are 5 or more units in a row.

Houses with a small yard taken care of by a neighborhood association might be called Patio Homes.

Houses lived in by one family with their own yard cared for by their owner or someone hired by the owner are houses. The shape of the building determines the kind of house.

Two story--several styles

Ranch - one story with livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, one or more bathrooms, two or more bedrooms. They can have a basement, a crawl space or be built on a slab of concrete.

Bi-level or Raised Ranch-- a ranch with a lower level, usually finished into a family room, office or extra bedroom and a bath, sometimes set up as an apartment -- that opens out usually to the back yard with a sliding door. The front door would be half-way so you come in to a landing and go half a flight up to the ranch part and half a flight down to the lower level.

Split-level has bedrooms over a basement (finished or not) and living, dining and kitchen over a crawl space or a slab such that there is half a flight of stairs from the living-dining-kitchen level up to the bedrooms and another half flight down to the basement. Front door can be in any of several locations.

confused?

Mansion...

A small little shack I would like to live in someday...

 

[ibouncetoo]

The building I live in is technically a duplex...which is two homes with one common wall. (Never heard Jan's term 'double' before, so that must not be from the Indiana portion) But because my duplex is part of a community association, I refer to it as a 'condo' as all 30 buildings (60 residences) are linked together. Technically I own a 1/60th share of the LAND and everything from the walls inward of my 'unit'.

An individual could own a home that was built as a true duplex and rent out the other side for instance and in that case it would not be a condo as it is privately owned.

I've never heard the term row houses applied here in the west ('cause they don't build em...ok maybe in San Fransisco...but that's just an eastern city that happens to be in the west! ). Town houses are ALWAYS at least two stories and can have several units to a 'building'.

Pretty much from a common usage perspective, here in the west condo tends to mean one level (a duplex or an apartment), townhouse is two or more levels of a property. I think in the cities, if you say 'condo' someone pictures an apartment building where you own your unit, as that's where it all started isn't it? With apartment buildings converting to community held private property.

ok....there's my 2cents.

.

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

the Canadian side is the best.

Goes without saying doesn't it?

When it comes to rocks trees and water look to Canada...

 

[granmaz]

The building I live in is technically a duplex...which is two homes with one common wall. (Never heard Jan's term 'double' before, so that must not be from the Indiana portion) But because my duplex is part of a community association, I refer to it as a 'condo' as all 30 buildings (60 residences) are linked together. Technically I own a 1/60th share of the LAND and everything from the walls inward of my 'unit'.

An individual could own a home that was built as a true duplex and rent out the other side for instance and in that case it would not be a condo as it is privately owned.

I've never heard the term row houses applied here in the west ('cause they don't build em...ok maybe in San Fransisco...but that's just an eastern city that happens to be in the west! ). Town houses are ALWAYS at least two stories and can have several units to a 'building'.

Pretty much from a common usage perspective, here in the west condo tends to mean one level (a duplex or an apartment), townhouse is two or more levels of a property. I think in the cities, if you say 'condo' someone pictures an apartment building where you own your unit, as that's where it all started isn't it? With apartment buildings converting to community held private property.

ok....there's my 2cents.

.

Now, I thought a Duplex had 2 floors, not two homes joined by a wall.

 

[ibouncetoo]

Now, I thought a Duplex had 2 floors, not two homes joined by a wall.

Technically duplex can apply to both (over/under, side by side), the side-by-side version being more common out here. They have separate entrances.

The term 'apartment' here should probably be substituted with the word 'residence' in this description, to avoid confusion.

Duplex (building)

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The term duplex can be used to describe several different dwelling unit configurations:
A duplex house is defined as a dwelling having apartments with separate entrances for two families. This includes two-story houses having a complete apartment on each floor and also side-by-side apartments on a single lot that share a common wall.[1] By contrast, a building comprising two attached units on two distict properties is typically considered semi-detached or twin homes but may also be refered to as a duplex.
The term "duplex" can also be extended to three-unit and four-unit buildings, or they can be referred to with specific terms such as triplex and fourplex or quadplex[2], with triple decker being a common name for the three story variant in the Boston area. Because of the flexibility of the term, the line between an apartment building and a duplex is somewhat blurred, with apartment buildings tending to be bigger, while duplexes are usually the size of a normal house.
Especially in dense areas like Manhattan, a duplex apartment refers to a maisonette, a single dwelling unit spread over two floors connected by an indoor staircase. Similarly, a triplex apartment refers to an apartment spread out over three floors. These properties can be quite expensive, and include the most expensive property in Manhattan as of 2006 (according to Forbes Magazine), a triplex atop The Pierre Hotel

 

[EllaEnchanted]

What races? And it depends on whether it's a weekend Tyler's with me, but we can definitely work this!

YEAHHHHHH I'm excited and looking forward to it.

The horse races in Saratoga Springs.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Paul and I talked last night *again* about the B2B repo and I think it will be just me and the kids for the Repo and most likely we'll drop of alaska. Paul doesn't want to cruise anymore and the room I have book was stupidly only a 3 person room for repo so I've had to add him to someone elses ressie and then we'd have to figure out weird sleeping arrangments - just seems too hard right now. Also I can't see being gone from work that long. It was great working for myself I could control work flow better - but that doesn't happen with a growing business. I'm bummed. I really want to see Alaska I'm not cancelling anything until last drop dates - I have the best tiered pricing so if we for some reason can go I'll keep them until then (what is the drop dead date?)

Last night we did a double feature at the drive ins - It was great

Airbender -which I liked (I love the cartoon too)
and Karate Kid -good too nice sound track as well

The musical is getting near show time -today is costume parade then molly and I are going to watch some other school friends perform in High School Musical (gag) (this I can't stand)

We are leaning towards calling Willie's Rotax season over. We have a friend that is offering us the use of his other engine to race in a different series with them. Cheaper series and a variety of tracks with much stronger competition. I think part of Willie's problem is he isn't racing with a gang of kids. I've also found out that the girls that he competes agasint have been at the track 3-4 times a week he gets seat time once a month if we are lucky -as we call those types trained monkeys they can do the same track over and over again and master the track - and be fast but they can't RACE - Wilson can do great against those who are first time on the track he is a quick learn. Crappy season all in all again I'm bummed and I know Paul is really feeling it too.

Paul has an interview Monday fingers crossed - they are so far and few in between I wish he'd get a job and we could find some stablitiy with it.

gotta get the boy up and fed for costume parade

Hi Nan, how's mom and when is the surgery? I'll be thinking of her and sending pixie dust to you all. I'm sad about you maybe not being on the Alaskan cruise, but I fully understand. LIFE gets in the way of doing what you want sometimes.

EVERYTHING is crossed for Paul on Monday! Go Get 'EM!!!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Weekends free... August 4th... 27th & 28th... Mom won't be home for July 24th... but I should be here...


Really....???....you only have 3 weekends free for the entire summer??? But you live in a rural area, not NYC.

Holly will only have Tyler one of those three weekends. So if it's ok with you both, then maybe we should pick that one. It's August 28th.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Sorry!!!

August 7th!!! Wrong calendar page... sorry....

Holly... come visit anytime... but I don't have anyplace for anyone to stay yet... (my office isn't done with the sofabed...) and I know it would dig into your DCL payoff...

How about next year... you could combine a trip to Niagara Falls too! I bet Tyler would love it... bring your passports.. the Canadian side is the best.

Nooooooooooo.....I want to see Holly and Tyler too. I'll book them a hotel room too.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Goes without saying doesn't it?

When it comes to rocks trees and water look to Canada...