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Topic: 2018 Season Stream of Completely Off-Topic Unconsciousness

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847badgerfan

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #182 on: March 20, 2018, 09:45:57 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on March 20, 2018, 07:53:19 PM
Rumor is that back in the mob's heyday in Chicago, Wisconsin was a favorite place for them to get away from it all. I have a friend who waited tables in college back in the 50s when very mob-like folks regularly ate in her restaurant in Wisconsin.
When we depart Kenosha by boat you can see, just over the WI/IL border, Al Capone's old home in Pleasant Prairie. It's on a man-made peninsula into The Lake.

The gun turrets are plainly visible, and it's got a long driveway out to the little road into his place. His guys could see enemies coming by boat, or by land.

I make it a point to show the house to my guests, whenever we decide to cruise South from Kenosha.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #183 on: March 21, 2018, 09:11:27 AM »
I last bought a residence in 1987, and that was from a builder.  It struck me as fairly simple.

So, we're doing it again today, and it is anything but simple.  I guess we finally got "under contract" yesterday.  I had to have a letter sent saying I had the funds for the closing, along with a lot of other burfle, clean contracts that are way too long, and other nonsense.

And, apparently today, they don't write checks, they want money to be wired.

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #184 on: March 21, 2018, 10:03:43 AM »
Apparently that Texas terrorist blew himself up this morning as authorities closed in.

Has to be a relief for the Texas residents on here.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #185 on: March 21, 2018, 10:16:56 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 21, 2018, 09:11:27 AM
I last bought a residence in 1987, and that was from a builder.  It struck me as fairly simple.

So, we're doing it again today, and it is anything but simple.  I guess we finally got "under contract" yesterday.  I had to have a letter sent saying I had the funds for the closing, along with a lot of other burfle, clean contracts that are way too long, and other nonsense.

And, apparently today, they don't write checks, they want money to be wired.


That's what a crash in the sub-prime market will do. Those of us who did not default and did the right things are paying for this, 10 years later.

That crash can be traced to policies instituted in the 1990's.

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/30/business/fannie-mae-eases-credit-to-aid-mortgage-lending.html
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #186 on: March 21, 2018, 10:27:18 AM »
Yes, must be wired.  Our parent company is a large bank, and I share office space with a couple folks on the mortgage and credit side.  I get a nice play by play of this stuff.  Wires are a must.  Threshold is low too, I remember doing a re-fi not too long ago, and it was less than a $1,000 (wire).   Check fraud, identity theft/fraud and laundering have all made coming with a check to close a 'no no' for banks and title companies.    Even buying a car with 'cash' by writing a check is frowned upon by Dealers.

As I often say to people who complain about how different the mortgage process is nowadays.  You're not buying/financing a pair of shoes.

We're deep into the building process now and the hoops on the draws are fairly amusing, but for different reasons.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #187 on: March 21, 2018, 11:19:43 AM »
So I'm supposed to be getting on an airplane to Philly right now, and then connecting to Rome. Well, that nor'easter screwed me.

So now I have to catch a flight to Heathrow in the early evening, land there, and then have most of the afternoon to get from Heathrow to Gatwick for my flight to Rome.

Anyone ever have to do this? If I'm going to be in London (and it's the first time there for either me or my bride) and have ~6 hours to kill, I don't want to just go straight from one airport to another. But we'll have luggage with us, which makes things difficult.

Thoughts?
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #188 on: March 21, 2018, 11:24:27 AM »
HA!!!

yeah, that 6 hour layover will be consumed by the bus ride between them.  you'll have maybe 2 hours to kill tops.  i had to do just that way back in 2004~5ish...  thought i was going to get out and have a proper meal and an afternoon at dunhill's smoking room... nope... it was a goat-rope scramble. 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #189 on: March 21, 2018, 11:58:07 AM »
I second that.  Not nearly enough time to make a mini escape.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #190 on: March 21, 2018, 12:18:45 PM »
You will have almost no time in London. Traffic is no gouda there and you have about 30 miles to burn up.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #191 on: March 21, 2018, 12:20:42 PM »
after thinking about this a while, i recall some things i didn't at first... 

the bus over to Gatwick runs on a schedule- i lost a good amount of time waiting for the next run.  maybe an hour and a half to two hours... the run itself was right at an hour... getting through security was a trip, and because i can actually frame this in a time period now: it was early 2002 right on the heels of the 'shoe bomber' (no pun intended)- and likely January or February... I recall traveling for three days and hiking all over airports everywhere and thinking "they're gonna love it when i pull these boots off for security".  We were traveling in/out of the SWA regularly, at that point, laying the groundwork for the invasion of Iraq the following year. 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #192 on: March 21, 2018, 12:30:44 PM »
It's actually a 9 hr layover. Land at noon, next flight at 9 PM. So I was banking on the idea that I'd have to get to Gatwick around 6:30 or so. So between getting out of customs at Heathrow and into security at Gatwick, it's probably 5-6 hours, 2-2:30 of which will be used up between the tube and train.

Looks like from talking to a couple of locals at work, we're going to grab the tube downtown, hit up a sight or two, grab some lunch and then take the train from London to Gatwick.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #193 on: March 21, 2018, 12:38:25 PM »
What are you doing in Rome, and how long?
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #194 on: March 21, 2018, 01:24:37 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on March 21, 2018, 12:30:44 PM
It's actually a 9 hr layover. Land at noon, next flight at 9 PM. So I was banking on the idea that I'd have to get to Gatwick around 6:30 or so. So between getting out of customs at Heathrow and into security at Gatwick, it's probably 5-6 hours, 2-2:30 of which will be used up between the tube and train.

Looks like from talking to a couple of locals at work, we're going to grab the tube downtown, hit up a sight or two, grab some lunch and then take the train from London to Gatwick.
Tube is definitely better.  My problem was that I was there for a summer, so I had so much luggage, I couldn't navigate it through public transit, so we took a cab, which took forever to nab.  Then on the way out, was right after the 7/7 bombings so all public transit security was lengthy.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #195 on: March 21, 2018, 02:04:08 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on March 21, 2018, 12:38:25 PM
What are you doing in Rome, and how long?

Sadly, not as much as planned. We were supposed to arrive first thing in the morning Thursday, but will actually be there slight after midnight that night. Then leaving Rome for Cinque Terre on Sunday. But we'll hit the Vatican on Friday, maybe some of the other ruins on Saturday, and play the rest by ear.

Quote from: ELA on March 21, 2018, 01:24:37 PM
Tube is definitely better.  My problem was that I was there for a summer, so I had so much luggage, I couldn't navigate it through public transit, so we took a cab, which took forever to nab.  Then on the way out, was right after the 7/7 bombings so all public transit security was lengthy.
Yeah, luggage worries me a little. Gotta navigate the tube and a little of London with our luggage. But we worked to economize the luggage so we don't have that much, and we're only going to have one short walk to make from the tube station to sights and then a pub.
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