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Orange Peels Could Float Florida in Ethanol

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:48 AM) This is a huge step if true. It's stepping over a gigantic roadblock. very true. I am so excited to see wind and solar projects. A few weeks ago when my wife and I were driving back from seeing her family in Iowa, we drove past a wind farm while going north in I-39 and I smiled.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 09:44 AM) YAY! One step at a time

Sources: Secretary to OK Cape Cod wind turbine project CapeWind.org

*takes notes for when I move in a few years*

Chris Harris: "Breaking News- I will be traded to Chicago Bears. Carolina u have been great and deeply missed. I have a special place in my heart for you" Brad Biggs: "Trade could involve a veteran linebacker."

I posed the same question to a Disney World message board (I figured people who live there might have a few thoughts as well) and got this little nugget: "The May 2010 issue of Money Magazine predicts a recovery year of 2031 for Florida. That's getting back to peak prices, though, so it's a little extreme. And pretty broad, covering the whole state, not individual areas.!"

I'd liek the next mayor to break the union strong hold on the city, but i doubt that happens.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 10:18 PM) Which school? University of South Dakota

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 10:05 PM) 10 yrs ago, I met my now wife in an AOL chat room. 7 yrs to this day we have been married. Everyone thought we were nuts dating from the internet. Yep. If you said "I met him/her online" people looked at you funny.

I met my now wife on MatchMaker.com back in 2002 (I think it is now a completely differant site). This was before meeting people online was largely socially acceptable. She was at school in South Dakota (she grew up in Iowa) and I was going to Columbia College in Chicago. She is the one who contacted me... said I looked like a teady bear. We married in 2005. Celebrating 5 years in August.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 11:40 AM) A good first step before buying any place is having an "energy audit" done, at the same time you have a building inspector go through. You can have the basic things checked, like the insulation, windows, what sort of water storage/processing you might be able to set up, learn what the local laws are, see what kind of tax breaks you might qualify for, etc. My wife and I have said that no matter where we move... another house in the chicago area, closer to her family in Iowa, or Florida... one of our main upgrade priorities will be "eco-friendly" updates such as solar or wind power, natural water heaters (something my wife saw while in Mexico), stuff like that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 12:27 PM) Also, something else to keep in mind - one of the few bright spots in real estate has been open land, particularly recreation properties in the south and west. Baby Boomers are retiring and moving to the country, and further, the populations in those areas continue to grow faster than the rest of the country. So that's another path to consider - land is a lot cheaper to buy and cheaper to hold (property taxes) with no home on it. So you could perhaps buy a nice chunk of property for very little money now, and build on it later. I love the idea of buying land and building later, but i just dont see a situation where we'd be able to afford building anytime in the near future. QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 12:45 PM) In 5-10 years there's going to be a massive amount of empty homes out there on the market, and I dunno that there's going to be enough demand to match it. Well, that's a positive for me. But I think Central Florida will always be a retirement destination, so there will always be at least SOME demand, but they probably did overbuild. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) If you're planning on doing things the right way...which to me is not buying a house as an investment, but is buying a house as a place to live for 20+ years unless you get offered a spectacular job somewhere else...I'm totally serious about this...take a moment and think about climate change as well. Between sea level rise/erosion, storm surges, etc., I'd at least try to make sure I knew something about the elevation of any place I bought, yearly rainfall, probably the type of soil underneath, increasing energy costs, availability/regulation of solar panels, driving distance, method of electricity production, etc. That's an interesting angle I had not thought of.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 10:03 AM) Ahhh, BP...so there's sponsorship involved. Now it all makes sense! My thought exactly.

RNC: THe Law Doesnt Apply To Us

InsideTheSox: #WhiteSox, #Cubs & BP announce creation of the BP Crosstown Cup, which will go to the yearly series winner.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 02:12 AM) We already have a trophy, why have that one? That's the only trophy that matters

Dumb dumb dumb

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 25, 2010 -> 09:38 PM) They finished shooting the finale a few days ago. All over for the cast. :crying

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 07:22 AM) Now this is science! Boobquake Experiment coming Monday For those that want to track Boobquake's photographic evidence: http://twitter.com/search?q=Boobquake#sear...Boobquake%20pic

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 08:35 PM) The Reagan administration came in and ripped them out. Then slashed all of Carter's energy efficiency programs, killed the tax credits, and pushed hard for more oil usage. And thank god those offshore oil rigs are perfectly safe for the environment.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 05:08 PM) GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL :headbang

Suuuurreee... i get pulled away from the TV at work for just a MOMENT and miss the goal.

Poorly Worded Headline of the Day: Red-light camera changes head to governor