Steff

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 11:16 AM) I went to Baltimore a few weeks ago..... And Atlanta next week..... LOL Soxy.. have a good time in Atlanta!!

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 11:07 AM) Tulum was cool. But I'm a history freak anyway. I've heard it's absoultely amazing there.. we'll be sure to take thaty excursion if we go on that one.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 11:10 AM) Thats always been my fear as well...the food you hear about people getting sick a lot lately...its freaky. Plus not to mention motion sickness or sea sickness...these boats have some of the best stablizers on them but you can still feel the rocking of the ocean.... I'm good with the motion thing. Never gotten sick on deep sea fishing boats, of course now that I say that I'll spend the entire trip sick as a dog.. :puke I guess there is nothing we can do about the food.. just hope that everything is fine.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 10:38 AM) It was in like early October...I remember like last week being the 6 month anniversary of the surgery. They should have done this surgery as soon as he was hurt instead of waiting. I think they would rather have seen how it healed before messing with it..

Anyone else hear the Tyra banks rant on Howard this morning... ?? I was looking for a link to it, but I can't find it anywhere. She was b****ing at one of the contestants on her show, America's Next Top Model, and I guess it was pretty hysterical...

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?s...&type=worldNews advertisement Plans for apartments at Plaza hotel draw NY angst Wed Apr 6, 2005 09:55 PM ET Printer Friendly | Email Article | Reprints | RSS (Page 1 of 2) Top News Bombs Kill 15 in Surge of Violence in Iraq Rudolph Pleads Guilty to Atlanta Olympic Blast Space Shuttle Set for Fuel Tank Test MORE By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Somewhere in New York's Plaza hotel, Eloise must be sad. The heroine of children's storybooks who roller-skates through its halls and irks its stodgy guests will need a new place to play next month, when owners close its doors and turn The Plaza into shops and condominiums. The conversion spells an end to such traditions as after-theater drinks at The Plaza's Oak Room and lavish weddings in the Grand Ballroom. "It was the place to go in New York," said 70-year-old Robert Siegel as he chatted with a Plaza doorman on Wednesday. Elad Properties, which bought The Plaza last year for $675 million, plans to spend more than $300 million to build retail space and condominiums that reportedly could fetch up to $20 million. When it reopens in late 2006, the number of hotel rooms will be down to 150 from today's 805. The plans have raised a chorus of objections in Manhattan, from socialites to tourists to maids. And with Elad based in Israel, opponents have run full-page ads in newspapers there. The Rev. Jesse Jackson led a protest; Mayor Michael Bloomberg met with Elad to discuss a compromise, and the City Council is weighing a law to bar hotels from converting more than 20 percent of their space into condominiums or cooperative apartments. JOBS ON LINE Workers marched this week to save 900 Plaza jobs. "If the Plaza goes to condos, they all can," said Howard Leslie, a banquet worker. "That's why we have to stop them." To the world, the 98-year-old hotel is where Truman Capote held his Black and White Ball; Alfred Hitchcock had Cary Grant kidnapped in "North by Northwest;" Neil Simon set "Plaza Suite;" and fans besieged the Beatles on their first visit to New York. More at link..

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 10:18 AM) Hmmmm. Maybe she didn't like that cheap ass bread you've been giving her. Pfftt... women... never satisfied. :rolly

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 10:07 AM) Isn't this usually called a clock?

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 10:04 AM) Are the eggs still there? Yep... and the new bread I out out last night.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 10:05 AM) Steff and Jas, MANY THANKS for your insights. I get a headache staring down all of this stuff and I appreciate your input. I know that escrow crap is a pain in the rear end.. when we bought it was new construction and our first tax bill was based on undeveloped land.. that bill was a joke.. the next year we knew it would be a lot more.. but not $5K more (tax here is approx 3% the value of the home)!!! One phone call to WF and it was straightened out.

The duck didn't come back this morning.. this worries me...

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 09:53 AM) Carnival cruises have been pretty good... I have been on one cruise and it was a Carnival....Awesome ship...tons of s*** to do on them. Ok good.. our biggest fear is something wrong with the food. Jason.. I was sure you would suggest the one going out of LA.. I thought it was you that had been to Cabo.?

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 09:30 AM) My cousin is a loan officer there (he closed for us on our consolidation of pre-existing mortgage and construction loan at ABN-AMRO before he switched about a year ago or so). I've used them for all 3 of my purchases. They have been great. And they have a ton of offices which I like so you can go into any one of them and talk to someone face to face if you have a problem.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 05:50 AM) I don't know about LendingTree, but we just used quicken for our home purchase and regeret it very much. They closed very quickly and the rates were competitive, but literally 1 month after closing they sold the loan out from under us to some lender we have never heard of and never would have used in a million years. Jason might be able to chime in and answer whether this is par for the course for the big lenders. It sucks because we know we have been assessed at too hogh a property tax rate and will need to be fither refunded from the escrow account or have the extra money applied to our principal at teh end of the year. The loan ofricer at Quicken was up to speed on all of this but this new outfit has no idea what I'm trying to tell them. I am really mad. Jim.. here in Illinois if it's within 6 months of closing a re-eval can be done and the escrow amount adjusted at no cost. I don't know about down there.. and I don't know if it's been sold.. but might be worth a shot to call and inqire sternly.. ? I would also call Quicken... and something else Illinois has is a sort of "complaint hotline" for those who think they got "taken" in the mortgage process. It's mainly for those that have been denied conventional loans.. or have been wrestled into FHA's when they are qualified for others.. but I think they might at least be able to steer you in the right direction to get the escrow squared away...

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 09:20 AM) LA to Puerto Vallarta to Mazatlan to Cabo and back. I hear is an awesome trip. Puerto Vallarta is suppose to be gorgeous...I don't think you could lose with any of those really though... That and the Aruba trip are the ones getting most of the rave reviews. I have not been on a cruise in 10 years.. have you, or anyone..? The line is Carnival.. any bad/good stories about them..??

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 09:21 AM) ^^^ what he said lol. LOL...

I used the internet sites in the past to get offers.. then took those offers to Wells Fargo and Bank One. Both companies matched the internet offers (and WF waived all but $100 closing costs) to get the business. I worry about those companies selling your info if you don't use them.. juddling if you want a name of a loan advisor from Wells Fargo PM me.. they are pretty good about answering questions and that way you have someone direct you can email versus having to cold call them. Either way.. congrats and good luck.

What's up people... you guys don't vacation..???

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153414,00.html Jacko Must Make Beatles Sale Thursday, April 14, 2005 By Roger Friedman Jacko Must Make Beatles Sale A deal to extricate Michael Jackson from his perilous financial situation is at hand. I can tell you exclusively that the deal Jackson is being offered must be signed in the next few days, or he really will have his proverbial head on the chopping block. I'm told Jackson will likely be presented with a deal sculpted by what I call his "permanent government" of lawyers and advisers, not the many shady characters who've come and gone over the years. This "government" includes music publisher Charles Koppelman (who's also on the boards of Martha Stewart and Steve Madden's companies), attorneys John Branca and Al Malnik, Jane Heller of Bank of America and private investors represented by Goldman Sachs. First, the deal: Sources say Jackson will be selling most of his 50 percent interest in Sony/ATV Music Publishing, aka the Beatles catalog.

Jim.. I think you still have time to pick..

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 13, 2005 -> 09:10 PM) Why on the Comcast White Sox post game show is there a photo of the Wrigley Field marquee right behind the host? C'mon Comcast, put a couple of hundred dollars together and switch that to USCF, at least for the White Sox shows. There's one behind each host. Behind Bill is the US Cell one.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 08:26 AM) No clue, that's kinda what I'm asking. Basically, someone can say they have certain tix, ask to be paid via PayPal, send me bogus tix and then dissapear, right? What's the protection on sites like E Bay? Ahhh..I see. To be honest.. I've bought and sold concert tickets on ebay without incident.. never even thought about a possible one. I thought Paypal offered insurance though.. not 100% sure.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 14, 2005 -> 07:27 AM) I think it is the friends and family section It is.. sorry bout that.

OK.. it's down to cruising from Tampa to Cozumel to the Grand Cayman and back to Tampa.. or Miami to the Grand Cayman to Ohco Rios and back.. or LA to Puerto Vallarta to Mazatlan to Cabo and back... or the final choice.. San Juan to St John to Dominica to Barbados to Aruba and back.. Anyone been to these places reciently and have any thoughts...?? I went to the Grand Cayman 10 years ago and liked it.. also.. is Cozumel like Cancun..? We really didn't like Cancun when we were there in January. TIA guys!

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Apr 13, 2005 -> 11:31 PM) Both girls AND boys have groins. But "boys have a penis, girls have a vagina!" -- Kindergarten Cop (1990). LMAO.. just watched that the other day. "My daddy looks at vaginas all day"..