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What Happened....
Besides tax dollars--taxes are low here--Indianapolis has gotten federal grants and a lot of money from Eli Lilly, which is based here. The city offers a deal where you can homestead an abandoned house in certain areas for $10,000 purchase price, plus loans to fix up the exterior, which are...- Paisley
- Post #431
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
There's a gold reflective glass building on Colorado Boulevard in Denver that blinds motorists when it reflects the dazzling Colorado sunshine. And occasionally, in downtown Denver, a big window in a steel and glass building breaks from the wind that gusts along the Front Range of the Rockies...- Paisley
- Post #429
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
In home furnishing magazines, a lot of the appeal of the rooms they show is great architecture. Certain decorating styles just don't work in a 60s ranch house. One thing I love about living in an older city is the architecture (including a nice school across the street from my house). Denver...- Paisley
- Post #416
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Every Time I Toss the Bacon Grease I Feel Guilty
Fry some chicken livers in it and make pate.- Paisley
- Post #16
- Forum: Your Vintage Home
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What Happened....
What this sounds like is eminent domain abuse and crony capitalism. For the record, I'm not in favor of either one, to the extent that a few days ago I designated the Institute for Justice as the beneficiary of my 401(k). IJ is a nonprofit, public interest law firm that takes eminent domain...- Paisley
- Post #389
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
If the block was bought and razed through eminent domain in the name of economic development, then I wholeheartedly share your resentment. I'm a supporter of the Institute for Justice. One of their missions is stopping eminent domain abuse. But if the owners on the block freely sold their...- Paisley
- Post #385
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
Re: taste. Good taste is fine, but it's not some great accomplishment. As for food, I'm limited in what I can eat, so I maximize the rest. Sushi--yes. Canned tuna--yes. Deep-fried fish--I enjoy seldom. Steak tartar, seaweed, Velveeta, dandelion greens, chicken livers, elk, wild boar, tofu...- Paisley
- Post #380
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
Re: changing neighborhoods. The sense of community in Denver wasn't destroyed because there wasn't one to begin with. When I moved, I knew the people in three houses in the whole area after living in the neighborhood for 20 years. (Further, most of my loved ones are dead and all but a few of my...- Paisley
- Post #379
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
At the bottom of many problems involving lack of housing and services is regulation. California has land use restrictions galore (and it's virtually impossible to throw out a deadbeat tenant). New York City has rent control. Colorado has a liability law that discourages developers from building...- Paisley
- Post #331
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
For the most part, once you start working, nobody cares where you went to school--unless it was at a very smart place.- Paisley
- Post #317
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
After the mortgage debacle happened, I watched It's a Wonderful Life with a different point of view. If people hadn't been so encouraged by George Bailey to own their own homes, many of them could have moved where they could get work, without risking the stigma of bankruptcy, when the factory...- Paisley
- Post #316
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
On the subject of low-brow food, Velveeta is wonderful over Italian pizza sausage. I need to try it over eggplant and spaghetti sauce. It's too hot here to wear a hat. What I need are new prescription sunglasses.- Paisley
- Post #309
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
FF, you've touched on a reason college graduates tend to do better in life than non-graduates: an endeavor that requires ambition, sacrifice and at least an average IQ attracts people who have certain habits and traits to begin with. Engineering attracts all that plus a certain personality type...- Paisley
- Post #308
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
It's closer to $90,000 with interest, making a few assumptions. Maybe if the kid's family were swimming in money, it would be a good deal. If an undergraduate degree in art history didn't lead to a good-paying job, she could run out and get another degree or marry someone with some money...- Paisley
- Post #295
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
Correct--your employer isn't your advocate. Neither is your college advisor, your minister, your loan officer, your doctor* or anyone who is employed by someone who isn't you. As Joel Greenblatt put it, "Rule 1 is don't trust anyone over 30. Rule 2 is don't trust anyone 30 or under. Get it? You...- Paisley
- Post #292
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
The internet says room, board, fees and books are around $15,000 per year. :eek: The kinds of positions Mom has in mind for her daughter, like museum director, require an advanced degree. The daughter was offered other scholarships, and the mom has two or three other kids and a flaky ex. Under...- Paisley
- Post #291
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
I talked to a woman today who was in a tizzy because she couldn't afford to send her daughter to Boston University (even with scholarships) to get an art history degree. Oh, but the daughter was passionate about art history, and the Boston U scholarship was the best deal out of all the schools...- Paisley
- Post #264
- Forum: The Golden Era
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
Now you're thinking like an engineer. The fewer parts that are involved, the less likely something is to break down (all else being equal). If you want a really simple clothes dryer, you can make your own solar/wind powered dryer. All you need is two screw-in eyes, a swivel round eye with bolt...- Paisley
- Post #3,494
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Happened....
That gives me an idea: Velveeta. I love cheese sauce, but it makes my face break out. I see Velveeta doesn't actually contain cheese. Perfect. I'll pour it on some organic vegetables or pasture-raised meat for a dish that probably nobody else would want to eat.- Paisley
- Post #262
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Happened....
Re: low-brow foods. I love grass-fed beef & butter and pasture-raised pork and think they have real benefits for health and the environment, but I love Atkins bars, American cheese, diet soda, and bunless burgers from McDonald's and Hardees, too. I'm limited in what I can eat and for me, these...- Paisley
- Post #260
- Forum: The Golden Era
