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Yep, I can always bundle up and stay warm but when it's hot there isn't much a person can do except suffer. Unless they live in Arizona where the heat doesn't matter because it's a "dry" heat and it only last's three months! ;)

Probably couldn't name all 47 states, or however many there were back then. That would be about six weeks in 1912. Arizona became a state on JAnuary 6 and New Mexico followed on February 14.

"Did you put any conditions on the house you were buying?" First, thanks to all for the good wishes. Still, it is far from a done deal. The only condition in the contract is a contingency that our house must sell within 90 days. With the new due diligence regulations, the owner must remove his house from the market for a specified amount of time. He chose 90 days. I don't blame him. Under the old rules, an owner could continue to show his property to prospective buyers. This no longer holds true. The new rule actually benefits the buyer, but handicaps the seller to a degree. If our house doesn't sell in 90 days, we could ask the owner for an extension. To do that, we would have to prove that our house was actively being seen. Even then, the owner might not grant the extension. After buying 14 houses over the years, I outlined my strategy for this deal very carefully. First, I negotiated a great deal on the new property. I wanted to do this because I'm planning to take a $42K loss on the current house. I'm doing this in order to meet the 90 day target. The money lost will be made up by the deal that I got on the new property. I managed to negotiate the owner's price downward by $110K. Even his listing agent was amazed. As to your inquiry regarding the market here: It's better than the national average and much better than New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Arizona---the four states with the worst market conditions presently. Our resort market here has always depended on New York and Pennsylvania first. Another factor here is the amount of inventory out there and the price competition. The U.S. is also preparing for the final flood of foreclosures to hit the market within the next three to six months. That will also impact the market. I'm trying to beat the arrival of that flood. I'm saying all of this to simply put it this way: I don't know what my chances are. Our listing agent spent four hours here this morning. She liked the staging of the house, the lighting, the layout, the rear garden area and the front landscaping. Also, the lake across the street helps. She thinks that it will show exceptionally well. Still, there are other homes in the area which also show exceptionally well. Our home has two advantages over some: (1) We are 45 minutes from the rear entrance to Ft. Bragg---a key component in the market just now. (2) Our house is turn key---it's all been done by us with $80K in renovations. It's a crap shoot---the right buyer in the right place at the right time. We'll see. As for "holding two houses"? Not me. My wife suggested that we move forward and leave ours behind rented. Been there, done that---a disaster. Renters don't take care of houses the same way as I, the owner, would. They also skip out on you, and they often complain about this and that. I'm too old to deal with all of that crap. To answer Jmonroe's question: This was the only house that we considered or were interested in buying. We've known about this house for years and had been in it at times for parties and meetings. We always agreed that if it ever came on the market and we could afford it, we would try to buy it. Until 5 years ago, we could never have afforded it. It finally came on the market at the right point in our lives. Though it is a dream home, I try to remember that it is only a house. If it's meant to be, it will happen. If not, I have a nice house now. We'll let the Guy upstairs help us along this road. To Fezo: What will I do with 4,200 sq.ft.? We'll fill it with all of this furniture that we don't want to sell, left to us by people that we loved. Though it's only material objects, each one does have a memory attached for us. The convertible? I'll leave it parked in the garage for you. ;) Richard

OK. it's on my bucket list. My wife and I are both 73 and in good health...but we all know how fleeting than can be. We have a 2003 Camry and a 2011 Subaru Outback 3.6 Limited. We use the Outback to tow a 2011 Aliner pop up camper. We visited many Ontario Provincial Parks last summer and had a lot of fun. The Outback can tow 3,000 lbs. so the loaded trailer weight of 2,000 lbs. was no problem. The main issue was the small space (i.e. cramped) and the lack of a toilet. So we just visited the Toronto RV Show to look at larger trailers. The problem in a nutshell was that they became longer and far too heavy for the Subaru Outback to pull. So....we take delivery in May of a 2012 Coachmen Concord 225 LE (Class C) motorhome. This gives us the most bang for the buck. It is powered by a Ford V-10 6.8 litre engine, with a power slide-out section to give us more width. All the comforts including a 32" TV. It is 25 feet long. We traded in BOTH the Aliner trailer and the Camry...and saved 13% tax on this amount by doing so. We can easily get along with just one car. A new adventure is ahead of us..and after we have learned about our new rig we will revisit familiar spots in Ontario, then head farther afield. Arizona, Texas and certainly the Canadian West and East, including Newfoundland. Please don't jump on me about the expected lousy gas mileage. You only go around the block once and we haven't completed our journey yet. Doug

Forget global warming - it's Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again) Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 years The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years. The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century. Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997. We are now at what should be the peak of what scientists call ‘Cycle 24’ – which is why last week’s solar storm resulted in sightings of the aurora borealis further south than usual. But sunspot numbers are running at less than half those seen during cycle peaks in the 20th Century. Analysis by experts at NASA and the University of Arizona – derived from magnetic-field measurements 120,000 miles beneath the sun’s surface – suggest that Cycle 25, whose peak is due in 2022, will be a great deal weaker still. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093264/Forget-global-warming--Cy- cle-25-need-worry-NASA-scientists-right-Thames-freezing-again.html I know this will be a tough pill for the MMGW doomsayers to handle. I want my money back from the CA CO2 mandates that have raised the price of Electricity. Maybe we can get a class action suit against Al Gore. Strip him of his millions made with his false claims.