On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:23:08 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 7:25:49 PM UTC-6, wrote:
>> On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 7:11:22 PM UTC-6, wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 6:15:35 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
>> > > Alex wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > John Kuthe wrote:
>> > > > > On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 6:15:19 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
>> > > > > > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> > > > > > > On 1/10/2021 10:57 AM, GM wrote:
>> > > > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 8:00:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy
>> > > > > > > > > Hamilton wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 2:52:13 PM UTC-5,
>> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:42:51 AM UTC-6, John
>> > > > > > > > > > > Kuthe wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11:20:22 AM UTC-6,
>> > > > > > > > > > > > John Kuthe wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > And The House smells wonderful.
>> > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> > > > > > > > > > > > And I just got them in the Oven@350F, 11:30AM.
>> > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > Mmmmmm! :-)
>> > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> > > > > > > > > > > Done, covered, and in my Big Refrigerator:
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > https://i.postimg.cc/65dgRBJx/Garlic...f-1-9-2021.jpg
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > 33F now, temp controlled by Mother Gaia!
>> > > > > > > > > > Do you know how badly it hurts Mother Gaia when we make
>> > > > > > > > > > aluminum out of bauxite?
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > Making meatallic aluminum from bauxite is very energy
>> > > > > > > > > intensive. It's no coincidence that aluminum plants are
>> > > > > > > > > usually located near large hydroelectric dams. Recycling a
>> > > > > > > > > aluminum can uses a small fraction of that energy. Used
>> > > > > > > > > aluminum foil that is contaminated with food isn't
>> > > > > > > > > recyclable, and goes into Mother Gaia's Sanitary Landfill.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Widespread availability of cheap aluminum is one of the
>> > > > > > > > Machine Age's great accomplishments...alu was once about as
>> > > > > > > > expensive as gold...
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > The Washington Monument Was Completed in 1884. That 9-inch
>> > > > > > > aluminum pyramid, which completes the top of the structure as
>> > > > > > > it narrows to a point, is 100-ounces of solid aluminum, part of
>> > > > > > > the monument's lightning protection system. In the 1880s,
>> > > > > > > aluminum was a rare metal, selling for $1.10 per ounce and used
>> > > > > > > primarily for jewelry ..
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Gold was $20.67. Today is about $1300.
>> > > > > > It's about 50% higher than that. Who knew it would be a great
>> > > > > > investment at $400 just 20 years ago?
>> > > > > Missed out on the Gold Rush, eh? ;-)
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN....
>> > > >
>> > > > Yes, but my other investments are serving me well.
>> > > I don't have many but the main one is still netting me 8% return.
>> > We're looking at houses again tomorrow, some of which are in a
>> > municipality that is known worldwide, Ferguson. The Ferguson
>> > cop who killed Michael Brown lived in Crestwood, where Mr. Kuthe
>> > and I grew up. One can get a lot of house for not a lot of money in
>> > Ferguson.
>> > https://www.zillow.com/homes/2653052_zpid/
>> > It's not unsafe. I was hesitant about my son buying in North County,
>> > but a big yard and open floorplan is what he wants, and while the
>> > lender considers it investment property, for my son, it's a potential
>> > home.
>> >
>> > --Bryan
>> Prejudiced much? :-(
>>
>John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
>when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
>at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
>every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
>folks have as well.
>
>What I wouldn't do is buy a house that needed $125K of roof repair,
>putting in more money than the house would sell for today, which is
>what you did. The exterior of your house is beautiful, and perhaps
>the inside is as well, but what you have into the house, money-wise,
>is less than market value.
>
>The house that my son is on the verge of putting an offer on is likely
>to increase in value, and it's in a municipality that has businesses,
>not one of the tiny cities in North County that's revenues are almost
>exclusively from property taxes.
>
>****, John, you know me well enough to know that I'm anything but
>racist. I would have preferred that my son buy in University City,
>mostly because he'd be closer, on a street with similar racial
>demographics to the one in Ferguson, but he wants a large, open
>basement, so he can have a billiard table, and it's about him, not me.
>He's not racist either. He doesn't want to live in a segregated
>neighborhood. I think he's a bit too colorblind to racism, but he's more
>conservative that his parents in general. I was too when I was 19.
>
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>--Bryan