What Cheered You Up Today? (2 Viewers)

Marcel · May 22, 2021

Just got my first Pfeizer vaccine.

ARTESH · May 22, 2021

Airframes said:
All being well, we hope to get back down there by early July to get it all sorted.
Me now Happy Bunny !!!!

Glad to hear this!

Airframes · May 22, 2021

Thanks Artesh.
Here's a pic from Karl's 'phone, showing the muddy dust left on the floor, and, as can be seen, the woodwork, walls and seating etc are undamaged.

Thumpalumpacus · May 22, 2021

What cheered me up? After getting off work, driving home on back-country ranch roads through a gentle rain. Beautiful, verdant countryside, full creeks, and longhorns grazing in the drizzle.

As Simon and Garfunkel once sang, "I've got no deeds to do, no promises to keep."

I like those sorts of drives.

fubar57 · May 22, 2021

Mortgage is done. I've been in debt since 1974

SaparotRob · May 23, 2021

fubar57 said:
Mortgage is done. I've been in debt since 1974

It's a wonderful feeling, ain't it?

Greg Boeser · May 23, 2021

just 28.5 years to go on mine.

ARTESH · May 25, 2021

fubar57 said:
Mortgage is done. I've been in debt since 1974

well, Almost 50 years!!!

And I think I need some explanations, If possible!

GrauGeist · May 25, 2021

fubar57 said:
Mortgage is done. I've been in debt since 1974

Congrats!!

ARTESH said:
And I think I need some explanations, If possible!

A "mortgage" is a loan from a financial institution that you receive when you purchase a home.
You repay the loan over time in installments (most often monthly payments), which take 20 to 30 years to repay completely.

fubar57 · May 25, 2021

...plus I put new cars, and trucks, a basement and a roof on bank loans. I had the house mortgage since 1990

ARTESH · May 25, 2021

GrauGeist said:
A "mortgage" is a loan from a financial institution that you receive when you purchase a home.
You repay the loan over time in installments (most often monthly payments), which take 20 to 30 years to repay completely.

Well, It doesn't exist in this form in Iran, currently! and not sure if it existed during Pahlavi era ... but back in early days after regime change ... Bani Sadr, Back then as President of country, has introduced something like this system. one of many Prerequisites, was that you don't own any homes or other properties. so many people say he was best President and did many many good things! It seems good idea!

Marcel · May 26, 2021

Yeah, actually the mortgage idea is not all good. It drives up the prices for houses like crazy sometimes

ARTESH · May 26, 2021

Marcel said:
Yeah, actually the mortgage idea is not all good. It drives up the prices for houses like crazy sometimes

Well, actually it was not about mortgage itself, but rather my newest hobby or entertainment I found! World Building for Games & Novels, fantasy or real. and also about Mr. Bani Sadr and part of Iran's history ... What did he do? Why he is so popular? what is lie? what isn't? why did he join MKO? why did he leave them? what happened in a parallel world if he was in power during war??? well I know he was trying to convince clergy [Khomeini] to perform "Burnt Ground" tactic to gain some time to mobilize Army ... but they called him traitor and so many other events ...

Greg Boeser · May 26, 2021

Marcel said:
Yeah, actually the mortgage idea is not all good. It drives up the prices for houses like crazy sometimes

Hey, it's a win win for banks and govt. Higher prices means more interest for the banks, more property taxes for the govt.

Greg Boeser · May 26, 2021

Full disclosure, I work in the HVAC fabrication business, so let's keep building houses.

ARTESH · May 26, 2021

Greg Boeser said:
Hey, it's a win win for banks and govt. Higher prices means more interest for the banks, more property taxes for the govt.

for sure, if it hasn't any interests for them, it was gone like so many other things!

fastmongrel · May 26, 2021

Just bought myself a new motorbike. I am taking the BSA off the road and going to do a full restoration back to the original spec.

I have bought a Moto Guzzi V7 to play around on while the beezer is in bits. I pick it up next week can't wait

Not the bike I am getting this is a later model but it's very similar

ARTESH · May 26, 2021

fastmongrel said:
Just bought myself a new motorbike. I am taking the BSA off the road and going to do a full restoration back to the original spec.

I have bought a Moto Guzzi V7 to play around on while the beezer is in bits. I pick it up next week can't wait
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Not the bike I am getting this is a later model but it's very similar

Wow!!! Congrats mate.

fubar57 · May 27, 2021

First day back to work yesterday in five months.......survived. Looks like I might have to stick around until retirement now

chipieal · May 27, 2021

My wife made it through her first knee replacement and came home today. I hate to see my best friend in so much pain -- but you must keep your eye on the prize. Incidentally 120 days after her first -- we go through it again.

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