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6 hours ago, CalEden said:

Sounds like the Bay Area/Southern California commute traffic. How about Donnor Lake up the road? I did see on the news that since the virus the San Francisco Bay area people are buying up all the property in Tahoe. Maybe it's time to leave the Cali Bureaucracy Stalog. I'm loving the Pacific Northwest and would never go back.

Actually Tahoe traffic is worse than the bay area, as it is stop and go (mostly stop) at all times during the busy season.

I almost bought a house on Donner lake Road (The South side) and the traffic was much better than Tahoe with far less building restrictions but a much smaller lake.

As for the sale time, it was literally sold within a few hours after the listing with several offers above the listing price. 

22 hours ago, CalEden said:

Buy a home in Tahoe.

I just sold one 15 days ago in Homewood and never again!!

The bureaucracy is unbearable - It takes years to cut down a tree!

Plus when times are normal, the traffic is unbearable. 4th of July weekend it's impossible to go anywhere as hiwy 89 is stop and go the entire perimeter of the lake. 

17 hours ago, Esco said:

Thats standard practice where I'm from. 

The lawyer/notary ensures both parties stick to their end of the agreement, all paperwork is in order and distributes the sums. 

In the US, that's called escrow, which is independent of either party and legally neutral.

5 hours ago, lazarus said:

I have a friend who retired there -- big house on the Kohala Coast (Big Island). 
Fruit trees, pakalolo plants, lovely wife (who works as a teacher).
Five minute drive from Hapuna Beach.
Loves it.

(interweb photo of Hapuna...my friend lives on the volcano slope in the background.)

 

 

I live on the big Island about 30 miles south of his house.

We are about 1800 feet in elevation which means that we don't need heat or a/c, and we have almost 2 acres that my T/W can grow all kinds of things that she is used to eating in Thailand.

Our house is small - 2 bedrooms with huge lanai's (patios) where we spend most of our time, as the weather is usually perfect. 

My sister is writing my book now, and the working title is "The Black Sheep in the family"

50 minutes ago, lazarus said:

Used to drive from SF to Idaho as a kid. Always stopped a the Nugget in Sparks for pancakes.

Both Sparks and Reno locations had the same owners when they started, but were sold off many decades ago to separate owners.

The Reno location used to have 2 huge pancakes with an egg on top for 99 cents......

2 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said:

Fond memory's....

I used to spend 6-7 hours a day there.

10 hours ago, Thai Spice said:

I think the ones that lands on a barge is way more impressive .

I agree but IMHO, the reason they did not do that was the amount of fuel that would be necessary to take from earth to the space station, then use for the decent - That's a lot of extra weight for liftoff.

1 hour ago, KWA said:

It'll grow back in. 🙂

 

My father said the difference between a good and bad haircut was 3 days....

6 hours ago, boydeste said:

 

The title for this pic should be:

"Reel time"

13 hours ago, fygjam said:

Well when the experts report check the age groups included in the phase III trials.

According to the boards experts only those over 65 get sick. All people under 65 should be down the pub, at the beach or even possibly at work. If the study groups don't include all ages then the results may not be reliable.

My understanding is that in the US the FDA will only license a vaccine for the age groups included in the trials. If there are no over 65s in the trial it won't be licensed for over 65s. To be used, a doctor will have to go off label. Other countries may have different rules.

 

In the US, any Doctor can prescribe ANY meds that have been approved, regardless of what they were originally intended for,

My fav is Jimmy Buffett "lets all get drunk and screw"

9 hours ago, Toy Boy said:

9.      They were originally called BAKED beans because the can is first filled with blanched beans, then the sauce, then the can is sealed with a lid, and THEN the cooking begins. The beans are cooked inside the sealed can. Yes that’s right – INSIDE THE CAN – and not before they go into the can.

That's true for any canned product.

The only way to kill any germs is to seal the can, then put it in a steam room at high temps for a bit that kills anything inside the canss.

37 minutes ago, Lemondropkid said:

Appreciate there is a potential confidentiality issue with internal email but are there any public sources with this evidence, you could share? 

Have to say I thought theory of warmer climates killing off the virus sounded good but had been disproved. With return of a very full sporting calendar  my interest in other news has tailed off😁so may have missed this fresh evidence  on climate & the virus,

IMHO, warmer weather means more people are outside where it is much harder for the virus to spread, Vs. winter, where most people are indoors with restricted fresh air.

Does it mean that if I fly to Taiwan for 2 weeks and test negative, I can visit Thailand without the 14 day quaranteen?

On 6/22/2020 at 1:06 PM, lazarus said:

Surf Fishin' the West...

different day, low tide...

Here in Hawaii, they take an empty plastic milk carton and find a place where the wind is blowing out to sea and then tie it the the leader and let the wind blow it out to sea and wait for  the big one to hit the bait...

3 hours ago, Nickrock said:

On a slightly off topic matter how would I save and transfer stuff like my passwords that win 10 has saved for me im screwed to try retrieve some of them

Are they win 10 or google saved?

When I fired up my new notebook, and added google email, all of my favorites and passwords also were moved automatically.

3 hours ago, KhunDon said:

If you park up you can press a button and it drops into the grill top. If someone tries to grab it, then a motor pulls it down into the top of the grill where it’s safe from thieving bastards hands. 👌

The new tech!

Mine was bolted on.

6 hours ago, Yessongs said:

Out looking for a new Rolls Royce yesterday....LOL! 

What happened to the naked lady that sits above the grill?

I had a SII with one...

6 hours ago, Chester Draws said:

Great little cars!

Sent from my SM-N970F using Tapatalk
 

I had a Lancia Scorpion. Basically the same frame with a body designed by the Farrari team. Way under powered with all of the US smog equipment installed, so I stripped it all off and had it turbo charged.

A Rocket!!

1 hour ago, Yessongs said:

My home is in San Jose, 1 mile from Los Gatos. Saratoga is still nice after all of these years. 

I remember when I was 18, driving down hiwy 9 from Saratoga to Sunnyvale and there was only one traffic lite on the 2 lane road....

11 hours ago, Ivan the terrible said:

i think its a large reason why the "curve "isnt declining rapidly as it should...the pool  keeps being topped up by new arrivals and off it goes again doubling the infection in resident  people  every 12-24hrs  

Yes, but with the dramatic increase of testing, it is difficult to compare numbers.

51 minutes ago, Yessongs said:

Was out yesterday doing a bit of shopping LOL!  Almost bought the Charcoal Lamborghini.......wife told me the budget was $350K.....they wanted $388k for this one. She said maybe next time.....I am going to get rid of her for sure....she is ruining my life 😦

You live in Los Gatos? My parents had a house in Saratoga...

8 minutes ago, dcfc2007 said:

Rumours that The Pattaya Beer garden has shut for good. Just a rumour at this stage.

Bummer!!!!

I am a bit surprised that Pete has not posted that, and of course with his bitcoin profits, he certainly is not short of baut....

6 hours ago, lazarus said:

Old saying...
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."

My way...
"You can lead an old goat to information, but you can't make him think."

 

The way I remember it:

You can lead a horse to drink, but you cannot make him water...