1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

So you bought a $600 lens big whoop

 

I have to do my "workplace violence prevention training" today. I think it's just some quick video and quiz...hopefully

 

folded up our couch bed this morning and my wife texts me a few hours later saying I folded it up with Harley inside, she heard him meowing from within the couch and had to unfold it to let him out. How the f...

 

He must have been passed out. Imagine how pissed he would have been if you didn't find him till tonight.

 

Wut

 

That's amazing haha, I'd have never figured you could do that to a cat and keep your limbs. How's the house hunt going?

 

Plus tax

 

Yeah that's the part I don't understand, I mean I'm relieved he's okay and all but...how. All I can figure is because he's a cat, that's how


Our plan is to find a lender to work with by the end of summer, and hope/pray rates ease up a bit but regardless the end goal is to have found something by the end of the year. Just finished paying off all our debt (minus student loans). Been going to open houses and just seeing what's available in what areas nearby, has definitely helped us zero in on exactly what we need to look for. The competition is fierce though. Anything you see being listed for close to or just under market value is either a huge fixer or bidding war bait, gets depressing after awhile lol.

 

Yeah, I mean affording what I have is a pipedream, I cannot imagine that and a family on top in CA definitely got your work cut out for you but at least you know what you're after. That'll help not overspend on things you don't need or won't use. Gotta get one of them 60 year mortgages

 

In unrelated news the prison I work at just started up their dog training program, lots of fresh shelter pups running around today and getting assigned to inmates for the next 3-4 months.

 

Yeah the one thing we've learned is that a decent architectural photographer can make a little house look like a small mansion, holy shit. Checking square footage is the first thing I look at now after verifying bedrooms. If we didn't want/need our own yard so badly I would definitely be considering a townhome, you can get a pretty nice size 1800+ sqft 3 bedroom townhome for a few hundred thousand $ less than a house around here.

But with the kids and Dex we really need to have our own yard and not a shared/community one, not to mention the shared walls most of them have. That's a hard no

 

I had a friend I'd BBQ often with that lived in a townhome

We were audiophiles too so it was good food, beer, and music

I remember him saying something like not playing music after a certain time and it hit me like "what the fuck" because of the mutual agreement with him and the neighbors they shared a wall with

I mean cool, you guys have an understanding about it but FUCK THAT

 

yeah not to mention most or all of them have HOAs

 

Shared walls are a pretty big hell no as is no garage/workspace

 

OOF HOA is even worse

I don't recall, it was when I used to live in Chitown but man I'd never want to share a wall with anyone ever

 

No HOA in CA, is that even a thing if you don't live in a shithole in scenic "absolutely nowhere" like bakersfield or something?

 

Agree

I lived the no garage/workspace and hell no

 

I feel like anytime someone says Bakersfield here, Jaxon makes an appearance

 

It's his future destiny no?