aj - did you get her number?!

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 1:33 PM in response to 868 Metropolitan Sells Out in Less Than Two Months

I can't stand how Americans pronounce the word clique, or cliquey, like its something to do with arthritis.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 1:16 PM in response to Open Thread

ENY, I'm not single, I'm married. I'll suggest an evening out at Pumps to my wife.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 10:50 AM in response to 868 Metropolitan Sells Out in Less Than Two Months

I passed by here last Friday. If its two thirds rented out then about 85% of those renting must have some religious objection to using electric lights after nightfall based on what I saw.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 10:49 AM in response to Viridian Two-Thirds Rented

grand army - thats the thing tho - isn't benetton known for very bright colors? The window display does show some subdued lilacs however. Perhaps they've moved on.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 10:21 AM in response to Huh? Benetton for Bed Stuy Stretch of Bedford Avenue

I've heard the dancers are a bit older, but hispanic women age very well in my biased opinion.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 10:16 AM in response to 868 Metropolitan Sells Out in Less Than Two Months

"Funny that you of all people hate the homeless."

"So you come over to my country"

You are so fuming with hate and anger. You really need to see a therapist before your issues ruin your life. The Washington Square Institute has a sliding scale program.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 10:15 AM in response to Open Thread

"ditto really wants to know if there are a lot of chicas."

DIBS is on to me.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 10:12 AM in response to 868 Metropolitan Sells Out in Less Than Two Months

DH - ever been there? - I like its seedy look.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 9:40 AM in response to 868 Metropolitan Sells Out in Less Than Two Months

Now that Norah Jones has been landmarked are we going to see a rush to landmark other brooklyn celebrities?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 9:27 AM in response to Open Thread

How many municipal adminstrative law attorneys does it take to zzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 9:10 AM in response to Friday Links

bright colors are de rigueur for Hasidim.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 9:06 AM in response to Huh? Benetton for Bed Stuy Stretch of Bedford Avenue

I prefer "a start" but yea.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 8:59 AM in response to Friday Links

Perhaps we should get with the anti-lawyer jokes.
What do you call 40 lawyers at the bottom of the sea?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 8:54 AM in response to Friday Links

Snappy - there is a Hallmark card but its in Chopin Script and covered in pink roses. Entirely inappropriate.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 8:50 AM in response to Friday Links

Thanks for the update - I'm gonna stick with converse seeing as I like old things. Its also shorter.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 8:47 AM in response to Open Thread

Thas a darn clear pic of the "push-in robbers". I doubt they'll be free for long.

Imagine getting killed by a G-train. You'd have to be on the tracks for a long time.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 20, 2009 8:40 AM in response to Friday Links

I just looked at my 401K - everything is back to where it was. I didn't realize the market was doing so well.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 6:05 PM in response to 150 Bond Finally Sells—For a Loss

lovely job southslope.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 6:02 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue

no. 15 being my fave.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 5:32 PM in response to Open Thread

Denton, your list of silly double entendres had me LOLing

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 5:31 PM in response to Open Thread

" i conversate.

*rob*"

You what now? Is that like converse?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 5:29 PM in response to Open Thread

http://www.kivasminiatures.com/images/ebay/New/stargazey.jpg

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 5:25 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue

Northie, you're right, thats the house I mean.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 5:22 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

Stargazer - have you ever eaten stargazey pie?
Its bonkers.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 5:19 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue

There is a great house on Banker though, the one in the corner. An old mansion.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 11:30 AM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

no DH, thats not in the historic district.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 11:10 AM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

"No, these are precisely the people who'll read this garbage...taking an occasional break to gaze at their navals."

No need to bring the marines into it. And let me aplogize to you, because by your ex cathedra pronouncements about what is good for brownstoner I naively assumed you were the leader of the self-important clan.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 11:09 AM in response to Walkabout: Montrose Morris - Full Circle

I love that the Greenpoint house got that much cash. Downright hilarious.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 11:02 AM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

"No, it's just relevant to those who are prone to extended periods of naval gazing."

As opposed to those prone to having their nose in the air, impressed by nothing but themselves?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 11:01 AM in response to Walkabout: Montrose Morris - Full Circle

What I want to know is why does Hannibal spell Hannibal as Hannible?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 10:49 AM in response to 150 Bond Finally Sells—For a Loss

Snappy, I don't know what that guy was doing but the whole multi-billion dollar filed of molecular biology involves manuipulating, cutting, altering and splicing DNA. Its how you get bacteria to make human insulin, make pet fish that glow fluorescently, make rice that produces extra extra Vitamin A, etc etc.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 10:38 AM in response to Open Thread

what did the widget say?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 10:34 AM in response to 150 Bond Finally Sells—For a Loss

Park Slope parking is diabolical.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 19, 2009 8:41 AM in response to Thursday Links

"But of course the UK is not Europe."

Finally!

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 4:12 PM in response to Shooting In Boerum Hill

Northslope - I did mean it as a criticism. I think the peer group the perpertrators may be hanging out with may have those values, but that doesn't dovetail necessarily with the neighborhood having those values. Often the innocent vitims in the neighborhood who happen to be standing on the wrong street or sitting too near to the wrong window do not share such values at all.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 1:26 PM in response to Shooting In Boerum Hill

Well, as you say Northslope, it'll all come out in the wash.

Mario - I'm not trying to mislead at all. I'm just not a fan of specious arguments based on gut feeling rather than facts.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 1:22 PM in response to A Few More Sales Trickle In at BellTel

"and the values prized in their neighborhoods."

Thats a bit of a sweeping statement.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 12:10 PM in response to Shooting In Boerum Hill

Northslope - as I said, the defuault rates for FHA aren't any higher. You're not going to get an FHA mortgage more than 3.5x your salary anyway, so its not like your living on the edge (with an ARM with a ballon).

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 12:07 PM in response to A Few More Sales Trickle In at BellTel

"If you only have 3.5% to put down, it means you haven't been making enough money to save much, and your budget is tight. Not a lot of room for error. "

Since FHA loans have been available for a long time it doesn't mean any such thing. You could have been spending your extra cash on schooling, vacations, charities, cars. Your priorities might have changed, your desire to own a house may make you willing to forgoe other spending.

Seeing as plenty of NYC downpayments seem financed in part by parents, the ability to put down a 20% downpayment as opposed to a 5% downpayment doesn't necessarily say anything about "your ability to pay".

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 12:03 PM in response to A Few More Sales Trickle In at BellTel

I don't know if its so much as being taught the value of life as seeing the value of life.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 11:59 AM in response to Shooting In Boerum Hill

Thats why the rates are higher....

Why not require 50% down?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 11:52 AM in response to A Few More Sales Trickle In at BellTel

unless your income falls, you are no less able to pay your mortgage in 5 years time than now whethr you pay 3.5% or 20%. The higher mortgage rates for lower downpayment reflects the risk the bank is taking regarding what it can recover if you default and the value of the house has gone down. It does not reflect what you can afford, your yearly income determines what you can afford.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 11:47 AM in response to A Few More Sales Trickle In at BellTel

Putnam - what exactly are so so disgusted about (besides the shooting of course)?

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 11:35 AM in response to Shooting In Boerum Hill

Why would you need your income to go up Northslope? - your mortgage payment isn't going to jump up.

Also, as recent stats show, FHA loans default rate is no higher than the average default rate for people having the same credit score.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 10:32 AM in response to A Few More Sales Trickle In at BellTel

"The thing I keep returning to is the culture of machismo and the "code of the streets" and all that shit"

Having lost faith that young men can get their act together, I considered if young women could do anything. Responsible young women could go a long way to make this behavior shrink. If women refuse to date you because you're a (juvenile) bad boy, you'll see a bunch of guys behaving better. Unfortunately, bad boy behavior seems to be a plus instead of a negative.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 10:26 AM in response to Shooting In Boerum Hill

northslope - are you sure you're priced out? You only need 3.5% downpayment to take advantage of FHA.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 10:15 AM in response to A Few More Sales Trickle In at BellTel

Theres a nice parking lot already there next door.

Perhaps they could open a drive thru.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 18, 2009 8:42 AM in response to House of the Day: 121 Rapelye Street

Really? Suprised they sold at that much. Well good luck to them.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 17, 2009 11:20 AM in response to NV Now 85% Sold

DH - I don't understand why anyone needs a blackberry or anything else that keeps you super connected outside of work. Ugh.

You should see my ancient minimally functional cellphone. Mainly used as a clock.

Posted by: dittoburg at November 17, 2009 11:13 AM in response to Tuesday Links