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  1. m4l, we don’t know exactly who is buying the cars. Obviously, they are people who can pay in cash or have a good enuf credit score to buy a new vehicle in credit-constrained times.

    Cash for clunkers has long been held out as a conservative approach to clean air.

  2. “I spent Saturday, which was gorgeous, trucking through the Heights and Cobble Hill.”

    And you didn’t email me??? Ok, now I don’t feel so bad about excluding you from my tour. 🙂
    Don’t you ever come to my neighbourhood again without letting me know!

    “Have you ever noticed rich people don’t like curtains? You can see great interior detail at night.”

    Absolutely. During the day, it’s very difficult to be an effective Peeping Tom. That’s why I love walking around the Heights at night. It’s then when you can get extremely amazing into people’s parlor floors (and possibly other floors) from the street.

  3. Rob, I love ya, but you are totally wrong on voting. Besides, too many people have died for the right to vote, both at home and abroad, for it to be so casually tossed away. I understand frustration with policies you don’t agree with, but not voting does nothing but to assure that those policies, and things much, much worse, continue.

  4. “Chicken, I hope all your $$$ is still in Sterling vs. toilet paper
    Posted by: more4less at August 3, 2009 10:35 AM”

    I did have to drop $5 on toilet paper over the weekend but that should keep me going for a while….

    “chicken, why is sterling strong?
    Posted by: dittoburg at August 3, 2009 10:35 AM”

    Who knows. It could be the extension of the cash for clunkers program, it could be any number of economic datapoints. It’s not like the UK economy is any better shape than the US but it has broken out now so I’ll be looking to transfer some money over around 1.80.

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