Open Thread

“CGar — I don’t know the episode but it may have been the first. George runs from bathroom to bathroom and flushes four toilets. Weezie’s punchline: “I always knew you were a four-flusher.” So the answer is, four bathrooms.”

And Slopey gets 1,000 OT Points in the category of “The Jeffersons’ En Suite Baths”.

I also think it was the first episode, and it was definitely 4 bathrooms.

DeLepp, I had heard that before. Of course, Sherman Hemsley looked much older.

i dont actually buy stuff, but i always wind up accumulting a bunch of junk, but also unload every few months and throw tons of stuff out.

*rob*

CGar — I don’t know the episode but it may have been the first. George runs from bathroom to bathroom and flushes four toilets. Weezie’s punchline: “I always knew you were a four-flusher.” So the answer is, four bathrooms.

BTW, last week’s NY Mag had a discussion of the best NY song. One of the critics said “Movin’ On Up” captured NYC best of all. Of course, when the competition is Billy Joel . . .

How many blog points did I win, Alec?

“Benson, agree with you on the accumulation of stuff. I think that the boom boom days of buying like drunken sailors are over and that there is a new appreciation of thrift and the oppressiveness of “stuff”.”

Agree with both of you. As I’ve posted before, I got rid of a TON of stuff when I sold my house, and then I got rid of a TON more stuff before I moved into my current rental. I still have 2 storage rooms in Connecticut, and I’m in the process of emptying those of everything I don’t want in whatever apartment I finally buy. I’m also in the process of emptying excess out of my current apartment. I don’t see myself exactly as a minimalist, but I enjoy living more simply with much less stuff and no clutter.

Back in the day, I’d go to Costco and Home Depot every weekend, and bring home more crap that I didn’t need. Never again!

DCB, commercial ppty with a 14% cap rate and 25% down is looking very attractive alternative now