I have chased how to hold onto all of my hoard and found no viable solution. Best to cut my losses and move on.
having said that, #1 boy just did cut his loses and let go of his w140 300SE for $300. It had been sitting awaiting attention for two years and he was never going to get around to the head gasket and wiring harness, so may as well allow somebody who will do it have a big old car. clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On May 14, 2019, at 8:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Well Clay, It was a great idea while it lasted... ha.. So much for > brilliant advise, huh. > > Seems to the casual observer [myself] that a move of some sort is in your > future. Glad you avoided unwilling hold in psych ward. That would cut into > your parts hunting trips in a big way. > Grant > "I used to be rich. I spent most of it on fast cars, young women, and old > whiskey, the rest I squandered." > > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 6:19 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I am having issues with the MacPro and mail. It does not want to send >> mail using the iPhone as hotspot. My interwebs were canceled when I left >> town. Lucky for me, the macbook still does mail. >> >> ANYWAY. >> There is nothing within any reasonable distance that would serve as “work >> space” for working class person money. I know a fellow who was in the same >> situation as I am about four years ago. His work around was to cash part >> of his retirement and purchase a small town garage. This way he gets to >> play with his mercedes, and the shop works on customer cars that may not be >> DBAG. He has no children and a very understanding partner. He drives 30 >> miles from his suburban home to the garage in the next county. >> >> Seattle does not suffer from a dearth of clapped out properties. There >> are all manner of brown fields and thrashed commercial structures. >> Property is stupid expensive and property owners think they will hit the >> lotto if they hold onto land. A great amount if the spaces are in less >> than desirable areas, so they will be paying taxes for a while. >> >> My home has appreciated very much. Last assessors notice was for more >> than 5x our purchase price. With the added remodel costs, it is still >> over three times our investment in 25 years. >> >> SWMBA is on the path to off loading the house as soon as my stuff is >> removed. She will then be removing the accumulation furniture and dross >> acquired while married. Her home in AK has no space to take it. I would >> like to have my tools. >> >> clay monroe >> >>> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what >> I'm looking for didn't fall out. >> >> >> >>> On May 14, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Possibly. It’s not so much that there’s development, just that land >> prices in general have just gone crazy because of the influx of highly paid >> professionals into the area. I’m betting Clay could sell his house right >> now for many times over what he’s got in it. >>> >>> What the people I know there say is that as far as private housing you >> better have a big chunk of change ready to plop down on something when it >> comes on the market, and expect a bidding war. I can’t speak for commercial >> property, but in situations like this I would expect it to be much the same >> unless the area it’s in is really nasty. >>> >>> Let’s see what Clay says….he’ll be the one that knows for sure. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> >>>> On May 14, 2019, at 4:13 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 14/05/2019 1:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >>>>> OK, let’s lay this out… >>>>> >>>>> I would certainly defer to Clay on the details, but having friends who >> both currently and formerly live(d) in the Sea-Tac region, it’s been >> described to me as anything property-wise within a reasonable distance (100 >> miles?) to the area on the western slopes of the Cascades borders on >> unobtanium unless you’re grossing many hundreds of thousands of dollars >> annually. >>>>> >>>>> The expansion of Microsoft in the past as well as the influx of >> Amazonians in recent years has blown out the property market to stupid >> proportions. >>>>> >>>>> Many of these folks are bailing out and heading east to places like >> Idaho, driving markets like Boise into overdrive as well. >>>>> >>>>> -D >>>>> >>>> >>>> But, might there be temporary places he could rent cheaply while they >> await development? >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
