1. Mind_the_Gap

    Ever had to fire a friend or had a friendship go bad over business?

    Dave Ramsey advises to never loan money to family or friends. If they need it, and you can afford it, give it to them with the expectation it will never be repaid. The Danger Zone "So the old joke goes: if you lend your brother-in-law $50 and he never talks to you again, was it worth the...
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    eBay flipping: I'll show you how to lose money

    I feel your pain. My sons collected BB cards in the 80's and occasionally I would take them to a shop for collectibles on Main Street in Danbury, CT. It was the same sort of store run by Stuart on "The Big Bang" and was full of all sorts of collectible toys, comic books, cards, etc. The...
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    Weirdest gift you ever got for Valentine’s Day

    My husband and I don't buy into the Valentine's hype as it is mostly a manufactured promotion for the financial benefit of card companies, candy makers, florists, and jewelers. The origins of the "holiday" are scandalous and it is unlikely women today would want to participate in the...
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    "Drifting Along With the Tumblin' Tumbleweeds"

    Made familiar by songs recorded by Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Marty Robbins, and others, what could be more quintessentially American than that roly poly weed that scatters itself in the American West? American you say? Nyet. America's tumbleweed is an invader from Russia. America’s...
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    Challenge: Find A Better Tenor

    In the 1990's three operatic tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti joined their considerable talents as The Three Tenors to raise money to benefit the Leukemia foundation established by Carreras who himself survived the disease. A Third of the Three Tenors, José...
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    Closing on both our houses

    It depends on how quickly your buyers need to move into the home you are selling to them. Possession can be negotiated. We recently purchased and closed on a home in Colorado, but the home the sellers were moving to was not ready for occupancy due to construction delays. They needed a few...
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    Welcome GatorCountry refugees!

    This is incorrect. RayGator is a childless bachelor who - according to his own posts - lives in a mobile home park in Lakeland. Hines, Sr lives in the Gainesville area.
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    Welcome GatorCountry refugees!

    Thanks, Alex. I remember you from years and posts past as a reasonable man. I did not register to add to the drama. My sole reason was to bring clarity to the confusion over verti's identity and correct the misstatements made on this forum concerning my post on the other.
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    Welcome GatorCountry refugees!

    No, "Mrs grammar Nazi Lacuna" did not "openly [say] she's been stalking" you or the two mentioned in this post on TOS. "I admit to doing a little reading on the other site. It was fascinating to see how 2 former members of GC are already at work agitating some members of TOS with their brand of...
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