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2010-03-22T05:22:17Z

Re: Fluorescent lights upat ends only

2010-03-21T12:07:12Z

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:10:00 -0500 from Gary Heston
<ghes...@hiwaay.net>:
Thanks, Gary. Yes, I did try another tube; I should have mentioned.
Result was the same.
Thanks. I had never heard of a starter before! With that hint, I
found this nice troubleshooting page:
[link]

Re: Fluorescent lights upat ends only

2010-03-20T21:10:00Z

In article <MPG.260edd665ff8ad2898c...@ne ws.individual.net>,
Tried a lamp from one of the other fixtures? That's a quick way to
determine which is at fault.
That's the starter; some older fixture had separate starters, virtually
all larger ones have the starter built into the ballast.
Try moving one from the another fixture, if it turns out to not be

Fluorescent lights upat ends only

2010-03-20T18:26:35Z

I have under-cabinet lighting, traditional fluorescent tubes. One of
them lights up at the ends only. I've tried removing and reinserting
it, with no improvement. There's no audible buzz or hum. The
fixture takes only the one tube.
Is it likely to be the ballast, or something else? And is the

Re: The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation

2010-03-13T15:37:51Z

lil abner full-quoted:
Why did you quote 10 pages of material, only to add 2 lines to the end?
Don't you know how to properly construct usnet replies?

Re: The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation

2010-03-13T15:19:35Z

The rest of us that are saddled with debt but are cutting corners on
everything to pay them need a break.

Re: The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation

2010-03-13T14:36:25Z

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I recently sold my home in New York in a short sale after 14 years. At
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The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation

2010-03-13T14:26:10Z

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation
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If you owe a debt to someone else and they cancel or forgive that
debt, the canceled amount may be taxable.
The Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 generally allows taxpayers to
exclude income from the discharge of debt on their principal

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Re: The great housing con game: UN studies homeless victims

2010-03-10T16:55:50Z

rob speed,
muttered out of the corner of his mouth...
' Impossible to define, and so impossible to outlaw, stupid.'
ah, yes...
de-regulation cannot and should not be regulated.
obviously.
so why try.
so sez the "great debater"

Re: The great housing con game: UN studies homeless victims

2010-03-10T02:43:41Z

zeez wrote:
Those arent building codes, those are covenants.
That doesnt affect the cost of the house.
You're always welcome to pay for an inspection etc.

Re: The great housing con game: UN studies homeless victims

2010-03-10T02:16:39Z

I'm talking about building codes that are used as a cludgel to prevent
people from building homes that cost little by knickpicking about
stuff that really have nothing to do with the safety of the home. Even
worse are HOAs that scream about your house not being the right shade
of white and will actualy try to take yiour home for it. Of course

Re: The great housing con game: UN studies homeless victims

2010-03-09T21:56:34Z

Cindy Hamilton wrote
Or safer, anyway.
Plenty have done tho, most obviously in the gold rushes etc.
Nope, they're actually set by the surplus of the building rate over the purchase rate.
In some places the land alone costs half that.
Quite a few do give away older houses.
Plenty do, including me. I actually had the hilarious result where the

Re: The great housing con game: UN studies homeless victims

2010-03-09T18:07:25Z

Actually, I was most curious about this:
I like rigid structures. Rigidity helps keep me and my stuff safe.
I
would not have wanted to live in a tent when the temperatures dipped
below 0 F this past winter.
Housing prices are pretty much set by the buyers. Anybody who is
foolish enough to spend $1 million on a three-bedroom ranch deserves