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My house is paid for.

Mine also, but we're happy that DurocShark works for such a prosperous company and all eagerly await being invited aboard the blimp.
 
Originally posted by: ndee
isn't it stupid to "own" a house because of tax disadvantages?

Not nearly as stupid as paying 2 or 3 times the value of the house to some mortgage company...
 
Originally posted by: ndee
isn't it stupid to "own" a house because of tax disadvantages?

I doubt it - the value of my house has increased 2.5x times in 4 years. How has a renter's investment done in the last 4 years?
 
Originally posted by: ndee
isn't it stupid to "own" a house because of tax disadvantages?

Nope. That just means it's time for a HELOC necessary for a down payment on a vacation home.
 
Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: ndee
isn't it stupid to "own" a house because of tax disadvantages?

Not nearly as stupid as paying 2 or 3 times the value of the house to some mortgage company...

😕
Interest rates are LOW right now!
 
Originally posted by: DurocShark
I added a pic of the blimp. I have a 7 meg wmv of its christening too...

you're either a marketing executive in disguise, or you're a waaaay too rah-rah about "your" company 😛
 
Interesting, considering that I was reading up on the history of blimps/zeppelins yesterday.

First hot air balloon was invented by a couple of frenchies in the late 18th century. The first controllable one was in the mid 19th century and the first rigid airship (like a current blimp) was made in 1900. They grew in popularity as a form of transit until the Hindenburg went down in a fiery mess in 1937 at the tail end of its trip from Germany across the Atlantic. It's weird to think that people would sit in these things with a little restaurant in them and all that and actually cross the ocean with a huge wad of flammable gas above them.
 
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