Wow, massive failure of the Finkbeiner Test, Tracie. That's just appalling.

Tip #1 - Never draft an Air Force quarterback.

Unless it's changing again, the permanent PMI for an FHA loan only applies to loans where the Loan to Value ratio is more than 90% (less than 10% down payment).

Also note that this does not apply to FHA loans made after April 1, 2013. The new FHA guidelines require you to keep PMI for 11 years, no matter how much the value of your home increases or how fast you pay off your mortgage. The only way to get out of it in that case would be to refinance with a conventional…

A home warranty only covers certain things, though. We've been in our house about four months and we've spent about $4k replacing gutters and shoring up the foundation, none of which was covered by insurance or the warranty.

Forgot the link.

Notre Dame is part of the CLC (see link below). Navy, however, is not, and is the only independent school not to be. I'm going with Navy.

Well given that the Wii U is actually backwards compatible, it's likely people buying Wii U games for the Wii, which is bad news for the Wii U, but good news for the Wii (since people are apparently still buying enough games for it to warrant this sign). I'd imagine you could have found similar signs during the…

Yeah, you'll be fine. Besides, what do people do on Summer holidays anyway other than sit around and drink? Now they get to sit around and drink with friends and family.

We have a close, but spread-out family, too (not quite BC to Quebec but South Dakota, Minnesota, southern Kansas, and Kentucky. Three of the four cousins all got married on holiday Sundays and it was great for everybody. Just make sure you throw a good party (and maybe plan an evening activity for the night before…

I kind of like holiday weekend wedding. It gives you a day to travel, a day for the wedding, and a day to travel back without having to take any vacation. On my mom's side of the family, three of the four cousins had Sunday weddings before a holiday (one Memorial Day, one Presidents' Day, one July 3rd). The fourth…

I would seriously disagree with #1 and #3.

And she would have been 17 with a chance at 5 Olympic golds had the US not boycotted the 1980 Olympics. Damn.

I know this thread is pretty much dead, but I had to add that, while I agree with the sentiment, the article completely ignores the rent factor: Basically, rents increase over time while your mortgage payment doesn't. I've crunched the numbers and found the following.

How about “We spoke to biochemists and scientists, and asked them how difficult it would be for someone to taint the sample. They said, if they were motivated, it would be extremely easy.”?

Except that the top of the website is the image at the top of this article and it links straight to the subscription page, not to anything explaining what's going on. He's intentionally trying deceive people. Stupid people, yes. But this dude's just shady.

Number of Atlantic cities in the Metropolitan Division: 6.

It largely depends on the house, but if you're going to finish, make sure you do something interesting with it. My wife and I were looking at a house in our neighborhood with the exact same floorplan as ours except they have a finished basement and we don't. When you factor in that our house is much more updated,…

For Mexico, especially, yes. The national team has played 14 friendlies in the US in the last three years and has another one in August. Hell, 9 of their last 10 friendlies have been played in the US, with the only exception being the US's win in Azteca last year.

This. All of this. Also, make sure to get a home warranty if you didn't already get your seller to purchase it. They usually run $400-600 and I'd usually have the seller pay for it, but it's so worth it. Here are the things we've had to do in the first 10 weeks (yes WEEKS) we've had our house.