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Interests => Around the House & In the Garage => Topic started by: CG6468 on June 15, 2013, 12:33:14 PM
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We've had two realtors visit us to inspect and tour our home. On monday we'll get the results from the realtor who looked at it yesterday.
Both realtors are high sales people, and both say that we should get more than the $167,000 or place is assessed by the county.
We have about 8 places to look at up in the Kenosha area.
Main goal: Get the hell out of Illinois. We're not afraid of snow.
More as things develop.
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Good luck with the buying & selling. We have friends down here in TX going through the same thing & they are having trouble with financing on both ends. The banks are just about crippled by the new Dud Fwank Law.
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Good luck with the buying & selling. We have friends down here in TX going through the same thing & they are having trouble with financing on both ends. The banks are just about crippled by the new Dud Fwank Law.
We won't finance anything. We'll pay cash for whatever home into which we move. The buyer? I dunno.
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We won't finance anything. We'll pay cash for whatever home into which we move. The buyer? I dunno.
You sir are a rarity. Hopefully you will get buyer with a 700+ credit rating or cash.
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You sir are a rarity. Hopefully you will get buyer with a 700+ credit rating or cash.
We'll have the cash in hand before we buy anything else. Our credit rating is over 700 (never been late for any payment, never bounced a check in almost 49 years of marriage), but that's what the BUYER needs.
I'll try to post the link to our home when the realtor (either one) put's our house online, with videos and photos.
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Our house will be listed either later today or tomorrow. The agent took lots of photos.
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Nice going, Jeff. I know you want to get out of that hellhole of a state. When I fled Illinois in 1999, I never looked back.
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We only get snow about once every 100 yrs. down here in TX and, it snowed five years ago. Something to think about.
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We only get snow about once every 100 yrs. down here in TX and, it snowed five years ago. Something to think about.
I know. But my wife cannot tolerate heat and humidity. She bitches when the temperature nears 80O.
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I know. But my wife cannot tolerate heat and humidity. She bitches when the temperature nears 80O.
There is that. My wife and I were both born and raised in Mich. but, it only took us about 25 years to acclimate. Now anything below 50 and we hide inside.
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There is that. My wife and I were both born and raised in Mich. but, it only took us about 25 years to acclimate. Now anything below 50 and we hide inside.
Neither of us has that kind of time. I'm 71 and she's 70. TFO.
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You're doing great CG. Keep plugging away.
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You're doing great CG. Keep plugging away.
I'm trying, but the arthritis and diabetes sometimes really, really get me down, and depression sets in.
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House is on the market for $179,000. That's just the way it is, after the bubble has burst.
You'll have to sign up to view all of the info on the realtor's site (Sue Rossi).
LINK TO REMAX INFO (http://www.srossi.illinoisproperty.com/remaxil/index.asp?p=findahome.asp&selected=mls&mlsnumber=8371944&mlsid=271&lwsaccountid=32487&mode=done&listing=true)
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http://www.trulia.com/property/3122291832-24221-S-Thorn-Creek-Ln-Crete-IL-60417#photo-3
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/24221-S-Thorn-Creek-Ln-Crete-IL-60417/5460532_zpid/#hdp-photo-lightbox
Pretty house, Jeff! Here's to a quick and happy selling! :cheersmate:
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Zillow is wrong. Not 3 baths, but 1 and 1/2 baths.
Sue told us that it'd appear almost immediately on the 'net. Thank you for the links! :-*
There will be additional indoor photos taken tomorrow, and also pics of our small barn with a hayloft. And perhaps a video virtual tour.
ADDENDUM: Unless you count the trees, which serve a purpose as pissing bathrooms! :rofl:
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I have heard that Zillow is NOT reliable. For our place, they've proved it.
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Zillow is wrong. Not 3 baths, but 1 and 1/2 baths.
Sue told us that it'd appear almost immediately on the 'net. Thank you for the links! :-*
There will be additional indoor photos taken tomorrow, and also pics of our small barn with a hayloft. And perhaps a video virtual tour.
ADDENDUM: Unless you count the trees, which serve a purpose as pissing bathrooms! :rofl:
You mean I'm not the only guy who does this? :whistling:
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You mean I'm not the only guy who does this? :whistling:
When I have some guys here, and they have to pee, I tell them to "Pick a tree." :lmao:
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When I have some guys here, and they have to pee, I tell them to "Pick a tree." :lmao:
3 cedar monty ?
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Sue came here again today. Now the barn has been refurbished and painted, and it looks brand new!
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Sue came here again today. Now the barn has been refurbished and painted, and it looks brand new!
Second thoughts?
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Second thoughts?
Nope. Not even one.
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The refurbished barn. It's 8.5 x 10.5. Sorry about the lens fogging up due to high humidity and a cool camera.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/DSCF4902-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/DSCF4903.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/DSCF4904.jpg)
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We have showing tomorrow. Please wish us luck.... :bow2:
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We have showing tomorrow. Please wish us luck.... :bow2:
:thumbs:
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:thumbs:
Thanks, Euph!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAdTsAKvVTU [/youtube]
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I have heard that Zillow is NOT reliable. For our place, they've proved it.
I HATE, HATE, HATE Zillow and Trulia. Their data on the house is more often than not incorrect, they "forget" to remove a house that is no longer on the market when withdrawn or listing is expired.
The only thing I use them for is for one company, that instead of 3 current list properties, they want 3 rentals. Zillow and Trulia have rentals and will sometimes include when it went on the rental market, which the report requires. Craigslist can have the same one listed everyday, and it's very time source to use... not that it's any more accurate. ( I have a client who had a renter show up at his for sale by owner investment property, saying he had rented the house on Craigslist! My client ended up on TV on the local news warning people about being scammed on Craigslist housing. )
One of the companies I do reports for, their "clearinghouse" (first line of approval/disproval, after the new auto check system they have implemented) is to use Zillow or Trulia as a resource when they don't like my comps. I think they are even using them in the auto-check. I then have to go through EACH "comp" they have come up with, and explain why my choices are better. Some of them are just ridiculous! Unfortunately I cannot say.... "mine's better because I KNOW what I'm doing and I live HERE, not half way around the world from here!!!"
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We have showing tomorrow. Please wish us luck.... :bow2:
Good luck!!!
Any news yet?
I have had clients, and have had other agents tell me they have too, got to their local Catholic bookstore and buy a small statue of St Joseph and bury it in the front yard or flower bed, with a prayer said for a quick sale.... and it worked.
You might try it. Like chicken soup, it can't hurt.
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Good luck!!!
Any news yet?
I have had clients, and have had other agents tell me they have too, got to their local Catholic bookstore and buy a small statue of St Joseph and bury it in the front yard or flower bed, with a prayer said for a quick sale.... and it worked.
You might try it. Like chicken soup, it can't hurt.
They'll be here about 2:00 - 2:30 today. We're hoping for a good day for us!
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Finger's (and eyes) crossed !
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No luck today. They had already chosen a place but wanted to see 3 more. Waste of time.
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No luck today. They had already chosen a place but wanted to see 3 more. Waste of time.
TIRE KICKERS !
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No luck today. They had already chosen a place but wanted to see 3 more. Waste of time.
I don't know which is worse for a realtor. .. buyers who want to continue to look even though they have already made a decision or buyers who are not really buyers, but want to see what a house is like to see if they can get any ideas for their own house.
Both of them are not only wasting the agent's time, but it's sooooo unfair to a seller. Everytime a seller's home is shown, they get their hopes up that this "may be the one"... let alone the fact that they had to get the house all in "show" condition. :banghead:
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House is on the market for $179,000. That's just the way it is, after the bubble has burst.
You'll have to sign up to view all of the info on the realtor's site (Sue Rossi).
LINK TO REMAX INFO (http://www.srossi.illinoisproperty.com/remaxil/index.asp?p=findahome.asp&selected=mls&mlsnumber=8371944&mlsid=271&lwsaccountid=32487&mode=done&listing=true)
Nice looking brick ranch. Similar to what my parents sold when they left the communist state.
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No luck today. They had already chosen a place but wanted to see 3 more. Waste of time.
Too many people watching "Property Virgins."
Really.
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This a place we looked at in Wisconsin. My BIL talked to the people who bought it, and they are paying BIG TIME for not having it inspected. There is no drain tile anywhere around the house, and it will cost thousands to have it put in.
They found a pool of water in the crawl space about 6" deep, and seepage in the basement. When we were there, there was a bad odor throughout the house, and it was way bigger than what we were looking for. We have 1950 square feet now, and we want to step down; it had about 2500 square feet. The agent asked if we wanted to make an offer (they wanted $230,000) and I said that $185,000 would be the absolute maximum we'd even consider, but we didn't want it and needed to sell our place first so we'd have cash in hand. My BIL said the same thing - he saw from $180,000 to 185,000, and not a penny more.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8j7k1TDoY/youtube]
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This a place we looked at in Wisconsin. My BIL talked to the people who bought it, and they are paying BIG TIME for not having it inspected. There is no drain tile anywhere around the house, and it will cost thousands to have it put in.
They found a pool of water in the crawl space about 6" deep, and seepage in the basement. When we were there, there was a bad odor throughout the house, and it was way bigger than what we were looking for. We have 1950 square feet now, and we want to step down; it had about 2500 square feet. The agent asked if we wanted to make an offer (they wanted $230,000) and I said that $185,000 would be the absolute maximum we'd even consider, but we didn't want it and needed to sell our place first so we'd have cash in hand. My BIL said the same thing - he saw from $180,000 to 185,000, and not a penny more.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8j7k1TDoY/youtube]
My first house here, had similar problems. The builder not only resealed the outside walls of the basement, but redirected the neighbors drainage and constructed a swale between the two houses. A couple years later, after a month of heavy rains and a final deluge...we had worse problems. Ended up having french drains put into the basement floor (whole basement was finished and carpeted :censored: ) on two sides, and a sump pump. $10,000 back in 1987! When I sold it in 2006, I had to pay $8000 more for B-Dry to seal it...because there were still issues... :censored: :censored: :censored:
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I spoke to the realtor. It sold for $225,000 minus $4000, for a total of $221,000. Not in our world...
They had it inspected and the realtor wondered why the guy didn't charge them more than he did. Well, he obviously didn't do jack shit.
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I spoke to the realtor. It sold for $225,000 minus $4000, for a total of $221,000. Not in our world...
They had it inspected and the realtor wondered why the guy didn't charge them more than he did. Well, he obviously didn't do jack shit.
Wait til there's a whole lot of ground water in a short amount of time.... :whistling:
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Wait til there's a whole lot of ground water in a short amount of time.... :whistling:
I didn't even go down into the basement. My wife did, and the smell was worse down there. The whole house stunk.
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I didn't even go down into the basement. My wife did, and the smell was worse down there. The whole house stunk.
I'm sure it did. It will only get worse with the summer's heat too....
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I'm sure it did. It will only get worse with the summer's heat too....
$221,000 for this piece of shit. Good Gawd.......
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Well prayers and good vibes on a house you will like!!
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Had another tour of our place yesterday. From clients from another real estate company.
No news yet, and I'm not holding my breath.
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Good luck on selling your house.
I was listening to a local real estate show over the weekend. She was saying there is almost no inventory over 90 days in the area. Houses get snatched up as soon as they hit the market.
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Good luck on selling your house.
I was listening to a local real estate show over the weekend. She was saying there is almost no inventory over 90 days in the area. Houses get snatched up as soon as they hit the market.
But this is Illinois. SLOW does not adequately define the market.
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But this is Illinois. SLOW does not adequately define the market.
How did the tour go??
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How did the tour go??
No idea. We aren't at home when tours occur. I'll check with our agent later today or tomorrow.
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Had another tour of our place yesterday. From clients from another real estate company.
No news yet, and I'm not holding my breath.
It usually takes awhile these days. Nature of the market. :shrug:
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But this is Illinois. SLOW does not adequately define the market.
You mean to say that owebuma's home state isn't the shining gem example of prosperous owebuma leadership ? Fie !
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You mean to say that owebuma's home state isn't the shining gem example of prosperous owebuma leadership ? Fie !
It's a shining example of a state going down the toilet further every day.
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It's a shining example of a state going down the toilet further every day.
Do you mean to say the same type of leadership that has put Detroit into bankruptcy ?
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Do you mean to say the same type of leadership that has put Detroit into bankruptcy ?
Probably even worse. The State of Madiganistan will not allow any common sense to prevail, nor will they pass any legislation lead by Republicrats. This has been going on for more than 25 years.
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I am praying for a quick sale sweetie!!
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Probably even worse. The State of Madiganistan will not allow any common sense to prevail, nor will they pass any legislation lead by Republicrats. This has been going on for more than 25 years.
The politics in Illinois might be messed up, but it was always a pretty decent place to live. I spent 40 years there! A lot of great small towns with a lot of history and old buildings.
Everything where I live now is new. Houses that are 20 years old are considered outdated and old. I love old farm houses, Victorian homes, and those that were built in the early 1900's when the industrial boom hit in the part of the state I used to live in.
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Rob, the extremely high taxes have closed some of those old towns. Others are hanging by a shoestring.
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Rob, the extremely high taxes have closed some of those old towns. Others are hanging by a shoestring.
True. I also know several others that are doing well.
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The interstate highways have also caused the death of other towns and businesses.
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The interstate highways have also caused the death of other towns and businesses.
Walmart and Super Walmarts have helped to make downtown squares obsolete.
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Walmart and Super Walmarts have helped to make downtown squares obsolete.
Absolutely. And with those things went a part of Americana.
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Absolutely. And with those things went a part of Americana.
And just to see how far down the slippery slope we've slid:
People of Walmart (http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/)
At some point, it stops being funny and becomes disgusting. And alarming.
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I guess today, is pick on Walmart day!! :whatever:
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I guess today, is pick on Walmart day!! :whatever:
Just the clientele, honey. Not the people who work there. :thumbs:
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Just the clientele, honey. Not the people who work there. :thumbs:
What a rescue!! cus then I would have to give you a bs... :wink:
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I guess today, is pick on Walmart day!! :whatever:
It's just the way things are. When Wal-Mart moves in, other business fail or move out. Once friendly stores run by friendly local people who owned those stores, and the town squares become deserted deserts. It's their corporate policy, not that of it's employees.
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We have no idea why this rosebush has gotten so tall. It's not a climber, either. It's over 6' tall.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/Rosebush.jpg)
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Another nice selling feature.
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Another nice selling feature.
Everyone loves my wife's plants and flowers. She also has rosemary, basil, thyme, and some other things, and we have a huge growth of chives that was here before we moved here in 1986.
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Another nice selling feature.
I agree!! Nothing is more attractive to a prospective buyer, that when the seller, maintains their lawn. If one is an avid gardener, they like to know what flowers, herbs and veggies are going to do well.
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I have to get my tractor out real soon to mulch the McIntosh apples that have fallen on the ground. The damned hornets LIVE in those dropped apples, and it's no fun working around that when cleaning up for the fall.
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I guess today, is pick on Walmart day!! :whatever:
Next we will start in on the employees! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Walmart and Super Walmarts have helped to make downtown squares obsolete.
I know a few downtowns that were first destroyed by shopping malls, before Wal Mart came to town. Many of those downtowns made a comeback. Not so much for everyday shopping but for other things. I lived in a small Illinois town of 6500 residents, we had a Wal Mart, three grocery stores and a meat market. We were surrounded by other small towns that did not have the same and we would draw shoppers from those towns. The town was the center of a fairly large rural school district. The downtown had a Victorian charm which kept it alive.
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We have no idea why this rosebush has gotten so tall. It's not a climber, either. It's over 6' tall.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/lowfreeboard/Home/Rosebush.jpg)
I have not seen an old gas lantern for years. I remember when they decided natural gas was too expensive to allow their use.
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Next we will start in on the employees! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Just don't pick on the cute ones okay?? :-)
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Just don't pick on the cute ones okay?? :-)
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Never, m'Lady, would it cross my mind to pick on you.
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Just don't pick on the cute ones okay?? :-)
They have cute employees? I might have to shop there more often! :-) :tongue:
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I have not seen an old gas lantern for years. I remember when they decided natural gas was too expensive to allow their use.
That's a 30-year old electric lamp. It needs replacing, but I never got around to it (it's set in concrete), so it is what is is now.
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Went out and mulched the apples and mowed the "north 40."
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Went out and mulched the apples and mowed the "north 40."
Save me some applesauce and cider !
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That's a 30-year old electric lamp. It needs replacing, but I never got around to it (it's set in concrete), so it is what is is now.
My mistake, I thought it was a gas lamp.
It's still the style the I remember well in the Midwest. Brings back memories.
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My mistake, I thought it was a gas lamp.
It's still the style the I remember well in the Midwest. Brings back memories.
Yeah, my Dad installed a gas lamp in our front yard when I was a kid. I always thought it was wasteful, but whatevah. My mother seemed to like it.
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It's just a regular electric driveway light. It DOES look like a gas lamp, though, and that's what I thought when I first saw it.