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  1. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Picasso must work for a title company. The absurdity continues. Our agent worked it out where we're essentially "renting" our own house over the weekend for $25/day. I feel like California is partially to blame for this.
  2. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    Now for the Ducks to knock off the Hawks for the Stanley Cup the NHL doesn't want!
  3. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    The completely competent escrow company sent my grant deed to the country assessor today. So I should have my keys today! Oh wait, they fucked up and forgot to date it. Maybe Monday. I guess on the plus side, it has to finish by next week because that's when our contract expires. This is all...
  4. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    4. I left a message at 8, 10, and 11. Never got a returned phone call. Went on my lunch break around noon. One of those messages was with the secretary to have her call me back, so it wasn't like I was just leaving tons of voicemails.
  5. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    This right here is why I don't think wormie will ever drop this argument. He doesn't see his escrow/title company as a customer service based business. To him, it's business to business exclusively.
  6. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Nah, fuck that. They're a business. They probably should've just shredded everything the second I called the first time. Out of spite, for not being patient with their "process." Oh, and kept the money we're paying them (about $1800, by the way, although I have no clue what they keep...
  7. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Yeah, I'm not sure where he got that from. I'm very cordial about pretty much everything during this process because I don't want to go pissing someone off. I showed up and asked to speak with the woman, because I hadn't been able to reach her. She gave me a bit of attitude about how busy she...
  8. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    I think California is strange. We had a title and escrow company as well, and we signed all our loan paperwork with them. I've never even met my lender, but I've had to go to the escrow company a few times. Maybe this is why wormie is getting all spun up; in whatever state he lives in, going...
  9. Gravel

    Louie

    Sometimes I wonder how many of these fucked up scenes are based on perversions of things that actually happened to Louis CK. Like that weird shit with the flea market. That's gotta be based on some messed up day he had on the road.
  10. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    You've got some serious issues. I'm not sure why you're getting so worked up about my situation. My entire point was it's ridiculous not to return someone's phone calls. And yes, "We have your paperwork but haven't had a chance to look at it yet. We'll get back with you later today (or...
  11. Gravel

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    He's good comic relief. Shit away millions of dollars for being an idiot.
  12. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I always wanted those sweet, sweet, video games. Edit: Apparently I was actually thinking about the show "Video Power" and not "Nick Arcade." It was like Supermarket Sweep, but with a video game store.
  13. Gravel

    How do you learn real good?

  14. Gravel

    Point Break Remake (2015)

    That's what I was thinking. I have no clue why they decided to call this Point Break. Had they just gone with an original title, it wouldn't get as much scrutiny. It'd likely still be a stupid movie, but by calling it a remake it's doing itself no favors. Outside of the character names, it...
  15. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    Not watching this one, but that's some stellar sounding goal tending going on.
  16. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    The funny part, to me at least, is that my actual agent has been awesome (although, worth whatever cut she's getting of the commission I'm not sure about). She's available damn near 24 hours a day, 7 days week. She's handled all sorts of shit that I wouldn't want to have to deal with. It's...
  17. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    So you think it's acceptable to not return someone's phone call for an entire day? I didn't start demanding anything, I asked if I could talk with the person who wasn't returning my phone callsto set up an appointment in person. I can't think of anywhere I've EVER worked where it'd be...
  18. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    It's amusing to me that people in real estate think that multitasking is an excuse for being worthless. I hate to break it to you, but most people juggle significantly larger amounts of projects and don't get to just use excuses of "Oh, I'm so busy." No, instead you just get fired for being...
  19. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Loan docs were sent to escrow today. Was calling them all fucking morning and they wouldn't answer or return my calls. So I said fuck it and drove to their office (where they didn't seem pleased to see me). Apparently they're so busy(?) that they won't be able to get us in until "hopefully"...
  20. Gravel

    The Fast Food Thread

    Culver's is awesome. Butter burger with fried cheese curds or onion rings, and then a cement mixer? Fuck yes.
  21. Gravel

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Probably because episode 10 is the walk of shame. But all things considered, that's not very exciting.
  22. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    That ended fast.
  23. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    These playoffs are awesome. Fucking goal from behind the red line...lol.
  24. Gravel

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    He's a Bolton about as much as Jon is a Stark. Well, I guess technically slightly more since he's been legitimized.
  25. Gravel

    Veep

    Episode 7 was a much better bounce back. Laughed as hard at it as I did Silicon Valley.
  26. Gravel

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    It's been so long since I read the books, but I swear the leech shit was a TV only thing -- and it bothered me at the time that that was all it took to kill Renly, Balon, and Robb (well, not Balon since he's MIA from the TV show). It set a precedent that you could basically just leech your way...
  27. Gravel

    Desktop Computers

    Didn't want to start a new thread for this, but what do you do with old hardware? I don't want to turn it into some half assed PC to do something else with. I've got thismotherboardwith a Core 2 Duo E4500, a GeForce 8600GT, and a Radeon HD 4830. I've just had them sitting in boxes for years.
  28. Gravel

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I have a hard time taking that seriously when they complain about the tits, and then say it could be made up for by showing dong. How exactly does that change the "exploitation" of women? Oh, it doesn't? Fucking SJW's, I swear... Also, saying that men will stop watching because of dong isn't...
  29. Gravel

    Ex Machina

    Yeah, I went and read that article last night and holy shit did it get me thinking. I've said it to people in the past, I worry that most of us were born about 20-30 years too early. There's a good chance we'll be the last generation to die.
  30. Gravel

    Silicon Valley

    They're dropping these a lot. Between that and the SWOT last week. Also thought the car door thing was hilarious for some reason.
  31. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    Rough game for the Rags.
  32. Gravel

    Chappie - Neill Blomkamp's new film

    I made it about 30 minutes in before Die Antwoord became too distracting. What a terrible casting decision. Probably won't ever finish this one.
  33. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    When did you buy your house? I'm pretty sure most of this due to the new post-bubble regulations.
  34. Gravel

    Survivor

    You leave out the fact that the women were fucking retards and split up, and then wandered in circles through the jungle for like 3 days. Oh, and they neglected to bring water. I didn't realize that they were doing a US version of the show, and that's what you all were talking about.
  35. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Yeah, I took your advice to constantly bug them (pretty much every day this week) and it was still all for nothing. I'll be jaded like you if I'm sitting here without a house next weekend.
  36. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    They're going to be gassed soon at this pace.
  37. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    Quick PP goal and it's tied up again. This is a ridiculous period.
  38. Gravel

    2015 NHL Playoffs Thread

    Was getting ready to quit this game, but holy fuck those were some quick goals. Feels like it was 3 in a minute or so. Edit: fuck...make that 4
  39. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Pretty annoyed. Termite clearance was supposed to be done Wednesday, but apparently the guy who was supposed to do it didn't get it put on his schedule -- but his office knew about it. So they did it Thursday, but apparently never submitted it to anyone. So now it's Memorial Day weekend and...
  40. Gravel

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    He's definitely awesome. That mic'ed up he did this season was hilarious. But one man can't carry a show. Mostly I don't give a shit about Bill O'Brien.