Small loosening of restrictions has allowed us to get back on the mats to some degree.

The formation of the idea that nothing but hard work and boot strap pulling is the "why".

What clearly has changed since 2002 is that we have become a one party state and rolled out the welcome mat for half of the nation's homeless and even larger shares of other states' drug addicts, mentally ill and child molesters. 

I hope you put on gloves before you reached back in there for the other 3 ;) Well the diaper was "wrapped", meaning it was used, and folded with the adhesive straps so I didn't get my hands dirty. 

They are generally placed on cement block piers and have tie-down straps that are put 4-6 ft into the ground.

And what do you find they buy - it is throw rugs and welcome mats or new knobs for the cabinets?

I had the postcards matted and framed and presented to the buyers at closing.Speaking of corpses, a colleague of mine in Miami found a partial human skeleton buried in the backyard of an REO he picked up almost a year ago- discovered while replumbing the irrigation system.

Hunters strap a camera like this to a tree and use it to take pictures of deer and other critters at night. 

My tenants all know I own the properties, they all know where I live (put rent under my front mat).I tell every tenant that the property has a mortgage on it, and I have to live by certain rules set by the bank,,many times its easier to say the bank or insurance company won't allow "x" that they want to do (put an above ground pool in the backyard say"  I've never had anyone question that

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