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October 23, 2012

2nd Story Coming Soon?

Going . . . Up What do you suppose happens to a one-story home, on a .20 acre lot in a prime location (just north of the Greenway, and equidistant to Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun, and Cedar Lake), that’s surrounded by two-story homes? In the case of this just-Pended rambler on Dean Parkway in Minneapolis,...
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Low Ceilings and Aspect Ratio’s

The last time I was an expert on “aspect ratios” — how wide something is relative to how tall — I was shopping for a flat-panel TV for my den a couple years ago  (I recall something about movie theatre screens being wider than TV’s, and the ratio “4:3”). Clearly, however, the photo (above) is too wide, or...
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How I Know Who Won Last Night’s Debate

Wall Street’s “Daily” Election Judging by today’s nasty stock market, I’m guessing President Obama won last night (if you haven’t noticed, the market seems to rally when Romney has an uptick, and falls when Obama does).     That is, unless there’s some other economic or earnings news I haven’t caught up to yet. P.S.:  My...
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