Daily Archives: January 7, 2009
No toys, but they’ll be safe!
Beginning February, new lead rules for toys means no used toys at thrift shops. Are there no FAO Schwartzs? No Kay-Bees? Oh! No, there aren’t. Well, perhaps Neiman Marcus will start carrying toys.
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Greenwich raises wussies
Here in Greenwich our precious children are either driven to school or escorted there by their mommies. Down south, they raise ‘em tougher. Six year old Virginian, determined to get to school, borrows mom’s car and drives 10.4 miles before … Continue reading
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Public education – it’s not just a job, it’s an adventure!
Chicago schools spend $67,000 on cappuccino makers. Higher taxes because there’s not an ounce of fat left in our education budgets.
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Wrap them in toilet paper and ship them to Detroit
You may not want those damn CFL bulbs but Detroit needs them. Don’t forget the toilet paper.
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Sentimental Journey
As noted yesterday, Bernie Madoff faces revocation of his bail tomorrow and may soon start his lifetime stay behind bars. I don’t think that development will cause too many of his fellow citizens to lose sleep but I’m a little … Continue reading
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Can we send him to Club Gitmo?
Top U.S. Islamic cleric threatens U.S. on Egyptian TV. Death and destruction promised by this permanent U.S. resident but I’m not worried; Islam is a religion of peace.
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Sad news from the bankruptcy court
A reader sends me this link: the manufacturer of Acorn and Deck Homes has gone into receivership. A sale as a going concern will be attempted but in this economy I doubt that will happen. Too bad – these were smart, … Continue reading
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Will work for experience
(bumped) My beautiful, smart-as-a-whip 21-year-old, Sarah was just turned down for a summer internship at another blogger’s website due to her “lack of experience”. Leaving aside the question of what precise experience is needed to blog – 50 million idiots, … Continue reading
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You can’t buy a 100 watt incandescent bulb in England but …
“Tastes like rattlesnake!” You can still enjoy a delicious plate of squirrel – jolly good! I’ve hunted (and eaten) them myself. Not bad. Any .22 LR load will work but if I could find an old Winchester Model 70 that accommodated … Continue reading
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Video of Walter and Monica being called worms
Enterprising blogger culls the juicy bits from a BBC documentary on the nut job who bought Mustique in (I think) 1957, lost it due to being a financial idiot and been resentful ever since. He lays into the Noels but … Continue reading
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Watch this space
398 Stanwich Road, new construction in 2004, sold that year for $5.5 million. It’s now back for sale again, this time at $6.345. As I recall, it was a well built house, not much of a backyard (pond? wetlands?) but a … Continue reading
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We’re working on it!
Reader “Pulled up in OG” demands, “Enough of this light bulb crap . . . where’s Hooper’s butt? “ I found this photo, which may be the delectable Miss Hooper, but I can’t tell if that’s an Andy tattoo or … Continue reading
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Doctor Deals
As a lawyer, I was sometimes asked to evaluate limited partnership real estate proposals for clients. The worst ones we labelled “Doctor Deals” because only a doctor, too busy with his practice to pay attention to finances, would fall for … Continue reading
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Now we know – not all of Noel’s money is on Mustique
Walt and his Fairfield Greenwich Group were paying kickbacks to bankers who placed their clients’ money with them. So how much of Walt’s 2% -20% fee went to Geneva? He’s not saying. Yet.
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Cottage blues
4 Waterfall Lane, off River Road in Cos Cob, is a nifty little place that really does have its own waterfall and backs up to conservation land. It sold for $730,000 in May of ’02, again in April ’04 for … Continue reading
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Don the propeller beanies!
Putin shuts off natural gas supply for Europe. The man is either stark, raving mad or he is just determined to bring down civilization. Either way, and apologists to the contrary, Putin is not our friend. I can’t believe Obama … Continue reading
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The curious case of 42 Stag Lane
This 6-acre parcel has quite a history. In December, 2001 it was put up for sale at $1.5 million. It limped along until August, 2004 when its price dropped to $1.375 and that seems to have ignited a bidding war … Continue reading
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It will happen here!
Millions of Britons swarming store aisles grabbing the last 100 Watt light bulbs before EU ban goes into effect next week. [hat tip, reader CH)The reader who suggested we’d be imprisoned on terrorism charges if we dropped CFL bulbs in the … Continue reading
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