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happysparkle - no excuse for wall-mounting the tv? how about to stop it from flying across the room during an earthquake?

Gregory H: What on earth are you talking about? The state does not pick up anything.

Anyone who bought a building with rent controlled tenants in New York knew what they were buying, and it was reflected in the price they paid. If the law is overturned, the landlords will have a huge windfall. Why do they deserve that? Rent control is already being phased out.

Neighborhoods that were solidly middle class when I was growing up are out of reach for all but the rich now. It does not make NY a better place. Overturning rent control would drive out the last remaining middle class from Manhattan, including mostly old people who have lived there all their lives and whose families and life-long friends are nearby. The apartments will be de-controlled when they die. Let them stay. Everything can't be about maximizing someone's ability to get rich.

I bought a 42" last year to replace my 26" set. The guidelines I saw online suggested 58" at the 10' distance I usually sit from it, and I thought that was ridiculously large and just hype to get me to buy a bigger set. I didn't want a huge thing taking over my whole room.

When I first got the set it seemed enormous, but now I regret not getting a bigger one. Maybe not 58", but if I could do it again I would get a 52".

Not a nominee but I just saw Carnage and loved the living room. Good thing because the entire movie took place in it.

Not what most people would say, but when I moved last time northern exposure was a big plus for me. My previous place faced full south and I got over thinking sun was great really quickly. It was blinding for half the day and the place got unbearably hot - also everything faded. I had the blinds closed all the time.

I find the north-facing windows much more comfortable. I've still got plenty of light, but never too much.

I had a horrendous experience once. I was out of the country and unreachable for four months. I paid in advance and left a new contact address and phone number just before I left. Somehow they managed to: 1) think for some reason that I owed them money when I didn't; and 2) fail to update my contact information. It was only by sheer accident that I found out they were trying to reach me at the wrong address. Then, when I tried to stop them from selling my things, they would not admit that I paid them even though I sent them copies of my receipt three different times. Whenever I called I reached the same person who would hang up on me. It was a nightmare. I almost lost everything I owned in the world.

I don't know if there's a lesson in this or not - it was probably just my misfortune to be dealing with a lunatic. But I would think long and hard about where to store anything that I cared about.

It's not necessary to have rules. I got rid of 80% of everything I owned last year when I moved to a smaller place, and I did it painlessly without rules. I think it's silly to get rid of something just because you haven't used it in some arbitrary amount of time. I kept some things I rarely use and got rid of things I used often.

I went with my gut and it worked out fine. I ended up replacing a few things, as I knew would probably happen; but they were things that were easily available. How expensive or difficult or impossible it would be to replace something figured in my decisions more than when I last used it.

I like it the way it is.

My favorite flower. The only thing I don't love about living in San Francisco is no peonies.