NBC Didn’t Think You Could Handle Zou Kai’s Horizontal Bar Score Live or on Tape-Delay
NBC has been taking a beating online for refusing to show events live on television as they take place while they have been rewarded with record numbers during primetime, tape-delayed broadcasts of events that have been over for hours. People that sit home and blog for a living are the loudest critics while people with desk jobs wish those people would just shut up. There is never an argument the Olympics should be shown on tape-delay, just that it doesn’t affect that many people and NBC has the right to show the Olympics how they want.
The one thing you would probably want NBC to do is put on a decent tape-delayed broadcast. Unsurprisingly, they can’t even do that right. Last night they advertised a Today Show segment with gold medal winner Missy Franklin before they actually showed Missy Franklin winning the gold medal.
During the men’s gymnastics competition, they spent a good amount of time talking about what a difficult routine China’s Zou Kai was attempting on the horizontal bar. One of the commentators even said that Kai was attempting a horizontal bar routine with the highest possible score he had ever seen. Kai went on to pretty much nail his routine and NBC went to a commercial break without ever telling anyone his score. They came back from commercial and Zou Kai was never mentioned again.
It turns out that he scored a 16.400 on the horizontal bar. In order to find that out, you had to go on the Internet and look it up. That’s just what 80-year-old grandmothers in flyover states want to do right? NBC can’t even do a solid tape-delay broadcast. Zou Kai had the highest score of any gymnast in any event last night and NBC couldn’t even show the score. Not that it matters. America got to see Justin Bartha bouncing a baby on a couch instead and that’s what really matters to NBC.
Previously: NBC Olympic Coverage Critic Guy Adams Had Twitter Account Suspended
Previously: NBC Execs Think You Should Stop Whining About a Tape-Delay, and Live Stream Issues Are Your Fault
Previously: NBC Claims Opening Ceremony Was Too “Complex” to Stream Live
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July 31st, 2012 at 6:26 PM
Where the hell did that come from? Just a random cheap shot?
July 31st, 2012 at 6:28 PM
I watched this and pretty sure they flashed in shortly thereafter.
July 31st, 2012 at 6:51 PM
they have the internet in these so called “flyover states?”
July 31st, 2012 at 6:58 PM
I think they decided to switch away from the gymnastics coverage before the entire country saw a member of team USA impale himself on one of the apparatus or nearby equipment
July 31st, 2012 at 6:59 PM
This was witty, and for that I give you a point. Nay, two points.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:07 PM
Is this TBLAD? Or are we getting 4 more Olympics posts about events of which we already know the results?
July 31st, 2012 at 7:18 PM
I watched this too, but don’t remember seeing the score. He definitely nailed his routine though. The American men’s team is lucky they’re not from N Korea or they wouldn’t be alive this morning after that choke job.
In other news, I spent a good 40 minutes of company time this afternoon parked in our customer lounge watching the USA-Spain men’s volleyball match with about 5 of my employees.
/HD TV in the customer lounge FTW
July 31st, 2012 at 7:19 PM
I feel like TBLAD is whichever post we all decide to comment on.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:27 PM
That’s just what 80-year-old grandmothers in flyover states want to do right
With the exception of Lisk, TBL’s writers are extremely tone deaf as to what actually happens west of the Mississippi River. It has been like this since the site started. I’ve learned to deal with it. At least I don’t live in fucking New York.
/Spits Red Man
//Sleeps with cousin
///Dreams about getting cable and internet one day.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Well, the Yankees get a 5-spot, bottom of the first, against the Orioles. In DC, Strasburg and Lee look pretty sharp initially.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Whoops. Strasburg just gave up a two-out, two-run homer to Kevin Frandsen. Yeah, that Kevin Frandsen.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Sox left bases loaded against Verlander in the first.
“But they ran up the pitch count!” – Sox management
/wanking
July 31st, 2012 at 7:42 PM
/gets out rocking chair
“Back in my day, Nolan Ryan threw 300 pitches every fourth day. Mostly fastballs. And, he was his own closer. And, he threw BP on the days he didn’t start. And, he threw the obligatory ‘big league vs. minor league affiliate’ game every year. Complete game, of course.”
/reaches for the bag of prunes in the fridge
July 31st, 2012 at 7:44 PM
Anyone in TBLAD work in the insurance industry?
July 31st, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Amen brother SROD. Amen.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:49 PM
Nova just gave up a grand slam. Orioles 7 (all in the second), Yanks 5. WTH.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:50 PM
(sometimes, I shake my head at my own BS)
July 31st, 2012 at 7:51 PM
You know what annoys me? The way Jhonny Peralta spells his name. Who does that?
July 31st, 2012 at 7:55 PM
PoM, that bugs me too. Must be a Dominican thing. Guess we wouldn’t understand.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:57 PM
I used to work for a title insurance company.
July 31st, 2012 at 7:58 PM
if memory serves, his mom fucked it up on his birth certificate and he just rolled with it.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Guess she should meet Anfernee Hardaway’s mother.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Anyone in TBLAD work in the insurance industry?
I’m known as Pipe Hitting Pete. How can I be of service?
July 31st, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Looking for more of the corporate insurance/risk management. Debating a huge career move, would be very high risk/high reward type thing and wanted to see if anyone had experience with something like that.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:11 PM
i tired, but i cared too much for my customers to not sell them coverage they didn’t need and couldn’t afford to be successful at it.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:16 PM
WTF. Beckett pulled in the third? Are you joking me?
July 31st, 2012 at 8:17 PM
Cliff Lee just got an RBI single…stole second…scored on an inside-the-park homer by Rollins. 6-0, Phils. SC was right, apparently. Strasburg is strug-gl-ing tonight.
/counted chickens – they didn’t hatch
July 31st, 2012 at 8:20 PM
I’ve run into that at times with my current gig, but I don’t know if the same would apply when dealing with companies as opposed to retail customers. Out of curiosity, which insurance company did you work for?
July 31st, 2012 at 8:21 PM
Beckett with a back injury
July 31st, 2012 at 8:24 PM
/fixed
July 31st, 2012 at 8:24 PM
You guys are watching baseball? Don’t you know there is tape delayed women’s synchronized diving on?
/Goes outside.
//100 degrees.
///Comes back inside.
////Finishing up Season 2 of Justified. Wanton unrealistic killings with witty dialogue is in my wheel house.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:26 PM
Without the second, the first is just boring.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:26 PM
State Farm was happy to take our money then promptly dump us when we made a claim on my wife’s engagement ring.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:27 PM
first american. did the interview, met the trainer/mentor (introduced as the best guy to show you how to do it right) and did a “ride along” while he tried to drum up new business, was given the employment paperwork so i could fill it out overnight and get started training at 9am the next day. left such a bad taste in my mouth during the ride along i called them the next day and said no thanks.
apparently the pre interview screening test i took didn’t pick up my bleeding heart.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:31 PM
Without the second, the first is just boring. SROD
Oh, agreed. This show is great. Not earth-shattering intellectual Mad Men/Sopranos/Breaking Bad where every damn action/line of dialogue has to mean something deeper than what it really is. This show is a modern Western with cursing and graphic, constant violence among families in Kentucky. Sort of the redneck version of Game of Thrones. Minus the nudity. Nudity would have been better. As always nowadays with the advent of really good tv shows on HBO/Showtime, there is no reason for somewhat extended love story angle storylines.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:32 PM
No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:33 PM
Is that the one with Margo Martindale? I heard she was killer.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Jeebus, I’m reduced to watching Ancient Aliens.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Can’t imagine synchronized diving practice….climb the ladder, jump in the pool….climb the ladder, jump in the pool….
July 31st, 2012 at 8:38 PM
SROD – Season 1 trailer… If you are interested, read nothing more about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UZlz8J4iGk
Is that the one with Margo Martindale? I heard she was killer. Nada
Yeah. Don’t wants to give away anything. I had heard that and it was a slow burn towards the end of the season. I guess it is burning now. I’ve got three episodes left. Shit be crazy and whatnot.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Together. You forgot the “together” part.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:43 PM
I’ve heard that about several companies. I’m curious if the corporate sector is as cutthroat as the retail sector.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:44 PM
True. Coaching it might be worse.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:46 PM
I get having a tape-delay for sports like swimming and gymnastics, but whats the fascination with showing so much syncro diving? Especially since the u.s. Ain’t that good at it
July 31st, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Filler to sell ads while waiting as long as possible to show what everyone is waiting for. Is it me, or is “prime time” getting later and later?
/East coast bias
July 31st, 2012 at 8:54 PM
If NBC were smart (wanking), they’d show other sports in tape delay to try and develop an audience for them.
July 31st, 2012 at 8:56 PM
Ooh. Ooh. Women’s gymnastics! Hope the US does well!
July 31st, 2012 at 8:58 PM
But in seriousness, Verlander just walked in a run. How often does that happen?
July 31st, 2012 at 8:58 PM
corporate money isn’t the same as personal money, at least that’s my thinking. making ma and pa kent fear losing everything so they will buy more coverage they don’t need was tough for me to swallow.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:01 PM
When are these gymnasts due back at the Keebler tree?
July 31st, 2012 at 9:03 PM
/slow clap
July 31st, 2012 at 9:04 PM
The average American family will watch Gymnastics, Diving, Swimming. In that order. NBC isn’t dumb. They know how to keep their audience for the swimming and gymnastics. The first week is when NBC will make their money. They start hemorrhaging viewers when the track and field starts.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Where do the gymnasts go from here once they are past their prime? Cirque de soleil maybe? Might be the only sport I would want a daughter to avoid.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:05 PM
I’m not sure I would let my daughter endure the stunted development no matter how good she was.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Here come the red sox! Eat shit verlander!
July 31st, 2012 at 9:08 PM
It’s like figure skating in the Winter Olympics. I don’t get it.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:10 PM
I was listening to a podcast where this actress was saying that once she stopped doing gymnastics in high school, she grew 6 inches within 2 years. Amazing
July 31st, 2012 at 9:12 PM
Serious question. How does that happen?
July 31st, 2012 at 9:12 PM
You’d think they could speed some of this up since its already happened. Something feels off about these extended shots of 15yr old girls
/anyone have a white sox-twins update?
July 31st, 2012 at 9:17 PM
She probably finally went through puberty.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Pastor,
The rigorous training stops the production of certain hormones and proteins which promote body growth. I imagine the sudden impact landings does not help at all. If a girl stops gymnastics early enough in their development years, it would make sense that the body would swing back the other way and regulate the hormones and other functions attributed to growth
/just scanned some articles
July 31st, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Looks interesting. Could be a nice choice when winter sets in, and I am apartment-bound.
OT: Cliff Lee scattered 5 hits in 7 shutout innings. Phils still up 6-0.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Rollo – 1 to 0 white sox mid 5th
Also, did your wife give your sister the bitchslap today?
July 31st, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Oh god. Lets make this girls story about michael phelps.piss off nbc.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Sister in law, rather..
Screw phelps and nbc.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:22 PM
I worked one summer with a girl who swam division 1 for st peters college. She would have kicked my ass. Those swimmers are in ridiculous shape
July 31st, 2012 at 9:24 PM
Body fat is important to estrogen production. The young age they start training and lack of body fat delay puberty.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:25 PM
Wow. That is some crazy shit. I had no idea.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:25 PM
Forget NBC.. TBLAD – The More You Know
July 31st, 2012 at 9:26 PM
Still early – but Burnett working on a no-no through 4.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:27 PM
Perhaps it is wise to let the swimmers catch their breath before interviewing them
July 31st, 2012 at 9:27 PM
Knowing is half the battle.
/GI Joe’d
July 31st, 2012 at 9:28 PM
LET’S GO BUCCOS!
July 31st, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Did anyone crash into the vault today?
July 31st, 2012 at 9:29 PM
She came off as “special” in that interview.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:29 PM
the other half? killing those shit eating motherfucking commie bastards.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:30 PM
i thought she was deaf since her first race until i saw her with earbuds a few minutes ago in pre-race footage.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:31 PM
I recall stories of the gymnasts taking meds to prevent having their period and to keep them from growing. But that might have been on a law & order suv episode.
no sis in law tales yet. Night is young tho.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:32 PM
I feel like my mother must have changed the channel before that part of the ending came on.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:32 PM
I watched every episode breathlessly hoping to catch a glimpse of Cobra Commander’s real face.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:33 PM
I am /team tall women but sometimes the voice just is creepy. Both schmitt and franklin are 6’1″ but missy franklin doesn’t sound tall
July 31st, 2012 at 9:35 PM
My gymnastics knowledge consists of watching that movie “Stick It” with Missy Peregrym And Jeff Bridges
July 31st, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Love me some tall women. Their legs go from their ass all the way to the floor.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Mother nature is a mad scientist.
July 31st, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Best part of 2016 olympics in Rio besides the brazilian women on the beach? No michael phelps
July 31st, 2012 at 9:40 PM
Bollocks
July 31st, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Let’s go O’s! Beat those commie bastards from the Bronx!
July 31st, 2012 at 9:58 PM
I dated a girl in hs named missy franklin
/285 yrs ago
July 31st, 2012 at 10:02 PM
maybe phelps shoulda spent more time training instead of doing all of these puff pieces. his coach, too.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:03 PM
Are you sure it wasn’t in two months? That would be much more amazing. I’m not terribly tall, 6’2″, but I had two different growth spurts where I put on 6″. The two most painful summers of my life, and I had reconstructive knee surgery over a summer.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Where do the gymnasts go from here once they are past their prime? Cirque de soleil maybe?
If any indication of former female gymnasts four years after their Olympics pics are true, Golden Corral. And I don’t blame them.
/Not that they are fat now. Just healthy looking.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:15 PM
Burnett’s no-no intact through 6
July 31st, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Ok, im off. Wont be in at night for a few days. Going to housesit/watch the dog for my relatives tomorrow and they dont have their wireless hooked up yet. Lots of books and movies in store for the weekend.
/withdrawl
July 31st, 2012 at 10:23 PM
A.P. -
Rent/Buy Justified. I’ll have someone to talk to.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Good luck with all that. I’m in the same boat, only it’s been over three weeks, they have slow as shit internet (like dial-up type speed), and of course, the sister in law that won’t get off my jock.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:27 PM
KCR, I watch the show. Just have to watch the first season. Might get that from the library for next week
/free!
//fuck waking at 6 am
July 31st, 2012 at 10:28 PM
How about finishing the story from last night? She called you into the other, room, the shirt came off and …
July 31st, 2012 at 10:28 PM
“Gettin’ old is for pussies”
– Raylan Givens
July 31st, 2012 at 10:29 PM
and of course, the sister in law that won’t get off my jock.
since your wife doesn;t comment here, you can tell us….how tempted are you?
/most guys would cheat if they had a guarantee of not getting caught
//it’s not about happiness, it’s about curiosity
///and vengeance
July 31st, 2012 at 10:29 PM
He walked out like a smart married man
July 31st, 2012 at 10:29 PM
I would like to stick it to Missy Peregrym.
Anyone used to watch Reaper? She was cute/hot on that. I loved that show.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:30 PM
She called you into the other, room, the shirt came off and …
…she said hey, the bra’s for me, rollo
July 31st, 2012 at 10:31 PM
July 31st, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Vez, we were having a discussion the other night that involved writing/freelancing. How many hours a week do you figure you average?
July 31st, 2012 at 10:39 PM
it was coming off as i walked in. she asked which bra to wear. i was thinking what the hell so i just said the pink one and bolted out of there and out of the house. she was gone by the time i came back on the ATV.
0% – aside from her being what appears to be batshit crazy, she is dumber than a box of rocks. as in the last thing she has said that i remember is “jerry seinfeld is much better as an animated bee than as a comedian” and she honestly pronounced sorbet as SOR-BET. also, my wife owns several guns, to the point where at the wedding people would say “dont mistreat her, she is deadly accurate with a gun”
July 31st, 2012 at 10:39 PM
the thing about freelancing nada is that it’s hither and yon. so, when i’m really busy i bet i do 40 hours at least
when i’m not, maybe 20. don’t get paid by the hour tho
/smallest kids are entering kindergarten finally
//ready for FT job again
///keep your eyes/ears peeled for me if you would
July 31st, 2012 at 10:42 PM
she is dumber than a box of rocks.
the youngsters will find out one day how much of a turnoff this actually is. as in too dumb to even enjoy sex
July 31st, 2012 at 10:44 PM
getting Bobbitt’d
joke: lorena races away with the penis in hand. she realizes it, tosses it out car window
car behind has dad and young daughter in it. severed dick hit windshield with a splat. daughter says ‘ahh, what was that dad?’
dad gulps and says ‘uh, a bug.’
daughter says…’that bug sure had a big dick!’
July 31st, 2012 at 10:47 PM
sticking with writing or also looking for teaching jobs. if i remember correctly you have that degree?
July 31st, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Amen to that. Personally, I just can’t find the box-of-rocks girls attractive. Not asking for a Rhodes Scholar, but if you can’t carry on a normal conversation, sorry.
And also, probably not a bad idea to not tempt the woman with the gun to use it.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:51 PM
went to go get a loan the other day, the loan officer was about 24-25, incredibly huge boobs, well proportioned, very attractive overall, but she spoke like an idiot. she knew her stuff, but her interview skills didn’t get her that job.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:52 PM
To be honest, I got out of it a couple years back. You’re not thinking of getting back into newspapers, are you? I would strongly recommend not. If you have a teaching degree, go that route.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Last time we went out for breakfast, she asked “what does complimentary mean?” after she ordered a large OJ even though a “complimentary” one came with the meal. this is someone who graduated from an actual university last May.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:55 PM
sticking with writing or also looking for teaching jobs. if i remember correctly you have that degree?
either. i’m more confident in the writing tho. have spent less than a year as a classroom teacher. got my ESL certificate, so ESL, English, Social Studies and i’d coach
thing is RT, i knew so many veteran teachers/coaches in DuPage County, an asst. supe in D87 even, and had good relationships with all of them, and still couldn;t get more than one interview
anyway, it’s not always who you know
July 31st, 2012 at 10:55 PM
how can someone sound/not sound tall? o.O
July 31st, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Years ago I was involved with a woman who was smokin’ hot and just nice as could be but seriously lacked an intellect and a sense of humor. That last was the killer. She wanted to get hitched, but every time I’d crack wise about something and get that blank stare, it was like a cold shower.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:58 PM
Did she attend LSU? It wouldn’t surprise me.
/ Ole War Skule grad myelf
July 31st, 2012 at 10:58 PM
No doubt. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it would be fun for a night or two. But that’s it. I really think as men, the ultimate goal is to find a woman who can put up with your shit. Then, you are good to go.
July 31st, 2012 at 10:59 PM
newspapers,
no. but magazines, definitely. i think i’ve even learned enough through reporting to merit a chance at social media work. freelancing will be fine until then, the bonus being that we will spend less on babysitting because of all kids in school at least a half day.
just need more consistency of assignments/clients, but i’m starting another round of reaching out to editorial staffs with my resume and portfolio blog link, and have gotten one job off that already. my experience really helps
July 31st, 2012 at 10:59 PM
To be honest, I got out of it a couple years back. You’re not thinking of getting back into newspapers, are you? I would strongly recommend not. If you have a teaching degree, go that route.
I would also recommend getting away from TV news as well. We’re a dying medium. Problem is, we think we’re not and we’re not evolving fast enough.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Hahaha. Benedictine in Lisle, IL. $30K or more per year and never learned how to pronounce sorbet or what the word complimentary means. and cant go a sentence without 3-4 “likes” thrown in.
/was workaholics good tonight? saw it was a story of how they met and i’m a few episodes behind.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:01 PM
There are a lot of Russians crying on TV right now. Wonder what happened? The suspense of how this all played out is killing me.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:06 PM
I hate to sound like a prick, but that’s what kept me in it, off and on, over an extended period. The thoght of her in a backless evening gown still makes my libido do the lambada.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:08 PM
They found out that Putin never really killed a tiger with his bare hands. Another illusion about the motherland shattered.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:08 PM
You’re a man. It’s natural. No need to fight it. The power of poon is strong.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:08 PM
I cant date anyone who hasnt gone to college. Its just an intellect thing.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:09 PM
Cant sleep. Damnit
July 31st, 2012 at 11:10 PM
The power of poon compels you.
The power of poon compels you!
/ What the priests chanted in “The Sexorcist”
July 31st, 2012 at 11:14 PM
You only have hours left until you are without internet for days, right? take advantage.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Speaking of, when do we start to put some credibility to this regarding the whole Verlander/Upton thing? Would explain a lot…
July 31st, 2012 at 11:15 PM
the in-laws keep the house at 76 degrees. that’s not normal, right? what do most people set the air to in the summer? it’s hot/stuffy but there’s not much i can do about it until they go to work during the day and i crank it to like 72.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:15 PM
So Burnett lost the no-hitter. And the Braves are beating down the Marlins.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:16 PM
70
July 31st, 2012 at 11:18 PM
76 would be unacceptable to me, Rollo. I keep it around 70 this time of year.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:21 PM
the mother-in-law came in the room today and said “does it seem hotter than normal in here?” and i think she was trying to bait me because i turned it to 75 the night before and when i woke up someone had changed it back to 76 (so i’m sure they knew it was me). wake up sweating every morning.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Anyone watch basketball tonight? There’s something about this U.S. team that’s off-putting. Maybe it’s the fact that they were up nearly 50 on Tunisia and still hoisting 3-pointers in garbage time.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:23 PM
74 but will negotiate downward. i pays the bills
July 31st, 2012 at 11:25 PM
Are your in-laws also Seinfeld’s parents? Sounds like the one episode in Florida where Elaine was dying from the heat.
Shame them. Ask for a fan.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:25 PM
I’m sure that’s more gentlemanly than just dunking every play like they probably could…plus they’re the best players in the world, don’t exactly have scrubs to put in late
July 31st, 2012 at 11:26 PM
As Riley B. King once said, you got to pay the cost to be the boss.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:28 PM
That came earlier in the game. At least every time the Unibrow was in.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:29 PM
the mother-in-law came in the room today and said “does it seem hotter than normal in here?”
jeezus, her too?
July 31st, 2012 at 11:29 PM
i thought of that exact same thing; we have our own bed that me brought in the house for this month-long stay, otherwise i am positive i’d be sleeping in a bed with a bar in the middle like Elaine had to do. there are ceiling fans, but that just makes the allergies worse (surrounded by cornfields, so i’m sure it’s from that and weeds).
July 31st, 2012 at 11:30 PM
Red Sox-Tigers game called after a 105 minute rain delay. Boston was up 4-1, top 6, detroit had bases loaded at time of delay. Boston wins, detroit is pissed and already lodged a complaint to the commissioner’s office. Happy boston won, but i cant blame the smokin leylands for being pissed
July 31st, 2012 at 11:30 PM
I laughed.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:33 PM
Rollo is living out a Letter to Penthouse fantasy, except for the batshit craziness and the possibility of gunfire.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:34 PM
i laughed. then thought about getting whatever hard alcohol i could find.
/stupid underwriting. how can getting a mortgage loan take this long when the housing market is so bad?
July 31st, 2012 at 11:35 PM
how can getting a mortgage loan take this long when the housing market is so bad?
crazy relations? you;re a drunk?
July 31st, 2012 at 11:38 PM
It’s amazing how things have turned. In late ’99, I was looking at a condo going for $97,000 and applied for a15-year mortgage at about 4% with hardly anything down. I turned the paperwork in at 10 a.m.; by noon they were on the phone trying to get me to take $120,000.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:39 PM
really is amazing. we are putting 20% down and the appraisal was with $500 of the purchase price, yet they STILL said the house is in a declining market so they wouldn’t give the loan. now waiting on a new and more likely to give money lender…and waiting…and waiting.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Every time I think of buying, I read something else about how the coming world housing crash will be twice as bad as what we went through in 2008-09, and I continue to happily shell out rent.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:48 PM
Love how they are showing Phelps’ highlights with “Tweezer Reprise” by Phish playing as the background music.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:49 PM
Missed Ancient Aliens earlier, think I’m gonna go watch it.
I’m a sad, sad man.
July 31st, 2012 at 11:52 PM
Every time I think of buying, I read something else about how the coming world housing crash will be twice as bad as what we went through in 2008-09, and I continue to happily shell out rent.
but you can get so much more house now. i wish i was a first-time buyer
July 31st, 2012 at 11:58 PM
that’s what we are hoping to do. took a hit selling our townhouse so felt like we had to go real big to take advantage on the other end.
i bought when i was single in 2006, before i met my wife. does she get the first time buyer credit or is there no chance of that (which sucks since i bought before that was made available)??
August 1st, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Geez Rollo, sounds like my sister with your house loan. They pretty much told her the same thing and her husband just snapped at the loan officer “No shit, so what, you don’t give out any loans, till the market picks up? I don’t see your job lasting long then dude.” Ended up getting the loan through her credit union after taking every penny out of that bank.
August 1st, 2012 at 1:02 AM
The worst part was waiting for weeks on end without hearing much of anything and then being told, oh btw, no, as if they waited that long, took a quick glance and said “eh”. We’re lucky we had family willing to let us stay with them or we’d be in some Extended Stay hotel somewhere with a 4 month old. I wish I could have said what her husband said, though.