There was about 2" of snow down and they were all prepared to stay until the sun came up in the morning and melted the roads.

when you find yourself coveting Donald Trump's hair piece......... even though you have a full head of hair.when, while telling the priest in the church confessional that you're going the straight and narrow and giving up the mistress, you find yourself preoccupied with calculating the the additional revenue the apt you provided her will bring in.when you begin fantasizing that global warming and the melting of the polar ice caps may some day turn your troubled lower income properties into valuable beach front properties.

So I was on Yahoo, and it said that Michael Phelps eats 12,000 calories a day.

In fact we were around during the S&L melt-down.

Research found that the appeal of this low calorie beer to heavy drinkers was not its low calories at all (most were proud of their beer bellies), but the fact that it didn't "fill them up" as much as regular beer - so they could drink more and stay in the bar longer.From my own experience of working in international book distribution and marketing, I know that many books are bought not [only] to be read, but as interior decoration or as a symbol of cultural sophistication.

OfgiftYou are both right, kind of.In the sunshine belt there was a huge build up in the early to mid 80's leading up to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and the Savings and Loan melt down.

Cash is what you need in that kind of melt down but I never had seen credit freeze like that before and hopefully never will.For me if I was thinking there was going to be another market correction of that magnitude I would have my powder dry and  have my commercial bank in tow.. my one major commercial bank stuck with me and kept our credit in the mid 7 figures but we were on 90 day reviews full financial every 90 days.. it was an odd time.  

After the snow melted (under contract but not closed) I drove by and sure enough, newer roof (maybe 3-5 years old).

I did probably 200 plus loans in Detroit before it had its epic financial melt down.. and boy was it epic.

I suspect though banks did not chase too much of it in the melt down prior