TRIP REPORT - Ed Miller's Queer Eye screening party

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Whatever, isn't owning more financially responsible than renting?

(I'm assuming he's renting - typically in large complexes like that you rent, not own)

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Ed and Elaine actually comment on this toward the end of the thread on the same subject in NVG; they said that they are saving mad stacks of cash and that they are renting because they want to travel the world and will buy when they feel ready to settle down, HOLLA

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Whatever, isn't owning more financially responsible than renting?

(I'm assuming he's renting - typically in large complexes like that you rent, not own)

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Ed and Elaine actually comment on this toward the end of the thread on the same subject in NVG; they said that they are saving mad stacks of cash and that they are renting because they want to travel the world and will buy when they feel ready to settle down, HOLLA

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I figured it was something along those lines. Just figured he'd have a house - that place looked like an apartment I lived in while interning in Palmdale...

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Think about it this way, though: The Queer Eyes probably wouldn't be helping Ed out if he were big pimpin' MTV Cribs-style.

[bnorthro]

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I remember watching Queer Eye a long time ago, like when it first started. Have these guys gotten WAY more flaming? They seemed ultra over the top, when at the beginning they just seemed a little queer. I'm not homophobic or anything like that, they were just obnoxious

[KaneKungFu123]

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For locals, there is a story on the show and the party on the front page of the Green Valley News. Ed's picture is on the cover, below the fold. The story is also in the Henderson Home News and the South Valley News. It's not online, unfortunately. The paper is a free weekly available at various restaurants and retail stores around the Henderson area.

MrMoo is in the picture on page 14, as is my sister, Mary.

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BTW MrMoo is hot!

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LoL,

You looked much different than what I expected. Not sure what I expected, but that wasnt it. And in all honesty, you looked younger than I expected. I was surprised they didnt have more commentary from the "The Mom".

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I used to look much younger than my years, but I think that has changed considerably since I developed health problems four years ago. I had a migraine the day the "talking heads" bits were filmed, and I think I looked like I was sucking on a lemon. I was fine during the tournament which was the day before.

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If it hasn't been said yet, its time someone does. I think its really wonderful how close you are with your son, the amount of love the two of you have for one another is evident in your posts. Elaine is very lucky too.

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Gay.

[Ed Miller]

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Whatever, isn't owning more financially responsible than renting?

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Not necessarily. It depends on the current real estate market and how the price of renting compares to the price of owning.

Owning also incurs significant fees... commissions, transaction fees, taxes, etc, which tend to be a fixed percentage of the price of the home (that is, the up front and back end costs are typically significantly greater than the recurring costs). That fee structure punishes quick turnover.

Bottom line is that owning tends to make sense (financially) if you plan to be somewhere for a long time, and renting tends to make sense if you plan to move within two years (and sell the property).

Real estate prices in the Vegas area are also currently bloated with respect to rents (for instance, a $300,000 house with about a $2,000 monthly mortgage and tax payment rents for maybe $1,200). So that also tips things in favor of renting.

Bottom line is, if Elaine and I planned to be in Vegas for five or more years, we'd buy a house. In fact, up until recently, that was our plan, and we were house hunting. But we changed our minds, decided we wanted to travel, and aborted the hunt.

In retrospect, I do wish that when we got married we'd have rented a house for a few hundred a month more rather than rented this apartment. Not that I hate the apartment or anything... it's in a nice neighborhood, and it's conveniently located to places we like to go. But we want a dog, and a house would have been better for that.

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For locals, there is a story on the show and the party on the front page of the Green Valley News. Ed's picture is on the cover, below the fold. The story is also in the Henderson Home News and the South Valley News. It's not online, unfortunately. The paper is a free weekly available at various restaurants and retail stores around the Henderson area.

MrMoo is in the picture on page 14, as is my sister, Mary.

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BTW MrMoo is hot!

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LoL,

You looked much different than what I expected. Not sure what I expected, but that wasnt it. And in all honesty, you looked younger than I expected. I was surprised they didnt have more commentary from the "The Mom".

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I used to look much younger than my years, but I think that has changed considerably since I developed health problems four years ago. I had a migraine the day the "talking heads" bits were filmed, and I think I looked like I was sucking on a lemon. I was fine during the tournament which was the day before.

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If it hasn't been said yet, its time someone does. I think its really wonderful how close you are with your son, the amount of love the two of you have for one another is evident in your posts. Elaine is very lucky too.

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Gay.

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Grow up already KKF. Its fun when you finally start acting like an adult ya know.

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I remember watching Queer Eye a long time ago, like when it first started. Have these guys gotten WAY more flaming? They seemed ultra over the top, when at the beginning they just seemed a little queer. I'm not homophobic or anything like that, they were just obnoxious

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Carson has gotten more obnoxious (e.g., more flaming). But the others don't seem to have changed too much.

I haven't watched in a few years. If anything, it seemed that the Fab 5 got less screen time than they used to. Usually, the food guy gets a segment where he teaches the straight guy how to cook. But here, Ed didn't have to cook anything, so food guy only had the segment with the food tower. Thom used to get get a segment where they show him redecorating. They didn't do that (they only had the standard Thom and straight guy go to furniture store). And Jai (the culture guy) had only a brief segment on how to handle interviews.

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Fantastic!

[Big Steve]

I had a party at my house too when this came on, and strangely I was the only gay person there.

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