tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post260592077483689383..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Saint-Aignan in the summer of 2003Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9332623725793298592017-06-14T06:26:08.949+02:002017-06-14T06:26:08.949+02:00The house we sold has doubled in value since 2003....The house we sold has doubled in value since 2003. Where will it stop? I haven't been back to San Francisco in 14 years, but I think I might have trouble recognizing it now.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42931439344309524922017-06-14T03:26:13.208+02:002017-06-14T03:26:13.208+02:00I just read your post about selling in San Francis...I just read your post about selling in San Francisco. Your timing was so very good, you hit almost the very top of the market. I've found, in the few houses I've sold, that a good agent is worth every penny of her/his commission.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47967537448585300962017-06-13T20:10:07.832+02:002017-06-13T20:10:07.832+02:00E., I think we've done pretty well. You are ri...E., I think we've done pretty well. You are right about getting up from floor level now — it's not easy. Luckily, we don't have to sleep so low down any more.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31533314528926780532017-06-13T15:11:16.857+02:002017-06-13T15:11:16.857+02:00You've come a long way in 13 years. I bet slee...You've come a long way in 13 years. I bet sleeping on that air mattress would be very difficult at your present age. I know I'd have a hard time with the up and down part of sleeping on the floor like that. Love reading this post from the past.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13243941556288617642017-06-13T14:52:31.781+02:002017-06-13T14:52:31.781+02:00We took that paper down post haste, painted, and h...We took that paper down post haste, painted, and had the room carpeted.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12856588838412838892017-06-13T14:46:33.192+02:002017-06-13T14:46:33.192+02:00The wallpaper in the 'air matress' room lo...The wallpaper in the 'air matress' room looks very familiar!pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90314154604227615112017-06-13T12:28:39.364+02:002017-06-13T12:28:39.364+02:00Yes, they're pretty good; and the camera was p...Yes, they're pretty good; and the camera was pretty good too.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72234153514319833562017-06-13T12:20:43.501+02:002017-06-13T12:20:43.501+02:00That was a 3 megapixel camera. I was actually thin...That was a 3 megapixel camera. I was actually thinking that the photos were pretty good, considering that they are 14 years old or more.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9261940626214391452017-06-13T12:07:16.114+02:002017-06-13T12:07:16.114+02:00I took those SF photos in 2003 with a Kodak DC4800...I took those SF photos in 2003 with a Kodak DC4800 camera that dated back to the late 1990s. I could make them better with Photoshop now... Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7797088390894997552017-06-13T12:06:00.762+02:002017-06-13T12:06:00.762+02:00If memory serves, the hard drive on my first Mac l...If memory serves, the hard drive on my first Mac laptop (1992) was a HUGE 40mb! Most applications at that time were around 300 kb.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32224910002967072362017-06-13T10:46:09.101+02:002017-06-13T10:46:09.101+02:00It was interesting to look back at your old home s...It was interesting to look back at your old home selling post. Even with my poor eye for photography, I can tell digital cameras have come a long way since 2003. About then we asked a friend's advice on buying a digital camera. He said, go for broke, get a 2 megapixel camera. You won't need better than that. I think my phone camera is now about 8, but apparently megapixels are less important now. I am reminded of the computer salesman who in the 90s said, 2gb is all the hard drive size you will ever need. I think my phone has 32gb drive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77853656567186454852017-06-13T10:08:41.412+02:002017-06-13T10:08:41.412+02:00Yes, June 2004. Wow.Yes, June 2004. Wow.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29420804245465070742017-06-13T09:47:41.357+02:002017-06-13T09:47:41.357+02:00IIRC, the first time I saw your house was when you...IIRC, the first time I saw your house was when you picked us up, Frank and me, in Carteret (Normandy) to bring us to Saint-Aignan. That was in 2004, thirteen years ago! chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19280897766600919622017-06-13T08:25:45.908+02:002017-06-13T08:25:45.908+02:00We completed on ours in April 2003.... and, whilst...We completed on ours in April 2003.... and, whilst 2CV friends were roasting in Northern Italy at a 2CV World Meeting at the end of July.... we came here and 'cooked'.... 44C in the sun.... 40 in the shade of our lovely Linden tree.... and, thanks to the thick, stone walls.... a very cold 33 indoors!<br />We had very similar thoughts to you and Walt about whether or not we'd made the right choice.... the weather section at the back of 'la Nouvelle République' ran out of ways of saying that the 'canicule' continues.....<br />yet in June last year, there were some of the heaviest floods in living memory in Touraine.... and the one here at the end of May!<br />Interestingly, this is the same weather pattern as during the Great War.... but around two degrees warmer and four colder and heavier rain.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.com