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Skriven 2013-04-17 00:38:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM WELLER
Ärende: stagers 429
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 JW> The elements of staging are pretty basic; almost everyone with a
 JW> lick of common sense or who has ever watched cable TV knows what to
 JW> do. At it's most basic it's about cleaning, deodorizing,
 JW> de-cluttering, lawn-care, painting, doing minor repairs and
 JW> renovations and removing controversial or distracting personal
 JW> items: stuffed trophy animals, bear skin rugs, guns, nude art,
 JW> religious tracts etc.

That makes sense, unless, as with my inheritance, it will be
sold as a teardown.

 It's just that a lot of busy people don't have
 JW> the time or the inclination to do everything themselves or know who
 JW> to hire so they hire somebody. Realtors have been telling clients
 JW> what to do for free, forever. We just called it prepping though.  

After all, you want to sell something that people can imagine
living in.

 JW> Renting art and cool furniture, baking cinnamon buns or worrying
 JW> about Feng Shui (unless you're selling to a Chinese person) is of
 JW> course complete bullshit as are the ads from the fee charging
 JW> staging schools promising glamorous high paying careers, like
 JW> fabjob.com.

In the only such experience I ever had, it was suggested to us
that we clean up the kitchen floor, which was covered by cheap
carpeting (!) that my girlfriend had set fire to (!) by heating
some frying oil to burning (!), then picking up the cast-iron
pan by the handle (!), then dropping the whole mess (!), burning
her hands and the carpet in the process. That probably was a
sign that I should have disassociated from her several years
before I did. I think we used the vanilla on the burners trick,
as the place still after all that time smelled of scorch.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Fake Guacamole
 Categories: Dips, odd
      Yield: 1 1/2 cups

      1    16 oz bag of frozen peas,                Chopped
           Thawed                                   Tomatoes)
      1 sm Can medium hot green chilis         1 tb "Imo"
    1/4 c  Chopped onion                            Cumin to taste
    3/4 ts Garlic powder                            Salt and pepper to taste
      1 tb Red chili powder                         Any other spices you enjoy
      4 tb Your favorite salsa (or                  In guacamole

   Much lower in fat than real quacamole.  Try this recipe, you'll be
  surprised! Thaw the peas by placing them in a colander and running them
  under lukewarm tapwater. To test if they're thawed, pop one in your mouth
  occasionally.  Once thawed (it should only take 1-2 minutes), drain
  thoroughly and pour the peas into a blender or food processor.
   Puree the peas in the blender or food processor.  Place pureed peas in a
  ceramic bowl and mix in the remaining ingredients. Refrigerate for several
  hours to let the flavors blend.  Source unknown

  Note: Imo seems to be a kind of seasoning salt

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