Most commented posts of the year

Not quite the end of the year, but these were the posts on my lj that got the most posts since December 18 last year (I’ve made the cut-off point 20 rather than 15 replies too):

15 January: Most Recent Common Ancestors   [ +26 ]
15 January: Following up to this morning’s post   [ +41 ]
19 January: Lib Dem leadership   [ +21 ]
28 January: Bloggers on the Lib Dem leadership   [ +25 ]
4 March: Award winners meme, revisited   [ +21 ]
26 April: 6 April 1967   [ +27 ]
3 May: Failed States Index   [ +25 ]
4 May: Good luck   [ +22 ]
7 May: I am not really very computer literate   [ +27 ]
8 May: Start the week   [ +30 ]
14 May: May Books 6) Old Man’s War   [ +35 ]
18 May: Boundary Commission’s Revised Recommendations   [ +38 ]
20 May: Well…   [ +20 ]
21 May: My sekrit identity   [ +25 ]
27 May: DW   [ +21 ]
1 June: Public notice   [ +40 ]
8 June: Boycott analysis   [ +30 ]
10 June: The post you’ve been waiting for   [ +26 ]
13 June: Calling budding election observers   [ +33 ]
16 June: Where am I?   [ +29 ]
17 June: Thanks to burkesworks…   [ +27 ]
27 June: Strange Horizons   [ +46 ]
3 July: Social networks   [ +36 ]
3 July: That’s me told   [ +31 ]
7 July: Seen in passing   [ +21 ]
9 July: July Books 4) The Age of Fallibility   [ +21 ]
25 July: Dangers of blogging   [ +26 ]
10 August: Stranded   [ +28 ]
10 August: Thanks, and progress   [ +20 ]
14 August: Fantastic (?)   [ +26 ]
16 August: Inferno   [ +22 ]
27 August: More Hugo reflections   [ +34 ]
29 August: Bits and bobs   [ +35 ]
1 October: Important – resolve late-night marital dispute   [ +23 ]
5 October: [protected post] Phone call   [ +20 ]
7 October: [protected post] Job hunt concluded   [ +26 ]
10 October: October Books 1) The System of the World   [ +30 ]
13 October: Cryptic entry   [ +20 ]
18 October: I, CLAVDIVS update   [ +21 ]
9 December: Torchwood episodes 6-8   [ +26 ]

Alas, my first of two contributions to the mid-year reviewergate slapfight made the top spot; followed by the second of two more intellectual contributions on population movements, then some good old Northern Irish election stuff. The two locked posts on the list are updates on my job situation. But I’m glad that the majority of these are good sane discussions.

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  1. Yep. In the old days, it was physically recorded on the actual title deed. All electronic now-days, at least in NZ.

    A couple of land transfer stories.

    My gf recently sold her house (and we bought one). She kept her mortgage (which she paid off a year ago) recorded against the property, as there have been instances of people selling property that they don’t own by impersonating the real owner. A mortgage triggers extra checks that will involve the real owner. It is normally simple to get the $0 mortgage removed when you sell, but our lawyer pointed out the the securities dept of her bank is based in Christchurch, which was somewhat disrupted by the earthquake, so prioritised removing it. If it wasn’t removed by time of settlement (money paid, keys handed over etc), then the title wouldn’t have been clear, and the buyer would have the right to refuse to complete the transaction.

    A colleague recently bought a new-build house. Well, kind of. The developer has been lax in filing the paperwork to create the title for the property (i.e. to split it out of the larger block that the developer owns). The fault is entirely the developer’s. My colleague and family are now living in the house, and have not paid any money for it (the standard 10% deposit is in trust with their lawyer, earning interest for one party or the other). When the title is issued, they (with the assistance of their bank, who will not provide any cash until there is an actual title for them to secure it against) will have to pay the developer basically immediately.

    Competent conveyancing lawyers are very worthwhile, for that 0.1% of the time that the lack of one can ruin your (financial) life. With the backup of a way to extract money from ones that stuff up badly.

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