>>Congratulations. You seemed to have moved fast on this one ? Where in NY (I thought you were considering CT)?
>>And what's an 'Uncle Billy' - google seems to think it's a hotel chain in Hawaii ?
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>Initially we had our eye on a place just outside Stamford, CT.....but then we came across a place in White Plains that we couldn't resist.

Sounds good. So last Xmas in the old home......

>As for Uncle Billy - that's a reference from the movie "It's A Wonderful Life". Uncle Billy is George Bailey's kind-hearted but sometimes absent-minded Uncle who helps out at the Bailey Savings and Loan. On Christmas Eve, Uncle Billy loses 8 thousand dollars that he's supposed to deposit in the bank, and that sets off a chain reaction of events.
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>The entire movie is a classic, and the final scenes are perhaps the most emotional ending of any movie that's ever been made. If you've never watched it - watch it. It is the greatest movie ever made.

Thx. Maybe I'll try to watch it over Xmas (about the only time that, for some reason, I *do* watch TV)....