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Here's your chance, have at it. The grumpiness level is rising. Longtime readers probably have sensed the subtle shift in discourse here at Patrick.net. We do have a lot more readers now, and this will only continue to grow as the correction proceeds. But us authors are also increasingly disagreeing over issues that before seemed minor, but now seem more fundamental. In the beginning it was easy: do you believe there is a real-estate bubble or not? But now debate is mired in details of sticky this, hard or soft that, or inflation/deflation the other.
So, take this opportunity to whack-the-authors. Let us know what each of the "on-air personalities" here does that annoys, disturbs or bores you. Is it Randy H's never ending econobabble? Or HARM's fundamentals fundamentalism? Maybe Peter P's metaphysical contrarianism? Surfer-X's descriptive suggestions to select commentors? Maybe even SQT's unshakable reasonableness pisses you off, or astrid's philosophical introspection. Perhaps it's just the daily digressions on sushi and kitchen knives...
If we can't laugh at ourselves then we'll never hope to improve upon the lot we've drawn. Consider it a roast. Help us to see ourselves as you see us. (Obviously, the definition of "Troll" will be a bit different for this thread. Feed surfer-X at your own risk.)
--Randy H
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Mr. Vincent is just joshing us. He's pretty funny, too.
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Wow, i was just posting that link,
tinyurl.com/epvoj
suck if fucking long, suck it fucking hard.
How's your equity, fuckers?
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If you bother to RTFA, it is a textbook example of price stickiness.
Sales volume is down by 20% (and thus inventory is up). Yet the most recent month's prices YoY were still up by 6.1%.
This should be the point where the market discovers the top, albeit much more slowly than any of us would desire. The problem is, as many have pointed out to me arguing the contrary, that prices are set on the margin. Ok, I agree. That just means that we have to drive the last fool out of the buying market before this price correction really gets underway.
Many people go broke and bald underestimating the supply of fools.
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Fewlesh,
Come by capitalism2.org when you get a chance. We missed your input on the "creating personal hedge devices" thread. The more I think about your initial comments, the more I am convinced that we should be running a global macro hedge ourselves.
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Let's skip Mr. Vincent's regularly scheduled crap load so Mr. Vincent can get back to snorkeling on the boloney pony.
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DinOR,
You are among my favorite posters here. I don't find you negative, just practical and pragmatic in a way only someone with our common roots would understand.
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DinOR, DinOR, DinOR, the Randy H lovefest not withstanding, I find your anti-amerika rhetoric very very unpatriotic. Want to spoon?
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Whack-an-Author:
Takes a piping-hot flap jack and whaps Surfer-X in the face for his excessive vulgarity...THWAP!
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surfer-x,
You are a 5th Columnist and hereby banished to "The Futurist" blog. Enjoy your time in hell with SFWoman.
[for those who missed it, some months back "The Futurist" author came in here under alias and called out SFWoman as a communist infiltrator]
Actually, I think many would jump at the chance to spend eternity in hell with SFWoman.
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To all ya boomers out there,
I believe Alan Parsons, of Grand Theft Parsons, said
"what goes up, must come down"
Pass the bowl, and repeat
"what goes up, must come down"
Oh, fuck what fun. Rolling bubble? They must have meant the rolling bubble in their bong.
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Randal H, I dig your scene and generally dig SFWomans, but she went a little grey poupon on the last thread. It's cool I understand. Personally i never fly off the handle and write the first thing that pops in the ole knoggin without thinking.
ahahahahahahah,
that's 560K/yr
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X, my scene ain't so great. To get into it you have to spend the first 22 years of your life in Ohio. Just fire up some Chrissie Hynde and you'll get the picture.
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Sir Randal, Viceroy of the Fat Stacks, i saw the pretenders with U2 on the Joshua Tree tour.
I am sure your scene is just fine my liege
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Brass in Pocket, now that will always be cool, even if your city is gone, man...
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I once saw Queen with Billy Squier, now that was a strange combination, I mean, stroke me stroke me and Bohemian Rhapsody?
Maybe there's something about boomer Billy Squier we don't know...
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Speaking of odd concert combos, once saw Bryan Adams open up for Supertramp....
The bong honking boomer Supertramp fans in there yuppy clothes made fun of my Bryan Adams T-shirt, man, it was terrible...
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The Headpins, they were good man...
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U-2 with Red Rockers at the Cow Palace, 1984.
Killer show.
I got to go for free since my friend got me a job at Togos, and the owner's deal was if you could bring in a friend and he stayed more than three months, you got two tickets to any show.
Cool deal for an 18 year old.
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Actually, I'm kind of partial to Bela Fleck, now that I think about it...
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job at Togos
Dude, I worked at togos, I was the slicer.
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Supertramp. That brings a smile to my face. They played the state fair every year. Probably still do.
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The weird thing is, now I can't stand Bryan Adams and like Supertramp...
But at the time, Cuts Like A Knife was soooo much cooler than the Logical Song.....
except to all the 40 somethings wandering around with their shades and Hawaiian Shirts trying to look cool....
Waitaminnit, don't I do that now...
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When I was 18, I was going to see no names like the Femmes and The The. But back when i was 14 I saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt at Cincinnati Gardens. Bon Jovi got boo'd off the stage and had only one hit: "She's a Little Runaway".
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Actually,
I had the option of Queen, Scorpions, Van Halen or the Police within a week, but limited cash - at the time Another One Bites the Dust was BIIIGGGG, so I went to see Queen, but now I kinda wish I woulda gone and seen the Police...
Naw, Queen were good, I mean We Will Rock You was more of an anthem in the 70s because it was still REAL!
Not regurgitated boomer bromides for the fatstacks sportsbox sitting masses of moneyed minions, pretending to be involved in rebellions and rocking YOU! for 30 seconds every San Jose Sharks game...
hahahaha!
Those were the days...
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The only Bon Jovi song I ever liked was "Dead or Alive", otherwise, Mr Jovi can go back to Noo Joisey, regardless of the fact he recorded all his biggest hits in Vancouver, no loyalty or credibility from me.....
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Ok, weirdest experience ever was a music festival at the Ohio Center in Columbus. Headliner was Neil Young, but one of the early openers was Skinny Puppy. They closed with "Tin Omen" and Niel closed with "Ohio". It was a rare moment of generational unity.
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time check
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a mere 17 hours ahead...
have supertramp ever gotten back together since the 80s? i played the 'paris' double album non-stop for a year in my adolescence ('84 i think), flipping the C90 cassette over and over until it wore out... i play keyboards, so got their sheet music and mastered quite a lot of the material...
the intervening 20 years seem a bit of a blur...
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except to all the 40 somethings wandering around with their shades and Hawaiian Shirts trying to look cool….
Waitaminnit, don’t I do that now…
magnum PI has a lot to answer for... style god of the 40 somethings...
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anyone want to start a Nostalgia thread?
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Little Al,
I believe the correct quote is:
"Are you "not" entertained?"
Yes I am quite frankly and I'll give you a quick example.
When Enron was rockin' and rollin' they bought a little known utility company here in the Northwest. The shareholders had been in the stock for generations, nothing exciting by any measure but they paid and increased dividends w/regularity. Along comes Enron, converts the shares to rock and roll mode and all of a sudden shareholders (and employees) are talking early retirement. We all know the rest of the story. 50 something employees are decimated and now have nothing to retire on (they are starting over). Now they are looking for scapegoats where ever they can find them. These people worked for a really nice company, had steady paychecks with a comfortable retirement. They opted for rock and roll. Same-e same with the HB. It's not about hard working people taking "deep pork" it's about people that are all about short-cuts taking deep pork. God I love it!
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DEEP PORK!
(and sideways no less!)
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Hey guys,
woah! 322 posts? Guess we like to beat the crap out of each other. Anyhow... this morning as I was on my way to work, I saw a logo out front of a small bank I've never noticed before. The name of the bank is Financial Banking. The logo is a big "FB"- I kid you not!
How terribly unfortunate! Thought you guys would get a kick out of that.
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Surfer X,
I run into your "booze barn" episode w/regularity. It upsets Mrs. DinOR to no end but she's finally getting on board w/the program. How many times has this happened to you?
Sit down for dinner at a place (nothing special) and the waitress that said she would be "with you in moment" is having her time monopolized by some boomer f@ck couple analyzing the caloric content and chemical composition of each and every item on the menu! Hey a$$hole! This is freakin Applebee's O.K! "You know what Ms?" WE'RE ready to order! It's a skill that involves some degree of subtlety but a necessary skill none the less. Look, if your (lard ass) diet's requirements are that freakin special maybe eating out isn't for you! The idea here is that this is "casual" dining where we are being served together! Tipping "what you can afford" does not rate a personal staff O.K! It's 15% minimum for these kids or stay the f@ck home!
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WW2,
FB's have their own bank? Yeah I heard their Mortgage Division is "Fantasyland Mortgage" where we say YES when those big name banks that write loans that have to make sense say NO! What was it? Their 30/60/Never Plan where you pay them back if you hit the lottery?
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surfer-x Says:
"Dude, I worked at togos, I was the slicer."
Surfer, you're shitting me, man! I was the slicer too! We're brothers!
I still got the scar on my right Index finger from slicing myself
while cleaning that sharp-ass blade.
Remember slicing that packaged Pastrami for the #9 Hot Pastrami
sammiches?
Remember going into that cold-ass freezer to rotate the meats and cheeses?
My friend used to manage the one in Milpitas in the mid 80's.
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"When I was 18, I was going to see no names like the Femmes and The T
The."
Haven't heard about The The in a while. I've got MIND BOMB, by The The.
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Frify-
Doesn't matter. Realism tells you that the average house in California costs about 600k or more. I certainly don't have half a mil sitting around to spend. Perhaps if I had money running out of my ears, I'm sure I would agree with you that 800k buys more than last year. But I don't have 800k, so what's the diffrence?
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Dinor,
Yesterday, I was going to lunch and a co worker had to stop in a US bank to get some cash. Anyhow, inside the bank was a pretty impressive model of a small house. We're talking complete with a real door, door knob, roof tiles, and siding. Looked like a full scale playhouse for kids. On the outside were lots of pamplets discussing the wonders of all the loans you can choose from so you can get into the "home of your dreams!"
Anyhow, on the chalkboard was written what the loan on a 200k house would be. This in downtown SF. What in the hell does that info do for someone thinking of buying in an area where the cheapest thing is around 800k?
Needless to say, I was impressed with their marketing skills.
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WW2,
Seriously? In 2006 what is 200K going to buy you anywhere in this country! Btw, I was at Borders last night (Mrs. DinOR shopping) and they had a "anti coffee table" book. I think it was called "Worst Cities USA" or something like that? Anyway it was a great concept, instead of having flattering (and frankly questionable photos) of "dream places" to live this was a tribute to the LAST places you would want to live! For CA I think Modesto and Visalia made the list. These are places with NO entertainment, high crime, pollution and absolutely NO view! While I think it was creative idea and a great spin they MISSED so many dumps and just settled on the "un-remarkable". Still, good stuff!