patrick.net

@Paul,

Great list!

10) Wanting a bigger SUV

CentralCali,

Here you go

http://iamfacingforeclosure.com/

Peter,

I agree. What I mean exactly is that they will find the smallest thing like a rental building across the street with some noise and say there shouldn't be any rentals in the neighboorhood, etc..

With apologies to Paul

11) Thinking that 4,500 sq ft is too small for two people and a 15 lb dog.

as for crime I include hit and runs which I know are a real problem out in SF. I would venture to say Boomers are involved in more than a few of these incidents too.

Astrid,

My sentiments exactly!

Thank you,
Paul

@SP, Somebody used to pay $35/hr to a jackass who cannot even spell ‘decent’ correctly?

I think he did spell it correctly,

descent: 4 a : an inclination downward :

Surfer-X,

Excellent! I bow in front of your greater wisdom.

I agree. What I mean exactly is that they will find the smallest thing like a rental building across the street with some noise and say there shouldn’t be any rentals in the neighboorhood, etc..

I have a solution for them. They can buy that rental building across the street and make it a private park.

Cannot afford it? There is also a free market solution, it is called "tough".

I don't understand all the hate against Casey, I'm looking for a descent deal also.

I’m looking for a descent deal also

The Descent is a pretty good movie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descent

SQT,

Given your "Hollywood Connection" and the thread topic I can't believe no one has brought up the "Hypocritical Boomers Using the Pacific Ocean as Our Personal Toilet" topic? All up and down Malibu Beach wealthy (and influential) boomers, carving out their little piece of paradise (to the exclusion of us "riff-raff") are using aging septic systems that are fouling the waters there to such a degree that the county has been forced to get involved!

I'm by no means an environmentalist but how does their PC stance square with the rest of us boogie boarding in their refuse? Pamela Anderson (well respected environmental expert) faults local poultry production and our dependence on "meat" for the soiling of the beach. Ted Danson, Pierce Brosnon and Shakes the Clown concur.

I’m by no means an environmentalist but how does their PC stance square with the rest of us boogie boarding in their refuse?

This is way I am a borderline anti-environmentalist.

Back on the topic of Casey and "descent jobs":

If this kid has already sunk this low by age 24, what do you think he will be like when he's 40?!

My guess is that his next fraud will be ID theft. His credit is shot, so he will need to use someone else's for his next flip. He will obtain the social security numbers of his parents, friends, girlfriend/boyfriend, etc. and use them as straw buyers to obtain more fraudulent mortgages. He will rationalize this by thinking to himself that he has learned from his mistakes, and his next flips will be winners--so no harm no foul. He will end up bringing down himself and everyone around him. Then he will use his computer skills to start ripping off strangers.

He will declare bankruptcy, but his frauds will catch up with him. He will end up with massive amounts of nondischargeable debt, so the BK won't give him a fresh start. He will have judgments, liens and wage garnishments following him wherever he goes. He will not report his 1099 income to the IRS and they will track him down. He will have to make his living from the black market economy. He will turn to alcohol and drugs to try to escape the mess he made. Eventually, running drugs will start to seem like a pretty smart way to bail himself out. He will get busted. He will do hard time. He will spend his time in jail learning how to do it better next time. He will come out as a hardened sociopath (as opposed to his present status as a naive sociopath).

Hopefully, he will keep the blog active so we can watch his 'descent.'

Glen, sounds like a trip down boomer alley.

Oh why oh why can't we all just get abong?

I now carry EXACT change at ALL times! Twenties, "sawbucks", fin'skis, singles, quarters, dimes, nickels and YES even pennies! So does Mrs. DinOR.

You just can't leave the house w/a "Jackson" anymore. Doing so means a slow and painful death. Pissing away your life standing in line behind an "informed /discriminating and cautious boomer consumer" GRILLING some poor college kid on the caloric content of each and every item on the menu means time you will NEVER regain!

DON'T DO IT!

While they're pontificating/"interacting" endlessly with "the help" simply elbow your way past them, lay your exact change (plus tip) on the counter and get ON w/your life! It's not bad enough they've robbed our future, for God's sake don't let then steal your present. Sorry, my time and reputation are infinitely more "valuable" than anything they might hold dear. Sorry. IMHO.

SFWoman, please roll that "Change Bank" footage.

SQT,

Onto other nerdy stuff - please let me know what you think about tonight's Battlestar Galactica.

Ahh...so that's Casey Serin.

Looks a little bit like Beck, but with a little more poodle in him.

Surfer-X nailed Gen-Y with the 70s/Ipod thing going. I never realized Gen-Y is going for the 70s revivalism/Peter Frampton/Leif Garret angle. When it dawned on me I chuckled.

This 20-something guy I was working with was sportin' both a 70s hairdo,
AND an Ipod with 5000 songs of bands I've never heard of. For seven days I listened to the most desultory, unoriginal music from the most cliched-sounding bands imaginable. Unbelievable!

Gen-Y seem like an strange bunch. What's their angle?

Michael,

Care to name some bad band names?

SFGuy - if you're paying $4.99 for two lemons...you woz 'ad, mate ;-)

Ok, off to watch BSG now...

Looks a little bit like Beck, but with a little more poodle in him.

See, see, that's why I come here. Poodle in him, shit you can fun with that all day long. Poodle. Indeed.

"can fun with that"?

Come on now.

has anyone seen that stunning amount of spam that gets posted here? Amazing. Are their slave labor camps in Chindia that turn out this crap?

whoops
-their
+they're

Surfer-X,

I recommend all the threadmasters go through their old posts, erase all the SPAM at the end and close the threads from new posting for good.

PS - it sounds like you're imbibing quality tequila

Come on, Casey is good clean fun. If we can put up with ex-drug dealer rappers, we can tolerate a Gen-Y refugee with a bad 70's haircut. You hate him, but admit it, you'd be disappointed if he stopped publishing his idiotic comments for your daily amusement. Casey is going to end up in some county club prison with the guys from Enron and Worldcom, where he might learn some bigger and better tricks.

"Really kid? You got millions in unsecured loans? That's nothing! Me and Kenny created an entire fictional market! Seriously, a whole MARKET! True story! More cous cous?"

His best bet might be to appeal to someone like Martha Stewart. "Martha, all of my illegally purchased homes have your bath mats and fluffy towels. That whole perjury thing was so overblown! Help out a fellow maligned investor fallen on hard times?"

Casey's about to get more fun. Somebody gave him the idea to run a house lottery and now he thinks this is going to save him. Hiding's absolutely right, this kid is a certifiable psychopath.

And he still hasn't talked to a bankruptcy lawyer? I don't think any bankruptcy lawyer would touch him without at least a $20K retainer.

He says:

"Call me crazy (and many of you did), but I’m still hoping and praying for something amazing to happen very very soon - A brilliant solutions to this whole problem."

Yes, there is a Santa Claus and he brings Casey a busload of cash rich moron real estate investors every Christmas.

The true beauty of it all is that Casey and the boomer cartoon character are one and the same.

I'm sorry was that Eddi Amond or Ed Diamond? Which do you use when your ex wives sue you for back child support?

Lilia Says:

> My boss, a boomer, just hired an amazingly
> competent temp for $10 per hour, no benefits,
> in the BA.
> He complains that his own kid does not seem
> to be “making it.”
> I don’t think he’s making the big connection.
> Have these intergenerational problems always
> existed?

No…

When I was a kid any boomer could get rid of the love beads, get a haircut and get a job in the Bay Area and buy home…

High School dropouts and grads got jobs that allowed them to buy homes near the freeway on the Peninsula, the Western part of SF or Northern Marin.

College Grads all made enough to buy a home West of El Camino on the Peninsula, the Northern Part of SF and Central Marin.

Anyone that went to grad school was buying in Atherton, Hillsborough, Presidio Heights, Pacific Heights, Forrest Hill, Ross, or Tiburon after graduation…

Peter P Says:

> Yes. I agree. I am a borderline anti-environmentalist
> but I am eco-friendly enough not to drive an SUV.

Who was the Boomer idiot that started the “SUVs are bad for the environment rant”?

I hate the big lifted Hummer SUVs with big giant chrome wheels and other chrome bolt on stuff just as much as the next guy, but know that the low performance Chevy V8 in the Hummer is actually putting out less pollution than the high performance Chevy V8 in the Corvette (and other Chevy “cars”).

My “little German eco friendly” convertible gets about 15 mpg almost the exact same mileage as I get in the SUV (that weighs a ton more). The “car” gas tank is 10 gallons smaller than the SUV so I spend a lot more time idling at the gas station waiting for an available pump (with exhaust gasses polluting the environment) in the car….

One other thing that shocks the tree hugging “I hate SUVs” crowd is when I point out that since SUVs are higher off the ground they have room for bigger catalytic converters and actually pollute less when they have similar engines. The V8 in my SUV actually pollutes less than the similar V8s in BMW “cars” and a lot less than the hot rod V8 in my old M5…

SQT,

Yeah, those first two episodes were GOOD.

FAB,

I hate SUVs because they're heavy(bad for the road), they're tall(bad for people driving behind) and they make the driver feel impervious to their environment.

It's not fair to compare an SUV to an M5 or an AMG55...

The worst thing about those boomer bosses is that many don't even get the hostility against them. Come on! If you don't pay or train your employees, if you throw all your at them while you disappear for 3 hour long lunches, if you don't acknowledge or promote people on merit...the Gen-Xer wage slaves will notice and they will skip town at the earliest possible time.

your = your work

Oh, somebody (let's hope facetiously) now suggest to Casey to put the houses to rent for very cheap but with no intention of actually renting. So Casey can make money off of application fees.

Casey replies:

"PolarBear… that’s pretty creative! A bit on the shady side with pretending to rent it out… but creative indeed!"

That's the sound of "morality" at work.

Where the hell does this kid go to church? The bank of crooked moneylenders? The Moonies? Realt-whore house of worship?

This kid definitely has the *winning* personality that FAB described a few days ago. He is a psychopath.

Hopefully he will do it. Then he can expose himself to housing discrimination lawsuits, on top of everything else, when his applicants see that the house has remained vacant.