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Thanks, Jamie. Looks like I missed out on the most prolific blog month ever. I expected some new threads and a fair amount of activity, but this is just amazing --I've counted at least 22 threads since I left for New Zealand and thousands of posts.

I’m so out of touch with this blog now, I feel like I just stepped out of a time warp.

PS HARM
See also
the September
Social Effects
thread
which also
is not
quite
dead.

Maybe we've all misbehaved because HARM was gone? Maybe he has become the "father figure" here on the blog, and while he was away, we played.

Poor HARM, coming home from his wonderful vacation to find that we've been partying for a month straight. Someone shot out the windows, there's a goat in the bathtub, the cat's missing, skinheads have taken over one room of the house, the sheets have weird stains on them, empty cans of Bud Light are littering the floor, the liquor cabinet has been emptied, and there's bean dip EVERYWHERE.

I also posted this under the "New Thread" thread, but it looks like this one is getting more play, so here ya go:

Btw, while I was in NZ, I occasinally check the RE section in the local papers (just couldn’t resist). In general, housing there is NOT much cheaper than CA, even considering the currency exchange rate, though due to the lower population density it’s still possible to find relatively affordable beachfront property outside of town on both islands.

Interesting side note: in Queenstown the locals were complaining about foreign speculators coming in buying up property like crazy, which is driving up prices for them. I give you one guess as to where most of these “foreigners” are from :roll: .

Maybe we should compile a "Best of" post for HARM, a sort of October in review post that will sort through the bean dip and find the highlights of the month that he simply can't go forward without knowing.

HARM

I have no explainations for anything. Except to say the housing market discussion burnouts have migrated to the "Huh" thread for some comic relief. (we think we're funny anyway)

"I give you one guess as to where most of these “foreigners” are from"

Ummm, Iowa, right? Those damn Iowans, flush with cash, bloating real estate markets everywhere.

Actually

What Jamie said.

LOL - sounds like a premise for a new 'House Party' sequel. Actually, I'm pleased that so many have pitched in and created new threads to ease the burden on Peter P & SactoQt.

Based on recent sales/inventory stats (still catching up), it looks to me like the long ride to the bottom is just getting started.

About it all being Jack's fault I mean. How do I get this bean dip out of my carpet? And what am I supposed to feed the goat? Oh yeah, the bud cans.....

Jamie Says:

October 31st, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Maybe we should compile a “Best of” post for HARM, a sort of October in review post that will sort through the bean dip and find the highlights of the month that he simply can’t go forward without knowing.

Brilliant idea! Please 'make it so' number one ;-).

Just don't feed the goat the bean dip or there will be hell to pay.

HARM, Jack is going to fall to his knees and weep with joy to see the news of your return.

"Brilliant idea! Please ‘make it so’ number one"

But Captain, I canna possibly get it done before the Borg's arrival. I'll need at least five more hours!

Just don’t feed the goat the bean dip or there will be hell to pay.

So much for the carpet stains.

I think newsfreak should write the synopsis in haiku form.

My knees are bloody, but I am so happy about your return, they dont even hurt.

Oh Jack, do you really think you should walk into that one? With this crowd?

Thanks, Jack --nice to be back (except of course for work, bills & responsibilities).

FYI: CAR has posted a new low in statewide housing affordability: 14%. This matches the same low previously reached in May/June 1988 (on the cusp of the last RE bust): http://tinyurl.com/9qqzd

HARM

What's the deal with the housing posts? Are you trying to make us behave like responsible bloggers or something?

_shakes head_

What am I going to do with you?

newsfreak,

Does the Pacific NW have a good DataQuick or CAR-style site where you can get all the M-M & Y-Y stats?

I was just testing you.

Whew. Thought you were losing your touch there for a minute......

Housing thread? We don't need no stinking housing thread!

@SactoQt,

Sorry --like I said, I'm really out of touch. Would it help if I posted anecdotes about my cat or profane rants about Booners?

Boomers, that is...

Sorry –like I said, I’m really out of touch. Would it help if I posted anecdotes about my cat or profane rants about Booners?

Weeell, it's a start, but cat's are so like, out of style. We really need a new fashion on the "huh" thread. I'm thinking goats.

Wow, I could have used some of this energy last night. It was like a ghost town on the whole blog! What’s wrong with you people, it’s not as if you have families or anything to look after!

It's all about new victims...er, I mean new blood Jack. ;)

This is truly the burnout thread HARM. I don't suppose you've noticed that or anything...

Is it me or did we overwhelm HARM with our relentless silliness?

Oops.

I hate to leave just as the fun's getting started, but I must go leave for some pumpkin carving with my daughter. I will definately check in later. :twisted:

The Thread is Undead

Death of October
brings this
night of haunting
to the blog.

Ghosts
of predictions past
howl
in Peter P’s
Head.
And he shouts
The Thread is Undead!

Trick me or
Treat me
before
zombies eat
my still-warm flesh.

Couldn't resist. And I'm leaving, but it's to pick the kiddo up from school. So don't go getting a complex. And I'm not even touching that zombie comment!

"I left the store a happy, “healed” man, with my new stick in hand!"

LOL, did your new stick heal your bloody knees? What does your spirit guide say about the housing bubble? What does it say about the future of this thread? What does it say about Mr. Fuchs? What does it say about Nazi skinheads?

Jack, is your wife a screenwriter?

If so, that's got to be even more hilarious for cocktail party conversations than being a novelist. "Hey, I've got this idea for a movie, and maybe you could write it and I could split the profits with you! There's this guy and his pet monkey, and they invent a time machine and travel back to the sixties, where they go around solving mysteries, and..."

Cool!

Hey, I've got this TV show idea, about this guy and his monkey, and they invent a time machine, and... What? Youv'e already heard this idea?

For HARM, October Blog-in-Review:

SQT has Farrah Fawcett hair and came to the party wearing a naughty nurse costume.

All hell broke loose from there.

Peter P conceded early to the bulls, mainly because he drank too much Bud.

newsfreak single-handedly resurrected poetry as a pop art form. Illegal substances may have been involved.

Surfer-X ranted and played detective, trying to figure out who brought the goat, then ranted some more. I believe he's the one who shot out the windows.

KurtS has conducted himself in an entirely respectable manner during the nefarious goings-on. He only wanted to clean up the bean dip.

Randy H disappeared mysteriously. Lack of comments on his departure suggest he may be buried in the back yard, an unfortunate victim of goat play.

Jack is responsible for most of the weird stains on the sheets, although some can also be attributed to iceman and SJ Jim. Iceman brought the inflatable dolls.

Jack is also responsible for the bean dip art covering the walls. It's an installation piece called "Inside the Bean."

Allah brought the goat. Stanman brought the cheap beer.

Jamie brought the innuendo.

Did I forget anything important?

What is your wife's favorite reality show?

Don't get a complex, Jack --I haven't bailed on you. My job has the annoying drawback of making me, like, actually do work from time to time. Plus I have a lot of catch-up to do.

"Her specialty is true crime. She will have a pilot show on Fox called “interrogation Room” on Dec 3rd."

Congratulations to her! I'll look for it. Post a reminder so we can set it to Tivo two weeks out. :-)

Thanks for the recap, Jamie. On second thought, maybe it's for the best I wasn't here last month.

Yes, whatever you do, don't peel back the carpets to see what lies beneath.

SPHUH!

Oops, sorry about that little outburst.