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just about everyone on this board agree the Gen-Yers are ultra lame.

Nah, The Kids Are Alright.

...it will only be a matter of time before China and India take over at the executive level…

Sure, I guess eventually standards of living should equilibrate globally, at least as long as we can keep from killing ourselves in another ruinous global war. But I don't expect to see it in my lifetime, unless they invent some magic pill that extends lifespans to 1000 years or something.

BigBrother Says:

> Just a quick question, with so much Doom & Gloom
> on this board, do ANY of you actually LIVE in SAN
> FRANCISCO? Or, is everybody living in the suburbs?

I live in San Francisco (so does SF Woman who may be on a Spring Break trip since she has not been posting recently)…

Considering that SF is approx. 600K people in a 8-9M metropolitan, it is overrepresented on this board. More than 50% of the active posters aren't even living in the Bay Area.

Does anyone here live in Oakland or Gilroy?

hoa help needed Says:

> Anybody out there know what to do about a HOA who
> is unwilling to look at noise problems?

Just take care of it yourself.

> I have this annoying fan noise that I have been complaining
> about for the past 3 months and I’ve had no cooperation
> at all!

Take the cover of the fan and pull the plug.

Brand,

I assumed eburbed was being facetious. Also, I dispute the characterization of German food as "tasty" though I like Germans overall.

Jon,

While generally not materialistic or attached to stuff (though I hate low quality crap), I would like to see more of the world before the political situation or the fuel prices make traveling more cost prohibitive.

BigBrother Says:

> Hi FormerApt - Do you really think San Francisco prices
> are declining, and a recession is coming?

I don’t “think” SF prices are declining, they really are declining. While I think the economy will continue to slow in 2007 (due primarily to the dramatic drop in HELOC cash and the dramatic decrease in REIC jobs and income) I’m not predicting a recession (but would not be surprised if we move in to a period that some economists refer to as a recession)…

> B/c from what i’ve seen, property prices are selling FAST
> i.e. 2 weeks and Pending, and there are multiple bidders
> out there on each property.

Do you have MLS access to track the entire market, or are you just talking to a Realtor?

I don’t want to get anyone in trouble so let’s just say I know a guy who works for a SF real estate firm (with two names, the first is the name of an ocean and the second a term used by workers who organize) and they have been told to lie and say that the market is HOT HOT HOT with multiple bidders and if you don’t buy now you will be priced out forever (with that said I’m sure that there are some actual fast sales with multiple bidders)…

Also, I dispute the characterization of German food as “tasty” though I like Germans overall.

I like wieners.

It must be painful to commute now that gas prices are above $3.30, and with the economy booming, traffic must also be painfu crossing the bridges.

I prefer recessions.

BigBrother,

I do disagree with your primary contention that you somehow need to live in SF to know what's happening in SF. Lots of posters (even non-BA posters) are familiar with SF's real estate market.

I also don't think building is necessarily much easier in the more desirable suburbs. There's been lots of previous posts about the difficulty of building in Los Altos or Palo Alto.

especially since just about everyone on this board agree the Gen-Yers are ultra lame.

Thread idea: Why Generation Y is lame?

Peter P,

Who's your employer? You and your wife must have recession proof jobs.

The government really has no business in restricting construction anywhere.

How do propose to solve the commons problem?

You and your wife must have recession proof jobs.

No. There is no such thing as a recession-proof job. However, I believe in creative destruction, even on a very personal level.

How do propose to solve the commons problem?

I have an idea. Let capitalism sort things out on Second Life. Then we duplicate the cartoon utopia in the real world. :)

Peter P,

Be careful, we're both borderline Gen-Yers.

But then, we do seem to welcome self mockery.

We're lame... :(

Be careful, we’re both borderline Gen-Yers.

I never said I am not lame.

However, I know for a fact you are a cool person.

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Hey lady! I know you're tickled pink that you're now "debt free" but would mind grabbing the f@cking steering wheel!?!

My first bike was a garage sale Schwinn. It wasn't much fun to ride being that it weighed more than my father's Pinto. But I did pedal it on my paper route for 2 years until I got enough money to buy a newer used Huffy, which was very upscale, but it was a faux BMX.

That bike was stolen from school 2 weeks after I bought it, and I later saw one of those 14 year old 5th graders from the orphanage riding it. I decided to let him keep it.

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After these f@ckers work you over you'll have WISHED you hit a telephone pole!

Although I personally think that Generation Y is all about the Scorpio Pluto.

thomhall, my point was that the Fed is the wrong target. If you're pissed about the rich getting richer, it's misguided to blame the Fed. I was suggesting that it might be more appropriate to blame capitalism. Or maybe the tax code. Or GW's tax cuts on capital gains. Any of those would be more appropriate than blaming the Fed for income distribution. I personally have no problem with capitalism.

"However, I know for a fact you are a cool person."

Careful! Internet can cause objects to look 50% more cool than in reality.

14 year old 5th graders

Huh? Oh, I see. It is like a 14 years old college freshman, just much dumber.

I also live in San Francisco, though I live South of Market, unlike my illustrious cohorts.

Message of the picture:

Refinance can help you lose 125 lbs, give you a mouthful of brite whites and bask your life in perpetual soft warm late afternoon sun.

Back in the day "dollar bill changers" weren't as high tech as they are today. At our local car wash I can't even get a freshly minted bill to be accepted. Back to "back in the day" when we held a "collection" to buy really neat-o looking play money and tapped out every laundromat on ____ Avenue!

Man! Running from "da cops". It doesn't get any better than that! Have any of you ran from "da cops" with a gym bag from _____ Jr. High filled to the brim w/quarters? C'mon you know! The huffing and puffing and throwing it over "da fence" and stashing it until "the sh!t" cools down?

Ahh. Water ballooning squad cars! That really p!sses "da cops" off. Ever seen a greying 40-ish alcoholic chase kids that can do a 4.4 40? :)

PAR, the rich will always get richer. It is NOT a new paradigm.

This means that no matter how you redistribute wealth, the same group will become rich in no time.

Even with the huge wealth gap the poor in this country have better lives their counterparts in underdeveloped countries.

Forcing equality in a 300M-population-country would be disastrous.

RE: picture

Is she sitting in a convertible WITHOUT wearing a seatbelt? That tends to free a soul in an accident.

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My bad.

Wind in your hair, warm breezes, face looks like... hamburger... :(

astrid says: I assumed eburbed was being facetious. Also, I dispute the characterization of German food as “tasty” though I like Germans overall.

If eburbed was kidding, then he has my apologies. I do know a lot of parents who teach their kids to be "competitive at all costs". Typically their parents were introverts as kids who have since gained a lot of money, and are trying to recreate a "winning" Type-A childhood for their own gratification.

Or maybe it's just that the Type-A people mostly calm down later in life, where the Type-B people are just starting to come into their own.

German food is rather bland. If they could figure out how to put gravy on soup, they would. But many Germans I know cook Italian, Spanish and French cuisine at home. And those folks elevate cooking to a science.

Sorry guys, I always get a little "punchy" in the home stretch of the tax season. I never did any of that stuff. I just made it up. :( :)

DinOR says: Wind in your hair, warm breezes, face looks like… hamburger… :(

That's why I opted for T-tops instead of a full convertible. That steel crossbar absorbs a lot more force than the windshield frame alone.

Okay, I agree that in the abscence of deflationary pressures from China and Moore's Law, there is nothing inherent in the Fed policy to cause asset inflation. But here is what I think is going on:

The Fed targets the money supply as the GDP growth (which is population growth plus productivity growth) plus the inflation component. Let's say that is 2.5% + 2.5% = 5%.

There is also deflationary pressure from goods from China and the computer revolution, so prices in manufactured goods and computers keep going down. The Fed is trying to keep the price of rent and food at 2.5%, so the price of other things has to go up faster to compensate for the deflation. These "other things" are mostly hard assets, causing the prices of homes and stocks to go up. The people who own these things already don't mind of course, the poor don't care but the rest of us are screwed.

There is more to this idea, but I have to run, since my wife wants to go get some Pho in Little Saigon. I'll finish it up later if anyone is interested.

Brand,

LOL! I heard that Germans will try to measure out "a pinch" on a kitchen scale. They're a very exactly bunch.

That’s why I opted for T-tops instead of a full convertible. That steel crossbar absorbs a lot more force than the windshield frame alone.

I prefer conventional cars. I need more steel for protection. I don't think I will ever get any type of convertibles. :(

Jimbo,

Hope you have a good pho meal :)

astrid says: LOL! I heard that Germans will try to measure out “a pinch” on a kitchen scale. They’re a very exactly bunch.

Definitely. There are rules, astrid. And the rules MUST be followed. Recipies are specific instructions; only a maniac would put something like "season to taste".

Doh!

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