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Oh no you dinnit! The Surfer man has a blog! Now I have two reasons to stay up too late.

Btw, my cat has that look down!

Past tense I guess

Stink, stank, stunk

stinkeye, stankeye, stunkeye? or as with me, "skankeye"

As I've been known to say, "we like our women skanky not cranky"

Hey Jack, don't want you to drop dead. All wisecracks welcome. ;)

There I was always worried about taking walks through the woods or countryside alone with my son, but my German friends acted like I was completely paranoid, because they’d never heard of anything happening to women walking alone in that town.

German hospitals are not all freaked out about people stealing babies, and don’t have the security measures we have, because it doesn’t happen there.

Jamie,

When did you live in Germany? If it's been a while, then things there, quite sadly, have been changing for the worst. Both the strains of reunification and the massive influx of immigrants (not to reopen that debate again, however) have seen a pretty dramatic rise in violent crimes, especially against children. In the same period, violent crime in the US (in aggregate, don't flame me here folks), has decreased per capita. I think Germany is having a lot of trouble dealing with newfound diversity from more violent societies (I won't name them, but anyone familiar with Germany knows the two primary sources of immigration, and neither are the US). Many German high-security prisons have come to resemble their US counterparts. No longer do they call them schwedischer Garten (Swedish garden), because they are such terrible places.

Here's what urbandictionary has to say

Derogatory term for a (usually younger) female, implying trashiness or tackiness, lower-class status, poor hygiene, flakiness, and a scrawny, pockmarked sort of ugliness. May also imply promiscuity, but not necessarily. Can apply to any race, but most commonly used to describe white trash.You know that girl Crystal that lives in the trailer park? She's a total skank.

Although I believe it is not necessarily a derogatory term.

The thread will remain intact for at least a few more hours now!

Is that a prediction?

Who me? Nah, Jamie's the troublemaker. She's much funnier than I am.

I am not a bad girl. Am not am not am not.

See you later Jack. I have to leave also.

In the same period, violent crime in the US (in aggregate, don’t flame me here folks), has decreased per capita.

Perhaps because of the credit/housing bubble? Instead of shooting that shop owner for that loaf of bread one can simply use credit card or tap that house?

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From 1998 to 2003, so pretty recently.

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Probably my ignorance of a Germany that once was kept me from seeing negative changes.

BTW, I didn't mean to suggest it was a crime-free society or that they don't have their own huge share of problems. I was just mentioning the issues that brought home to me how violent America can be. I forgot to qualify my earlier post.

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Interesting. I don't think I ever got a real insider's view of that country, so there is a lot I was ignorant of. I found it hard to make friends there, and after five years only had two good German friends (but one of them was actually Chinese married to a German and befriended me just because she was so releived to hear me speaking English to my son on the sidewalk one day :-)).

Just my everyday impressions were of a place that was safer than the average US city. Then too though, I think media saturation manipulates my view of the US, so that maybe I'm more worried about crime than I need to be.

Oh darn it, I made my quotes disappear again!

Posting again with Randy's quotes:

"When did you live in Germany?"

From 1998 to 2003, so pretty recently.

"If it’s been a while, then things there, quite sadly, have been changing for the worst."

Probably my ignorance of a Germany that once was kept me from seeing negative changes.

BTW, I didn't mean to suggest it was a crime-free society or that they don't have their own huge share of problems. I was just mentioning the issues that brought home to me how violent America can be. I forgot to qualify my earlier post.

"Many German high-security prisons have come to resemble their US counterparts."

Interesting. I don't think I ever got a real insider's view of that country, so there is a lot I was ignorant of. I found it hard to make friends there, and after five years only had two good German friends (but one of them was actually Chinese married to a German and befriended me just because she was so releived to hear me speaking English to my son on the sidewalk one day :-)).

Just my everyday impressions were of a place that was safer than the average US city. Then too though, I think media saturation manipulates my view of the US, so that maybe I'm more worried about crime than I need to be.

Sounds like two kids I went to high school with…..They climbed onto a strip mall roof and dropped a cinder block onto the head of a person walking by and killed him……They were 16 yo…. I believe they were given a jail term. These guys should have been killed and the parents of the victim should be the ones to decide whether they should die or not….. Perhaps the same way they killed the victim!

Such evil kids should be damned to hell. But I will let St. Peter decide.

Is this a blog about the housing bubble?

Huh?

Perhaps a new thread should start.

Any idea?

That’s my idea Peter… What do you think?

Good idea! It is done.

Someone had suggested Octoberfest, so what’s to celebrate about what is going on in housing in America? The positives, the upside, the great dream, tell us your stories—

Celebrate? Not yet. The time will come.

Just my everyday impressions were of a place that was safer than the average US city.

My impression too...but my visits to Germany have been infrequent. I'm guessing there's a bit of tension due to unemployment levels in the former east. By contrast, the towns I spent time in Switzerland (Zürich, Winterthur), you can seemingly walk anywhere, anytime without worries. I'll never be that carefree in any American city.

By contrast, the towns I spent time in Switzerland (Zürich, Winterthur), you can seemingly walk anywhere, anytime without worries. I’ll never be that carefree in any American city.

I was walking at night in Stockholm sometime ago and I felt perfectly safe. I figured that an oil-rich socialist country must be safe enough.

I would never do that in San Jose.

Someone has to send them to him first!

I guess if the Court of Law does not send him the Court of Karma will!

DAMMIT

I miss the best thread ever. Startups *SUCK*.

Cheers,
prat

"I miss the best thread ever. Startups *SUCK*."

Aw, you should quit working and come play with us more often, prat. Since I am engaging in the work-related funk of the decade, I seem to have endless time on my hands these past few days. Funny how much I can accomplish on the internet when I don't do any work!

Hey all, we do need an endless thread for October (Social Effects from September still hasn't died). I think "Huh" should be it.

I think “Huh” should be it.

Cool. Some may suspect "thread froth" though.

New found verbiage might be replaced by _________________.

"New found verbiage might be replaced by _________________. "

Huh?

;-)

This is a social experiment, after all...

This is a social experiment, after all…

I guess that makes us the guinea pigs. Either that or performing monkeys.

Should we have a "Duh!" thread as well?

Should we have a “Duh!” thread as well?

Should I resent that comment?

"Should we have a “Duh!” thread as well?"

Ooh, I like. It would make a nice addition to "huh?" and "hmm" and perhaps even "ha!"

How about "Doh!"

"I guess that makes us the guinea pigs. Either that or performing monkeys."

I was thinking mice. But then who is the cat toying with us all? Peter P? Mr. Fuchs? Hey, maybe THAT'S where he's disappeared to! He's holed up in some abandoned garage, has set up his own computer from abandoned parts he hauled out of dumpsters, and is now participating in the blog.

"How about “Doh!”"

Even better. Homer Simpson rocks.

I was thinking mice. But then who is the cat toying with us all? Peter P? Mr. Fuchs? Hey, maybe THAT’S where he’s disappeared to! He’s holed up in some abandoned garage, has set up his own computer from abandoned parts he hauled out of dumpsters, and is now participating in the blog.

What is Surfer-X feeding that cat?

Sushi and fish tacos.

Homer Simpson rocks.

Eat the pudding, eat the pudding, eat the pudding......

Sushi and fish tacos.

And lots of catnip.. or was that the other cat? Must be, otherwise Mr. Fuchs would be to fuzzy headed to set up the computer. Must be good fish in those tacos.

The real question is, what screen name is Mr. Fuchs using? Who's new to the board in the past six days?

The real question is, what screen name is Mr. Fuchs using? Who’s new to the board in the past six days?

Screen names are not exclusive as Jack found out when another Jack started posting. Mr. Fucks could be any one of us.......