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@LILLL,

I'd have to plod through the old biography threads to know for sure, but I believe us "Southerners" are in the minority here. (No surprise really, given the blog's name.) It'll take a while, but I'll try to see if the tally's high enough to plan something.

Another interesting mystery - the tenants left behind a garage full of plastic grocery bags. Just grocery bags stuffed inside other grocery bags. I have no idea what they were doing.

You can always recycle them into lawn furniture, I guess. Besides, I heard a rumor that they're not making any more plastic grocery bags.

SoCal blog party? I'm in.

@SFResident,

I replaced your long URL with a Tinyurl because it was skewing the page --I'd highly recommend using it. It's free & very simple to use.

Hey X
Can we all party at your house?
I think you’ve invited us all over for tequila at one time or another.
It’ll be BYOT
Bring your own tequila.
Or we can meet at a restaraunt somewhere in between.
Since X’s attendance would be mandatory…perhaps someplace loud…so we don’t get thrown out…though I hear he’s 37% less offensive in person
Any suggestions?

Absofuckinglootly. Just let me know when.

My pathetic rental is prime partying. Great backyard, cool neighbors, when?

I'll be in San Diegho this weekend but next weekend is always game, memorial day. It's an A- list holiday though.

Who could attend? I live in $anta Barbara, on the Eastside man (pronounced maaaine).

X,

Thanks! We shall speak offline, after I gather more names & information. Stay tuned.

Oracle mentioned,

Anybody notice that the NYSE collars had to be activated 2 hours into trading today? People are really spooked. We very well could have had a complete market crash today if the collars were not activated.

Forgive my ignorance. What are these collars ? How does one find out if the collars have been activated ?

Thanks in advance.

Those interested in the So. Cal. blog party over at Surfer-X's (possibly this Memorial Day weekend?) say so here with your preferred day (Sat, Sun or Mon).

If you provided a valid email address when you post (or logged in), I or Surfer-X can contact you with the decided upon date & time, what to bring, directions, etc. (emails are hidden to most bloggers, but visible to us). If it's a fakeroo, no dice.

What are these collars ? How does one find out if the collars have been activated ?

Electric shock collars...

Blog party too far away……….

How about a NorCal blog party at the same time with video conferencing?

How about a NorCal blog party at the same time with video conferencing?

You know there are too many I.T. guys on your blog when...
:-)

Sunday or Monday's fine for me. I just found out I have a commitment on Saturday, so that's out.

How about a NorCal blog party at the same time with video conferencing?

No Krab!

Why not a sushi party?

sushi is fine, but I thought you had a prohibition against synthentic seafood

sushi is fine, but I thought you had a prohibition against synthentic seafood

Actually, I am fine with fake scallops. They taste okay as deep fried fish cakes. But they are no replacement for 12-count jumbo sea scallops!

MMMMM monster prawns, I had some that were at least 2" across, mmmmm.

oops, need another tiny url... or abolish the post :cry:

surfer, are you sure that’s not your 2nd blogspot?

That was truly stunning, a McDebtor took such umbrage to my ramblings that they took the time to spoof my blog. Amazing. I'm sorry you are in such debt Mr. McDebtor, well on second thought, I'm not.

@Different Sean, I'd like to show her my "Ute Werner"

Actually, I am fine with fake scallops. They taste okay as deep fried fish cakes.

Are they made in China at the great knock-off factories? Perhaps the same ones that make the knock-off LV purses?

OK. My mistake. I did not follow the rule - Google first, ask later.

NYSE Trading Curbs :

http://invest-faq.com/articles/exch-circuit-brkr.html

that would be like the famous line from 'young frankenstein':

Ute: Why, he vould have an enormous schwanzstucker!
Surfer-X: That goes without saying...
Ute: Voof

i thought the 2nd blogspot was more authentic X than the real one! (btw, no relation to Robert X. are you?)

i think electric shock collars would work better -- shock the floortraders so they are in agony and can't make harmful downtrades...

anyway, i don't see why they are necessary, the market is perfect and beautiful as it is without introducing distortions like collars...whatever it does is always right -- see how well the housing market performs when left alone to work its magic!

Thanks everyone for the input on the trailer home.

Interesting perspective!

@LILLL, odd that the ramblings of a drunk surfer got under the trolls skin so much. Must have had their ARM reset. ahahahhahahaha fuckers

anyway, i don’t see why they are necessary, the market is perfect and beautiful as it is without introducing distortions like collars…whatever it does is always right

Well, well --bravo, Sean-boy! It's about time you finally saw the light! We finally made a market fundamentalist out of you, eh? :twisted:

X-man, LILLL, Joe Schmoe & Peter P,

Please check your inboxes.

We finally made a market fundamentalist out of you

yes, now when i see a distorted market, i reach for my revolver...

i want to see no taxes, no govt*, no regulations, just pure, perfect market from here to the horizon... that way, everyone will be better off, even when they're worse off, and if they're worse off that only proves they deserved it -- and god clearly blesses the prosperous, they're not shrewd, just holy, righteous people... goddam commies, stealing my profits! :x

*except for the marines, we need gunboat diplomacy to open new markets and persuade the locals to rethink their position - no mcdonalds without mcdonnell douglas :evil:

Blog party? Blarty?
Hey, I'm gonna be in SB (Goleta) Memo weekend, right after camping in Kings Canyon (by the way, anyone know where "Lady Lake" is?).
If I'm in SB's "ghetto"...I'll be sure to look for all the cruisers w/flashing lights bustin' up the blog fun :)

Watching the housing bubble burst in slow motion is so much more fun than if it would happen quickly. I get to say, I told you so, for a couple of years more. I fear though, that this time, it will happen more quickly than the last.

SJ_Jim, stop on by!

"All I can say is this…I was watching a live Streamed Quote Ticker as the Dow was dropping. Between minus 230-249, it had a very fast and furious fall, and then as it pushed up against -250, it just amazingly stopped & reversed. I’ve never seen anything like it and found it to be very unusual. "

I was rather amazed; I'm pretty well diversified, and everything seemed to be down down down today (except for very small caps that are (seem to be) very very random). Anyone know of *anything* that was up today?

"Watching the housing bubble burst in slow motion is so much more fun than if it would happen quickly. I get to say, I told you so, for a couple of years more. I fear though, that this time, it will happen more quickly than the last. "

Mike, LOL! Where are you, BTW?

"SJ_Jim, stop on by! "
Wld love to crash the Blarty! But w/shame I must confess that I hate the t'killa w/out mas de lime flavor + ice + salt; but I bet that could be arranged! Si?
But how to get the location info? Someone must be able to get/give my email addy.?

Anyone know of *anything* that was up today?

commodities seem to be crashing everywhere. meant to be due to higher interest rates, but i think it is investor fear of WWIII breaking out after dubya told the world's press that the australian prime minister had no hair and was ugly...

The Australian share market should open sharply weaker as US and European stocks were routed overnight on concerns of higher global interest rates.

The Dow Jones fell almost two per cent while UK shares dropped nearly three per cent on inflation concerns, with the Australian market also expected to be hit by weaker base metal and oil prices.

The resources sector is expected to come under concerted pressure, particularly the majors BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Woodside.

On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was 100 points weaker at 5112.

I absolutely hate when they put the "curbs in!" We all understand the implications of programmed trading but this is a FREE MARKET damn it! No one is held captive here against their will. If you want to sell..... then sell. One of the things that caught my eye yesterday was the sense that traders are now betting that the FED won't step in to prop up the bubble. With all of the talk about how rising rents will impact CPI it was as if the market was looking for immediate reassurance that rates would be contained. They were looking for a "hug".

This makes almost no sense. All throughout the rate reduction cycle the FED was unconcerned (or oblivious, which I doubt) that home prices were escalating at unprecedented rates. Now somebody's rent goes from $1,000 to $1,050 and they may be forced to act to "contain" it?

That is one nasty looking curve today on the Dow.