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Its a major scam to keep the RE prices high and get buyers back into the market.

Rate is just an enabler. When people do not want to buy, there is no hope.

Joe Schmoe said:
Also, I was never fooled by his “enthusiasm”. He would mercilessly tease the animals until they attacked him, and then act all surprised and utter some corn-pone Australian expression.

I have to agree. That means we must be in the 'rod up our ass' PC camp. I'm not one for baiting animals until they strike, because it's not respectful to the animals, but at the same time it's probably the best way to engage kids under 16 -- and college students during drinking games. However, kids already torment animals enough in the wild when they find them, so it's hard to know how to set a good example and teach them something constructive without boring them rigid.

Steve Irwin was a little embarassing to a lot of Australians, they like to put that 'larrikin' persona behind them -- I always thought that if he wasn't doing the wildlife thing, he was the sort of guy who would come around to fix your plumbing -- and it turns out his father started out as a plumber before he started the wildlife sanctuary. The whole persona was mostly an act, you wouldn't find many Aussies who talk quite like that any more, himself included in private moments... I think he, his parents and his spouse were committed to preservation, they weren't just a tourist gimmick off the main highway, but his approach was a little lowbrow and PT Barnum. The pollies were a little reserved in their accolades, mainly mentioning tourism dollars...

I don't think he was a true expert, he would just come at any new animal to see what it did, he didn't do his research, and he wasn't an OH&S freak, very clearly. He also got chased at one stage by a Komodo dragon which wanted to take out a piece of him as actual prey, crocs notwithstanding.

David Attenborough and the BBC do much the same thing and still manage to keep people interested with a lot more class and respect for the beauty of species...

Maybe this forum can switch to a "oh no! rents are rising" one. :(

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/classifieds/real_estate/ask_expert_front.htm?forumId=1582
Does Sunnyvale have rent control ordinances? The landlord has given us less than a month's notice to increase the rent 12.8% after a 6 month lease. Does the CA Civil Code 827(b)(1)(a) apply to Sunnyvale housing in which it requires a 60 days advanced notice if rent increase is more than 10%? Thanks for your help!

Youch!

New thread: SoCal Blog Party II

Nightmare Mortgages

that story just show show great banks are... as Keynes said, 'Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.'

viva los banks! viva los market! viva reagan and thatcher! the working man's friends...

ah, my old friend max weber...

yeah, we've covered all that in spades already... in fact, that's ALL we talk about...

Different Sean Says:

Steve Irwin was a little embarassing..He...got chased at one stage by a Komodo dragon which wanted to take out a piece of him as actual prey, crocs notwithstanding.
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Ha, ha!

With all due respect to the late Crocodile Hunter. I would gladly pay to
see a Komodo dragon chasing his antagonizing ass down. That'd be friggen' hilarious!

Those friggen' giant lizards can run up to 25-30 mph.

Ha, ha!

Those suckers are terrifying. And, they just have to nick you to kill, due to quick-spreading septic infections. (Zoo komodos are safer because they lack that).

These "dragons" have the dirtiest months in the world. I would stay away.

Are banks basically deciding to take a slimmer margin over the fed fund rate?

They have decided to take the same margin over a declining 10YR Note rate.