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ConfusedRenter Says:
Oh yeah, I forgot, I am a realtor.

ooh, a confession at last...

Aren’t you interested in high rise and mid rise apartments? The Infinity, here in SF, has reduced prices between 7.4% and 9.3%. (Boy I bet the people who bought before are happy about that).

I love high rise apartments. But a 2/2 at The Infinity is still too expensive for me. I heard the quality is pretty good though.

It would be nice if they build some high-rise towers down in the south bay.

One bad thing though, kitchen hoods usually recirculate air in those apartments. The whole unit may smell like garlic after a meal.

Wow, so much hatred and name calling against Realtors. Why the hatred? It’ll be interesting to hear the answer. Watch out though, it could be a reflection of one’s self.

@ConfusedRealtor,

Actually, I have no hatred, just disdain, which is mostly directed toward lying realtors, like you. There are good realtors, just like there are good executioners or good used car salesmen. George on this board is an example of an honest, good realtor. Only there are few and far between. They, I mean, you are to some degree responsible for this housing bubble mess we as a nation are in.

I think ConfusedRenter was a Junior Analyst who didn't make the cut. Up or Out is pretty tough, eh CR?

Still got friends on the ladder you're jealous of? Don't fret it, it's a hard way to make a high income living anyway. Of course your current line of "work" is going to get a whole lot harder now too, but at least it pays a lot less.

Of course, if the Fed slashes rates back to 1% or even 0%, or if the banks offer FB “amnesty” programs, then all bets are off.

HARM,

Rates will never be cut that low again. If rates even came close to that, the dollar would crash hard, foreigners will dump the dollar and the long term rates (ie. mortgages) will skyrocket which will nuke a significant portion of the FB community.

I really, really don’t like many people ganging up a single guy.

You all can gang up on me too, then it would be many people ganging up on TWO guys, which should be fine.

My territory, is your territory madam.

SFGuy = SFWoman?

Yes everyone, i am failed junior analyst too!

Why don't we just go have sushi?

Since you are food guy, have you heard of this French restaurant, L’Orangerie - Los Angeles?

No. I rarely go to LA.

Good that you offered a hand to C.R.

Am I offering a hand?

Did I misread you? I thought you said “make it two guys.”

Oh. Whatever. CR does not bother me.

La Orangerie is the top, according to a colleague of mine, who also salivates over $3000-8000 bottle Bordeaux. The top on the east coast, according to him, is Citronelle.

I am a wine-illiterate. A friend let me try a glass of some $3000-a-bottle 1982 wine and it tasted like normal wine to me. I may give the restaurant a try though. But I hate having to book many weeks in advance.

Prices seem to be on the high side but they seem reasonable if the restaurant is top-notch.

http://www.lorangerie.com/menuor.htm

I don’t like cat fights.

My two cats fight all the time. No, I do not like cat fights.

he should be smashed.

That would be ungentlemanly too. Let's just gang up on him. :)

I don’t think $200 per person is exorbitant, considering that we only live once.

True. That would be similar to French Laundry.

Sometimes I prefer Japanese style Kaiseki meals though. They are meditatve and can cure depression.

We have the “Herb Farm” locally. Awesome place according to at least two people. So I’ll try that out first.

Let us know. I cannot find the menu online.

I like The Dining Room at Ritz Carlton. It is rather reasonable.

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/san_francisco/dining/venues/dining_room/menu.html

SFWoman, have you tried K&L Bistro in Sebastopol? It is pretty good for the value.

Regarding Herb Farm, check out their calendar. According to the colleague, the Truffle month is the best, beats all other top places.

Truffle... Yum.

But it pains me — well, rather it ruins my aesthetic feeling (tragic + magnificent) of this world — to see a single man being attacked, well, really, pecked, by many. Americans call my kind of sentiment “fairness.”

@GC,

Actually, I'd call your "aesthetic feeling" grandiose, derailing and self-absorbed. But I do find you interesting, at least. Your random diatribes can be entertaining sometimes.

Unlike ConfusedRealtwhore, whose not-so-subtle attempts at subversion are just plain lame. At least we now find out/confirm that he's a failed junior analyst. He's more educated than most realtors, as selling real estate is a job that doesn't even require a college degree. Actually, does it even technically require a high school diploma? This is why it's alarming that people trust the financial advice of realtors at all.

@GC,

Whatever you say. It could be true, or could be false. I don’t even know. But I have nothing against you. I don’t take offenses from you. Seriously.

I have nothing against you, either.

Why are you so certain that C.R. is a failed junior analyst? Perhaps he never got a job at an investment bank? C’est possible.

Several posts ago: "Yes everyone, i am failed junior analyst too!" Whether or not he is truthful about this is unclear to me, given his history of lying on this board. But I just decided to run with it. Maybe its in some way benefit of the doubt?

BTW, what do you think of Arc’teryx ski jacket? I am thinking of getting a Siderwinder AR.

They make great skiwear. Pricey, but what isn't these days in that area? I'm partial to Marmot - I find their stuff more functional and durable, while Arc'teryx stuff is a bit more showy and for the looks.

Skiing is beyond my risk tolerance at this point.

Skiing is beyond my risk tolerance at this point.

Is skiing more risky than eating fugu?

Is skiing more risky than eating fugu?

Yes. I will probably hit a tree because of poor skills. Eating fugu is quite safe. No skills (on my part) involved.

I have some of the worst skills in all sports.

@GC,

Yes, based on personal experience and that of friends who ski (a lot), it's really not worth the extra dough. It's probably equivalent quality with Marmot, both of which are better than North Face. However, I believe all three have "lifetime" guarantees, meaning if the stuff wears out and seams rip, zippers crap out, etc., they will take it back and repair it.

On the other hand, how many people out there still wear the neon ski clothes from the early 90's? We're all victims of fashion and trends.

some realtwhore said:
“The first two years were awesome. My first year I was top agent,” Ellis said. “But I haven’t sold a single thing this year.”

Hon, you haven't sold a single thing those first two "awesome" years either. Those houses sold in spite of you, not because of your incompetent arse. Deal with it.

SP

Can’t they invent a pill that just reverses aging?

GC, there is always a next-life.

ConfusedRenter Says:
Wow, so much hatred and name calling against Realtors.

No, dick trickle, it is only realtwhores like you. It is because you are the anti-George.

SP

My philosphy on cars: Purchase a car that is no more 10% of your annual total compensation on a car. That is why i don’t have a ’sports’ car like some of you mock, but a nice family car worth about $55,000 new.

ConfusedRealtwhore was stuck in a hole and and Elephant happened by, ConfusedRealtwhore yelled out "help me, help me" the Elephant hearing ConfusedRealtwhore's cry lowered his trunk into the hole and ConfusedRealtwhore crawled out with the promise to help the Elephant should he ever need it. Then one day the Elephant got trapped in a hole and cryed out, ConfusedRealtwhore heard the Elephant's cry and went to the hole and said "I'll be right back". ConfusedRealtwhore then went and got his $55K (≥0.10 x ConfusedRealtwhore's income) family car, tied a rope around the bumper and pulled the Elephant out.

Moral of the story, if you have a big dick you don't need an expensive car.

Fuck you asshole, go the fuck back to craigslist, and tell your mom to quit eating so much corn!

GC said:
Since you are food guy, have you heard of this French restaurant, L’Orangerie - Los Angeles? La Orangerie is the top, according to a colleague of mine, who also salivates over $3000-8000 bottle Bordeaux.

Really? My colleague says the Taco Bell on La Cienega is the real deal. He had a couple of Chalupas with a half-bottle of Old Turkey that he bought at the corner store.

SP

You know, sometimes I do wish that I can live twice.

Why, so you can be a pedophile and molest yourself?

But he is a lot smarter than others give him credit for.

I agree.

Why, so you can be a pedophile and molest yourself?

That cannot be done without invoking at least one time-travel paradox.

SP, I've tried the Taco Bell on La Cienega, I recommend the #2 with a large Mt.Dew spiked with The Loco Pavo (wild turkey in Espanol) ;)

My current 325xi is my only new car in my life, after my previous one slowing dying out and becoming too dangerous to drive.

It is a good car. But I have decided to go for used full-size Japanese cars.

The most important feature in a car should be side-curtain airbags.

GC Says:
SP, Did you refer to GWB?

No, when I said ConfusedRealtwhore was the anti-George, I was referring to "George The Good Realtor".

SP

The most important feature in a car should be side-curtain airbags.

Peter P. I thought you would suggest the most important feature in a new car would be a convection oven!

Peter P. I thought you would suggest the most important feature in a new car would be a convection oven!

LOL. Just turn off A/C with all windows closed under the California sun. I will be the turkey. :)

GC proclaimed:
You know, sometimes I do wish that I can live twice.

Surfer-X wondered:
Why, so you can be a pedophile and molest yourself?

Peter P said:
That cannot be done without invoking at least one time-travel paradox.

Actually, there would be no paradox. The grown-up GC would be a pedophile because the younger GC was molested by the grown-up GC.

SP

By the way, that was a hypothetical conjecture about the time travel. I was not implying that it was the cause of GC's tragic+magnificent problems. :-)

SP

surfer-x Says:
I’ve tried the Taco Bell on La Cienega,

Wow, I had no idea there actually was one on LCB. Just took a wild arse guess.

Anyways, I just love those ski pants you got me from Walmart. I don’t care about the showy part, as long as the parts don't show. Elegance is important. But I want outstanding cheapness, something that I can wear until I get drunk and pass out (or close to it, you know what I mean).

SP

GC Says:
I prefer to get really good stuff and stick to them.

Do you use glue? Or just sweat a lot?

SP

SP? Ski pants, Walmart? Huh?