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Headset Consulting,
There were a few clients that I ran out of excuses and places to meet. "So gee DinOR, when are you getting a "real" office?" I kind of got tired of the... snide remarks and people saying "I'd refer so and so to you but they're... you know, "old fashioned".
Since I'd been greatly humbled by a bear mkt. that lasted THREE times longer than historic norms I've learned to live with "smug" remarks. (Who here hasn't?) Now we even have "imported smugness".
Alas, it was the Mrs. that insisted I get an office "big enough for the two of us" when she leaves the trad. workforce in the next few years. And... actually you're right (I was thinking "big enough for a pool table) so you got me there. :(
It wasn't my intent however to imply that a) this would be TOTALLY "a guy thing" b) you can't have ANY fun w/ females present and c) that I haven't been snubbed by an equal number of male servers for not expressing interest in the 'wine list' and insisting on... whatever's on draught!
Bruce,
Great minds must think alike!? We have quite a bit of mission furniture in storage and I'd considered rummaging through it and perhaps dusting it off. I fear, however, that the kindly gentleman who is doing the renovation has a wife that has already reserved the "cat bird" office and I find myself wondering...? Now why would she do that? Oh I get it, he does the "reno" and she does the... interior design "consulting"?
Welcome to small town Oregon! So, I can have my wife decorate it (and say good-bye to Mike and Jake) yet keep peace in the family or embrace the ideas of my LL's wife and win over a new client? WWMHD?
DinOr . . .
What would Mata Hari drink? Scotch, I bet.
Nice choices there, guy. Peace at home v client schmooze. Bet you figure out a way to do both. Personally, I think designers are a little scary.
We will want pictures, you know.
Bruce,
And "straight" to be sure! I'm sure a man's man like Mike Hammer wouldn't give a rip about what some w-o-m-a-n thought of his "place of business". I however, am not Mike Hammer. (Damn)
I'd say more broadly "conultants" in general are scary. (But this builder is after all... quite successful) Hmm...?
I'm waiting for the thunderclap.
Someone here just said "successful builder"!!!1!!1! Heh.
DinOR,
I have a desk for you:
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DinOR,
I have a desk for you:
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@DinOR said:
SP Engineering
Sounds like a plan - so what exactly would we do? Or is that not that important? I know a couple of people who followed this plan:
Step 1: Form a company, design a "cool" logo get cards and stationery
Step 2: T.B.D.
Step 3: Complete global domination
It is a great plan, but they are still stuck on step 2. :-)
SP
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I noticed that every housing-related article in my rss-feeds today has a negative headline. Negative reports on housing sales, housing starts, home-builders, mortgages, and housing prices. If they aren't predicting further drops, then they are blaming slow retail sales on housing and mortgage problems. In more and more articles, the REIC are being fingered as accomplices to fraud.
Boston Globe: "The US housing bust is like a leaking ship."
Bloomberg: "Retail Sales Slowed as Housing Fell"
Valley Tribune: "Realtor faces trial in alleged scam"
NBC: "Officials Say Mortgage Fraud Is Growing Problem"
AP: "Bear Stearns Predicts Ripple Effect of Real Estate Decline"
Bakersfield Californian: "Realtor Offices Raided By FBI"
Los Angeles Times: "Home prices expected to drop"
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and so on.
When they actually quote from a shill - either a realtor, or a NAR-dummy, or a home-builder - it is invariably with a counterpoint from a more credible source.
Has the MSM has finally clambered on to the bandwagon and left the REIC to fend for itself?
Should Patrick start reporting on articles that are still bullish on housing? Those are becoming harder to find!
SP
#housing