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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?

As the warranty on mine nearing expiration, I am a little uneasy as to whether I should purchase an extended warranty or not. Such a worry is never possible with a reputable Japanese car.

Honestly I would only lease European cars. If I already own one, I would buy extended warranty if the price is reasonable.

But you know the one that was slowly dying on me was a ‘91 Camry.

There is an optimal point that you need to find.

I once have a Volvo that needed $2000 repairs. Now I consider the total cost of ownership when I buy a car.

GC said:
But as a suitable wife is not showing up on the horizon

Must be their gaydar.

SP

surfer-x Says:
SP? Ski pants, Walmart? Huh?

Inspired by the GC-Skibum exchange earlier.

SP

From the San Francisco Chronic(le):
“Toll Bros. Inc., the luxury home builder with projects in San Ramon, Dublin and Sunnyvale, said Tuesday that it will report a 10 percent drop in quarterly home-building revenue in another sign of a weakening housing market.”

“Citing a higher-than-usual rate of home sale cancellations in Northern California, the company said the number of contracts it signed throughout the country fell 55 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Oct. 31. Northern California accounted for 11 percent of the canceled sales nationwide.”

“The company said it expects the softness to continue in Northern California and other former hot spots in the country.”

Another soundbite from Toll Brothers:

“Toll Brothers chief executive said the economic trends are leading customers, even those in the high income bracket that his company serves, to take a wait-and-see approach. ‘Nobody wants to buy something that they think will cost less two weeks or two months later,’ said Toll Brothers CEO Robert Toll.”

Which, of course, is why the Realtwhore cartel is desperately trying to hide this fact from potential buyers.

SP

GC asked for a pill to reverse aging.

Cynthia Kenyon is working on your pill but it isn't ready yet. She and her colleagues have teased c.elegans SIR-2 and tweaked down-chain genetic code to produce a vastly-extended young adulthood.

A Boolean search on her name will give you a wide selection of reading material. If SFWoman is interested, PubMed has a few abstracts and plenty of the scholarly stuff...

Ooooh. Italics overdose, anyone? It's bedtime.

She and her colleagues have teased c.elegans SIR-2 and tweaked down-chain genetic code to produce a vastly-extended young adulthood.

in nematodes, yes...

Seriously, if the actions of politicians don't destroy us all first, I think we'll see some amazing breakthroughs in medical science in the coming century — side-effect free antivirals and super-antibiotics, defeat of diseases like cancer or heart disease, extension of the lifespan, manipulation of the human genome, and so on... What would we do if we could have a young adulthood for 100 years? Think how many more careers we could have, how many more mistakes we could make and recover from — Casey could recover from his first 6 foreclosures in the next decade of his life unscathed... We could be both young and wise, and youth would no longer be wasted on the young...

CG,

Don't feel so bad. There'll soon be tons of failed realt-whores looking for a meal ticket, surely some of them will meet your specifications.

SP,

Great observation. The homes she "sold" in those first two "awesome" years sold in spite of her! In many cases these realtors just happened to the one that answered the phone first. It really was that easy.

It speaks volumes about the strength of the REIC Cartel (TM). Any other industry would have experienced extreme pressure to lower transaction costs. Not the REIC! I suppose due to the fact that most of the money in res. RE is borrowed their pricing pressure will come on the down leg.

FB's and negative equity owners won't have a lot of room to be generous. Certainly not the kind to allow for a 6% commission.