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bearishgurl
Participant[quote=AN]flu, she’s actually not anti-common core. Although, she’s not pro-common core either. So, I’m assuming she can be swayed one way or the other. But the biggest thing about her is that she push for private school voucher. That would be F*cking AWESOME if she can get it done before 2017-2018 school year.[/quote]AN, I thought you previously posted here that you live in an attendance area of awesome public schools!
Participant[quote=spdrun]For either price, I’d take the fucking BART.[/quote]So would I (and exit Daly City to board the SamTrans bus line which goes to the SFO – not sure about CalTrain but I don’t think so). Also, (mostly business-type) hotels in SSF, Colma (Serramonte area), Millbrae, Burlingame and the Brisbane Business Park (just south of Candlestick Park, facing the bay) have their own shuttles to/from SFO. So do many hotels in SF but I have found the ones which have airport shuttles to be too expensive.
I almost always drive to SF. When I don’t stay with my kid(s), I have stayed in the Beresford and Beresford Arms (BA has very large rooms). They used to comp guests in the commercial parking lots they used for valet parking (normally $20+ daily). The guest just needs tips for the valet. They also have a nice wine and cheese buffet laid out for guests between 3:00 and 5:00 pm daily :=]
I’ve also stayed at the Holiday Inn at the Wharf. It has (cramped) free parking for guests but its rooms are very small.
The other hotels I’ve stayed in up there were in the SFO cities, mentioned above. They are out of the city so have more room (and free parking for guests) but a guest in those hotels really needs a car at their disposal (whether their own or rented).
Another thing … Many hotels in SF and near SFO are quite old and some are a bit remote (ex: the Brisbane). As such, they didn’t have wifi in the rooms when I stayed there. You can attach your computer to their network via CAT 5 cable (provided on the desk in the room). I carry a longer CAT 5 wire with me if I plan to stay in a hotel like this so I can use my computer in different parts of the room. Their lobbies DO have wifi and a computer room with printers and sending/receiving faxes is free at the Beresfords’ front desks.
Participant[quote=spdrun]bearishgurl: I paid $140 NEW for the Sony phone at a reputable electronics store (B&H). Not used on EBay….[/quote]The 3 phones I bought on ebay were all brand new. However, they were models which were already 1-2 years old. I paid about $70 to $180 for them, IIRC. One was an interesting-looking longish Nokia Infrared with a rubber antenna and two were Sonys. I got spoiled by the extra memory chips the Sonys have (which can be inserted into computers and printers) so am very glad my Galaxy has that capability (to 256 GB).
I’m familiar with B&H. I haven’t purchased anything form them but know people who have and they were satisfied with their purchases.
Participant[quote=spdrun]The “no interest” phone deals are frankly sodomy. They may not charge you interest, but they mark them up 20% or more from the “cash” price.
I just bought Sony M4 Aqua, paid $140+tax “cash”. Essentially identical spec to an iPhone 7 (non-plus) minus the fingerprint sensor. Also, buying outright from the maker avoids the phone company’s crapware.[/quote]I understand all that. The carrier-locked phones ARE expensive. I’ve bought my last three phones from ebay for $70 – $180 but by the time I purchased them, they were close to or on their way out. I still use them to get old phone numbers from and listen to music on. They all have old deactivated SIMS in them and are all unlocked. One has a pretty good cybershot camera which still works … but is no competition to the Galaxy’s camera. Then I used my kid’s castoff LG windows phone (locked to AT&T) for 2 years, after replacing her cracked screen. I learned how to text on that as it had a pull out keyboard (it was a heavy phone). It had stopped updating prior to when I started using it. That phone died on my last long road trip. Its touch screen refused to work no matter what I tried to get it to work. It also lost several important texts for a day and a half while I was on a road trip last year. It died and I had to travel a long way to an AT&T corporate store to get the PUK codes and get it reactivated. It is aggravating to be traveling alone by car in remote areas and have your (old) phone malfunction.
The galaxy I have is the newest one (released July 2016, I think) and has everything. The other galaxy students in my classes were in awe of it and even the instructor wanted one but she was under contract with her phone. It behaves a little different than the other galaxy phones but does the same thing … plus a few more things. Also it has a strong body and is textured on the back and won’t slip out of your hands easily.
I just got tired of not being able to see my phone in my desktop computer on a consistent basis and it not being reliable. I don’t regret getting the galaxy and it is “affordable” because as an AT&T customer, I am making (interest-free) monthly payments on it.
I could see myself using this phone way past its ability to be updated (likely several years or even a decade from now) as long as I don’t lose it. I can get its location from the Samsung website if it is lost or stolen and also deactivate it. I got a free McAfee Mobile license to protect its contents cuz I am a great Office Depot customer! It’s a pretty amazing fast computer which fits in my purse and the voice quality is great!
My bill is the same as it was when I had a dumb phone … $45 month + tax unlimited talk and text with 1.3 gigs data on the AT&T network. It’s awesome in the mountains and the states I regularly go to. I have no desire to “experiment” with any other networks.
Oh, and if I need more data for a trip, I can buy it as needed for $5 per gig, as I did when I went to NV on 11/4-6 and had to run the campaign app and use google maps (I used 2 extra gigs). I’ve been with AT&T (formerly Cingular) since 1999 and so I don’t have to have a big data plan. I can just buy as needed and go down to my base plan when I’m home (and using my secured wifi).
ParticipantI have grown to love my Galaxy S7 I purchased over Labor Day weekend in an AT&T corporate store on the road. I told the clerk I wanted a phone that didn’t break easily if it fell out of my pocket.
https://www.att.com/cellphones/samsung/galaxy-s7-active.html#sku=sku7920724
I was skeptical at first because it did so many things I didn’t think I would ever want or need. But I took 3 hour-long Galaxy classes given free by Samsung personnel working in Best Buy and I now understand most of the stuff it does. It unlocks with just the touch of a finger (fingerprint)! I still don’t have a lot of apps in it yet but working on it … as time permits (and working on getting my contacts in it, little by little). The instructor put my Visa card in it in the last class and it just so happens that Chase already had a relationship with Samsung Pay. I haven’t tried it out yet, though. The SIM from my ancient phone didn’t transfer the contacts over to the tiny SIM used in Galaxy. I don’t have a lot of data on my plan because I didn’t want my bill to go up. I mostly just use wifi with it. I might take some more classes as time permits … taught mostly to boomers and beyond by the uber-patient, smart millenial set :=0 Believe it or not, us old farts are slowly adopting new technology :=0
I could have gotten a free Samsung Tablet with it but I would have to have signed up for a monthly data plan for 24 months for it, so I declined as I would probably never use it.
I already dropped my Galaxy on the sidewalk once and it doesn’t even have a scratch. I put “gorilla glass” on the front of it after I had it a week. It’s tough and heavy and has rubber edges (without a cover). Love the camera and it’s great for watching video and quite a bit faster than my two (ancient) desktop computers :=0
So far, so good. Highly recommend. It’s $26.50 month for 30 months (with no interest) thru AT&T but you can pay it off any time.
Participant[quote=gzz] . . .
–there was talk of the hospital potentially serving as a large homeless shelter or as temporary housing for refugees.–That would not have been good for Peninsula property values! Now we just need to move SAN up to Miramar.[/quote]I hope this “talk” has been properly put to rest, gzz. Midway Drive already has enough rif-raff strolling around on it (with and without their backpacks and shopping carts) to completely fill Father Joe’s Villages. It doesn’t need any more … especially the temporary overnight “recalcitrant” homeless element who refuses to shelter (except on the less-than-handful extremely cold nights per year) because they want to be free to continue to drink and/or drug daily :=0
GOOD LUCK on the relocation of SAN. That plan has already been attempted and summarily rejected due to the ominous and dangerous presence of Otay Mountain on the eastern approach to Brown Field (proposed “SD Twinport” adjacent to Rodriguez Int’l Airport, Tijuana, BC (TIA)). See:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2006/nov/06/san-diegos-airport-woes-have-long-history/
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-03-17/news/mn-852_1_band-members
Participant[quote=gzz]Dylan is 180 units and on the site of Barnard Elementary school. Predictably San Diego sold the land at a crazy low price:
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/nov/07/stringers-barnard-demolished-new-apartments/#
The former Cabrillo hospital on Wing St has been empty for many years. There is a 5-story building next door that is half empty that used to be doctor offices. I went on a tour 5 years ago when I was looking for office space. The hospital next door looked depressing.
Language education is a great source of clean jobs. I studied abroad at a language school when I was 17 and 18 and it was a wonderful experience, I am glad foreign students will be coming to San Diego to do the same.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-hospital-school-20160922-story.html
–there was talk of the hospital potentially serving as a large homeless shelter or as temporary housing for refugees.–
That would not have been good for Peninsula property values! Now we just need to move SAN up to Miramar.[/quote]I’m not surprised that Pt Loma/Loma Portal hasn’t needed all the public elementary schools it had in the past decade-plus (it only has 2 MS’s and one HS). The area has become way too expensive for young families to buy into (esp for a SFR) and its longtime homeowners have staunchly stayed in their homes until their deaths and continue to do so. After their deaths, their homes were handed down to their (likely boomer) children (whose children were grown) pursuant to Props 58 and 193. The only reason Dewey Elem is still open is due to the remodel of the Gateway Village/Lincoln military housing complex (formerly “Gateway”) to add density and provide more units on NTC (former US Naval Base, now on city land). Otherwise, it would be closed, as well.
The exact same scenario is true of Central and Southwestern Chula Vista and Bonita which have at least FOUR elementary schools (and likely six) which could be closed down and the land sold to put money in the District’s coffers. These schools are filled to capacity due only to students traveling up from MX every day to fill them (after using “fake” US addresses to enroll). The few straggling students who actually still reside in these attendance areas (many with grandparents) could easily be bused to another elementary school (which would have room for them IF they weren’t taking in non-resident students by the droves). The CEA and the school administrators want to justify their hierarchies and student numbers at all costs. Therefore, they’re going to take students wherever they can get them by “overlooking” discrepancies and red flags they find when enrollment documents are presented to them by (purported) parents and “guardians,” many of whom cannot even speak English.
Families have not been moving into the “gentrified” older coastal urban areas of CA in any significant percentage since the eighties. Thus, there is no reason to have the number of elementary schools in operation in these areas. Other well-established cities, such as Denver, CO, began closing down elementary schools as early as the late ’80’s when there weren’t nearly enough students in their attendance areas to fill them. Even sitting empty, these public school buildings’ utility bills were huge … especially in winter (to keep the pipes from freezing). It made more sense to raze the buildings and sell the land to the city.
SD County school districts are great examples of Big Gubment when it is not needed (and hasn’t been needed for decade(s)) :=0
Participant[quote=FlyerInHI]I’m going to buy my parents and an auntie new TVs with Roku built-in for ease of use with only 1 interface. What store is having a sale?[/quote]Here you go, FIH. This was in my e-mail this morning …
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic] . . . however, i want a lexus.[/quote]There is no substitute for a Lexus, scaredy. If you really want to buy a reasonably-priced one, you will likely need to find a good one which is at least ten years old. They are out there, but you would likely need to pay cash for it. Also, you would need to find a good, fair and reasonable certified Toyota mechanic near you. They aren’t cheap to maintain properly … but worth every penny if you do (and take them on road trips one or more times per year). They are the ultimate dream road-trip vehicle … especially their older (roomier) luxury sedans :=]
Participant[quote=flu]BG, look if you really want to. You could trade your Lexus in, and buy a reliable Ford. Think about all the parts/service and american jobs you would be helping if you did that.
Lexus parts for the most part are all foreign, and that won’t change. (Well, unless you get cheap knock-off parts that aren’t OEM quality, and then you’re talking about parts from Mexico).
Choices you make affect the very people that you are trying to “help”, used or new. If you really want to help (which it sounds like you do), then you should put the effort in to help american workers.
When you’ve reached that point, then let’s talk about trade tariffs and protectionism, and everything else. Some of which I don’t necessarily disagree with you 100%. But you do no favors by not understanding how businesses work, and how everything it integrated. And you probably won’t until you experience first hand the impact it has on your own wallet.[/quote]I’ve never traded in a vehicle in my life and never will. My car’s only worth ~$2600 on KBB and possibly up to $4400 if I sell it to a private party. I’ve put another thousand into it since early July. It’s not worth trading in (for nothing) when my youngest kid needs a better car. It’s not resaleable on a new or certified-used dealer’s lot. A dealer employee will just buy it for their kid for a song if I trade it in. Why should their kid have it when mine can?
Participant[quote=spdrun]bearishgurl: I think 6-cyl Outbacks used a 5EAT (5-speed electronic) transmission till at least 2014.[/quote]Okay, I’ll look into this. Any comments about Suburu’s CVT?
ParticipantI love the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit (made in Detroit) but am worried about reliability and repairs. The reviews on it aren’t all that consistent. And the 2015 model had the e-shifter design flaw which killed Actor Anton Yelchin back in June. That tiny shifter looks like a PITA. I’d rather have a shifter where I can feel the gear slots if I get an automatic transmission.
Otherwise, that particular vehicle checked all my boxes (and then some), costs $10K + less than a Lexus RX and has a LOT more rubber on it. In addition, it has mfr financing available at 0 percent for 60 months.
Participant[quote=livinincali][quote=flu]
They want trade tariffs and punish for made/assembled goods, and yet at the same time, they don’t want to buy a Ford/GM/Dodge(Fiat, whatever). I don’t get it. At least be consistent when you spend with your wallet.Have you seen what UAW does to a Lexus if you try to bring it to meeting? Lol
Tariffs and taxes are great..Until they start to impact your own wallet, and you have to pay a lot more for something you thought wouldn’t affect you..And then, you’l be just as ticked off and anyone else that realized the implications a lot sooner than you did..lol…[/quote]
Yup. The American consumer and their desire for cheaper not better drove manufacturing and many small businesses out of the country. Bitch about Walmart wages, demand tariffs, and want manufacturing back but will scream bloody murder when those changes lower their purchasing power.[/quote]This might apply to consumer goods, livinincali, but it does NOT necessarily apply to foreign-made vehicles, which tend to be MORE expensive than their American-made counterparts. People who shop for foreign-made vehicles are looking for quality and reliability above price and also each foreign brand has its fans (like myself) as well as its detractors.
Participant[quote=spdrun]Why not get one of the last 6-cyl Subarus with the 4EAT/5EAT automatic used, if you’re so dead-set on avoiding a 4-banger?[/quote]Can you cite the model(s)/year(s) you’re talking about?
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