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ParticipantThere’s no way in hell the poster is the same person referenced in the article. Posting details of the case to a public message board with charges pending? Please.
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no fucking way. i tend to think I have a sense of humor about the whole thing; i mean, if i felt ridiculed for what i know to be true, I wouldn’t get pissed; because i view the whole debate as slightly absurd.on the other hand, the other side is serious. not funny…not open…desperately closed…
so no conversations! no one in the known universe has the necessary conversational skills, except psychologists specializing in cult debriefing.
actually, i take that back.. in 1981, freshman year…long conversations with a born again superhot girl till late at night in the ivy league dorm..the arguemtns for and against the existence of G-d. for me the sexual tension was pretty high (i cant speak for her, but I suspect it was quite a bit lower)…
she was so unbelievably sweet and beautiful, breasts that almost proved the existence of a G-d ( i certainly would’ve sworn my allegiance to any deity and fought on His behalf for Them), but theologically we didn’t seem to get anywhere..a few years later, she dropped the born again thing. I’m sure her parents blamed the liberal college scene…in a way they were right…such a smart beautiful girl…just thinking about how delicate and lovely and kind and sincere she was makes me feel liek the world is a good place…[/quote]
Have you ever read House of Leaves? You could easily pass for Johnny Truant.
Participant[quote=moneymaker]Even if it takes 10 years for system to pay for itself that would be an effective rate of 7.2% a year, pretty darn good for current economic times. Not to mention free electricity after that.[/quote]
Not saying it’s not worth doing, but that’s not really a 7.2% return, right? The positive return would only begin after the break-even point.
Participant[quote=CA renter]Right. Though it’s not politically correct to say this, I see no problem with what Russia did. The people voted. Done deal.[/quote]
Umm… are you serious? However one feels about what happened, it clearly wasn’t a fair vote. There was no “status quo” option on the ballot! More objections are outlined in this discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/comments/216ltf/why_is_the_international_community_opposed_to_the/
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]Not crazy. Back in 2002, a friend paid $5000 for a shepherd. Clearly superior. Not proportionally superior, but clearly superior.
[/quote]This might just be ignorance on my part, but what is meant by “superior” here? And what do you consider the purpose of owning a dog to be?
ParticipantThis is probably gonna make me sound like a Zillow shill, but here goes… Do people realize that algorithms such as the Zestimate operate in aggregate over a large swath of data (properties)? Their goal is to get as close to possible, on average. There are going to be outliers in every such algorithm (in fact, it’s statistically expected), and those individual data points being off don’t necessarily invalidate it. The real performance metric is how well it predicts sale prices overall, for a large number of properties in a large number of metro areas. Take issue with it on that basis, if you like (I personally don’t know of any data like this, but perhaps others do).
ParticipantAll right, looks like they updated the listing and fixed the pic so now I look like a fool. I fiddled around with the Redfin URLs from my history though and found the picture in question they used to have as image #6:
http://media.cdn-redfin.com/photo/48/bigphoto/180/140014180_5_2.jpg
ParticipantI think it’s definitely possible to maintain that sense of wonder even in the “real world” (look at Feynman), but there are certainly no guarantees.
ParticipantMy wife got me a wallet made out of repurposed tires. It’s extremely durable and doesn’t matter if it gets wet, and looks halfway decent too. The only problem is it’s pretty thick since there are like 6 1/4″ thick rubber pieces forming the inner pockets.
Participant[quote=moneymaker]I can’t believe credit card companies are charging rates as high as 29.99%. I guess our government can’t interfere if they want to get paid back. I personally would default before paying rates that high in this market.[/quote]
What does that have to do with this thread? In any case, the main reason those rates are so high is because credit card debt is unsecured.
Participant[quote=jeff303]The link between a high total cholesterol levels and better health is already dubious and looking moreso by the month.
[/quote]My edit time expired, but this should have said low total cholesterol. Duh…
ParticipantThe link between a high total cholesterol levels and better health is already dubious and looking moreso by the month.
http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/1/52.full.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470020
Also, “cholesterol” levels as they’re quoted are not actually cholesterol, but rather lipoproteins (which carry cholesterol through the bloodstream). Even the “bad” type of lipoprotein (LDL) has different subtypes with very different characteristics (fluffy vs dense), and blood tests do not differentiate between them.
Of course, it’s completely up to you, but I personally wouldn’t be too worried if your triglycerides are low (which is looking more and more to be a better predictor of cardiovascular problems than cholesterol).
ParticipantI’m just wondering at what point gray water systems start to make sense on a massive scale? Perhaps at the moment the cost/benefit still does not sway in favor of installing them for most people, but surely if current trends continue then this could change?
ParticipantBogleheads has some good info as well: http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Backdoor_Roth_IRA
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