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Haven’t posted here in a while, but every time I’m on reddit and I see something from the subreddit ZillowGoneWild I think about you guys: https://www.reddit.com/r/zillowgonewild/ It’s not all unpleasant homes for sale. Some are – but others are just weird. This one is a heavy duty prepper mansion (described as having “Nuclear/Biological Fallout Shelter & Separate Mother-In-Law Suite” – are they the same thing?): https://www.reddit.com/r/zillowgonewild/comments/n8f14h/picture_48_is_where_you_wanna_start_if_you_want/
This one looks like it’s out of the movie “Outrageous Fortune” (very modern 80s): https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporwaveAesthetics/comments/mzacxg/this_house_on_zillow/
What looks like a dungeon: https://www.reddit.com/r/zillowgonewild/comments/mmzvxt/i_thought_it_was_a_gun_safe_at_first_now_i_think/
I love reddit – or at least parts of reddit. My kids are concerned because they think it’s all smut (and they say it’s for “neck beard” guys, which is confusing), but I have a well curated list of subreddits that are PG at worst. r/ BrandNewSentence is one of my current favorites.
I’m surprised there aren’t more “when is this bubble going to pop?” threads here. We’re probably going to sell in the next year or so and move up to SLO – get a little farm and some chickens. Hopefully this will last til then 🙂

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Thanks but I have sworn off Nextdoor for a while. Such a feeding frenzy. (On the other hand, Best of Nextdoor on Twitter is very funny: https://twitter.com/bestofnextdoor?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)

There have been threads here over the years about solar heaters, variable speed pool pumps, pool costs, etc. and there are also RE agents here who have experience with pool inspectors and repair people for their listings, so i thought I’d give it a try.

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Flu – I get where you’re coming from with CV. But I’m in the market for a used Wii (ours “broke” ) and I know a lot of people around here who love Walmart – for certain things. Cereal. Soup. Synthetic motor oil. Bacon! I got an early Christmas gift there last weekend – Eschwinn bike marked *way* down (a little less than 40%).
Hoping it will pay for itself over time (avoiding car trips to local places) while also giving me some exercise.
I think there is a big confirmation bias when it comes to places like CV.

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And gas cooktops aren’t hard to clean. We can have our entire Viking gas cooktop clean in 2-3 minutes. Of course we aren’t incredibly messy when we cook. No overflowing pots, abundance of splattering, etc. Just a minor film every once in a while.[/quote]

Probably because Viking stuff never works – hard to make a mess when you can’t cook. I hate Viking.

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Everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed.

Just learned that the San Diego Symphony’s bayside location is going to be made permanent. Gilbert Castellanos does a great job with the jazz offerings and its never too loud. https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/proposed-san-diego-symphony-bayside-performance-center/

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This case has contributed a lot to the distribution of homeless people, I believe, especially the LA tent city. . https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-9th-circuit-20180904-story.html%3foutputType=amp

Not surprising to see that spdrun has continued on his course of accelerating bitterness.

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[quote=barnaby33]Sadly birth tourism isn’t illegal. I’ve had more than a dozen requests for it myself.
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Not so sure about that: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/feds-raid-maternity-hotels-birth-tourists-777643%3famp=1

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[quote=scaredyclassic]people near me were running somesort of noisy puppy mill. i aint no snitch. eventually they moved. took 5 or 6 yearsyears. fuck it.

dude was an asshole trump supporter too ….fucking puppy mill. all the yipping and howling. i despise dogs, but suffering creatures of any type, even crappy dogs, sets my teeth on edge.

just seems bad to snitch. like itd come back to bite me[/quote]

We have a maternity tourism place next door. https://www.newsweek.com/feds-raid-maternity-hotels-birth-tourists-777643

The nice thing is that my daughter’s drum set is on that side of the house – so she can practice whenever she wants because, really, what are they going to do? Call the police? (Who, by the way, are aware of this situation, but appear to not want to do anything.)

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[quote=FlyerInHi] ….

The Supreme Court may reverse zoning decisions that were perhaps needed in an industrial economy but are no longer needed in a knowledge economy. Times change.

Mixed uses actually increase value because services are all located nearby. Like in a European village where bakeries, groceries, even mechanics are located within walking distance. The auto centered, suburban development model could be seen as an aberration in human development.[/quote]

Just checking in and sure enough Brian is still here spouting crap. You better hope it’s NOT a knowledge economy.

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Ahead of Britain, which has 25 million more people.

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You probably already know this, but factor in the Mello Roos taxes (which are significant in 4S and are generally not considered to be tax deductible – I think) and the Poway bond issue, which does not take effect for about 15 years but will probably affect resale starting in about 10.

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[quote=millennial]Pasty’s are overrated. Pot pies are better cause it’s the same damn thing but with a flaky crust.[/quote]

Absolutely untrue. Pasties have no sauce – they were intended to be wrapped in newspaper and warmed over a fire on the miners’ shovels. They are delicious – with a perfectly flaky crust (when made correctly) especially with ketchup. I would make one today but they have a staggering number of calories.

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Sometimes much pleasure can be found in the simple things in life.. I think this is sometimes due to sounds/tastes triggering good memories from when we were young.[/quote]

Chili. I used to ski a lot when I was young and chili was filling, warm and pretty cheap (especially if you got a *lot* of saltines). It still makes me happy. Also, and probably nobody here has had one, but cornish pasties (these are meat pies, not adhesive items . . . ). We used to visit family in the upper peninsula of Michigan during the summer and pasties were always made. Although not as good as homemade, they send them frozen anywhere in the US from http://www.pasty.com 🙂

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i think you misunderstand prosperity gospel. the wealth you have is a sign in itself that G-d loves you and is pleased with you. the more money you have, the more G-d thinks of you. Wealth is a tangible marker that you are on the right path, not a reward.

So, for instance Donald trump goes to his pastor, a prosperity Gospel huckster, and Donald is assured that G-d is pleased with him because the proof is clearly in the evidence; he’s rich.

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I think that is the draw. People want to know if they are saved. They want to know how many points they got on the test and whether the grade in this class is going to be curved and whether there is any opportunity for extra credit. They want to know whether they are getting into medical school. They want to know if they are working hard enough or whether there is still more to do. Its a way to assuage anxiety without making you drunk or fat or high.

So what about Barron Trump? That’s where predestination comes in I think. I find predestination to be a fascinating concept (due in part to what I believe is its somewhat primitive attempt to account for some getting better genes than others). I thought predestination was basically a creation of the Puritans (now Presbyterians) because it appealed to the proto prosperity gospel types. They always have the nicest churches (like the one in Chicago with Tiffany stained glass). But after just doing a bit of reading I found that it appears to have also been an issue raised in rabbinic literature (according to Wikipedia). This quote from Wikipedia made me chuckle: “However, many Chabad (Lubavitch) Jews attempt to hold both views.” i.e. that there is both free will and predestination. I guess your story about “2 Jews, 3 opinions” holds water.

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Nature has taken millions of years of experience and distilled it into our emotions/instincts. Any genes that made people stay around to pet the cute saber tooth tiger? Gone. Any genes that led you to hang around and ask an aggressor about the weight and/or density of his club (logically speaking, it could be styrofoam . . . )? Gone. Any genes that allowed you to leave your baby alone on the ground while you went to see your friend 3 caves down? Gone.

Has anyone ever used logic to decide who to be friends with? Logic is good for figuring out when our emotions are being used to trick us (i.e. in court when you show a video of the poor injured worker playing volleyball the previous weekend) but it is secondary. So, yes, appeal to the emotions first and then use logic as a secondary reinforcer.

I have always found this story of Elliott (a man who lost the ability to call on emotion when making decisions) to be fascinating: https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/how-only-using-logic-destroyed-a-man.html

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