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Participant[quote=deadzone][quote=sdrealtor][quote=deadzone][quote=sdrealtor]Uhhhh….no. You are fixated on what you think and want to happen. You were wrong then and still currently wrong on housing. Im over on other threads reporting what actually is happening[/quote]
Zillow further shitting the bed after earnings which indicate dire future for housing market. But sure you can continue living with your head in the sand. Future looks bright. Please, put all your money into NAIL or QQQ. You can get them at a super bargain prices right now. Opportunity of a lifetime.[/quote]
Zillow is a tech company not a real estate company Larry[/quote]
Actually it’s both. So indicative of not only the soon to come RE crash but more prominently the Tech crash that is unequivocally occurring right now. Or do you also deny that there is a Tech crash?
So if my nickname is Larry, presumably after Larry David, I take that as a compliment. I love Larry! Meanwhile, an appropriate nickname for you would be “Clementine”, a rather famous Ostrich. You fit that bill perfectly, not only for having your head in the sand, but ostriches also have very small brains.[/quote]
Larry David is hilarious, but for me, if I watch curb your enthusiasm all in a row, it becomes depressing. It’s very potent stuff, best in small doses.
ParticipantWatching the aral sea video now. Fascinating!!!
I am reading SECONDHAND TIME, novel prize winning book consisting of interviews w people describing life in Russia from 1991 on, fall of communism. Learnt of book here: https://thecurmudgeonsattic.wordpress.com/2022/04/12/book-review-secondhand-time-by-svetlana-alexievich-2013-english-translation-2016/
Obscure blog I follow…
Got Russia on the brain….I guess my main objection to Patagonia products is they are completely unironic. I was in boulder recently and every single human was wearing Patagonia. Made me hate Patagonia.
I love the idea of wearing clothing until it disintegrates, with full love for each garment whatever that garment is for anyone
Participant[quote=phaster][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=phaster][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=phaster][quote=scaredyclassic]I’ve been wearing the same pair of pants since December. Every day except for about 5 days. Orslow slim fit fatigues from Japan. $200. Cost per wear currently around $1.50. I love these pants. Wash them only when they stink. 10 days?[/quote]
a few things about nylon clothing I don’t like, first off it does not ‘breath” like cotton AND second off durning hot dry days it builds up static charge
ever consider ‘hemp” clothing???
personally like these work pants
I prefer extremely expensive Japanese reproductions of vintage American work wear. The more expensive and absurd, the better.[/quote]
American’s buying expensive Japanese reproductions of vintage ‘US ARMY’ work wear,… how ironic,… would even be more hilarious if it was widely embraced by the the ‘MAGA’ crowd[/quote]
Here ya go ..$240 a pair now! And the slim fit version is now sold out on this website!
They’re actually worth it, I think. Sure, I’m cheap, but I’ll pay for perfect and highly ironic pants. Cost per wear these are cheaper than a lot of cheap clothes I’ve bought …
Patagonia pants are made in sri Lanka, sorry, only Japanese tailoring for vintage work wear for me.if I were inclined to go hemp I’d only buy from http://www.jungmaven.com. Hippie vibe, made in USA, stupid expensive
Have u seen OLD ENOUGH on Netflix? Japanese kids running errands. Amazing show.[/quote]
$240 bucks for slim fit work pants,… sigh can’t quite make that work out in my mind (even though I could easily afford it)
I’m happy w/ Patagonia fair trade hemp clothing,… decades ago found my self in Uzbekistan and saw first hand the wacked idea of a USSR command economy WRT growing cotton and uses forced labor to pick it
long story short short the Soviets diverted two rivers in Central Asia in order to irrigate cotton fields (and in the process created an environmental disaster of biblical proportions,… essentially destroying a large inland sea)
basically looking at the numbers, cotton takes lots more inputs than hemp (to grow) so this is why I’m a big fan of hemp clothing and bed sheets,… granted hemp isn’t as soft or inexpensive as cotton BUT at the end of the day I see environmental ‘efficiency’ advantages
another thing WRT to nylon clothing, that I’m uncomfortable w/ is the issue of ‘microfibers’
WRT Patagonia using labor as you mentioned from sri Lanka, I actually see that as a positive thing because it brings in ‘fair trade’ dollars into their economy which is better than the ‘fast fashion’ alternative
huh,… did nor know about ‘old enough’ just checked it out and will have to power though that Netflix documentary series
FYI by power though I mean watch using chrome browser w/ the ‘speedup’ plugin
Each OLD ENOUGH episode is only 15 mins or so. You’ll know if you love it right away. It’s called MY FIRST ERRAND in Japan.
I just today ordered another pair for 160 with shipping direct from Japan. I agree , 240 sounds high. But these are superior pants. My wife is a little irritated that I refuse to change my pants
Participant[quote=phaster][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=phaster][quote=scaredyclassic]I’ve been wearing the same pair of pants since December. Every day except for about 5 days. Orslow slim fit fatigues from Japan. $200. Cost per wear currently around $1.50. I love these pants. Wash them only when they stink. 10 days?[/quote]
a few things about nylon clothing I don’t like, first off it does not ‘breath” like cotton AND second off durning hot dry days it builds up static charge
ever consider ‘hemp” clothing???
personally like these work pants
I prefer extremely expensive Japanese reproductions of vintage American work wear. The more expensive and absurd, the better.[/quote]
American’s buying expensive Japanese reproductions of vintage ‘US ARMY’ work wear,… how ironic,… would even be more hilarious if it was widely embraced by the the ‘MAGA’ crowd[/quote]
Here ya go ..$240 a pair now! And the slim fit version is now sold out on this website!
They’re actually worth it, I think. Sure, I’m cheap, but I’ll pay for perfect and highly ironic pants. Cost per wear these are cheaper than a lot of cheap clothes I’ve bought …
Patagonia pants are made in sri Lanka, sorry, only Japanese tailoring for vintage work wear for me.if I were inclined to go hemp I’d only buy from http://www.jungmaven.com. Hippie vibe, made in USA, stupid expensive
Have u seen OLD ENOUGH on Netflix? Japanese kids running errands. Amazing show.
Participant[quote=phaster][quote=scaredyclassic]I’ve been wearing the same pair of pants since December. Every day except for about 5 days. Orslow slim fit fatigues from Japan. $200. Cost per wear currently around $1.50. I love these pants. Wash them only when they stink. 10 days?[/quote]
a few things about nylon clothing I don’t like, first off it does not ‘breath” like cotton AND second off durning hot dry days it builds up static charge
ever consider ‘hemp” clothing???
personally like these work pants
I prefer extremely expensive Japanese reproductions of vintage American work wear. The more expensive and absurd, the better.
ParticipantI’ve been wearing the same pair of pants since December. Every day except for about 5 days. Orslow slim fit fatigues from Japan. $200. Cost per wear currently around $1.50. I love these pants. Wash them only when they stink. 10 days?
ParticipantA perfect bar is I think 2 oz, so figure 8 x $3.50 is 28 a pound. U can get almonds for 8 a pound.
ParticipantNo, I don’t like worrying.
Sacrifice decreases my shame and guilt.
I will eat raw nuts plus honey. Much cheaper.
ParticipantThere are different pots of money. They are different
Participant[quote=Rich Toscano]sdr — Good color, thank you — I especially like the point about May… I will be very interested to see how May looks.
I’m going to quibble with your forecasts though — not the forecasts themselves, but your confidence levels.
“There is ZERO chance we go back to prepandemic pricing and the betting window remains open”. — Really… zero? First of all that’s not a bet I can take unless you’re willing to offer infinite odds. But more to the point… of course it’s not ZERO chance. Prices in any market can go back to what they were a few years prior — this has happened multiple times in SD housing and it could happen again. I’m not saying it’s probable, but to say it’s IMPOSSIBLE is wildly overconfident.
And also, re your interest rate prediction. Your last rate prediction that I remember, not too long ago, was that mortgage rates wouldn’t reach 5% in your lifetime. That probably wasn’t even a year ago — and here we are at 5% already. (Hence my little joke in the OP). Given that you are a young, virile stud with decades left to go — this was a very bad prediction! But now you are making more rate predictions! I will admit that this latest one was pretty circumspect… but still, would it not make more sense to just consider that you don’t have an edge on predicting where rates will go? (I will admit here that this is the route I’ve chosen to take, but ONLY after making many terrible rate predictions in my past).
BTW I’m busting your chops you here because you have claimed to have the best predictive track record on piggington. That may actually be true, for all I know! But either way — if you are going to brag about that… I’m going to give you a hard time when you whiff one, ha ha. Heavy is the head that wears the crown! >:-)[/quote]
Funny you should mention certainty. I’ve been studying Wittgenstein’s unpublished notes called ON CERTAINTY. It’s actually a pretty fun read, for philosophy. We probably all need to read this to intelligently define our terms.
The book is free online, a pdf. It’s in the form of short numbered fortune cookie like aphorisms.
Participant[quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic]i do worry way too much, according to my therapist.
But I reply, wouldnt you rather be a ukrainian with $2 million in assets than a ukrainian with $2,000? save your rubles, i say, disaster lurks everywhere.
the therapist tells me to relax and go have fun. enjoy life. it’s short, etc.
i see perfect bars at the store are up to $3.50 from $2.50 a few months ago. I vow never to eat another perfect bar. i rage about the possibilities for poverty.
therapist says, just eat a fucking perfect bar if you
want.i say I dont want to.
he says fine, dont fucking eat it. and rubles are worthless anyway.
(I’m paraphrasing)
(he’s a pretty good therapist)[/quote]
I like volunteering and spending my money on help kids in STEMs get what they need to do well at competitions. No kid who is motivated should be at a disadvantage simply because there is not enough money to be spent on basic tools needed to do well.[/quote]
that is nice. i need to think more of others and forget myself.
I like to shop at barons because it’s on the way home by bike. But apples cost a lot. Need to calculate out gas cost to Asian market, divide by time, factor in cost of wear and tearing the car.
Hmmm. Too complex
ParticipantI doubt there will be a crash but I fantasize about buying a condo in downtown SD for 339,000 cash.
Participanti do worry way too much, according to my therapist.
But I reply, wouldnt you rather be a ukrainian with $2 million in assets than a ukrainian with $2,000? save your rubles, i say, disaster lurks everywhere.
the therapist tells me to relax and go have fun. enjoy life. it’s short, etc.
i see perfect bars at the store are up to $3.50 from $2.50 a few months ago. I vow never to eat another perfect bar. i rage about the possibilities for poverty.
therapist says, just eat a fucking perfect bar if you
want.i say I dont want to.
he says fine, dont fucking eat it. and rubles are worthless anyway.
(I’m paraphrasing)
(he’s a pretty good therapist)
Participantgood lord, those stories are big numbers. Need to be careful if you live up there.
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