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I know of a woman. Husband left her for a stripper. Owns a dog. Says if she had owned a dog before she was married she never would have gotten married.

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[quote=zk][quote=sdduuuude]I’m not on facebook. The whole idea of it seems odd, especially when I can put anything I want online on a web site if I have to.

However, I’m not sure that the implication of “people post pictures of themselves and other people say they look beautiful” is that their self worth is tied up in their appearance.

My thought is this. If someone posts their picture on facebook, nobody is going to say “wow, you look intelligent” or “you look like you have good values.”

Furthermore, would you really expect anyone to post “Wow, you have really let yourself go. Ever hear of a makeover ?”

From a statistical sampling point of view, this is a biased sample, not worth drawing conclusions from.

This isn’t to say that Facebookers aren’t fishing for compliments.[/quote]

Two thoughts: There are plenty of other compliments to give. You’re a giver, you’re sweet, you make me laugh, you care, etc. And you see those occasionally. But add up all non-beauty compliments and they don’t number a tenth of beauty compliments.

Also, you rarely see men get or even give compliments (compared to women). Why is that?[/quote]

There are many compliments to give, but my point is that none of those are prompted by a picture which gives only visual information about the subject.

If I see a photo of someone I don’t know, I might think “nice shirt” or “pretty girl” but never “nice personality” simply because the photo doesn’t prompt anything other than visual thoughts or give me any information that might lead me to a conclusion about anything other than physical appearance.

This is why they don’t number a tenth of beauty compliments.

If someone posted a political essay or tweeted that they had volunteered at a charity today, then received compliments such as “wow, you are pretty” then you’d really be onto something.

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I’m not on facebook. The whole idea of it seems odd, especially when I can put anything I want online on a web site if I have to.

However, I’m not sure that the implication of “people post pictures of themselves and other people say they look beautiful” is that their self worth is tied up in their appearance.

My thought is this. If someone posts their picture on facebook, nobody is going to say “wow, you look intelligent” or “you look like you have good values.”

Furthermore, would you really expect anyone to post “Wow, you have really let yourself go. Ever hear of a makeover ?”

From a statistical sampling point of view, this is a biased sample, not worth drawing conclusions from.

This isn’t to say that Facebookers aren’t fishing for compliments.

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Using an attorney to manage a process that is already spelled out is a bad idea. The attorneys have already done their work in laying out the forms/process.

Having a real agent make an offer is more appealing to the selling agent than a buyer on their own. The agent has no idea what they are dealing with if you go it alone.

I would start calling moderately experienced agents who are independent. Interview them and make offers to the ones you like.

Or, if you go it alone, make use of an experienced escrow agent. They are the ones who really know the process.

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[quote=AN][quote=spdrun]

Who said SD? I said CA.

Coastal CA is generally NIMBY-laden. Good luck without any gov’t support.[/quote]Who said anything about without any gov’t support? If the government can get behind the high speed train, why can’t they get behind something that every Californian will use? If the NIMBY-ism gets too much, just flex the eminent domain muscle and I’m sure they’ll STFU.[/quote]

Yay. Eminent Domain. Awesome ! That’s almost as good as voting.

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Or that the only suggested solutions seem to be having the government tell us what to do.

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I just wish the government would tax the shit out of me and just solve this drought problem. I mean, really – what are they waiting for ?

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[quote=Rich Toscano][quote=ocrenter]
this is zillow and redfin and ziprealty for the Facebook and tweeter crowd.
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I don’t really see it that way (I’m not part of that crowd)… to me the appeal is really that the search is a lot more powerful than redfin and the others. To a nerd like me who likes to be able to search across lots of data and parameters to dial in on things, that’s pretty cool. [/quote]

No matter how good the searches are, it is totally inadequate for me if I’m unable to view it on a full-size desktop monitor.

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[quote=ocrenter]Of course piggingtonians are going to hate it, but that’s why it’ll likely be a success.[/quote]

+1

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Hi duchess. Sent you a message. Thanks.

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[quote=spdrun]^^^

We’re talking about an ideal world where it’s required in new developments. Perhaps power firms would also be required to accept power at reasonable rates in this universe.[/quote]

Hey – I know. Lets just require everyone to do everything you think they should do. That’d be awesome !

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[quote=caznable55]I’ve been using it for while now being one of the beta testers and I gotta say, it’s a much, much better approach than the other apps like Zillow and Trulia which don’t have much social engagement or input. The ability to collect and compare individual living spaces and then quickly share what you’ve curated with the Missus has been a real eye opener. Prior, it was a mess trying to sit down and share notes on what we each personally scoured through a million different sites, etc. Like the saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words.[/quote]

Or – a word is worth a millipicture …

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[quote=fypio]Re: typo

You’re probably referring to the lack of “find” in the tag line. We had a lot of internal debate about leaving it out as we aspire to be a lot more than just a real estate search app.

Have you tried the app out? We’d love to get your feedback on it.

(your comment made us chuckle – thanks!)[/quote]

If I could use it with Explorer or Chrome on my HD monitors at my desk, I’d give it a ride. I could offer many suggestions I have given to redfin that they basically ignore but for all I know, you already have them in.

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[quote=fypio]Re: typo

You’re probably referring to the lack of “find” in the tag line. We had a lot of internal debate about leaving it out as we aspire to be a lot more than just a real estate search app.

Have you tried the app out? We’d love to get your feedback on it.

(your comment made us chuckle – thanks!)[/quote]

Well, I don’t have a smartphone and I don’t really want one so I won’t be testing an app. Secondly, I’m suddenly out of the housing market and tired of looking. Yay.

Also, I understand why you thought of leaving out the “find” but the result is awkward. It doesn’t work for me as a catch-phrase. It makes no sense. I don’t think it is because I’m old. I think a young person would say “huh” as well.

Maybe you should drop a “?” in there. Or roll through a bunch of words – like “find” “love” “buy” “obsess over” “locate” “surf” “view” “visit” “move into” to get the impression that you can do more than just find.

“The smart and fun way to your own house”
just … I don’t get it.

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