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Ok, as opposed to x number of houses sell in carmel valley per month and there are 12x foreclosures.

If the numbers are that small (5/month), and they probably are that small or smaller (unless you count the parts of CV that are in the Poway school district), then, like you said, they could sell them all no problem. And hence this alleged trickling story really makes no sense at all.

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Seems highly unlikely to me. What does “1 year’s supply of foreclosures” mean, anyway?

What is the status of these alleged foreclosures? Are they vacant? Are the people still living there but rent free? I’m not aware of any of the former. And if it’s the latter, they’re really not foreclosures yet (and I haven’t heard of any of those, either).

Like you said, a grain of salt. Or maybe a truckload.

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But where’s eavesdropper? (Christopher Walken): “We need more eavesdropper!”

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[quote=Oxford]PIGGS ROCK! [/quote]

Truly, they do. Really, a great forum with fantastic people. A great community. And I’d be saying that even if I wasn’t 7 margaritas deep. But probably not actually typing it here.

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[quote=briansd1]Victory for my side! 😉
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Maybe. Maybe not.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/john-roberts-evil-genius-article-1.1103982

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[quote=Diego Mamani]I always used to carry a wallet, but when traveling to southern Europe or Latin America, I didn’t. I always thought that a wallet is a great convenience for pick pockets! Instead, I distribute cash and credit cards (the minimum necessary) in four different pockets, and I’m done with it, no wallet needed.

For the last couple of years, however, I no longer carry a wallet here at home and I don’t miss it at all! I carry my DL, a few credit/debit/ATM cards and occasionally a little cash ($0-$20) in my pants’ left rear pocket. On the right rear pocket I carry a (dumb) cell phone, a comb and a handkerchief (I’m old school).

I really, really, love being wallet-free![/quote]

Same here. My DL, two credit cards, some cash (usually $20-$100) in my left front pocket, phone (smart) in my right front pocket. It’s all I need. And I’m not sitting on anything.

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Hmmm… Never tried it while watching the DVR… Never had the desire to surf while watching but I think there is a way to do Pic in Pic window that will still alow you to channel surf… Ill look at that… And I do sit across the hall from the sales team… Ill ask.

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Cool, thanks. Just to be clear, it’s not exactly channel surfing (flipping through channels) that I’m trying to do while I watch a program. It’s looking through the guide or the list. The guide where you can see the listings for, I don’t know, 5 or 10 channels for a few hours, move that around to look at any channels or times, then click on “info” or something to get the details of a show. Or the list that shows all the programs you have recorded.

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[quote=CDMA ENG]
U-Verse is the best service I have ever had hands down.

Full disclosure. I work for the company but I love this product.

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Interesting, CDMA. I checked out uverse, but here was the deal breaker for me: Because of the way their DVRs are set up, you can’t effectively scan the program guide or list while watching a show or a recording. You can either look at one or two channels down at the bottom of the screen, or you are looking at whatever you’re trying to watch through a translucent program guide (at which point you can’t really see what you’re trying to watch well enough for it to be useful). My time is pretty compacted, so on the rare occasions that I have time to watch a show, I’m usually trying to find something to record so that I can watch it while I work out. Or I’m seeing if there’s anything better on. Or I’m checking my list to see if there’s anything I want to watch there. You can’t really do any of that on uverse, and that’s a deal breaker for me. I don’t know if it’s quite to the level of deal breaker for a lot of people, but I’m sure a lot of people would prefer to be able to scan the program guide or list while watching something. TVs are more than big enough now so that you can watch something in a quadrant while the guide or list takes up the rest of the screen (like Time Warner does). I don’t like Time Warner for the most part. Their customer service is the worst of any company I’ve ever dealt with. So I’d like to get rid of them.

Questions: Are you aware of any good way to scan the list or guide while watching tv (or a recorded program) on uverse?

Do you work in a part of the company where you can suggest changing your dvrs so that it can be done?

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[quote=ocrenter][quote=zk][quote=chrisM]Did anyone else notice that Pardee recycled the Carriage Run floor plans with barely any change at all?[/quote]

Pardee very rarely comes up with new floor plans. Most communities have floor plans that are basically copies of older communities.[/quote]

That’s just really lame.

Wonder how construction quality is with Pardee, any idea?[/quote]

It is lame. It is especially lame because their floor plans suck to start with. Lifestyles are changing, but Pardee’s floor plans are not keeping up.

As far as construction, I’m no expert. I do know that Pardee will do anything to save a nickel.

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[quote=chrisM]Did anyone else notice that Pardee recycled the Carriage Run floor plans with barely any change at all?[/quote]

Pardee very rarely comes up with new floor plans. Most communities have floor plans that are basically copies of older communities.

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[quote=matt-waiting]I am pretty sure you exist and I am also pretty sure he hates you, along with most of the people who read your post.

But I do agree with you in one way. All the people who proclaim to be the good christians with “family values” should move to your neighborhood. That way I will know what area to avoid, unless I want to sell some magic beans.[/quote]

Wow, everybody still ganging up on Doooh. No christians here who agree with him?

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[quote=Doooh][quote=zk]Hmm. Upon further review, maybe I do have issues with your fantasy, Doooh.[/quote]

To hate something that doesn’t exist, is ironic.

Carry on.[/quote]

Ahh, Doooh, but your fantasy does exist. And your fantasy has real consequences in the real world.

I don’t hate your fantasy. I’m not sure where you got “hate” from. But I do have issues with it and its consequences. A couple of those consequences I’ve already mentioned. Here are a few more.

My ganster metaphor was partly an attempt at humor but also an analogy. Your fantasy has got you and the billion people who share your fantasy (or, to be more accurate, the billion people with whom you share variations on a fantasy) cowering from your imaginations. This cowering was designed by the writers of your fantasy to (in my opinion – I’d be interested in any others’) keep you in line. To keep you from “sinning” or from questioning the word of your “god.” This is not, in my opinion, the best way to get people to behave well. Instead of appealing to your better nature or to your reason, the writers of your fantasy attempt to control you through fear and cowardice.

I was going to add something about substitutionary atonement in my gangster story, too, but I ran out of time. Here’s another problem I have with your fantasy. Where is your fear and cowardice when you decide to go against god’s word and be arrogant, Doooh? Is it, perhaps, that you figure you’ll just atone for your wrongdoings and receive forgiveness? This is not a rhetorical question; I really want to know. Christians willingly, purposely, and with forethought sin on a very regular basis. Why? Why risk eternal damnation when all you have to do is be good for 70 or 80 years? Do you think, “Jesus died for me. I’ll atone. God will have me again.” Doesn’t seem like a very good system.

Back to the billion variations. Here’s another problem. Even among those whose flavor of christianity means interpreting the bible literally, each person has his own version. And among the rest of the christians (which is most of them), there is even wider variation. If the word of god can be interpreted almost any way you want, then it doesn’t mean much. Point being, it doesn’t mean much. Much good, anyway. “I’ll be a christian. But I’ll interpret the bible in a way that fits my lifestyle. For instance, I think homosexuality is an abomination. So I’m going to interpret that part of the bible literally.”

This brings me to another point. Why are christians generally politically conservative? I can’t for the life of me understand this. Kind, gentle souls reach out to the poor and underprivileged. Aren’t christians supposed to be kind, gentle, generous souls? I can understand the abortion issue. (Heck, I’m basically an atheist, and I’m not really in favor of abortion in most cases.) I can sort of understand the gay marriage law issue. If you’re homophobic and christian and therefore agree with that part of the bible. Other than that, I don’t get it. If any christians out there want to explain that to me, I’d love to hear it. Like I said, I can understand why they stand where they do on those two issues. But they generally follow all the far-right ideas. Including the ones that basically give the poor and underprivileged nothing but the middle finger. That’s what I don’t understand.

Here’s my biggest problem with your fantasy: It makes you immune to logic, reason, data, and facts. Any evidence for anything that contradicts your fantasy, you discard. That, of course, leaves you ignorant of reality. Maybe none of us has a perfect grasp on reality. But to purposely ignore reality doesn’t make sense at all.

I’d mentioned previously a couple christian shortcomings that directly apply to you, Doooh. And, having gotten no rebuttal other than what I assume you thought was a funny comment, it seems likely that you have no valid rebuttal. I’d love you to prove me wrong. I’m not holding my breath.

One more question for christians: Do you, like Doooh appears to, think christians have a monopoly on family values? It occurred to me today that possibly Doooh really does think that. If christians are taught their whole lives that fear of god and being a good christian are the only things that will keep you on the straight and narrow, then maybe they really believe that’s true. Maybe they really do believe that all non-christians are to be feared and avoided.

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[quote=svelte]Funny story.

When we were considering purchase of our current home, I went to the next door neighbor to see what they thought of the neighborhood. The woman that answered the door talked to me politely and, once I had won her over, started to whisper “that house over there is Mormon, that one is (can’t remember what now), and we are Christian…just wanted you to know this is a mixed neighborhood.” I couldn’t tell if she was fishing for me to volunteer what I was, or what.

She may be physically ill now that she knows I have no religion and live next door…if she’s figured it out yet.[/quote]

That is a funny story. I laughed out loud. A mixed neighborhood?! Different flavors of christians? What would she do if a Hindu moved in? Or a new age spiritualist? Or an Asian (with an uncountable number of little half-sibling Asians running around)? Or, god forbid, a Jew? Probably just tilt her head, lost, confused, and unable to process the information.

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Cool zk, I too had a fun filled day lying and cheating and stealing, as well as coveting my neighbors’ wives as well wives of anyone I came across. I’m pretty sure I fathered a few kids today too. I have lost count just how many little ocrenters are running around due to my complete lack of family value too.

Since I too did not hear about the son, the father, and the ghost and how he, him, and it died for my sin, it will be yet another day of lying, cheating, stealing, and coveting to look forward to tomorrow. Yay![/quote]

“little ocrenters.” Hilarious. I hope there are lots of them running around, renting houses, buying houses, driving up rents and prices.

He, Him, and It. That’s got quite a ring to it. I think you could make a christian rap song out of that. The holy trinity of pronouns. He, Him, and It. They bad. They real bad. Don’t piss them off! They be on you like a motha. They be all in yo face. They be stickin’ they gang signs, they thumbs and they pinkies all up in yo grill. They be like, “you want some hellfire? You want some brimstone? You want some eternal damnation? Go ahead and fuck with us, motha fucka. Come on. We dare ya. Yeah, dat’s what we thought. Pussy.”

Hmm. Upon further review, maybe I do have issues with your fantasy, Doooh.

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[quote=squat250]Are family values kind of antichristian? Family focus seem very worldly, kind of focussed on the self and the selfs product. The commandment is love thy neighbor(even if he’s a dick, especially if he’s a dick, even if he’s a smelly homeless atheist mentally ill dude) as thyself, not love thy family as thyself.

I’d say family values are more of a Jewish thing.

When I was a kid, my recollection is Christians were suspicious of Jews. Now it seems like Jews are a ok with young bornagains…maybe it’s like the general trend of the youth accepting gays…[/quote]

“You’re a smelly, homeless, atheist, mentally ill dick!”

(angrily) “Who are you callin’ an atheist?!”

I grew up in a largely Jewish neighborhood. And I was never suspicious of Jews until just now. Now that I hear that they’re accepted by, nay, “a ok with” bornagains. That is highly suspicious.

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