That explanation is a fruitless as John Bigbootay's from The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai. You're STILL getting teased on the playground with that name!
Why would you pay someone 2.5%-5% commission to list on just one of many websites, when all others are free? Why not try it with the other sites first?
You mean like eBay? So, why doesn't everyone just use CriagsList.org?
...all an agent really does is bring bodies in the door. If you can get the bodies in the door via your own means there is no reason to pay for an agent.
If I'm reading your explanation, it's sounds like it was a good system for local businesses. I wonder how long it will now take for corporate Walmart realtors to pop up and run the independent operations out of business? You're going to help me out here with an explanation of why using a non-local realtor is ever a GOOD idea.
BTW, I just bought a house last year and I had no issues with getting into any house I wanted within a few days.
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I can't tell if this satire or if the local Honkey Tonk kicked out all the philosophical regulars early. Just in case it's the latter, metrics are standard in science. Yes, even for Americans.
Better check your griddle, I think your Freedom Fries are burning.
Man, I hope no one at NASA works in real estate. They always find the flattest, featureless landing zones. I know they have to do so to stay within safe landing parameters, but I'd love to see some of Mars' stunning geological features (preferably in person!). I'd love for them to send up something like a weather balloon with a camera and just let it drift about snapping pictures.
One problem with this theory; politicians are notorious for lying about their favorite movies. Go figure, when asked they've learned its best to spit out a popular flick with a noble character and a positive outlook. Too much potential flack for saying "The Godfather" or "Taxi Driver." Same goes for campaign theme songs.
Rarely do politicians reject that kind of pandering. Kind of like in the Clinton-Edwards-Obama debate. When asked the immortal trap question, "What is your biggest weakness?", Clinton and Edwards both gave the boiler plate "I just care about people TOO much." Obama said he keeps a messy desk.
Lol, well in the 70s my only interest in solar power was to illuminate my recess time. I'm talking about all of the "breakthroughs" I've read about on Slashdot in the past 5 years.
I suspect that it's a bit of what the drug industry used to do (still do?) back in the 90s. A public company would publish spurious claims of an impending cure to AIDS, cancer, etc., then a swarm of investors would dump money on them. Six months later, no one remembered the story and the company walked away with the cash. I can't count how many stories of a cure to a hideous disease reported to be 5-10 years away.
Wake me up when there's actually a cheap product. These articles need their own icon; maybe Bigfoot, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Loch Ness Monster, or La Chupacabra.
I'd be interested in how some of these patterns reveal themselves, especially for the Rovian whisper campaigns we see a lot of nowadays. While a liberal myself, I have a ton of conservative friends from disparate social circles who get the same types of "stupid liberals...tell your friends" chain letters that they always pass on to me lol.
The timing seems impeccable at times as well. After 9/11, they all passed on a "Palestinians did it" letter around the same time. Same with the "Obama is a Muslim" letter. Of course, geography might be an issue since they all live relatively close to me.
This has been a long, slow trend. But, I think it's more of an issue of movies becoming so expensive that producers don't want to take risks. They've become very formulaic and very polished. This insane trend of desperate sequels we're seeing, to me, is an artifact of timid producers looking to hedge their bets with a respected brand name.
Some context; I've been on an 80s movie binge over the last year. What blows me away is how many good movies Hollywood used to crank out on obviously shoestring budgets. Not all were great mind you, but there are a ton of 80s movies I can watch and enjoy and not have the feeling afterwards that someone just assaulted my intelligence.
I don't agree with you on the age thing. I think "blockbuster" movies are a grab bag with as much adult content as they think they can get away with. Take Transformers (which I didn't like). Some humor was juvenile and intended for 8 year olds, while content was very adult (Megan Fox jiggling about and the 10 minute masturbation gag). I'm a childless adult, and I was annoyed at the adult situations thrown into a cartoon's remake about giant robots. Heck, I still think the 1980's movie was better.
Damn glad to see some love for Phantom Menace. Take out Jar Jar, and I call it the best of the three myself (Anakin's fall was too good to beat it out otherwise though). TPM stood on it's own ground, I don't think the acting was that bad (nowhere near as bad as Hans and Natalie together), had the coolest light saber fight at the end, and subtly set up the next two.
I'm not an uber Star Wars geek, so the slight anachronisms didn't bug. I walked out of that movie loving it. I love politics, so the Trade Union machinations and Palpatine's ingenious power grab was icing for me, not drudgery.
I'd guess that 1/2 the time I watch DVR'd TV, I watch through the ads simply from being so accustomed to the pacing of commercial breaks, that it's not a nuisance to watch them during my favorite shows.
The exceptions are shows like Meet the Press where the last EIGHT minutes is a huge commercial break.
I'm talking about all of our probes and landers, not impact events. I don't see how we can properly sterilize a spacecraft.
I just watched a good documentary on mass extinctions and climate changes in Earth's geological past. It convinced me that nothing short of an act of God can extinguish life from this planet. We know bacteria can survive in space. The resiliency of life combined with our very human ability to overestimate our abilities leads me to believe we've already started the process.
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Funny that they have a realty company, but not related to what this thread is about. The link looks like it deals with franchise expansion.
I'll volunteer my house to put up Monica Belucci while you're getting settled into a new government.
That explanation is a fruitless as John Bigbootay's from The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai. You're STILL getting teased on the playground with that name!
Wow, that looks a heck of lot like the ultrasound I had on my kidney.
Why would you pay someone 2.5%-5% commission to list on just one of many websites, when all others are free? Why not try it with the other sites first?
You mean like eBay? So, why doesn't everyone just use CriagsList.org?
You just answered your own question.
If I'm reading your explanation, it's sounds like it was a good system for local businesses. I wonder how long it will now take for corporate Walmart realtors to pop up and run the independent operations out of business? You're going to help me out here with an explanation of why using a non-local realtor is ever a GOOD idea.
BTW, I just bought a house last year and I had no issues with getting into any house I wanted within a few days.
I can't tell if this satire or if the local Honkey Tonk kicked out all the philosophical regulars early. Just in case it's the latter, metrics are standard in science. Yes, even for Americans.
Better check your griddle, I think your Freedom Fries are burning.
Man, I hope no one at NASA works in real estate. They always find the flattest, featureless landing zones. I know they have to do so to stay within safe landing parameters, but I'd love to see some of Mars' stunning geological features (preferably in person!). I'd love for them to send up something like a weather balloon with a camera and just let it drift about snapping pictures.
Well, at least the Phoenix logo's mascot is facing in the RIGHT direction!
Mentioning the Buffalo Bills is a bad omen when you're talking about winning the big one.
No problem, relativity introduces some lag time as well.
One problem with this theory; politicians are notorious for lying about their favorite movies. Go figure, when asked they've learned its best to spit out a popular flick with a noble character and a positive outlook. Too much potential flack for saying "The Godfather" or "Taxi Driver." Same goes for campaign theme songs.
Rarely do politicians reject that kind of pandering. Kind of like in the Clinton-Edwards-Obama debate. When asked the immortal trap question, "What is your biggest weakness?", Clinton and Edwards both gave the boiler plate "I just care about people TOO much." Obama said he keeps a messy desk.
Yeah, I'm sure THAT idea is going to work ~
Lol, well in the 70s my only interest in solar power was to illuminate my recess time. I'm talking about all of the "breakthroughs" I've read about on Slashdot in the past 5 years.
I suspect that it's a bit of what the drug industry used to do (still do?) back in the 90s. A public company would publish spurious claims of an impending cure to AIDS, cancer, etc., then a swarm of investors would dump money on them. Six months later, no one remembered the story and the company walked away with the cash. I can't count how many stories of a cure to a hideous disease reported to be 5-10 years away.
Wake me up when there's actually a cheap product. These articles need their own icon; maybe Bigfoot, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Loch Ness Monster, or La Chupacabra.
I'd be interested in how some of these patterns reveal themselves, especially for the Rovian whisper campaigns we see a lot of nowadays. While a liberal myself, I have a ton of conservative friends from disparate social circles who get the same types of "stupid liberals...tell your friends" chain letters that they always pass on to me lol.
The timing seems impeccable at times as well. After 9/11, they all passed on a "Palestinians did it" letter around the same time. Same with the "Obama is a Muslim" letter. Of course, geography might be an issue since they all live relatively close to me.
This has been a long, slow trend. But, I think it's more of an issue of movies becoming so expensive that producers don't want to take risks. They've become very formulaic and very polished. This insane trend of desperate sequels we're seeing, to me, is an artifact of timid producers looking to hedge their bets with a respected brand name.
Some context; I've been on an 80s movie binge over the last year. What blows me away is how many good movies Hollywood used to crank out on obviously shoestring budgets. Not all were great mind you, but there are a ton of 80s movies I can watch and enjoy and not have the feeling afterwards that someone just assaulted my intelligence.
LOL, that movie popped into my head a few weeks ago when I was watching Robocop (I'm on a 80s movie binge). My name is John Bigbootay!
I don't agree with you on the age thing. I think "blockbuster" movies are a grab bag with as much adult content as they think they can get away with. Take Transformers (which I didn't like). Some humor was juvenile and intended for 8 year olds, while content was very adult (Megan Fox jiggling about and the 10 minute masturbation gag). I'm a childless adult, and I was annoyed at the adult situations thrown into a cartoon's remake about giant robots. Heck, I still think the 1980's movie was better.
Damn glad to see some love for Phantom Menace. Take out Jar Jar, and I call it the best of the three myself (Anakin's fall was too good to beat it out otherwise though). TPM stood on it's own ground, I don't think the acting was that bad (nowhere near as bad as Hans and Natalie together), had the coolest light saber fight at the end, and subtly set up the next two.
I'm not an uber Star Wars geek, so the slight anachronisms didn't bug. I walked out of that movie loving it. I love politics, so the Trade Union machinations and Palpatine's ingenious power grab was icing for me, not drudgery.
You left out "color"
Nothing like a post referencing religion to bring out all the atheist evangelists and their cynical posts.
I'd guess that 1/2 the time I watch DVR'd TV, I watch through the ads simply from being so accustomed to the pacing of commercial breaks, that it's not a nuisance to watch them during my favorite shows.
The exceptions are shows like Meet the Press where the last EIGHT minutes is a huge commercial break.
I'm talking about all of our probes and landers, not impact events. I don't see how we can properly sterilize a spacecraft.
I just watched a good documentary on mass extinctions and climate changes in Earth's geological past. It convinced me that nothing short of an act of God can extinguish life from this planet. We know bacteria can survive in space. The resiliency of life combined with our very human ability to overestimate our abilities leads me to believe we've already started the process.
he's the ONLY candidate I've ever seen who talked sense about getting the US out of pointless foreign wars like Vietnam and Iraq
Wow, I've suspected that conservatives live in a news bubble, but I didn't think it was that bad.