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- Mon May 20, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 45162
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Just dropped contingencies on a house in Newport Beach. Will be nice to finally get out of LA. Of course now I somehow have to find homeowner's insurance, which may be harder to close than the house itself. I'm going to go out on a limb here and state it's probably not a 1,600 ft townhouse for unde...
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 45162
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Just dropped contingencies on a house in Newport Beach. Will be nice to finally get out of LA.
Of course now I somehow have to find homeowner's insurance, which may be harder to close than the house itself.
Of course now I somehow have to find homeowner's insurance, which may be harder to close than the house itself.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 45162
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Saw a youtube video previewing the 2024 AMG GT. I'm definitely smitten.
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: 2023 PAC-12 Game Thread
- Replies: 208
- Views: 103719
Re: 2023 PAC-12 Game Thread
I feel bad for the GM who ends up with the #1 pick this year. Will have to draft Caleb Williams even knowing he's a bust who can't play under pressure within the system.
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Venting Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 713992
Re: Venting Thread
Bought a used 2021 Range Rover in June after my wife's 270k mile car finally sailed over the rainbow. Engine already crapped out and has to be entirely replaced.
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 45162
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
I'm not going to buy one ........ but I lust after a '65 Riviera. They are fucking gorgeous, foolish, inefficient modes of transport, but damn they're sexy! https://photos.classiccars.com/cc-temp/listing/119/6852/15615754-1965-buick-riviera-std.jpg Maybe a '65 Toronado? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5TYRv...
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 45162
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Took JAL to Tokyo to see our daughter and family, and was impressed with their Business Class seating that folds down to beds. Never even priced it. Main cabin with extended leg room was expensive enough. https://www.travelcodex.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Japan-Airlines-787-9-Business-Class-144...
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Weather is Crazy
- Replies: 3358
- Views: 181867
Re: The Weather is Crazy
Supposed to leave for the Maldives on Tuesday....really hoping this storm doesn't affect my flight.
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 45162
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
It’s like 10 hours shorter but to the Maldives we’d be taking Qatar business class….versus United to Bora Bora. So that seems about even.CardiacCats97 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:16 pm Bora Bora if only because the flight must be five hours shorter.
- Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 586
- Views: 45162
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Getting married next week and trying to decide on a honeymoon destination for late August. Current leaders in the clubhouse are Maldives and Bora Bora. Anyone been to either or have any other recs?
- Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:43 am
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
Re: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
This USMNT is like Sean Miller’s teams. Good enough players that they are more focused on their pro club teams but not actually good enough that they deserve to do so.
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:14 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: South Region Discussion
- Replies: 909
- Views: 193698
Re: South Region Discussion
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:00 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: South Region Discussion
- Replies: 909
- Views: 193698
Re: South Region Discussion
Avery Johnson was also calling for a foul when the TCU player walked himself into an elbow.
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:33 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: (M) Game 36, TCU at Arizona (NCAA Tournament- Second Round ) (2021-2022)
- Replies: 774
- Views: 12718
Re: (M) Game 36, TCU at Arizona (NCAA Tournament- Second Round ) (2021-2022)
Does anyone have a clue what is and is not a foul in this game?
- Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:03 am
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
Re: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
Wasn't that game incredible? The USMNT literally dominated Mexico the entire match. And it had to be Pulisic that scored the lead goal. And to think the USMNT isn't at full strength. No Dest or Reyna because of injuries. The midfield is incredible. Steffen played great and should be the top GK. Zim...
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why I Own The World
- Replies: 853
- Views: 50891
Re: Why I Own The World
Closed a 2.5 billion dollar credit facility at 6 am and closed on my new house at 3 pm. Feels like a productive day.
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Venting Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 713992
Re: Venting Thread
What in the world is the point of home appraisers when they always come back with exactly the value that you're buying the house for?
- Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:10 pm
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:02 am
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
Re: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
I have some news of the USMNT players for the 3 fans who are interest. Christian Pulisic has COVID. He was vaccinated so it shouldn't be a problem. He may miss the El Salvador match for WCQ because they won't allow any person who tests COVID Positive to enter the country. Paul Arriola is injured an...
- Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:27 am
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
Re: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
My takeaway from that Haiti gold cup game was...thank god we have other, European based players. That isn't the only problem. Berhalter is not a good coach. He is valuing experience and has this thing for MLS players. He should have started Daryl Dike and/or Mathew Hoppe. Why wasn't Caden Clark on ...
- Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:28 pm
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:19 pm
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
Re: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
Watching England shit all over themselves against Scotland almost made the expansion to 24 teams worthwhile.
- Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:30 pm
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
Re: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
American defense is ELITE Calling up Tim Ream, much less playing him, has to be a fireable offense. Except when your brother is your boss I guess. Need to put Brooks on ice until qualifiers. If he gets hurt again our back line will be horrific. Mexican player getting drilled in the face with a wate...
- Wed May 05, 2021 9:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Homeless Thread
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4226
Re: Homeless Thread
Clearing Skid Row is going to be an absolute disaster. All it is going to do is spread the problem throughout Los Angeles. Judges and Politicians keeps demanding that streets be cleared while not providing funding for housing or social programs. And guess where most of them will end up? The Jail. I...
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Venting Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 713992
Re: Venting Thread
Dear god the LA housing market is out of control. How do normal people live in this city? 1 They live in houses without furniture 2 They live in vehicles 3 They live under bridges Even in the Bay Area. People living in RVs in Mountain View. https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c3d4b9a/2...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Venting Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 713992
Re: Venting Thread
Dear god the LA housing market is out of control. How do normal people live in this city?
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Venting Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 713992
- Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:59 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Sean Miller
- Replies: 14639
- Views: 762543
Re: Sean Miller
*With a significant pay cut to reflect performance.
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: The 2020-2021 Season Thread
- Replies: 1996
- Views: 91325
Re: The 2020-2021 Season Thread
Most casual Arizona fans, the past 20 years: "When does basketball season start? Our upcoming team is just like 1997! National champs baby!"" 1997: "You know we got swept at the Bay Area schools in the last weekend of our regular season, right?" 2020 casual Arizona fans: "Why did this team get swep...
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: 2020-2021 PAC-12 game thread
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3654
Re: 2020-2021 PAC-12 game thread
Some really classic PAC-12 refereeing going on in this UCLA-Pepperdine game.
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:48 pm
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros etc)
- Replies: 542
- Views: 176181
Re: Soccer thread (Champions League • PL • La Liga • Euros e
You were saying? Couldn't happen to a more deserving group.SCCats wrote:I’ve never seen a Barca team, in a big match, not even pretend to be professionals.
Forget winning.
Forget playing well.
Forget putting in a professional performance.
They couldn’t even bother to pretend like they were professionals.
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why I Own The World
- Replies: 853
- Views: 50891
Re: Why I Own The World
Well...we looked at one house so far since we've been pre-qualified. And I think we're going for it. First one. Kinda scary. But it's a decent location that's very close to my work (if I ever go back). It's all completely gutted and remodeled. Nice pool with new filter and equipment. New plumbing a...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why I Own The World
- Replies: 853
- Views: 50891
Re: Why I Own The World
I still think everything in the home sale and rental market is going to crash when the no eviction order and extra unemployment expire and with no additional stimulus checks. This is why I'm being patient and looking without anxiety. I'm in no rush and content where I am. I'm not going to pay top d...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Work Status Update
- Replies: 952
- Views: 48465
Re: Work Status Update
It took just over a year but we finally closed the $17.3 billion Eldorado/Caesars merger this morning. Hopefully I'll be able to get a little more sleep now.
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why I Own The World
- Replies: 853
- Views: 50891
Re: Why I Own The World
I still think everything in the home sale and rental market is going to crash when the no eviction order and extra unemployment expire and with no additional stimulus checks. This is why I'm being patient and looking without anxiety. I'm in no rush and content where I am. I'm not going to pay top d...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:48 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: let's talk '20
- Replies: 1709
- Views: 113260
Re: let's talk '20
We constantly discuss how the NCAA takes advantage of athletes, it's a business, etc. If 9 months from now, BWill can't play in the tournament, and it comes out that he can't even walk around campus, what would people across the country be saying? That Miller destroyed a player for his/our own gain...
- Wed May 06, 2020 5:43 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Nico Mannion
- Replies: 609
- Views: 51005
Re: Nico Mannion
The only state basketball championship Foothills is ever going to win.ASUCatFan wrote:For me, it was Julie Brase. Seeing how she performed in college was eye opening. She was absolutely dominant in high school.
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:49 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: UCLA Basketball in trouble!
- Replies: 5155
- Views: 2346334
Re: UCLA Basketball in trouble!
Nix just decommitted and will play in the G League. School is not for everyone, and the G league is ideal for such players. I imagine Ndude Ebi would have been better off going to the G league instead of sitting on the end of the bench for 2 years for the Wolves. Some players just don't like colleg...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:36 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: Nico Mannion
- Replies: 609
- Views: 51005
Re: Nico Mannion
Nico is way too athletic to settle for 26 footers, especially *contested* 26 footers. Watching him this past season, it just seemed he hasn't figured out how to be a high impact PG yet. If he'd averaged closer to 10 APG (he was just over 5) and took fewer shots, we might've added a few wins, imo. W...
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Work Status Update
- Replies: 952
- Views: 48465
Re: Work Status Update
Received some really positive news from my boss and VP this week. They told me that I am locked in for a huge promotion if we all survive this shit show. So in the next 6 months I'll either get this huge promotion...or will be unemployed! Congrats dude. For what it's worth, my take is that this is ...
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:42 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Sean Miller
- Replies: 14639
- Views: 762543
Re: Sean Miller
Oil prices just went negative. I didn’t know where to post this on the hoops board but doesn’t One of our top donors (and this Miller’s stock options) have a huge stake in oil refineries? I wonder how this oil this is impacting athletic programs with donors big in the oil industry, Oklahoma, UT, et...
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: let's talk '20
- Replies: 1709
- Views: 113260
Re: let's talk '20
I trust Euros playing serious ball oversees more than AAU freshmen. Am I wrong? Watching the highlight videos, thinking the same thing. Kerr is playing with men, instead of teens, along with having to play defense. Aren't the highlights from a U-18 tournament? I was thinking he looks athletically l...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:03 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Sean Miller
- Replies: 14639
- Views: 762543
Re: Sean Miller
Maybe the pitch is, “we get kids to the league”. Kids want to go to a place where they can visualize then realize their dreams. They all want to play in the league and spending a year st AZ with our track record can’t be to bad of a choice. If the pitch is "we get kids to the league," we can never ...
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:46 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Sean Miller
- Replies: 14639
- Views: 762543
Re: Sean Miller
The Pac has sent one team to the FF in the past twelve years. One. That's crazy to me..... Yes you are correct and that number is a bit crazy - but you could also say that the Pac has sent four teams to the FF in the past fifteen years. For that case you can even say the Pac has sent one team in th...
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:45 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: F*ck Larry Scott
- Replies: 477
- Views: 38262
Re: F*ck Larry Scott
Crow gonna be UC chancellor? Fuck me. He should be president of the CSU system. He would do wonders for it, but would never accept the job. That would be a big step down for Crow. The CSU has a completely different mandate than the UC system and for the most part does not offer very many degrees be...
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: F*ck Larry Scott
- Replies: 477
- Views: 38262
Re: F*ck Larry Scott
He should be president of the CSU system. He would do wonders for it, but would never accept the job.CalStateTempe wrote:Crow gonna be UC chancellor?
Fuck me.
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:29 pm
- Forum: Arizona Basketball
- Topic: The 2019-2020 Season Thread
- Replies: 3386
- Views: 195890
Re: The 2019-2020 Season Thread
The focus of this team has been the three freshman and why the hell aren't they carrying Arizona to a conference title and a deep tourney run. And this is totally unfair. Call it another excuse. Or a curse. Or whatever. Blame Miller or don't blame him. But that's the situation. If Arizona had Willi...
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:03 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Sean Miller
- Replies: 14639
- Views: 762543
Re: Sean Miller
At least when Howland was about to get shitcanned and Addidas bought UCLA one last elite recruiting class to stay relevant they had a fun team and won the conference title. Sean never reached the same highs as Howland and in the course of shitting himself out of the house on the backside of the curv...
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another plane crash
- Replies: 208
- Views: 17199
Re: Another plane crash
I'm surprised this isn't becoming a bigger thing given the neighborhoods over which this occurred versus the neighborhoods over which the plane likely flew beforehand.Chicat wrote:Those pilots got some ‘splainin to do...
- Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:11 pm
- Forum: Other Arizona Sports
- Topic: Worst loss in UA history
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5582
Re: Worst loss in UA history
If we're going to include the stolen 2001 BB title, then we should include the Tonya Harding game too. UCLA had to vacate that title, but with all vacates, the other team was not given the win. Correct. UCLA's ineligible and clearly mercenary player stole what should have been our title. Without he...