What are you doing this coming weekend?
#3411
here's some of the stuff going on next weekend. Mercedes Benz Swim Show
I'm not a south beach night lifer but there are a couple things I'll go to.
Brunch on Sunday at nikki beach and we have a couple private party invitations to choose from.
A fun summer vacation that pays.
Works for me
fltsfshr
I'm not a south beach night lifer but there are a couple things I'll go to.
Brunch on Sunday at nikki beach and we have a couple private party invitations to choose from.
A fun summer vacation that pays.
Works for me
fltsfshr
#3412
Don't you just love real estate agents? I cross my heart they are the most stupid, ignorant, inane, morons on the planet. I think if they flunk out of every high school (or maybe elementary school) in America, they then decide the best way to make a buck is to take a real estate course and voila' they find out they can make money by showing people houses that are for sale. Of course, the people to whom they show they houses want to buy houses anyway. You gotta just vomit. Then they only have to say to those folks whose houses are not being sold, well, you gotta fix any little flaw that may be in the house, remodel and update everything in the house and . . . drop your price and it MAY sell. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I don't mind RE agents quite so much. Almost everyone needs to make a living somehow. Who knows what I'd be doing now, if it weren't for all the people who helped me along the way. That and quite a bit of luck. Hell, more likely than not, I'd probably be making license plates today.
What gets me about RE agents is the relatively small amount of time and money they are required to invest in their education and training, compared to the return on that investment. Six percent of the sale price of my home in return for taking a few pictures, and giving what are essentially guided tours of my home?
Damn, did I get into the wrong line of work. Not to brag, but just to point out how badly skewed I think our economic system is, I have well over $100k invested in my education, but even when I worked full time as a prof. at a major US University, I still had to work for years to recoup that investment. I'm not complaining either, as I was well aware of what to expect for income going in, and of course it was entirely my choice to go into research & teaching, I still would do the very same today, given the choice.
However, some of the wages paid relative to the services performed make no sense to me at all. Good thing I'm not an economist, nor attempt to play one on the Internet, I guess.
#3414
a Stanford MBA grad with 10 years experience earns an average of 400k/year including bonuses; product= hedge fund flim flam
a major Non-Profit CEO earns an average of $84k/year; product= helping someone in some fashion.
it takes a committed "do gooder" to give up $316k EVERY YEAR to "make a difference".
#3415
that sounds like a lot of fun
fltsfshr
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#3416
Originally Posted by dean' timestamp='1374089793' post='22671920
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However, some of the wages paid relative to the services performed make no sense to me at all. Good thing I'm not an economist, nor attempt to play one on the Internet, I guess.
However, some of the wages paid relative to the services performed make no sense to me at all. Good thing I'm not an economist, nor attempt to play one on the Internet, I guess.
a Stanford MBA grad with 10 years experience earns an average of 400k/year including bonuses; product= hedge fund flim flam
a major Non-Profit CEO earns an average of $84k/year; product= helping someone in some fashion.
it takes a committed "do gooder" to give up $316k EVERY YEAR to "make a difference".
A firefighter running into a burning building to save a toddler from burning to death is a hero. A cop saving a woman from an armed mugger attempting to rob her of her monthly social security check is a hero. A nineteen year old kid on point on the outskirts of Kabul is a hero. Coddled sports players, not so much.
#3418
I don't think pro bowlers have to deal with quite the same health risks as boxers and football players, for example.
Of course, I know nothing about sports. Maybe pro bowlers eventually end up with bowling balls, or some other painful and debilitating disease.
#3419
Of all the lines I've reviewed so far (over 200) this line has the best looking fabrics and colors. It's an extensive line so there's lots of pictures. Their use of pattern placement and flow is very good.
Hope you don't mind me sharing my work, between soliloquy and flowers, this forum needs a little pinache. maui swim wear
fltsfshr
Hope you don't mind me sharing my work, between soliloquy and flowers, this forum needs a little pinache. maui swim wear
fltsfshr
#3420
Heading up to Road America tomorrow morning for the Hawk/Brian Redman historic races and concours.
If anyone from here is going to be up there, please stop by. We have rented the house on the corner of East and Elm streets. That's smack dab in the middle of where both the race car and the show car concours will be held. All of the race cars for the Friday concours enter and do the burn-out exit at night right by our porch.
And...........having a hundred or so of various premium fermented beverages in the refrigerator is not an uncommon condition.
If anyone from here is going to be up there, please stop by. We have rented the house on the corner of East and Elm streets. That's smack dab in the middle of where both the race car and the show car concours will be held. All of the race cars for the Friday concours enter and do the burn-out exit at night right by our porch.
And...........having a hundred or so of various premium fermented beverages in the refrigerator is not an uncommon condition.