fltsfshr

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


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dean

Val, can I send you some of my Xanax? Please?

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.

valentine

Okay. You can send me some. We've just not had the best of all experiences with re agents. I'm chillin'

paS2K

yesterday at a Habitat for Humanity board retreat, we watched a TED talk....given by a guy who ranted about the lack of innovation in the Non-Profit world over the past...oh, 40 years. He showed how the cards are all stacked against the "do good" organizations. example:

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".

fltsfshr

that sounds like a lot of fun

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dean

I've never looked at it in quite that way, but you make a very good point. Along the same vein, an example that really flies up my arse is the professional sports players and the obscene (IMO) amounts of money they're paid simply to play a game. What buries the point even deeper up my arse is when I hear these same overpaid prima donnas being referred to by the media as "heroes".
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.

raymo19

Then consider the owners of these franchises. They make obscenely more money and don't even have to play the game.

dean

True enough, and the franchise owners don't have to concern themselves with the wear and tear, and outright trauma the players undergo throughout their careers that can eventually lead to disability and early death, depending on the sport played of course.
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.

dlq04

Nice panache! You're right we need more of that.

dlq04

Damn, did they change dates? I had it as the weekend of July 13th on my calendar.