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Yesterday we were talking about Yemen. It looks quite interesting:
http://tinyurl.com/by5u9a
I was trying to find real estate listing there, but didn't have much luck. Challenging others to see if they can tell us what one can get for a nice home in Yemen.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:22 AM
Yesterday we were talking about Yemen. It looks quite interesting:
http://tinyurl.com/by5u9a
I was trying to find real estate listing there, but didn't have much luck. Challenging others to see if they can tell us what one can get for a nice home in Yemen.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:22 AM
Good morning!!! What a beautiful day!!!
***Bid half off peak comps***
Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at March 4, 2009 9:22 AM
Oop, sorry about the double post.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:23 AM
Are you going out property hunting today, BHO?
***Half Off Drinks at Floyd's***
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 9:25 AM
biff, before jumping at that hot deal, note that the dept. of state has a travel warning for americans. might not be the oasis you hope for, but the food is good.
Posted by: goldie at March 4, 2009 9:30 AM
I have a Yemeni friend (details unnecessary) and everyone speaks to him in Spanish because they all think he's Puerto Rican.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 9:32 AM
lol didnt Chandler from Friends pretend he was from Yemen when he wasnt interested in... (forgetting her name)
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 4, 2009 9:34 AM
Biff,
Dunno if you are being serious. I assume you are an American with an American passport, you may have quite a difficult time landing a vacation home in Yemen, unless you are sponsored by a US multinational or government agency or the World Bank. Yemen while not Iraq or Libya , is ruled by Islamic law. If you are an outsider, life is not as simple as you might imagine.
You want to buy a place that looks like that, look to Morocco ( not too hard to find RE there ) or the Costa Brava of Spain or Greece. I've been to all 3, fun livin'.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at March 4, 2009 9:34 AM
Biff, this was all I could find...no price on it though. Do I get a prize for trying?? :)
http://tinyurl.com/dzfcy7
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 9:36 AM
He's just baiting us Prodigal Son.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 9:37 AM
rob, this should warm your pitbull-loving heart, a pitbull that saved families from a fire by waking them up: http://tinyurl.com/cj8sm9
Posted by: goldie at March 4, 2009 9:38 AM
goldie/Prodigal Son, sorry for the confusion. I have no plans on packing up and moving to a place I know virtually nothing about (much to the chagrin of certain posters here, I'm sure).
When I said, "I was trying to find real estate listing there", I meant just to get a sense of what the homes and apartments were like, costs, etc. Out of curiosity and nothing more.
I have dual citizenship/passports, American being one of them.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:39 AM
DIBS, I wasn't baiting (for a change), I just wanted to see a sample of homes there, much like we often do here for other cities in culturally diverse, far off lands (like Buffalo and Detroit).
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:40 AM
DIBS,
I figured but y'know if there wasn't all this political BS going on, the Middle East is -prime- summer home target. At least for me.
Like I said for the same effect ( and a lot of money) I'd land a spot on the Costa Brava. Its the Middle East of Europe!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at March 4, 2009 9:41 AM
I think there's some incredible hi-rise mud-brick buildings in Sanaa. Let me do some research.
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 9:42 AM
Snappy, good try, but that listing is referred to as a "test property", whatever that means. I wanted to see an actual listing.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:43 AM
Actually it was an incredible leap for me to move from the UES to Bed Stuy, a far off, culturally diverse land.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 9:43 AM
ditto, try surfing www.brownmudder.com.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:47 AM
Try Bronx to Brooklyn :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 9:47 AM
here you go
http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/Images/Places/491.jpg
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 9:48 AM
"here you go
http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/Images/Places/491.jpg"
Um, price? square footage? distance to nearest camel stand?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:51 AM
Speaking of camels...BBC (on WNYC) is doing a report on the 'camel markets' right now!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 9:53 AM
cobblehiller, is it the riding or the smoking kind?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:56 AM
The Square footage is variable depending on the occurence od unprecedented global warming-induced cloudbursts.
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 9:57 AM
I'd walk a mile for a camel.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 9:57 AM
The camel talk is appropriate since today is "hunp" day.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 9:58 AM
The riding kind - isn't that funny timing! It's over now.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 9:58 AM
I'd ride a camel for a mile.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 9:59 AM
quote:
rob, this should warm your pitbull-loving heart, a pitbull that saved families from a fire by waking them up: http://tinyurl.com/cj8sm9
awww :)
do you remember the blackout of 2003? (or was it 2004?) anyway in my delapidated tenement on the LES with no lighting (i was on the airshaft and the front room was being used as storage from the woman i rented the apt to and i had no access...) he led me up and down the stairs in the complete darkness for two nights. (no candles cuz the bodegas wouldnt sell candles to white people. im serious! but i find it funny and actually joked with the a-holes in the bodega about it after the blackout hahahah). dogs are dogs and pitbulls are very loyal. i will say one thing tho my dog did recently flip out on some random dude in my building and that was scary. the guy was laughing and it made no sense. im wondering if maybe he had interaction with my dog when the dog walker or my roommate was walking him. lots of dogs can be vicious. pitbulls are just trained to fight and the preferred breed for dog fights which is why they get a bad rep. if i had to do it over i dont think id opt to have a dog in the city anyway. but i have my dog and we are stuck together so what can one do but just live day to day and hope nothing bad happens.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 4, 2009 10:00 AM
It was great, the guy speaking took over the business from his dad. Cars and gas are expensive - camels are selling well!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 10:00 AM
DIBS, do you prefer one hump or two?
http://tinyurl.com/5xlex8
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 10:01 AM
Biff, I got it!!!
http://tinyurl.com/c7o47c
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 10:02 AM
On the subject of things Yemeni-related... Ladies and gentlemen, the late, great Ofra Haza:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2xNTzlFSk0
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 10:02 AM
Well, it's for rent. Does that count?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 10:03 AM
Biff...it depends on how long the night is. ba dum dum
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:03 AM
do brownstoner's advertisers realize it is a handful if pathetic losers that run up the hits on this website? do you people have jobs?
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 10:14 AM
Ahhh yes, "randolph" will sell no whine before its time.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 10:19 AM
do brownstoner's advertisers realize how often someone posts on a thread and adds absolutely nothing to the conversation at hand??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:21 AM
Rudolf - I'm a basket-weaving hobbyist.
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 10:22 AM
randolph- perhaps you don't understand the concept of "open thread?" I find that people like you tend to be arrogant, smug, spoiled types who feel entitled to everything in life, while simultaneously believing anything they say is the equivalent of golden pearls of wisdom. You should get some help with that megalomania problem you have.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 10:23 AM
Well, he still goes by his full name, Randolph, so that should tell you enough. Never really got known as "Randy" by the girls, I bet.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:24 AM
^ dibs, brilliant!
Posted by: bowl of dicks at March 4, 2009 10:26 AM
Never really got known as "Randy" by the boys either, I reckon.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 10:28 AM
bxgrl, not really following you there, but i like how you all got really defensive and personal there. quite telling...
but really, do bxgirl, DIBS, snark, snally, biff, etc. really have nothing else to do day in and day out than to post on this site? at least WHAT makes it fun. you all are a bore.
bye bye brownstoner.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 10:28 AM
bxgrl, not really following you there, but i like how you all got really defensive and personal there. quite telling...
but really, do bxgirl, DIBS, snark, snally, biff, etc. really have nothing else to do day in and day out than to post on this site? at least WHAT makes it fun. you all are a bore.
bye bye brownstoner.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 10:28 AM
rob- er....I don't think its rainbows :-)
FYI- according to the profile randolph is a 31 year old woman. I want to categorically state for the record, randolph is not indicative of those of my gender. She is an mfa (mutant female ass).
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 10:29 AM
From Randolph's profile we learn that he is actually a she and she lives in Ft. Greene, that perfect neighborhood.
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/02/nydn_nominates.php#comments
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:29 AM
Biff, one more listing for you.
http://tinyurl.com/akmz6m
I want a prize, dammit! :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 10:30 AM
dont let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya, randolph!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 4, 2009 10:31 AM
Tell us, Randy, what is it that you do all day??? What expertise do you bring to the discussions?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:32 AM
randolph- do you not comprehend or read what you write? Actually all of us are quite capable of multitasking and do it well. I'm guessing you don't. But if anyone wrote a "telling" post, it was you. I'm not defensive- I'm disgusted with arrogant little jerks like you who think they actually have anything of value to say.
See ya! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 10:33 AM
snally? SNALLY? Um...do you mean Snappy? Learn how to type my name if you want to insult me, sister girl!
I'm over it now.
*Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man*
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 10:33 AM
http://www.clownmagicnyc.com/
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 10:34 AM
- http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/swarm.htm
"A Swarm hive is almost impossible to detect. When a hapless victim stumbles on a forum that houses a Swarm and disturbs it with an offending message, the Swarm will erupt and fly at their victim from all directions. Taken one at a time the irrelevant, often mindless individual attacks can be easily brushed aside, but because of the sheer volume of the assault even the strongest Warriors must eventually yield. WARNING: Only those who are highly skilled in Swarm management techniques should attempt to wade into a Swarm hive. but even with protective clothing opposing Warriors should expect to suffer a few stings."
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 10:36 AM
I think we should all be inviting Randolph here with open armes. She just started posting Feb 26...nothing much to add to anything yet but we should keep an open mind. Even children grow up.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:36 AM
snappy- I think people who cannot insult others intelligently and with great wit should not attempt this dangerous endeavor. Hence randolph is more to be pitied than censured. I love that phrase.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 10:38 AM
Randolph....is that your business???
See, you're starting to participate and enjoy this..
Snark...that's an incredible 21st Century phenomenon....I had never read that before!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:40 AM
randolph- when you say bye-bye, you're actually supposed to atop posting. Otherwise how can we ever trust anything you say?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 10:40 AM
now i feel bad :( sorry randy. you got dogpiled here hard and that's not cool.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 4, 2009 10:42 AM
Brilliant Snark! [Didn't you post that redwing site once before?]
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 10:42 AM
I have always been censured rather than pitied, and that's how I like it! It is tricky to go to Yemen as an American.
As in most Islamic Republics, if your passport has a stamp in it from Israel, you will probably not be let in. That is why the Israeli govt used to give one the option of stamping a "slip in page" so as not to cabash your travel plans elsewhere in the region. You really need to go either as guests of one of the country's institutions or a government group, or like me, on a cultural tour set up by a well-known museum.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 10:49 AM
rob- when someone posts like randolph did, they didn't get dogpiled. They posted wanting it. There was no reason for her initial post.
snark, except for the gender she is definitely enfant provocateur
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 10:50 AM
sam...Vietnam used to do that as well for American passports.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 10:52 AM
"she is definitely enfant provocateur" or just a lousy troll!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 10:55 AM
what is a troll?
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 10:58 AM
Dave,
so did Cuba. Very thoughtful, so on your way back to NYC from Cancun or the Bahamas, US customs would not know that you were ILLEGALLY visiting the forbiden land of Puros and Churchills.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 10:59 AM
Google it sweetie.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:00 AM
Troller....
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/troller.htm
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:00 AM
BRG, cobblehiller, bxgrl and Snappy......
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/cybersisters.htm
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:02 AM
Well I like to say one thang- Randy is not my sockpuppet but I loved how the way He/She got all of you rigged up!
Hi guys what's going on?? Is Dave giving investment advice again?? Well is anyone saying Real Estate will rebound next year???? Come on somebody, anybody???
More Than 8.3 Million U.S. Mortgages Are Underwater (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTX3K2Tvs5cs&refer=home
"We have way too much supply and not enough demand,” Sam Khater, senior economist for First American, said in an interview. “People aren’t going to purchase a home as long as prices keep falling, and someone who is worried about their job isn’t going to purchase a home either.”
It's all fun until someone loses a eye. - Cobblehiller
The What (Taste the rainbow)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 4, 2009 11:03 AM
Cute DIBS!
Speaking of sisters...Where is BRG, and when is she done with that silly trip!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:07 AM
i heart what
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 11:07 AM
What was throwing out the "D" word up in the Another One Bites The Dust thread...now he peeks in here with a different cut and paste....
Here's some of your own cut and paste medicine What...
But I guess you know more than Leuthold.....
March 4 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Leuthold, whose Grizzly Short Fund returned 74 percent last year betting against U.S. stocks, said now is the time to buy equities because investors are too fearful about the economy.
“These comparisons people make with the Great Depression are totally out of touch with reality, and pretty stupid,” he told Bloomberg Television in an interview today. “We’ve been in much worse, much more panicked and more scary situations in the U.S.”
The economy isn’t as bad as it was in 1974, when stocks began rebounding, said Minneapolis-based Leuthold. He predicted the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will surge to at least 1,000 in 2009, representing a gain of 44 percent from yesterday’s 12-year low of 696.33
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:07 AM
Randolph....you better learn fast that What thinks you're just another Asshat gentrifier in what used to be his racially pure neighborhood.
You're about to get PWNED.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:09 AM
DIBS, I love it!
::Snappy - The woman who will poke your eyes out and put them in your back pocket so you can watch her kick your ass::
LOL :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 11:09 AM
Good morning What!
Is Randolph you're advance [wo]man?! You know, the Reggie Love person that sets your coffee and fresh pens on the table before you sit down?! ; )
How do you like the Countrywide guys making money on buying up the foreclosed loans...isn't that sweet? [Kurland?]
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:10 AM
Dave,
this recession thing is starting to look a little scary.
Thank goodness I was not a Bernie Maddoff mouseketeer, but nevertheless my securities are looking very insecure. How do you manage doing what you do? The markets are just in a neurotic state at the moment. I'm not talking real estate, that has done better than most other markets, but stocks and bonds are in the toilet circling...circling...
Any pearls of wisdom?
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 11:13 AM
cobllehiller...I'm not saying that's good or bad but its a perfect example of how Wall Street will continue to reinvent itself, something that many posters here have said that it will never ever be able to do. There's lots of money to be made out there, you just have to know where to look.
Take off your shorts people.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:13 AM
Thanks dibs! But you forgot MM- our Nanny.
cobble- I'm sending you an email. Can you please look at it when you get a minute?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 11:15 AM
I agree with you DIBS [calm down it won't happen again! ; ) ]
People like money. They will find ways to make it. As soon as this happened my first thought was...what will the next thing be?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:17 AM
bxgrl, Will do. I'm here for a couple more minutes, then I have to run a few errands for an hour or so.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:18 AM
sam...the only thing I can say is that it is exactly like real estate (but more volatile). Hold onto your house and your stocks. As long as you don't need the money in the next year or so, hold on. The market will rally and when it does it will be sharp and fast.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:19 AM
a message for Randolph:
Oddly enough you are just as guilty as those you criticize for having nothing to say.
Brownstoner, by creating an open thread has actually capitalized on the idea that people will come to the site with nothing to say. Every time someone posts in open thread there is a chance that a subject will arise that people want to comment on which means that open threads often become the largest thread of the day. And every time you come to open thread you see the banner ads, like every other page, over and over and over again.
What's even more ironic is that when YOU challenged the regulars on here YOU created a discussion that indeed wastes more people's time. How many posts have been about "Randolph" since you posted your complaint. See how it works?
As Mr Butler gets more hits and his ads get more views, he is the winner here because of suckers like you.
And indeed, me.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at March 4, 2009 11:19 AM
"Is Randolph you're advance [wo]man?! You know, the Reggie Love person that sets your coffee and fresh pens on the table before you sit down?! ; )"
ROTFLMMFAO!!!!!!!!! You need a security clearance on enter the Bunker! I have Top Secret stuff in here. That's funny Cobblehiller....
"Randolph....you better learn fast that What thinks you're just another Asshat gentrifier in what used to be his racially pure neighborhood."
Aw Dave come the F**** down! Thanks Randolph!
The S&P and Dow are sitting at critical support levels going back to 1996. I expect the market to retrace and move high for the next few weeks but if I wrong, the next level of support is going back to 1974. God help us all if that happens..
Here Dave suck this down you poser!
More Than 8.3 Million U.S. Mortgages Are Underwater (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTX3K2Tvs5cs&refer=home
In additional 2.2 million borrowers will be underwater if home prices decline another 5 percent, First American, a Santa Ana, California-based seller of mortgage and economic data, said in a report today. Households with negative equity or near it account for a quarter of all mortgage holders.
Taste the rainbow!
The What (Dave blows cats)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 4, 2009 11:22 AM
cobblehiller-
"People like money. They will find ways to make it. As soon as this happened my first thought was...what will the next thing be?"
Water.
After the oil has dried up, we will go to War for water.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at March 4, 2009 11:22 AM
Glad we had the big discussion last week about posting in a civil manner, What.
If you want to start calling names again, you're going to lose because I know more words than you do.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:24 AM
what and I win
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 11:28 AM
PS & DIBS: When do you say the oil will be gone.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:29 AM
Oh yeah!
How do you like the Countrywide guys making money on buying up the foreclosed loans...isn't that sweet?
Guess what Cobblehiller?! The former executives of these companies are waiting for the Depression to plunder the landscape! Our system has been hijacked by criminals (Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush 1)! The Plutocracy will take everything (Pensions, 401k and Social Security) until there is nothing left! I just love fools like (Larry Kuldow, Jim Crammer and DIBS) But the bad thing is there are not part of the Big Boys club, just suckers in the Global game of chess....
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 4, 2009 11:30 AM
Randolph, the only thing you win from the What is the position so that he can rest his beer can on top of your flat head....
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:30 AM
flat head? sounds pretty racist to me.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 11:35 AM
Go fish Randi!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:36 AM
Don't worry, Randolph, everybody else gets it. It has nothing to do with race, just you on your knees (not praying) in front of the What.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:38 AM
"Are you going out property hunting today, BHO?"
No, dave. The shadow inventory is in hibernation.
***Bid half off peak comps***
Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at March 4, 2009 11:38 AM
dibs- don't waste your time on randolph. Anything you say to her would just be casting pearls before swine.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 11:38 AM
sexist too, eh?
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 11:40 AM
bxgrl...my motives are altruistic...I'm trying to make a silk purse...
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:41 AM
Go Fish Randi!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:43 AM
What will the next big thing be?
In Brooklyn it will be a car with the ability of finding a parking spot and parking itself after dropping you off.
OR a stove that cooks your meals and tells you exaclty how many calories and sodium etc you are eating and zaps you with a taser if you try to steal a snack from the frige or if any refined carbs are detected on yout person.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 11:45 AM
I just hate when work and a slow server get in the way of my day.
Randolph, like Rudolph, is upset he isn't included in our reindeer games. But it is amusing he proceeded to post 7 more times with really nothing to say after his initial post demeaning those who participate on this blog.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 11:48 AM
randolph,
re. your original post. GRPs (look it up).
RE firms advertise here. im guessing lots of people interested in buying in bklyn will visit this site, so they get 'reach'. if they come here often and see the ads, thats 'frequency'...and thus the RE firms end up with high GRPs, their goal.
Posted by: goldie at March 4, 2009 11:50 AM
"Randolph, like Rudolph, is upset he isn't included in our reindeer games. But it is amusing he proceeded to post 7 more times with really nothing to say after his initial post demeaning those who participate on this blog."
Its also amazing that he/she came back after saying "bye bye brownstoner".
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at March 4, 2009 11:50 AM
No sam- that's the security check in at the kitchen door. YOu have to pass through the posts and not set off the alarm. It's easily programmable.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 11:51 AM
Prodigal Son, excellent point!
* putting randolph back on mute *
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 11:53 AM
amazing? point proven re: pathetic losers. nothing amazing happens on this site, except WHAT.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 11:56 AM
Go Fish Randi!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 11:57 AM
You're so easily amused, Randolph.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 11:58 AM
"nothing amazing happens on this site, except WHAT."
just summarized your mental state in once sentence.
Posted by: goldie at March 4, 2009 11:58 AM
cobbleloser stop saying that. i don't even know what you mean.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 11:59 AM
DIBS, will we now have to add "PL" (Pathetic Loser) next to our other qualifications included in our signatures?
The only thing worse than pathetic losers are people who seem to enjoy being abused by pathetic losers.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 12:01 PM
wow- too dumb to figure that out?? Tsk tsk. Weren't you going away, about 25 posts ago?
goldie- you're giving her too much credit by saying she has a mental state.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 12:02 PM
People, its clear we are dealing with some new, sub-human life form.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 12:02 PM
> "Randolph, like Rudolph, is upset he isn't included in our reindeer games."
Randolph the trolling poster
Had a very tiny brain
And if I had to venture
I would guess that she's insane.
All of the other posters
Dogpiled on and called "her" names.
They drew a bead on "randolph"
Shot "her" down in verbal flames.
Then one frosty Wednesday morn,
Snarky came to say:
Randolph with your wit so dim
Time for you to slink or swim.
Then all the posters moved on,
Randolph's time had come and gone.
Randolph the trolling poster,
You’ll go down as quite the "PWN."
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 12:09 PM
brownstoner open forum = nursing home knitting club
aka pathetic losers
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 12:10 PM
I say we resume where we left off with the camel talk. I'm looking forward to a hump or two tonight.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 12:12 PM
Snark, you simply rule with your lyrical genius! :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 12:15 PM
Don't start calling names, Randolph. Each and every one of us knows more words than you do.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 12:18 PM
so randolph, why keep posting with the pathetic losers? Just a wannabe, I guess. Well sweetie, youv'e succeeded beyond your wildest dreams. You've surpassed all of us (psst....that's not a compliment. Just thought I would make that clear since you're having so much trouble comprehending what cobblehiller was telling you.)
dibs- I was thinking more paramecia than alien.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 12:18 PM
Countrywide amazing -- la plus ca change, la plus c'est la meme chose.
But even more amazing is this! Rob, everyone, check this OUT:
"Transvestites robbing W Villagers to feed their Fulton Mall wig addiction" -- headline from Racked. I kid you not!
Here's the story in the Post:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03042009/news/regionalnews/mug_duo_caught_in_dragnet_157929.htm
Crazy!!!!!!!
Posted by: mopar at March 4, 2009 12:19 PM
snark and snappy sitting in a tree, L O S E R I N G
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 12:19 PM
Some camels have one hump others have two, I used to know which are the Asian ones and which are the African ones. Personally, I prefer Alpacas. Much sweeter dispositions.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 12:19 PM
Randolph, your camel is outside waiting for you. Ride safely!
Snark, brilliant as always.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 12:20 PM
My last (don't hold me to it) post on the matter of bitter randolph:
- http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/ennui.htm
"Ennui only rouses himself from his torpor to cajole other Warriors to be more interesting - without, of course, ever contributing anything of interest himself. Ennui has limited weaponry at his disposal, but his majestic affectation of boredom provides an effective defense to attacks. When pressed in battle he will announce his intention of moving on to a more stimulating forum, but instead he will generally lurk quietly until the threat passes."
Fairly accurate, except for the "lurking quietly" part.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 12:26 PM
Am I mistaken or has the quality of trolls gone way down?
Randolph- if you're intending to overwhelm us with witty ripostes or the laser beamlike intensity of your intelligence, let me clue you in. So not working. I put you at about the maturity level of a 6 year old with serious playground issues. Remember bye-bye? Did you know what it meant when you used it in a sentence?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 12:28 PM
Fulton mall wig addiction.
You mean they have a name for it?
And I thought I was the only one.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 12:29 PM
Hey now Snark, don't be confusing me with Randolph. I lurk here quietly all the time.
:(
Posted by: ennuiater at March 4, 2009 12:30 PM
Sam;
There is hope out there. The next "big thing" out there is "supercomputing",though this is not on a consumer level. I am actually working with several companies on this technology. Companies like IBM and Sun have found a way to "cluster" ordinary servers together, using fiber optics, so as to make a fairly cheap supercomputer. In the old days, supercomputers were massive machines that had a price tag which was the same as the GDP of some lesser nations. Now, many companies will be able to afford supercomputers.
The significance of this development is that it will save the companies big buckeroos, or give them capabilities they never had before. For instance, the auto companies plan to use supercomputers to completely simulate new models, rather than build expensive prototypes. The oil companies are using supercomputers to perform complex geological similations, so that they can predict where hidden deposits of oil lie. Finally, alot of climate researchers are using supercomputing to predict the changes - if any - in the earth's atmosphere (Al Gore's, and your, favorite project!).
Keep the chin up! Life moves ahead.
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 12:32 PM
Apologies, my dear ennuiater.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 12:38 PM
that sounds fascinating, benson. You are going to have to tell me more at the get together. Is this similar to the SETHI (Was that the nae?) where they were listening to signals from deep space by drawing on huge numbers of voluntarily participating computers? I don't remember much of the details but I seem to remember they called it supercomputing. And where can I get one? :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 12:40 PM
Thanks benson,
though that chin up reference has loaded connotations in these parts.
I am personally over the whole computer business. I want something that makes real life easier. Like the robots on the Jetsons or a fake mimi-me I can send to boring evening meetings and receptions in my place. Four or five standard pre-recorded messages could get him/it through the night.
Also, somebody has to do something about how we get around the city, I mean the subways were a brilliant idea in 1901, but honestly, can't we find alternate ways of getting from Park Slope to Zabars? Where are the REAL inventions??
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 12:43 PM
> "can't we find alternate ways of getting from Park Slope to Zabars?"
Agreed. Where's my jetpack and finned helmet that all of those 1930's science magazines kept promising?
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 12:47 PM
benson...are you too young to remeber Seymour Cray & Cray Computing????? They are still around and dominate supercomputing.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 12:49 PM
SnarkSlope, Exactly! I like the pod-cabs from Star Wars.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 12:50 PM
Mr. B, it's a mistake for you to censor a post.
:-(
It WAS cleaned up!
Posted by: Miss Take at March 4, 2009 12:50 PM
Mr. B, it's a mistake for you to censor a post.
-does that mean he actually has to read every post? Poor guy! That is like hardship duty.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 12:53 PM
Hey, rob... I know you probably don't want to hear from me again! But as a fellow pit owner, I felt like I had to pipe up about your story. I believe is our resonsibility as owners of a much-maligned breed to do more than just "hope nothing bad happens". We need to work hard to make sure we don't allow anything to occur which might add to the stories and distortions about pit bulls. Is your dog fixed? Have you have ever worked with a trainer? Maybe this guy just smelled off or whatever... but you should know there are lots of great pit-friendly trainers out there who will give discounts if you do feel like some bad behavior patterns are growing. My pit recently got attacked by some guard dogs and started to get defensive and weird around dogs so we are working on that with a really great trainer. Of course any dog will act up and misbehave, but because we are trying to change people's minds about pit bulls and show them what loyal, loving animals they are, I feel like we owe it to the dogs to go the extra mile.
Posted by: mshook at March 4, 2009 12:53 PM
DIBS;
Not only do I remember Cray, they are a customer. In fact, Cray is one of my favorite customers because of their location: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the home of Leinenkugel beer. Wisconsin has some "interesting" food, shall we say, like fried pickles and fried cheese curds. Yuck! Leinenkugel's is great beer however. A hotel room in Chippewa Falls cost $59/night, complete with breakfast.
One correction, however: Cray dominates the "big iron" supercomputing machines, the ones that cost a mini-GDP. This is now a small slice of the market. The big money is now in computer clusters, as I described above, and it is dominated by IBM, HP and Sun.
Bxgrl;
The machine you are thinking about was called "Ivan" and it was built by IBM. It is also one of those "big iron" machines, not the new "clustered computers".
Sam;
Sorry, my company doesn't develop "Curmudgeon Personal Assistant Devices".
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 12:57 PM
Snark, you slay me! I bow in your general direction!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 12:58 PM
Yes, this is bringing back memories of Amdahl, Tandem DEC and remember the word processing companies: Wang, CPT, etc I first got into the business in 1980 and these were all the high fliers back then. And then the software companies: Lotus!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:02 PM
mshook- I sometimes take care of my neighbor's mixed but mostly pit bull dog and a sweeter dog I haven't met. I joke with her that its a good thing dogs don't have opposable thumbs or he would be offering all the electronics and jewelry to any robbers. He's a handful though- she is gettig him training- he's overly enthusiastic on leash and has been known to drag us around like limp sock puppets :-)
I've seen other people walking their pit bulls (or even staffordshires) and people in the street will just go off on them for having a pit bull. That happened to a neighbor of mine in Bklyn Hgts.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 1:02 PM
Lotus 1-2-3!!
DIBS, you're dating us. Sam: remember that? Remember 5 1/2 inch floppy disks? I remember that you used to have to insert 4 of those things to upload a simple program.
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 1:06 PM
Benson,
I have a few boxes of the 5 1/4 floppies. I use them as hall passes for my students.
Some of the boxes are still shrink wrapped. Maybe I can sell them on eBay and retire with the proceeds....
Posted by: christopher at March 4, 2009 1:09 PM
benson...a friend of mine has a paino and an organ and they both have the capability of playing off of disks...3 1/2" floppy disks. He can't find them anywhere anyomre!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:10 PM
VisiCalc, benson. That's where it all started.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:13 PM
I've got a bunch 3 1/2's dave if you want them for your friend.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 1:14 PM
When i first started working in a scientific lab they had an old computer which was the size of a fridge, hummed and heated the room up to 90F and had two slots for these huge floppy disks - I'd say 8 or 10 inches.
Steady on DIBS.
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 1:16 PM
Thanks, bxgrl. I think he finally found them online somewhere.
Anybody got anything 8"??? Sorry, its hump day and I couldn't resist.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:17 PM
Goooood Morning M*ther F-ing Asshats!
[cut + paste]
Randolph, put my sock puppet in it!!
No way this whore will ever end
Posted by: Return of bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 1:18 PM
When I was in college I had to use a slide rule first year. Electronic calculators didn't come out until 1974-75 when I was a Sophomore.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:19 PM
benson,
I remember my father telling me about floppy disks ;-)
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 1:20 PM
"Electronic calculators didn't come out until 1974-75 when I was a Sophomore."
now i get it. you are just old. sorry for all the insluts.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 1:22 PM
Randolph you absolutely cannot join the club so stop trying.
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 1:23 PM
bxgrl - ours was a total handful on leash, and our trainer's positive reward-based approach has REALLY worked. The whole Dog Whisperer negative thing did not help her AT ALL. If a burglar offered to chase her round the couch all our earthly goods would be gone, for sure.
Posted by: mshook at March 4, 2009 1:23 PM
see, the thing is, i don't have to be invited to the club.
sorry, i am here to stay. i take back that bye bye business from before.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 1:25 PM
I'd rather be old than stupid, Randolph.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:25 PM
see, the thing is, i don't have to be invited to the club.
sorry, i am here to stay. i take back that bye bye business from before.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 1:25 PM
NOW THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A PATHETIC LOSER.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:27 PM
too bad you are both.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 1:28 PM
VisiCalc, yeah, my dad waxes lyrical about it.
Benson, for the most part, we don't need more processing power. We have enough. I would follow that up by saying it's the software that needs work but actually...it's fine. Thanks to the Internet, everything is working fine and we hardly need to buy any installable software anymore. High tech is just becoming invisible, part of the air we breathe. Which means there's not as much money in it any more.
Which is not to dissuade you from fiber optics or anything. But I mean the big picture.
When my sister was about five she once pressed a big, red, shiny, pretty button when she was visiting HP. Shut down their mainframe. Oops!
Posted by: mopar at March 4, 2009 1:28 PM
No reporting on this, Mr. Brownstoner?
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/94900/fire-officials-investigate-bed-stuy-fire/Default.aspx
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 1:29 PM
Maybe just an infantile masochist?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 1:30 PM
All this talk of old computing (and DIBS's "hump day" reference) got me thinking about Corel. Remember them?
More importantly, do you remember founder and CEO Michael Cowpland's wife Marlen?
The puns abound with her in the equation...
Posted by: christopher at March 4, 2009 1:30 PM
Benson, I believe you are mistaking me with someone else of your acquaintance, I am not a curmudgeon. I am Biff's bon mot apprentice and some day, when I grow up, I will be just like him.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 1:30 PM
Perhaps we can let Randolph in if he closes his mouth when not eating and talking. Also, the speedos with the knee-high white socks and flip flops must go too.
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 1:34 PM
ENY...somewhere here today I saw that about the dog waking the family up in that fire and saving them. I can't figure out where I saw it...maybe it was on Yahoo.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:35 PM
Hey DIBS or anyone else familiar with Bed-Stuy..
Where is this house?? Anyone ever noticed it...it intrigues me.
http://www.fillmore.com/realestate/residential_bedford-stuyvesant_brooklyn_ny_11216_341995
Posted by: boofer at March 4, 2009 1:36 PM
I saw that on NY1 this morning ENY. I loved how the Con Ed people immediately said that this had nothing to do with their guys working on that street. How, precisely, did they know that so quickly? It 'smelled' kind of fishy.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 1:37 PM
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/94900/
fire-officials-investigate-bed-stuy-fire/Default.aspx
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 1:39 PM
Oops, sorry - ENY posted that already. : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 1:39 PM
ditto...Randolph is a 31 year old female, and; from what we've seen so far, a pretty skanky dumb-ass piece of work. I really wonder whether she has the intellectual prowess to ever add anything real to a thread.
My psychological profile is that she went to community college and majored in legal studies. She works as a secretary in a law office and currently has a lot of down time because they specialize in real estate closings. She recently came across a reference to brownstoner in the Women Seeking Men Craigslist ads. She is lonely, rarely goes out except to the corner grocery. She's vegan but cheats when she's depressed. She wants companionship but has yet to find a cat that likes her.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:41 PM
Wasn't there a poster that had a link to her own page talking about her vegan diet and recent Master Cleanse! [Yuck!] Is this her reincarnation?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 1:43 PM
boofer...I can't recall where it is but I can remeber seeing it. i sent the broker an email asking what block its on. It's intriguing.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:45 PM
Yes, Dave - I subsequently found that the dog situation was mentioned earlier in this very post by goldie. I didn't realize it was the same story! No surprrise the dog figuired out what was ging on. Pit bulls are generally intelligent and (yes) sensitive dogs. They were originally bred to fight, but are remarkably gentle, particularly with people, if they are socialized and kept by well-meaning owners (like Rob).
"I loved how the Con Ed people immediately said that this had nothing to do with their guys working on that street."
Quite predictable. It must be wonderful to be a monopoly. Accountability is just a word!
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 1:48 PM
Ahh good thinking DIBS...I suppose I should have thought of that. Let me know what you hear.
Posted by: boofer at March 4, 2009 1:48 PM
by the way..what does it mean by "subject to renovation loan qualifying parameters." (sorry if that's a dumb question)
Posted by: boofer at March 4, 2009 1:50 PM
Dave, cute post at 1:41
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 1:51 PM
DIBS are you sure? Looks like a dude to me. Must be the leg hair "au naturel".
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 1:51 PM
Apparently the fire started in a manhole cover (and for the second time on this block) so it has EVERYTHING to do with ConEd.
There was a fire in an underground electrical thngy next to our house in Philly and all the smoke poured in through the feed tube to our main circuit breaker box!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:53 PM
I agree Dave, I think Randolph is a he.
Girls are rarely so....uncouth.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 1:55 PM
Yes, it's all part of the current EF'd up state of the universe. CYA, let them prove you were in the wrong later, then you can say - Ooops, did I do that? Sorry, my bad.
Accountablility, indeed.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 1:57 PM
Randolph is a troll. We just don't know whose troll!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 1:57 PM
ditto...that would be part of her sometime vegan look. I think she also wears those camel toe shoes that were featured a month or two back in www.diehipster.com
http://diehipster.com/2008/11/13/hipster-girl-with-camel-toe.aspx
We have now successfully come full circle on this thread.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 1:59 PM
Very nicely done DIBS!
[The camel toe is freaky looking. Stop doing that now!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 2:01 PM
Do camels hair coats come from genuine camels?
And if they don't, why the hell call them by such an unattracive name?
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 2:02 PM
christopher- I still use corel- love coreldraw. I've worked with Illustrator and hate it. MS Publisher? Ptuy! I also love wordperfect but can't find the discs to install it on my new computer. Perhaps if I cleaned up my office space I could?
Corel is still out there
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 2:04 PM
sam...it does, typically from the camels belly area which is why its so soft. It can and usually is blended with wool.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:06 PM
Wasn't Corel the effeminate aid who attended to Mason Verger in "Hannibal?"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:08 PM
dave, you are a font of knowledge.
underbelly of camels.
kind of gross but kind of cool too.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 2:09 PM
testing to see if i can post today (im sorta on probation here guys..) gonna tone my commenting down from now on.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 4, 2009 2:11 PM
"im sorta on probation here guys"
What do you mean Rob? Who put you on probation?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 2:14 PM
Thank you for asking that Sam. I've always wondered that myself.
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 2:15 PM
Sarah Jessica Parker has been seen wearing those revolting shoes around town.
My favorite winter coat is a camel hair. I'm going to need to go get it relined after the weather lets up.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 4, 2009 2:15 PM
asshats.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 2:15 PM
Randi, I believe the most correct and up-to-date terminology is "Assheads". Catch up.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 2:17 PM
this thread sucks
Posted by: infinitejester at March 4, 2009 2:17 PM
i was put on post restriction earlier cuz some of my comments are a little off the cuff in various threads. nothing bad was said or anything, just stuff that could stymie conversations. mr. b tried to get in touch with me a few weeks ago but i guess im not sure what email address is attached my account here. no biggie, i have a tendency to have a bit of mout diahrea from time to time, but i wanted to make sure to get back in this thread and be able to post cuz i didnt want to get accused of being randolph or anything who popped up out of no where today it seems with stupid nasty comments.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 4, 2009 2:21 PM
The news from the Brooklyn Bridge Park is that executive director Maryanne Koval has just resigned. The Brooklyn Paper calls the future of the Park "uncertain" and Koval feels that it will be many many years before the group can actually have a park to program activities in.
Who is the poster who is always saying that the Park is just about to happen. Really really this time?
And who needs a reality check?
Did Sam predict this? I think so.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 2:22 PM
rob....you are interesting and fun to listen to most of the time...sometimes off color but who isn't.
There's no way in the world we would confuse you with this moron, randolph.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:23 PM
"Sarah Jessica Parker has been seen wearing those revolting shoes around town."
That figures. She's like a fashion stunt woman. Her hats, in particular, are very bad.
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 2:24 PM
What if BRG went away for a lobotomy and has come back as randolph!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:24 PM
"Benson, I believe you are mistaking me with someone else of your acquaintance, I am not a curmudgeon. I am Biff's bon mot apprentice and some day, when I grow up, I will be just like him."
What does 11217 have to say about your plans?
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 2:31 PM
I should have known that nobody was going to care less about Brooklyn Bridge Park. Neither do I at this point.
It's just a giant lie that has been foisted off on Brooklynites for years, so it is annoying that way.
And rob, I don't think anyone thought that Randy was you.
You're not mean-spirited.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 2:33 PM
i am the bastard child of brg and rob's bruised ego
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 2:35 PM
More like the afterbirth.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:37 PM
one would need an ego for it to be bruised! no ego on this chile. it's all about the id.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 4, 2009 2:38 PM
"i am the bastard child of brg and rob's bruised ego"
I have to say that this was pretty clever! Perhaps Randolph = Biff's dark side?
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 2:39 PM
everyone has an ego, moron.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 2:42 PM
benson, you're the one calling me names no one else I see, at least today. Maybe bxgirl called me the c word, but she's adorable, she can say anything she wants.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 2:42 PM
Randi, what's your story? Do you walk into every party and call everyone there an ass? And then help yourself to a beer and sit down and stare at them, expecting someone to chat you up?
OY.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 2:47 PM
"Brooklyn Bridge Park"
Sam, they've been fighting over it since I was a Heights Press reporter (a LONG time ago). A lot of people are just worn out.
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 2:48 PM
Me thinks sam just confused his logins?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 2:48 PM
boofer....i must have been mistaken about seeing it....the realtor says its on Dean St. bet Brooklyn & Kingston...north Crown Heights??? Not what I would call Bed Stuy. Also says that there's an offer but she can still show it...of course, of course!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:48 PM
this is a party? that is pathetic. loser.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 2:49 PM
benson, I'm rarely serious, what do you mean?
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 2:50 PM
randolph, please crawl back into whatever hole you crawled out of. Or, go over to curbed where there are lots of other like minded DBs like yourself.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:53 PM
Wow I think it's so nice to have someone else drive you Assheads crazy! Randolph you get The What's First Day Asshead PWNING award! Nice job and keep up the good work! I will see the retards later! Be well Cobblehiller and Biff and F**** Off to everyone else!
The What (Taste the rainbow)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at March 4, 2009 2:53 PM
"i am the bastard child of brg and rob's bruised ego"
I should have aborted!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 2:54 PM
no.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 2:54 PM
^^^ uh oh, here come the pro-lifers down my throat.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 2:54 PM
cobblehiller....she can't even distinguish between an analogy and what she's doing now. Even in the faded gray type days I've never seen someone as ridiculously stupid as this one.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 2:55 PM
i just won The What's First Day Asshead PWNING award!!!?!??
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
see yall tomorrow.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 2:59 PM
DIBS, it's impressive, no? The persistence and absurdity!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:00 PM
BRG! She lives...she breathes!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:01 PM
Yeah...not bed-stuy at all. Thanks!
Posted by: boofer at March 4, 2009 3:01 PM
randolph...how close was my psychological profile? Too close to comment?? Here. I'll post it again. But i'm adding a few things since we learned more about you...
My psychological profile is that she went to community college and majored in legal studies. She works as a secretary in a law office and currently has a lot of down time because they specialize in real estate closings. She recently came across a reference to brownstoner in the Women Seeking Men Craigslist ads. She is lonely, rarely goes out except to the corner grocery. She's vegan but cheats when she's depressed. She wants companionship but has yet to find a cat that likes her.
What we've also learned....
Being a bastard, unwanted child she was tossed in the gutter to be raised as a troll under the BQE. Never having been formally schooled in English, she has rarely ever completed a sentence, let alone one that is relevant to the conversation. That, of course, did not keep one from getting into a community college.
There is evidence that she is actually the Stoop Pooper.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:01 PM
"DIBS, it's impressive, no? The persistence and absurdity!"
:-(
Did you all want me to stay away longer??
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:02 PM
oh, and brg- that wouldn't be the first time, right? but i guess i can just ask DIBS about that.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 3:03 PM
She'll be back to ask what PWNING means.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:03 PM
BRG, don't come in 200 posts later and assume we were talking to you. There is actually someone new here, randolph, who makes you look like Albert Einstein.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:04 PM
Unless of course you are Randi, too! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:05 PM
"i just won The What's First Day Asshead PWNING award!!!?!??
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED."
I see Randy sets high goals for him/herself.
Posted by: dittoburg at March 4, 2009 3:06 PM
“BRG! She lives...she breathes!
Yes, I’m Baaaaaaaaaack!
Thanks to all for your kind words last Friday. While I was very abashed by my vulgar post, thanks to those that tried to make light of it. By days end, I enjoyed reading all your funny comments and was feeling much better about the whole thing.
I do however have issue with some of your comments:
Ditto: It’s really not the spelling of the word that matters but the size of the definition. And no I’m not pulling your leg. But can I?
Benson: Please put your steamed and cleaned Borsalino on your head, I’m sure to be impressed.
THL: If you show up on March 19th, on one of my many name tags will be *Gulp* and stuck on my chin.
Bxgrl: I think you meant to say “You're trash and funny and quick”
*Rob*: Not sure about all girls from Bay Ridge doing that, I’m just sure about one.
Snappy: I hope our ‘blog luv’ will never disappear.
Cobble: Miss BRG is over it.
DIBS: You do???? Really?? And thanks for not taking a cheap shot at me.
Biff: Thank you for your kind words and not posting a corny joke; that surely would have put a bad taste in everyone’s mouth.
And in light of some censorship/posting issues going on by Mr. B and yours truly, I’m swallowing my pride and posting.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:06 PM
DIBS:
That house sold in 2006 for $800,000! What the heck?
Posted by: boofer at March 4, 2009 3:09 PM
Stop wallowing in the self pity.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:09 PM
NO boofer!!!!! Now I've seen everything!!!!! Is it lis pendens now??? what's the address???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:12 PM
what is my mantra...bgr, don't make me say it again. and this time i know benson and dibs will agree with me.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 3:12 PM
Benson: Yes, but I enjoyed creating it.
DIBS: I've been trying to post since this morning but was 'blocked' by the reviewer of posts, citing my post was inappropriate.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:13 PM
welcome back, BRG- and no, I did mean brash. I may need glasses but I can still tell the difference between a "b" and a "t".
Awwwwww, thank you sam! I offered to marry you last week after a particularly wonderful post you did but you..sniff...never answered me...sniff, sniff.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 3:13 PM
"what is my mantra...bgr, don't make me say it again."
Someone help me? What the fuck does this mean?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:15 PM
DIBS: 1377 Dean
Posted by: boofer at March 4, 2009 3:15 PM
Don't think too hard about it BRG - Randi is, shall we say...a little odd.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:16 PM
BRG, she's a mental case.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:16 PM
I'll have to wait until tomorrow to look it up...I can't access propertyshark between 3:00 and 6:00 I believe.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:18 PM
Oooooh, Mr. B,
3:15 - I used the 'F' word!!! Shame on me. Was that racist :-)
I think your system of holding the first post by a new log-in name is Fucked Up. I mean really fucking ridiculous ;-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:21 PM
Oooopsy, sorry Mr. B, used it again.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:23 PM
"your system of holding the first post by a new log-in"
What do you mean BRG?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:23 PM
This has certainly been a weird day on Brownstoner.
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 3:24 PM
You can say that again benson.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:26 PM
bxgirl, thank you for the proposal of marriage. I have been married, again and again, but truly no one ever has proposed to me before.
My current state is married, but with me, that can status can come and go.
Just kidding!
I have only been married twice.
And you?
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 3:27 PM
hhhhmmmm, Cobble. What do I mean by that???
You're a smart woman, figure out what Miss Name I set up this morning.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:28 PM
"All this talk of old computing (and DIBS's "hump day" reference) got me thinking about Corel. Remember them?"
Corel is still alive and well, altho not what they used to be, and still makes the best illustration software for the PC, which I have been using since R2 (now in R12). They also own WordPerfect which some people, including myself, think is a better program than MS Word. In fact, other than Excel, MS generally sucks!
Agree w Mopar, software rules.
Posted by: denton at March 4, 2009 3:32 PM
Nope, not playing that game any longer...spit it out! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:32 PM
boofer...yes, lis pendens filed. I saw building permits filed but not on DOB website...inconclusive
Its a 50X114 lot and the house is 40X35. Its also landmarked.
Might be worth a look.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:32 PM
"This has certainly been a weird day on Brownstoner."
And I only just got here!
Well you can't blame me for this one today.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 3:32 PM
I saw the Return of BayRidgeGirl...
But I don't understand the posting issue people keep talking about.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:33 PM
It seems only rob and BRG had posting issues. And you know what those two are like.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:35 PM
Wow. This is like my junior high days back in ENY. I would stand on the street outside the basketball courts and watch the after-school fights at 3 PM.
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 3:37 PM
no problems here...
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 3:37 PM
I had a brief posting issue yesterday because I used the "A" word. Mr. B was quite right, I re-wrote the little post in a much more civilized and almost proper manner.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 3:39 PM
ENY: It's worse than junior high because everyone is *supposedly* an adult!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:39 PM
"^^^ uh oh, here come the pro-lifers down my throat."
But wouldn't that contradict their mission?
Posted by: Troy McClure at March 4, 2009 3:39 PM
"no problems here..."
Mental instability notwithstanding, of course.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 3:40 PM
"But wouldn't that contradict their mission?"
THAT was funny.
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 3:42 PM
no problems here...
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 3:37 PM
ROTFLMMFAO
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:44 PM
What's your point Randi?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 3:45 PM
cobblehiller....I think she's schizophrenic. She seems to be talking to herself alot.
I think her walls are covered in aluminum foil as well.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 3:47 PM
No longer married, sam. But keep me in mind if yours doesn't work out- Let your wife know you have someone waiting in the wings if she gives you a hard time :-).
Wordperfect also allows you to create a PDF- Word used to do that,years ago, if I remember correctly but no longer. It is a great program. MS Office 7 is awful. I'm so addicted to Coreldraw I would probably have to go to rehab if they ever took it off the market. It can be a little buggy but X3 is much less so. I agree with denton and mopar- software rules.
(denton- how's ubuntu? You like working with it?)
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 3:53 PM
Bxgrl;
I thought I was your favorite curmudgeon? Ah well, another fickle woman in my life.
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 3:56 PM
dave,
I was in Albany (and Troy) over the weekend. Such nice houses in Troy. There must have been such wealth there at one time. It is like a better-preserved version of Brooklyn Heights. and Rensserlearville is nice too.
and depressed values! unbelievable.
Do you have a house up there somewhere? The family manse?
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 4:04 PM
ENY-thanks, I don't comment much, but couldn't resist that one
Posted by: Troy McClure at March 4, 2009 4:06 PM
Ha! benson- did you not offer to have your Borsalino steamed and cleaned...... for BRG? You two-timer, you!
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 4:07 PM
Oooh, for goodness sake, Mr. B.
You’re never going to let me live this ‘Return of bayridgegirl’ log-in name, you’re holding another of my posts under that name for review.....I give up!!
Note: to people that create multi user names. Don't create one with: Return of________
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:08 PM
I tried to post this under ‘Return of bayridgegirl’ but it’s being held for review, so I’ll post it under my only other log in name ;-)
Cobble:
When a new log-in name posts for the first time, their post is held for review/malicious content.
I tried to post a comment at about 10:00am (using my Return of bayridgegirl log-in name)
It was obviously a parody on ‘The What’ and also referencing Arabs in the theme of what was going on in the thread.
I emailed Mr. B, alerting him that I was a regular poster and asked him to release the post. He replies that he thinks it’s racist. I told him I’d take full responsibility for my words and it’s a parody and no worse than what anyone else has said here. Regardless, about 2 dozen emails later between Mr. B and myself, to appease, I re-wrote it; removing what Mr. B deemed ‘racist’ and tried to post again, but yet there were some issues with my use of the ‘F’ word.
Well that was cleaned up and finally posted.....after about 3-1/2 hours.
Problems with the system – Yes.
Censorship.....hhhmmm.
Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.”
- Jenkins
No way this whore will ever end
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:10 PM
There's a thread on a browstone blog
And it serves three hundred ads a day
Many posters pass the time away
And talk about their homes
And there's a “girl” in this open thread
And she sounds quite sick in the head
They ask "Randi, are you gone yet?"
She serves them lame taunts and whines
The posters say "Randi, you're a fine troll" (you're a fine troll)
"What a good PWN you would be" (such a fine troll)
. . .
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
. . .
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 4:11 PM
sam...my parents still live in Albany...not any kind of historic house though.
Yes, Troy especially has had quite the revival having been a laughingstock and essentially the armpit of upstate NY for most of the 60s, 70s & 80s.
One of the issues on the values, at least in Albany, is that property taxes are astronomical compared to the values. Don't know much about the path of gentrification that Troy took but it must have had something with good management.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:12 PM
1) That is odd. I don't have any problems posting. Perhaps you need to be less offensive bayridgegirl
2) Do not get upset about being censored. Your joke was not that great to begin with
Posted by: Return_of_The_What at March 4, 2009 4:14 PM
Oh, interesting, thanks for explaining BRG. I wonder why your post gave him a headache and others haven't?
Nice tag line btw!
Do you really think Randi is sick in the head? Or just a troll working on maximum troll-ness? I suspect another poster is faking her.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:15 PM
What's in a mellow mood after he just got serviced by randolph.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:16 PM
yes, What...why don't you show me how to be less offensive.
You anal douche
- posted by Return of bayridgegirl
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:16 PM
As I said, this has certainly been a weird day on Brownstoner.
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 4:17 PM
That's the fake What BRG.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:17 PM
"That's the fake What BRG."
How many What's are there? And how do you tell the difference.
I'm so confused. I can't keep track of my own log-in names, now I have to keep track of others!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:20 PM
Yes....it is the fake what. I wonder how a person can be sooo lame as to post as the fake What.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:21 PM
LOL! Just desserts!
The little underscores between the words give it away - you can see them if you look carefully! They hover above the underline just a touch.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:22 PM
I just substituted the word "jerk" (not the most pleasant word, I agree) for the offending a..h..e and presto! the rewrite went right through.
Benson may be able to guess to whom both those adjectives were intended.
Mais, Je ne regret rien!!!
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 4:22 PM
Maybe fake What and Randi are the same!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:23 PM
there better not be any fake randolphs on here.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 4:23 PM
cobblehiller, I wish I had your eyes! My face is 2 inches from the screen and I still can't see any underscores.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:24 PM
Two losers wrapped up as one!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:24 PM
nobody could ever be bothered to try to pretend to be you, shithead.
Posted by: randolph is a pathetic loser at March 4, 2009 4:26 PM
I don't see the underscores. I need new glasses or a 'fake' log-in name ;-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:26 PM
They hover above the underline just a touch.
not on my monitor, at all
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 4:26 PM
Squint Biff...as if you were "turning Japanese"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:26 PM
Now who could that be????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:27 PM
DIBS, how did that racist comment get past the 'Stoner Cyber Patrol?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:27 PM
"there better not be any fake randolphs on here."
No my dear, you are the genuine sham.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:28 PM
The spaces in between the words are larger and if you click on it to see the profile you see the underscores.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:28 PM
"Now who could that be????"
More importantly, how did that curse word also get through?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:29 PM
Ok, kids...here you go...when the underline is added you can still see the underscores in the fake What. I agree it's almost braille like...but if my aging eyes can see then you young whippersnappers can too! [I bet I've got at least 10 years on you Biff!]
Real What:
Posted by: Return of The What at March 4, 2009 2:53 PM
Fake What:
Posted by: Return_of_The_What at March 4, 2009 4:14 PM
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:29 PM
"Squint Biff...as if you were "turning Japanese"
Re-write:
"Squirt Biff...as you were "turning over a Japanese"
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:30 PM
Time to register Biff_Champion pronto!
cobblehiller, I'm not sure in which direction you think you have those 10 years on me, but I suspect we aren't that far apart in age.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:31 PM
Testing, 1,2,3...
shithead
asshole
fucktard
douchebag
This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the new appearance of someone who epitomizes all 4 names.
Someday randolph is going to get a brain from the Wizard
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:31 PM
Well, I'm not going to tell my age! You'll just have to go with it Biff!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:33 PM
DIBS, three more and we'll have the 7 dirty words you can't say on Brownstoner.
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:33 PM
Naughty DIBS, very naughty! Tsk, tsk.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:34 PM
I'm sorry Mr. B, Bold Type Guest made me write that.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:34 PM
Well, if you're 10 years older than me, you look spectacular for your age!
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:35 PM
Am I the only person on here that doesn't have a zillion other logins?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:35 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apparently!
Posted by: randolph is a pathetic loser at March 4, 2009 4:37 PM
MR. B!!!!!!!!!
You have some explaining to do about your new poster posting regulations.
You held my 'Return of bayridgegirl' post for 3 hours, telling me F*ck is not acceptable!!
And this fucktard, 'randolph is a pathetic loser' posts....huh????
What the 'fuck' is going on here?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:37 PM
Hey,
wait a ........ minute!
My posting was bounced and
that ......... Dave got to write all
kinds of interesting words.
this is a ...... piece of......
.........!
.........!!
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 4:37 PM
what is a login?
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 4:39 PM
"randolph is a pathetic loser" is funny!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:39 PM
No cobblehiller, I'm just me. No other aliases.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 4, 2009 4:39 PM
HA! Very funny BRG!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:39 PM
Me neither, cobblehiller. Are we feeling deprived?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 4:40 PM
Obviously, the word 'Fuck' in 'all sorts of variations' is blocked on Brownstoner.
Mr. B, you should check your system, cause it is explicitly being thrown around right now.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:41 PM
I'm a single guy too.
Posted by: benson at March 4, 2009 4:41 PM
bxgrl, si, I'm feeling deprived. Where's the chocolate?
THL, really! And I had pegged you for at least 2 or 3 others.
So they are ALL BRG?
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:43 PM
I wish I could take credit for also being Montrose Morris (or Montrose_Morris) :-(
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:43 PM
Maybe its the context that determines the banning. i was simply testing the words themselves. I didn't use them in some vitriolic attack on a fellow poster. I would never do that.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 4:44 PM
Oooooh, if I can only post as 'Return of bayridgegirl', I'd throw out some doozies.
But by they time they finally post, after microscopic review, you'll all be sleeping.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:44 PM
Y'all are a hoot.
Posted by: Yemenite at March 4, 2009 4:46 PM
Make that a fuckin' hoot!
Posted by: Yemenite at March 4, 2009 4:46 PM
No way Cobble, I don't have the time, energy or desire to play *guess who I am* games.
Seriously, how pathetic is this? It reminds me of the early internet days when people were first discovering chat.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 4, 2009 4:47 PM
Biff, I've met Montrose Morris, and you sir, are no Montrose Morris!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:48 PM
It's pretty pathetic THL. I'm a bit tired of the fake names.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 4:49 PM
Hey Benson, did you ever find out a definitive answer as to what Brownstone is?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 4, 2009 4:49 PM
Mr. B!!!!!
All these new posters posts come up right away....aarrrgggghhh.
You held mine for 3 FUCKING hours..and I had to re-write it and you thought I was being racist....and I'm going to go create 'bayridgegirl is a pathetic loser'
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 4:50 PM
cobblehiller, I can't disagree with you there!
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:50 PM
benson, ohhhhhhhh, now you're single. Did BRG throw you over for another Borsalino? And now you come crawling back to me? Well, you're gonna have to work for that, mister!
biff- of course you can take credit for being Montrose Morris (I would make sure the life insurance is paid up first).
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 4:51 PM
Hey BRG, we get that you're upset but you think you can take it down a notch? You're starting to WHAT out on us.
Just think, you may be upset with Mr. B today but just think of the gazillions of hours of entertainment he's provided.
You can't fault the guy for trying to reign in control of his sight every once in a while.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 4, 2009 4:54 PM
you know what's really delicious?
a croissant with raspberry jam at 5:00 PM.
This is making my whole ......., ...... day!
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 4:54 PM
omigod- I feel like we're descending into chaos and anarchy. Where's my pitchfork? Who's coming with me to Frankenstein's castle?
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 4:55 PM
i'll come with you.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 4:57 PM
What the heck is going on here??? Is there supposed to be a full moon tonight?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 4, 2009 4:58 PM
randolph, will you be joining us pathetic losers March 19 at 6pm at Floyd NY?
http://floydny.com/
131 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
between Henry and Clinton Streets
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 4:59 PM
That's the spirit, randolph.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 4, 2009 5:00 PM
BRG is flipping out...again...someone call her doctor!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 5:01 PM
yes. i kill at bocce too. and their crapocopia. wow.
Posted by: randolph at March 4, 2009 5:01 PM
Don't egg her on!
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 5:02 PM
randolph- do you have your own pitchfork. I have a loaner but the tines are blunted.
Posted by: bxgrl at March 4, 2009 5:05 PM
randolph, terrific. We'll save a nametag for you. See what happens when you survive a day of hazing?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 5:06 PM
"BRG is flipping out...again"
When did I ever flip out???
THL: And I'm not upset. I will stop.
Change the subject:
A friend of mine has a sports car and this weekend he took me to a desolate area and let me drive it...at 130 mph, exhilarating!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 5:07 PM
SAM - a croissant with raspberry jam is sublime - but only if the jam is Bonne Maman :)
ok - wow - I missed a whole day of funness on this thread!
hahaha
Who's Randolph?
Posted by: gemini10 at March 4, 2009 5:09 PM
"When did I ever flip out???"
BRG, don't read too much into that...I was teasing you! : )
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 5:10 PM
You guys are still at it, huh?
"No other aliases."
Yeah, me neither.
Posted by: East New York at March 4, 2009 5:11 PM
Sam!!! I so totally hear you on that! I had that *moment* yesterday.
My mom and dad stopped by and mom gave me a huge loaf of potato bread that she'd just baked earlier that day. I cut off a big thick piece (still a little warm) buttered it and put on some apricot jam.
I almost cried. I was THAT happy.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at March 4, 2009 5:11 PM
"We'll save a nametag for you. See what happens when you survive a day of hazing?"
And what do people who survive every day of hazing get?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 5:11 PM
I realize I'm a bit late on this, but I don't have regular internet access at work. I spent three weeks in Yemen in the summer of 2007 (yes, in those mud brick houses in Sanaa) studying Arabic. I'm a white American with midwestern ancestry, and no, I didn't ever feel unsafe. Yemenis are quite friendly and while the country is ruled by Islamic law, that hardly means you shouldn't go there. In fact if getting high is your thing, you can chew qat all day long (and go up to the mountains and rent AK47s for the day - quite the combination!).
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at March 4, 2009 5:11 PM
cobble, I know. I can read a jab and a joke.
Geez, I'm not that sensitive.
:-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 5:12 PM
Sam, your passport info is only partially correct. Only Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Algeria, and Yemen (among Arab countries - among non-Arab countries, only Iran) ban travelers with Israeli stamps. None of them, except Iran, really qualify as "Islamic Republics". In Yemen you just arrive and they give you a visa and stamp your passport, no questions asked. The same in most other countries in the region: Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey. Only Syria and Algeria require you to get a visa in advance, but you can travel on your own. Iran, Libya, and Saudi Arabia require you to travel with licensed tour groups. This is not difficult if you can find a tour group going. From experience, I'll note that Iran is very easy and affordable. I wish more Americans traveled to the region, it would contribute a lot to mutual understanding, cultural exchange, etc. etc. etc., and it's far easier than most people think!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at March 4, 2009 5:19 PM
we went to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Emirates and Kuwait.
Yemen was the most other-worldly, in fact it reminded me of the scenes in "Return of the Jedi" where they are in a small town. I'm sure they used yemen as inspiration. Kuwait is like Las Vegas with veils.
I agree that more Americans should travel to the Middle East and see the Arab world beyond Turkey.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 5:25 PM
I should also note that an American can get two American passports, both valid at the same time. One is valid for ten years and one for two years - you just have to apply and write a letter stating you need to travel to Israel (or, say, Syria) and your other passport has stamps from forbidden country X, etc. I have two passports for this precise reason.
Sam, I used to live in the UAE - glad you got to see some of the Peninsula, especially Yemen, which I agree is another world entirely! But it's a great one (especially with good qat).
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at March 4, 2009 5:31 PM
I just knew I didn't want them to stamp ANY passport in Cuba, I bought a shitload of cigars let me tell you.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 5:36 PM
sam, I did the same thing when I went there. Mostly Montecristo #4s...not the best but better than anything here. What did you pick up, Cohibas?
Posted by: Biff Champion at March 4, 2009 5:43 PM
Please post more positive things about the Middle East.
Especially about the gorgeous women.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 5:45 PM
Start us off tomorrow BRG - post something you think most people may not know that they might enjoy about Yemen or the Middle East.
Posted by: cobblehiller at March 4, 2009 6:10 PM
I used to live in Hong Kong and we'd get good Cuban cigars there. You could also have them mailed back here to the US as well.
I know a Yemeni guy who is gorgeous. He's the one I mentioned earlier that everyone thinks is Puerto Rican. I don't know how to say "muy caliente" in Arabic.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 4, 2009 6:12 PM
"I don't know how to say "muy caliente" in Arabic."
Muy caliente in Arabic is: bayridgegirl
Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 4, 2009 6:38 PM
Dave, I bought many brands besides cohibas.
I got some Partagas, Hoyo de Monterey, Romeo y Julieta, Diplomaticos, Ramon Allones (excellent!) on and on. I also bought too few bottles of excellent aged rum, it is like single malt Scotch, same color, same smoothness.
I liked Cuba maybe a little more than Yemen. I'm sure we will all have an opportunity to visit soon once Obama lifts the archaic trade embargo, but there is something special about forbiden fruit, no es verdad?
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 7:14 PM
Turks are not Arabs,sam
Posted by: buckfast at March 4, 2009 7:35 PM
buckfast,
yes of course, thank you.
I meant the Muslim world beyond Turkey.
My first wife was born in Istanbul, though she is Christian.
Posted by: sam at March 4, 2009 7:42 PM
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added November 9, 2009 12:00 PM in Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn
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