Open Thread

dirtyhipster, there is some validity to robs post in that if you spec out a pc with to match those of a mac, you end up paying quite a bit less…and this is coming from someone who owns both. macs are good machines, but you do indeed pay a premium. no need to attack rob.

You can taunt the What all you want, Dave, but the panic is rising in your posts again. You know that as Manhattan gets cheaper, Bed Stuy reverts to “Where?” again for your average semi-affluent renter. Good luck with that.

I don’t care if Manhattan is cheaper than Brooklyn now … I’d still rather live in Brooklyn.

Question for Dave: Since you enjoy ranting against welfare deadbeats, how do you feel about foreclosure relief? You’re a paragon of civic and individual responsibility –I’m sure you’re stoutly against it.

It’s possible that as a senior you live “rent free,” though if you bought a wildly inflated asset at maximum bubblehood, your opportunity cost vis-a-vis other possible vehicles for your saving may be so massive that renting would have made much more sense. (I defer to FinanceGuy, who can manage my money any day of the week.)

What –you’re a hero, but that Hirschorn is overblown and already old news. The Times has taken more money from Slim Shady, they’re in the process of unloading their stake in the Sox, they’ll somehow monetize their building, blah blah. They won;t thrive but they’ll survive. Unlike…

What….first of all HOW MANY people called her???? A few, maybe, Thousands, unlikely. Such crap.

Secpndly, the print media, newspapers and the NYTimes as well have seen declining profitability for years.

Nothing new here. Stop trying to shock the other loons.