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    College applications discussion

    OCC had fencing classes in the mid 1980's. Great fun using a foil. Don't want to get hit with a saber (not lightsaber.…) though. They will leave a welt.
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    Clearman's North Woods Inn (La Mirada)

    I like their weird salads. When they say it's a "red cabbage / blue cheese" mix, they aren't kidding about the blue cheese. Sounds gross, but surprisingly tasty.
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    President Trump

    Won't take long to ramp up. Tesla used a GM/Toyota Assembly in Fremont. Rivian took over an old Chrysler/ Mitsubishi plant in Illinois. All these companies need to do is find an empty ICE or EV manufacturing plant and off they go.
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    ICE or EV?

    Good News Everyone! https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/byd-confirms-1000v-super-e-platform-fast-charging-400km-5-minutes/ Don't know if a traditional electrical grid can pump out 1000kw on a regular basis, but it's a good start in the right direction. Now about those solid state batteries we were...
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    Will Irvine Real Estate follow recent stock market trend?

    It's actually much more! The Google said Dec 2008 closing price was $2.57, (38,000 shares) then you have to factor the stock splits. (7-1 2014 and 4-1 2020 so 1,064,000 shares) x present value. I may have misfigured somewhere, so I bow low to crowd checkers to confirm what's what.
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    Will Irvine Real Estate follow recent stock market trend?

    Rough numbers here .... In 2008 had you used 100k to buy a $500k home, you'd have about 1.5m of equity in your property, excluding rental income etc. If you took that same 100k you had laying around in 2008 and bought AAPL, adjusted for splits, and if calculations are correct, you'd have about...
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    Is this house super overpriced?

    If you want to see how Realtors ought to correctly market a property, follow this Instagram account, as I do. https://www.instagram.com/realtorkaitlin/?hl=en (PS - Not just because how she looks, but how she presents these homes)
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    Is this house super overpriced?

    35 of 50 photos are of just the downstairs area. I guess this realtor just got a new phone and wanted to show off what it can do
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    President Trump

    The best thing the new Department of Education Indoctrination could do while they can would be to aggressively eliminate tenure. Colleges have become hard left echo chambers primarily staffed by crusty tenured professors who rely primarily on Teachers Aids to actually do the educating of...
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    Listing : 84 Plum Feather, Irvine, CA 92620

    Interesting sales history in Ivory Petal Sale in March '24 at $1.4 Sale in April '24 at $1.6 Sale in Sept '24 at $1.8 Wash, Rinse, Repeat.....
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    Minimum Wage Increase Impact/Effect

    Wait until you piss them off by asking for more Guac.... (not AI, btw)
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    Credit card and/or Apple Cash for teens?

    @daedalus I'm not talking about dragging a significant balance for any great length of time. After reviewing thousands of credit reports and AUS's, I know from experience having an unused or zero balance card does not help increase your score. It can, in some cases if the account gets cancelled...
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    President Trump

    Europe won't commit troops without US troops also participating. That's why Zelinskyy wanted a US troop commitment. Had he taken the mining deal, US contractors would be considered enough of.a "red line" keeping Russia from further expanding their Ukrainian territory grab. It's a "soft power"...
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    Tesla Cybertruck

    Thought the CT couldn't get any uglier? Think again! https://phoenixpopup.com/cyberphoenix/
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    iPhone 16e

    Errrm..... not so fast. Based on inflation, the $599 price is about right. You're also getting 2x the memory and a better camera than the 2016 SE. https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
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    Credit card and/or Apple Cash for teens?

    Soylent Yellow is now is interested in opening a credit account. The only card our Credit Union is offering her is a secured card, then after 12 months a "real credit card". Odd for someone 26 and gainfully employed, but what can you do? Sure, there are other card issuers with lower standards...
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    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    One could look at the Palisades as to how much "value" of their home really is there after all. For example, some folks bought in late 2024 only to see the property vanish in January. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Pacific-Palisades/16781-Bollinger-Dr-90272/home/6842890 Now lots in that same area...
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    Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

    RSU's would make up the difference between base pay and bonus.
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    Toyota moving to Texas

    We are in a "Post Christian America" environment as religious identification and church attendance is falling. This is a discussion however for another thread. I think the post would be better framed as the area being full of Dave Ramsey type fiscal conservatives.
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    Toyota moving to Texas

    I've posted for some time on a NorCal forum similar to TI. The participants laughed at me when I suggested buying rental property in Nashville back in 2021-2022. Sure, Bay Area property values went up, but the base buy in price was $1.5M and climbing. Investing that same $1 5m into 6-7 SFR 's...
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