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  1. 16 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    I look at the Florida (Sarasota) listings on an almost daily basis. It’s just a hobby more than anything, but inventory is MUCH higher than 1-2 years ago.  Things that never flooded got flooded last year with back to back hurricanes , so that may be part of it. It’s far too soon for us to act in any way with so many uncertainties, but it’s nice to see things cool off some. It was INSANE for a while, and they still have spec builders hoping to find suckers to pay a million too much for houses in areas that don’t yet support those values. But they keep advertising hoping to find that one cash buyer to help set a new market. 

    i just spoke with someone that is moving to the tampa area on friday.  they've had a place, but now their daughters are in the area, so they'll be completely out of rochester.  he made the comment that he thinks that people are going to wait one more hurricane season to see what the patterns are, and that could really determine the market.  i really don't want to spend the money, but i'm not sure when the next dip would come. 

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  2. On 7/10/2025 at 6:03 PM, Augie said:

     

    We are assuming our son will be on the west coast of FL in a few years, and we will need at least a small place there. I’m adding some time before the opener this year to take my wife to Watkins Glen and Niagara on the Lake. She’s only been to WNY for quick in & out trips, so we’ve never enjoyed much of what there is to offer. It’s a trial balloon at this point, because WNY summers/falls and FL winters are not a terrible combo. 

     

    I’d like to make exploring a regular thing before the opener every year and see if the area grabs her/us. One very found memory as a kid was going to the Thousand Islands. I was young, but it made a cool impression. Maybe that’s for next year before the opener. It’s not quite time to decide about our long term plans, but we are close enough to think seriously. 

     

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    the thousand islands and niagara on the lake are great attractions this time of the year.  the finger lakes alone make the trip worth it.   my kids are 10 and 7, so i'm not going anywhere for a while.  my stick more is that if the real estate in florida drops enough, i might have to consider where to buy something just to get started.  i just have no idea where.

  3. i don't think i could ever do one location, but it just depends how life works out as others have mentioned.  i really do like this area this time of year.  we are constantly in the thousand islands or the finger lakes.  tons of good breweries and wineries, great restaurants, etc. on top of that, the weather is actually perfect...most of the time. 

     

    a chunk of our family is scattered in southern florida, so i think the move would be to downsize and stay in rochester from june until january 1st.  after that spend the rest of the year near palm beach.   it will partly depend on our kids.

     

     

    as i think about this, i also realize that it is just as likely that i'll retire, sell everything associated with my work, only to die in the parking lot as i'm leaving the closing.  i'll be so pissed if my wife gets all my *****.   

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  4. 3 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

    Golf? 🤔😁

    i honestly can't stand it.

    4 minutes ago, Gugny said:


    I say CAR-mel corn. 
     

    But I also say CARE-a-mel apple. 
     

    It’s a stupid word and I hate the Germans for inventing English. 

    jesus...i do the same thing.  the candy by itself would be car-mel, but on a apple it definitely is car-a-mel.  now i hate the word as much as golf.

  5. 13 hours ago, Augie said:

    I’ll go with whatever @teef says on this one. 

    my initial thought was car-a-mel, but after repeatedly saying it out loud, i tend to say car-mel.  i'm confused, and now i'm going to take the rest of the day off.

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  6. 2 hours ago, SCBills said:

    What is 80/20?

     

    That 80% of women are competing for the same 20% of men?

     

    In the dating app world, it’s unequivocally true.

     

    If you’re attractive, are or pretend to be successful (because how would they know) and are over 6’, you’ll have success. 
     

    What ends up happening is those men entertain women that they normally wouldn’t as hook ups.  With no intention to pursue them beyond sex.

     

    Those women, who should be talking to men on their level, end up in months/years long situationships with men above their level.  They then have higher standards than they should have and end up bitter/angry at men because of wasting years of their life on unfulfilling relationships where they’re strung along. 
     

    This is all on a very superficial level, and there are outliers, but it’s very much a “thing”. 
     

    For 20% men, it’s relatively easy to, at least, get laid.   To avoid painting a too rosy picture for those of us who fall into that category.. the top 10% of women  get attention from celebs, athletes, high net worth guys who date in a world most of us will never know.  I dated a Falcons cheerleaders for a while.. the dudes shooting their shot her DM’s were wild.  Practice Squad, fringe roster guys, basketball players, influencers and high level execs. 
     

    Moral of the story for men.. try to marry before college ends, because if not.. you’re best bet is to fall in that 20% by random chance on the height piece, move to a city, and have fun with hookup culture until it drains the life out of your soul.  At worst, you’re in the 80% and enter a dating world skewed against you superficially and encounter a world where women are fine being alone and you’re going to struggle if you have to turn to bumble, tinder, hinge etc. 

     

    So in regards to “incels”.. imagine being a guy who struggles to ever even meet a woman in the modern dating world, and once you do, she already has a “men ain’t ish” mentality after getting used by men she now compares you to physically that she was never meant to be entertaining anyway in prior generations. 
     

    End result.  Lonely angry men.  Lonely bitter women. 
     

    I actually saw a video about this recently, (before i watched adolescence) about this exact matter.  What made it more powerful was that number were added.  By numbers I mean they showed the number of men and women in dating age.  Once you start placing specifics on a partner, (size, looks, money) those numbers shrink wildly.  Even the 6 foot thing...if you eliminate the men under 6", the pool of available men is more than cut in half on so on.   On top of that, very few women are willing to bend on these criteria, adding to the nonsense.  I'm guessing those apps have just shaped the dating world for the negative.  

     

    Have you ever seen the videos on X?  I have to imagine a lot are staged, but they'll interview young girls after being out.  When asked what they want out of a man, I'm sure you can guess the criteria.  The problem is the men who meet these criteria would never date the majority of these girls.  It's a case of setting themselves up for failure.  

     

    Hell...they were running surveys on what young people think a salary is to be considered successful.  The answer...600k.  It's a new, warped reality that going to slap some people in the face.  

  7. without getting to into the specifics, we have friends that live around a popular course.  this course does allow members to use their own carts, and many buy houses just to live near the course.  one night, two wives wanted to pick something up from a friends out on another part of the course.  they were hammered, it was dark, and drove right into one of the deeper ponds.  apparently one of the wives had a very difficult time getting out, and her stuff sank with the cart.  they honestly could have killed themselves, and now...no more non-course carts are allowed.  members were pissed and they were banned for a summer.

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  8. 26 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

     

    There are probably less than 5 people in human history who can say they took a black widow bite to the scrote. Rarified air. 

     

    RIP Dave.

    i probably would have made a t-shirt that let people know what happened to me.

  9. He always seemed like a very pleasant guy when interacting with him in the shoutbox.  the guy loved to fish, as he would let people know his plans as to when he was going out and what he was fishing for.   if i'm not mistaken, flaz had the story of having to go to a porta potty at night, (possibly because of the hurricanes) and being  bit in the balls by a black widow.  that's a solid guy tale to share with friends.

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  10. i'm kinda in on this.  at least in our house it's become too much of a thing.  i love my wife, but she comes from a culture of gift giving.  her family wasn't wealthy, but for christmas those kids would be opening ***** for hours.

     

    so the last few easters, our kids have been getting more and more elaborate baskets.  they're not filled with candy, but toys, crafts, books, etc.  they're pretty elaborate.  after the kids went through them, my wife then asks, "now...do you want your gifts from us?"  That's when I had a bit of a moment.  She come out with two bags filled with legos and other random today.  not a ton, but why in the world do the kids need a packed basket, and gifts from us.  it's far too much, but her response is that the kids are young once, so here we are.

     

    then we did the 10 am brunch.  80 bucks a person.  even when we looked around, the majority of all the brunches were $70-90.   two places were $40, but they're places i get wings at, so i just wasn't feeling it.  then a few hours later it was off do another dinner i didn't even want.  it's just become too much nonsense for us, so i think i'm going to retool some things next year.

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  11. i do get where people are coming from with the smell as it's just so potent.  is it the end of the world? no...but people should use the same courtesy as the would when smoking cigs as mentioned.  i think part of that is how ny rolled it out.  if i'm not mistaken, the rule was that you could smoke pot in the same areas that you could smoke cigs.  that always struck me as odd, as it created way too much of a gray area.  

     

    enforcement would be impossible, so what can you do other than trying to be considerate of others.  that being said, i do smell it a lot less in public than when it first became legal.  i'm not sure if the freedom buzz wore off, but it's now rare for me.  i've been told by everyone that nyc is the exception along with denver.  the place stinks of weed.

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