Comments on: Friday free-for-all

By: dog

dog — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:38:00 +0000

But that was obviously just a classic example of a fat-fingered typo, BTW.

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By: dog

dog — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:37:00 +0000

You're right guys, I'm full of it.Or should I say full od it, perhaps?

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By: Drachen

Drachen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:10:00 +0000

I dunno, "od" appears to mean something. He used it both times in the same place in the sentence.

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By: betamax

betamax — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:58:00 +0000

dog: Bunch od lazy amateursWhat does "od" mean?Oh, the irony....

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By: dog

dog — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:40:00 +0000

drachen,I agree with you. Education has little to do with it.In which case I should modify my previous statement to read:Bunch od lazy amateurs flipping condos hoping to get rich quickly with minimum effort. Pathetic.

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By: Drachen

Drachen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:17:00 +0000

I don't think it's a lack of education that's the problem dog. There's lots of examples of people with little or no education who ended up very successful, Richard Branson for example has dyslexia, can't spell for crap and has difficulty reading.The REAL problem IMO is the laziness. Expecting that if you invest in housing you'll make money no matter how little work you put into it. This guy wasn't even motivated enough to buy a fixer upper and flip, he bought assignments and is now trying to sell them before completion and make a killing.

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By: dog

dog — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:50:00 +0000

ulsterman said:Dog, why do you figure the poster sucks at spelling? The odd fat-fingered typo doesn't mean you suck at spelling. And no, i'm not the one selling the condos.Well, how about:"2 Yaletown Condo's"or"corner units, with balcony's"or"NO GST ON ASSIGNMNET" or"black granite counter tops"I simply think that if you have a million dollar product for sale the least you can do is get your marketing materials checked for spelling errors. To me that very ad is a perfect illustration of what's wrong with Vancouver's real-estate market:Bunch od uneducated amateurs flipping condos hoping to get rich quickly with minimum effort. Pathetic.

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By: betamax

betamax — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:24:00 +0000

we have two months to find a place to rent, 1 dog 1 cat and 2000 booksI found that many private owners will happily accept good tenants with pets over questionable tenants without. When looking for a place 2 years ago, I called several ads which explicitly stated "no pets" and began by telling them about my wife and I and our white-collar occupations, then mentioned our well-behaved labrador retriever and two cats. I talked most into at least accepting the idea of the pets on the strength of us as tenants, and eventually ended up turning down several offers before choosing our current place. I began my search quite hesitantly, but soon realized that being a 'gold standard' tenant carried a lot of weight with owners. Apartments, on the other hand, are generally a waste of time because the managers are bound by arbitrary rules they have no control over. Good luck with your search!

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By: Drachen

Drachen — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:20:00 +0000

balcony's Somehow units views and condos avoided the dreaded apostrophe but he found the need to put it on balcony to pluralize...Other than that no particularly bad mistakes...There is something wrong with his brain, but it doesn't seem to affect his english skills much. I guess you can be gullible without being stupid... I wonder how gullible someone will have to be to buy one of those condos.

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By: Ulsterman

Ulsterman — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:19:00 +0000

Dog, why do you figure the poster sucks at spelling? The odd fat-fingered typo doesn't mean you suck at spelling. And no, i'm not the one selling the condos.

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