http://njrereport.com/index.php/2009/07/14/have-we-hit-a-volume-not-price-bottom-in-north-jersey/#comment-313247

What, no “Frooooozennnn piiiiiiizzzza!”

Sideways house in Allenhurst has been reduced to $699,00. Original list $999,000. When you look at the house don’t forget to ask the realtor about the school tax situation. If she says it’s a non issue you’ll know she’s either clueless or a liar. Property taxes are going up big time there.

While in Belmar I would suggest Brandl’s for upscale dining. It’s pricy but good and BYOB (leave any small kids home). On Sunday they serve a 3 course “Lazy Lobster” dinner- $35.00. Langosta Lounge on the Asbury boardwalk is good too (kids menu). But don’t wander around west of the boardwalk. Ollie Kleins in Belmar is a no frills seafood place but has gotten pricy since they expanded. Mr C’s in Allenhurst has a bar that looks out over the ocean and al fresco dining on the deck (kids menu).

Windmill hotdogs rule. There’s one on Rt. 35 in Belmar and one on Main Street on the Ocean Grove/Asbury border. Kelly’s is also a good family place for Reubens and bar fare. Vic’s in Bradley Beach for family pizza night.

Beach Cinema in Bradley Beach has date night Monday nights- 1/2 price movies.

Spellbinders Surf Shop on Main Street in Allenhurst for cool beach attire and surfing stuff.

Fell free to get my email address from Grim. I’d be happy to have you stop by our beach for a martini or a “Pain Killer”

So i kept driving my 10 yr old car.

My assistant on the otherhand, who was making 1/4 of my compensation and had a half of college degree, goes out and leases a shiny new BMW.

That was when i knew to sell all my stocks.

Most people sit in traffice 90% of the time anyway. im not into switching lanes every three seconds to get in front of two cars and possibly make it home 2 minutes faster.

And if you do the cost benefit, its probably not worth the extra bucks to have a volume control mechanism that increases or decreases with your car speed. I mean, how much can stuff like that be worth?

A car is transportation. nothing more. If you need to spend $40k more on a car to get laid, then you are probably doing something wrong.

Then again, im a little bitter for driving a honda civic so dont listen to me.

Smart move.

2008 BMW M3: $82,000

Distance to stop 60 to 0: 108ft.

2007: Honda Fit Sport: $15,720

Distance to stop 60 to 0: 123 ft.

I’ll buy 5 Fits and will use the extra 4 grand to pay for reflex improvement training.

“Swiss bank UBS could transfer client data to the United States and end a damaging tax litigation without breaching Swiss bank secrecy laws, a top Swiss judge told Reuters on Tuesday.

U.S. authorities have asked UBS to disclose the identity of 52,000 Americans suspected of using secret Swiss accounts to dodge taxes. UBS has so far resisted saying a blanket request to disclose the names of the clients would breach Swiss law.

But Christoph Bandli, President of Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court which has the power to rule on data transfer, said U.S. tax officials can legitimately ask for unnamed client data as long as they set out a specific category of clients.

“Knowing the names of the clients is not obligatory. One can request administrative assistance also wthout having the clients’ name,” Bandli told Reuters.

“(But) you must define a specific category (of clients).”

Bank data transfer are regulated by the so-called U.S.-Swiss administrative assistance process.

Washington and Berne are in talks to find a way to pass on the data without breaching current Swiss law. A U.S. judge has agreed to delay a trial against UBS to Aug. 3 to allow the two governments to hammer out a settlement. . . ”

This judge wasn’t speaking on an active case or controversy before him, so one wonders what his motivation was. Is he being used to give cover to the Swiss government? Are the Swiss that concerned about being blackballed by the U.S.?

If it hasn’t been heard before, that giant sucking sound around Lake Geneva is capital quietly exiting the middle canton for other corners of the globe. Actually, more likely that the accounts designated as U.S. held, will likely become Irish-held overnight.

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/calpers-rating-agencies-to-blame-for-huge-losses/

or an 8-track of the Captain and Tennille. (sp?)

I know, I know.

But I also get sick of these feckada german cars that spend more time in the shop than in your driveway. Really fcuking annoying, not to mention expensive. John will say, if you can’t afford it, you shouldn’t own it. But for me, it’s like taxes—being able to pay it and being happy about it are two different things, and I just don’t see the performance differential as worth it when, like me, you aren’t in it that often.

When it comes to cars, I am turning japanese again.

otherwise, dont even bother.

only a better driver really = better safety

increased performance can mean more damaging crash as “it didn’t feel like I was doing 90″. Anyway, with GPS and texting, none of us are safe…

Once you drive a car that accelerates, corners, and stops with finesse, you can’t go back. Increased performance translates into improved safety, too.