Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by dtb

..., but they just didn't strike me as OTT as Exeter's.

I initially read this as "OPP." Which made sense, actually.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by thurgreedmarshall

this post is making me physically ill.

Tm

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[Apropos of Nothing]

Newsflash: Ted Cruz is not a complete moron:



From the NYT:A Wife Committed to Cruz’s Ideals, but a Study in Contrasts to Him

She seems smart, too, despite the whole "loved not wisely, but well" vibe.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by dtb

I don't get this at all. Is there an apartment building there called Exeter or something? Or do you mean that for the cost of three years at a fancy-pants prep school (Junior is applying for 10th grade), one could purchase an apartment on 96th and Park?

No I mean that for a lowly plaintiff's lawyer like me 3 years at Exeter, apartment on 96th and Park, Gulfstream 5 -- all unattainable.

Now if I didn't sell my shares of apple at 85 . . . .

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

No I mean that for a lowly plaintiff's lawyer like me 3 years at Exeter, apartment on 96th and Park, Gulfstream 5 -- all unattainable.

Now if I didn't sell my shares of apple at 85 . . . .

I think you just offended dtb; she would never live that far uptown. She a high 70s girl.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by dtb

The zoo is still there, as you probably know. We toured the school today. I'd rather he stay closer to home, so perhaps he'll wind up there. Or, if he doesn't get in anywhere, he'll go to the really crappy, in-danger-of-losing-its-accredidation public school.

Right. There is no way, after reading the posts on which doucheknuckle schools you'd like to send your kid, that he's ever going to public school. Nice try, though.

Also, this is interesting: http://www.businessinsider.com/is-pr...rth-it-2013-10

TM

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

So, nothing from the client yet, but the former colleague I mentored finally responded.

In related problems, one of my LinkedIn connections is a poster. (Former poster, I think, but who knows?) I just don't remember what her** moniker is/was.

Finally (and not relatedly), if two sisters (Tegan and Sara, the Nields) are good, three (Haim) must be good, too, right? Flower?

*Apologies. Couldnt think of a fitting song lyric. I'll try harder next time.

** Come on. If it was a dude, why would I care?

Do you just do this to make me angry? First, I disagree withour premise(s). Second, I watched about a minute and a half of this -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TffpkE2GU4 -- and I closed my door and listened to Melt Banana over and over to try to wash that horror out of my brain. BUT THE IMAGES AND SOUNDS WON'T GO AWAY, NOT BOB. MAKE THEM GO AWAY.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Right. There is no way, after reading the posts on which doucheknuckle schools you'd like to send your kid, that he's ever going to public school. Nice try, though.

Also, this is interesting: http://www.businessinsider.com/is-pr...rth-it-2013-10

TM

If you can afford Exeter or Choate and the kid gets in, it's a leg up on getting into a fancy University later. Other than that, I struggle to find a justification for the expense.

(I guess it's a way to ensure your high schooler gets a better quality of drugs to experiment with before college. And maybe she'll get to meet a few people with really nice vacation houses she can visit on holidays. But that can probably be bought much more cheaply at a decent local private day school.)

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

I missed the Swiss sex in a box in Zurich. http://iphone.france24.com/en/201310...success-zurich (SFW)

LessinFes, Morocco

We prefer to introduce these sorts of things more subtly in the US: http://www.carrotdating.com/ (SFW) See also: https://www.whatsyourprice.com (SFW) https://www.seekingarrangement.com/j...FQ-a4AoddCIAXA (SFW)

Calling a thing what it is is so... unromantic. Pedaling it as natural, inevitable market theory revolution in dating is preferable. And everybody benefits!

Instead of observing that there are people who pay for and sell sex, and people who have sex with each other for free, both of which are fine among consenting adults (or should be, if we were an even close-to-mature society), we can blur the distinctions further... We can call it market innovation, and confuse everybody about where the lines between "John" and "gold-digger" and "significant other" lie.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Apropos of Nothing

Ted Cruz, Nihilist Shmuck, Has Smart Wife.

Joe McCarthy reincarnated?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Right. There is no way, after reading the posts on which doucheknuckle schools you'd like to send your kid, that he's ever going to public school. Nice try, though.

Also, this is interesting: http://www.businessinsider.com/is-pr...rth-it-2013-10

TM

The article ignores sports. But then if your kid is playing on the varsity there, you likely aren't worrying about the money. C'mon and take a free ride. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

If you can afford Exeter or Choate and the kid gets in, it's a leg up on getting into a fancy University later. Other than that, I struggle to find a justification for the expense.

There are two reasons, as I see it.

1. You want to constantly mention that your child attends Exeter to as many people as possible.

2. You want your kids to have douchebag Exeter friends who will serve as a permanent douche-network, ensuring your child's success for the rest of his life.

TM

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

There are two reasons, as I see it.

1. You want to constantly mention that your child attends Exeter to as many people as possible.

2. You want your kids to have douchebag Exeter friends who will serve as a permanent douche-network, ensuring your child's success for the rest of his life.

TM

1. Agreed.

2. Agreed, and this is an error on the parents' part. That network doesn't hold very tightly, so far as this non-network person has observed. Nobody I know who went to those places is leapfrogging based on HS connections. College, being more immediate during one's initial job search, is more important.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Joe McCarthy reincarnated?

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[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

There are two reasons, as I see it.

1. You want to constantly mention that your child attends Exeter to as many people as possible.

2. You want your kids to have douchebag Exeter friends who will serve as a permanent douche-network, ensuring your child's success for the rest of his life.

TM

Maybe you just want to ensure there will be no twerking at the Sadie Hawkins dance.