Recent content by balboarenter_IHB

jbatzmaru, Am I right in assuming you are Vietnamese, since you said there are "a lot of my people" in Westminster? My wife is Vietnamese also. Thought you would be interested in this article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-houston21dec21,0,3054899.story Imagine buying a 4...

Ok, I'll bite. I checked out the article - certainly it shows the potential for abuse of the prescription system. I fail to see how that "proves the point" about the entire system itself. What exactly would be the alternative to the prescription system for controlled substances like narcotics...

rickhunter, I agreed with you in your earlier posts, but now I think you are way off. Can you explain why you don't want to buy just yet? Is it just a feeling you have? Not convenient? The basic premise of this site is that 1) there is a fundamental valuation underlying housing, 2) the...

I'm surprised there hasn't been any discussion of this. If there has, I apologize for double posting. FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. ? It used to be so final: flush the toilet, and waste be gone. But on Nov. 30, for millions of people here in Orange County, pulling the lever will be the...

reason, you really need to get a new doctor. skin conditions ARE often affected by what you eat. If your doctor smirks when you tell him that, he is not doing you any favors. We have friends with a new baby with really bad eczema. Turns out he was allergic to some of the things the mom was...

"I think that what I object to is not just the lack of time, but the fact that drs are sooo sure of themselves--when what they do isn't checked with anybody, so nobody really knows what's right except in rare cases where big studies have been done." That is a very good point. There are...

blackacre-seeker, You describe yourself as a lay-person, but I would say you are actually more knowledgeable than the average lay-person, at least in the US. Most people want antibiotics from their doctor, even though they probably just have a virus. Taking an antibiotic in the absence...

There are a number of reasons why your primary care doctor may not be spending enough time with you, only one of which might be that he or she is a bad doctor. Probably the most important one though is that the rates that doctors can charge for well or sick visits is largely fixed by what the...

I also just visited the Counter in Woodbury for the first time this past Friday. It's a much smaller place than I would have thought, very casual and informal. I went on a Friday night, around 8:00, and the wait wasn't too bad. It gets pretty loud inside. It is definitely a pricey burger...

I don't think they do a discount for large orders, but my wife is the one usually doing the ordering. Normally we do the 2 rolls pork/2 rolls shrimp, which is $6.50 for 4. For future reference, if this is for a large party, I also suggest the pan-fried dumplings (potstickers) from Peking...

irvine123, Brodard's in Westminster is widely considered to be the best viet springrolls in Little Saigon (my wife is vietnamese). We order from them all the time to bring to potlucks, and they are always gone by the end. Link: http://www.brodard.net/overview.html Here's the relevant...

I'd be interested in seeing how many people on this forum are short-term traders vs buy-and-hold investors. Personally, I believe that there are short-term opportunities for profit out there, but the combination of trading fees and short-term cap gains taxes, on top of not always making the...

I'm throwing in a plug for Vanguard's money market fund accounts. Because of their low expenses, they offer very competitive yields. Also, they don't have significant exposure to MBS or ABS...

Gollini, I'd be interested in hearing your take on the EPA's revised toxicity assessments of TCE that was issued back in 2001 and then pulled back. I seem to recall that the EPA was specifically concerned with the accumulation of TCE vapors in residential buildings. I was living in...