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The Grab Bag - Marble Racing!!

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with New Paradigm Partners LLC EB #1326335

Welcome to the Grab Bag, our occasional finds from internet dumpster diving. We have a varied and questionable selection for your consideration this week, and might not have posted anything at all except that this first item deserves your immediate attention:

 

Marble Racing

 

Okay, I thought this was one of the stupidest things I've ever seen, and clicked on it just to have something new to mock. But you know what? I got sucked in, and you may too. It is stupid, but apparently it's a thing - there's YouTube channels and fans, crashes just like NASCAR, and I found myself rooting for favorites. Check it out - if you don't like it, you can at least mock my taste in light entertainment:

 

 

 

 

 

A terrifying Downhill Bike Ride

 

I've posted a few of these in the past, but Antoine Bizet's 2017 Red Bull Rampage people's choice award run is one of the scariest things I've ever seen.

 

 

 

Weird Twitter

 

It just wouldn't be a Grab Bag without some Weird Twitter.

 

Baby Dinosaur: Mama, are we born just to die?

Dinosaur: No, baby. One day we'll also become toxic fuels for idiot meat robots

@abbycohenwl

 

 

If someone stole my identity I would be like,"Haha now you have no money and you're bad at basketball"

@Mostly_Cheese

 

[a spider watching soccer when someone kicks a ball into the net]

hell yeah, now eat it

@sarcasm_inc

 

productivity tip!!!

1. write down everything u want to do today

2. only one of those will get done

3. choose one item

4. it wont be that one

@jonnysun

Posted by
Mary & Dick

Mary & Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC
2601 S. Lemay Ave. #41
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970-689-4663
www.maryanddick.com

 

Data Source: IRES MLS

Comments(30)

Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

CONGRATULATIONS Dick, on having this blog FEATURED in the Old Farts Club group!    

Nov 05, 2017 03:39 PM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Marble racing sounds like a blast especially if we were drinking!

Nov 05, 2017 04:07 PM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Dick, it's always a pleasure to see how your twisted mind works each Sunday. I too, loved the productivity tip. 

Nov 05, 2017 04:20 PM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Hi Dick, I think there are worse things to occupy ones time than marble racing! 

Nov 05, 2017 04:23 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Dick I have been  desperately waiting for the Grab Bag Post... TG finally here it is rather than those Market Reports:)), yes I love Red Bull, used to get their Magazine... heading over to the Marble Competition right now:)Endre

Nov 05, 2017 05:17 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Dick- I just picked myself off the floor after watching that downhill bike ride. I do love that marble race and wonder if we can get a league going here!

Nov 05, 2017 06:23 PM
Susan Haughton
Long and Foster REALTORS (703) 470-4545 - Alexandria, VA
Susan & Mindy Team...Honesty. Integrity. Results.

Congratulations!  You've been featured in Bananatude!

Nov 05, 2017 06:58 PM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

I don't quite get the marble racing - I saw this somewhere else and don't know what it is that draws one to this but, I can't stop watching!

Now that downhill racing - I just have one question - is he wearing a parachute?! O M G - that has to be the scariest thing I've ever seen.

Great tweets - I'll take your productivity tip into consideration, Dick! LOL

Have a great week.

 

Nov 05, 2017 08:42 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Dick. Don't know about racing but I too have marbles and enjoy them just for their look and feel.

Nov 06, 2017 07:45 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Dick Greenberg - Call me weird but I watched Marble Racing 3 times; then forwarded it to my son. Terrifying Bike Ride was a bit too much for me. I quit before it was over - maybe after lunch I can handle it. Weird Tweets were hysterical! This is the Best Grab Bag for me yet!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Nov 06, 2017 08:38 AM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Hi Dick, like the marble racing, terrifying bike ride is ride up my alley. I think I'm going to use that productivity tip. Thanks for sharing!

Nov 06, 2017 01:19 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Dick

I have to say that bike ride is pretty darn scary - I cannot even imagine. Like others, I like that productivity tip!

Jeff

Nov 06, 2017 09:35 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

I’ve never gotten into marble racing but it sounds kind of cool when you talk about it! That might not be a bad thing! :)

Nov 06, 2017 11:01 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Sometimes, it’s the scary stuff ithat make it worth it in life, Do you know what I mean?

Nov 06, 2017 11:02 PM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Very entertaining grab bag. I'm a few days late, but weirdly entertained anyway. Ha. D 

Nov 07, 2017 06:42 AM
Sheri Sperry - MCNE®
Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ
(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

OMG! Dick Greenberg - I think this was your best grab bag ever.  I watched that whole race. I picked the red "3" and at the onset just to watch it fall to 11th place after leading. I wonder how steep the course is? There is a tremendous amount of work that goes into building that course. 

Nov 08, 2017 04:37 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Dick Greenberg - I noticed you didn't comment on any of these comments. That's okay, I'm going to assume you're busy under construction making a race track like that of your own, or perhaps, visiting antique stores for lucky marbles, or maybe you're taking care of business. Whatever you're doing, I hope you're doing it well!

Nov 08, 2017 06:08 AM
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mortgage Originator - FHA/VA/Conv/Jumbo/Portfolio/Refi
NMLS #216987, IL Lic. 031.0006220, WI Licensed. APMC NMLS #175656 - New Lenox, IL
708.921.6331 - 40+ yrs experience

Hard to choose which of your offerings for today is my favorite, Dick Greenberg ... but I'm thinking the last one concerning productivity wins out.  That may say something about how my day/week is going so far, of course ...

Keep 'em coming!

Gene

Nov 08, 2017 08:10 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

OK I had a few more minutes tonight so I had to go back to the Marble Race, so Dick who was your favorite Marble? Endre

Nov 08, 2017 11:19 PM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Good afternoon Dick - thanks as always for your entertaining grab bag.  Sometimes the theater of the absurd is fun.

Nov 09, 2017 10:07 AM