And I never heard it,” said Gordie Balmer, 52, an investor who grew up in Garden Grove and now lives in a Newport Coast neighborhood similar to the one portrayed in “The O.C.”

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/08/04/as-the-o-c-turns-20-did-the-show-get-orange-county-right/

Vancouver resident Bryan Balmer and his partner, Dan West, wanted to buy a 2020 Volkswagen E-Golf last fall from a local dealership and made three cash offers on the spot.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/financing-car-dealerships-cash-1.7034159?cmp=rss

You're old enough to remember Microsoft's Steve Balmer leaping around a keynote stage yelling "developers, developers, developers."

Source: https://mashable.com/article/threads-twitter-war-mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk