I really don’t think you made a mistake. I sold my paper gold (not GLD but close enough) because I didn’t want to deal with it at tax time. While I don’t do my own taxes, my accountant charges extra for all the little calculations that were supposed to be made for my gold etf. Sometimes I did them. ...

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boglerdude wrote: ↑Tue Dec 23, 2025 2:09 am Also, is it more difficult to code/innovate software in chinese/japanese syntax?

I think they mostly code in the languages that you code in, don’t they?

I can’t sell gold, and I wish there was some group like AA that I could go to for this problem.

Kind of sad that they want to melt down Morgans.

P.S. Check out the “more than 500 pounds of precious metal” thread at b’heads.

Wow, is it really US$66 today?

I think silver will hit $200 in the near future as the vault stock at the LBMA is near critical levels and we will see a supply shock eventually. I don't know if that happens within 6 months or not, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does. If you aren't watching the story play out with dwindling vau...

Sounds like a lunatic You can always find someone who’s saying gold is going to hit 5,000 or 10,000. Why not have similar people out there commenting on even more volatile silver?

But what do you think, pmbug?

well over US$60/oz

I used to think we were in the golden age of the internet now , what with apps for ordering and picking up hamburgers. But my burger place sends me a one-time code that it then does not recognize, and when I find another way to sign in, it lets me finish the order before telling me that my store is ...

There’s an interesting article in Wired about Phreeli, an upcoming anonymous phone service in the U.S.
Only requires a zip code.

Speaking of non-gold metals….
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Michael Cuggino of PRPFX is on Liz Claman (fox biz) talking about copper.
Hmm.

(I love hearing Liz utter the words “Permanent Portfolio”). That’s hot.

There were fine a-holes on both sides.

pre-social-media but post-Geocities. Good times.
And, I’ll add this for Smithers: pre-Javascript.

All the cool kids are on tiktok, true.
No wonder they don’t know anything

I’m glad you’re reading the forum, foglifter!
We should take a poll one of these days and see who’s lurking.
I see Pugch- I mean DogBreath looking right now…

Since people keep asking, conservatives/contrarians were directly and indirectly banned/shunned during the 2020 debt jubilee and cover-story. https://old.reddit.com/r/ChurchOfCOVID/comments/1p7vwy6/remember_when_they_where_over_counting_the/ Should have had a "surge" in new members during...

yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:17 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:28 am What's under the tarp... WHAT'S UNDER THE TARP????

Friday can't come soon enough.

??

He’s referring to a cliffhanger in Pluribus.

I don’t usually watch X-Men or superhero movies on purpose, but isn’t there just something pleasing about watching Juggernaut go through walls?
Silver at 58 and change.

I could add 2 hrs of beach waves to it so it would be Lex length.

She has a nice voice.
Listened to a little because of Jack.

Eh, who has time to watch a video?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.