I was thinking of picking up one of these at my local big box retailer. https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00135097 A very decent price (for Canada). This is where I bought my two Lenovo's where I know someone else did. How do prices there compare to what you have here? https://www.ebay.com/s...

So, regarding that Lenovo Chromebook I bought a while back -- I ended up going through 2 units before finally settling on one that didn't have a physical defect. The first unit ended up having a wonky Alt key that wouldn't actuate properly about 1 out of every 10 times or so I pressed it. Not frequ...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:08 pm Was the forum inaccessible for a while for anyone else?

Yes.

https://www.etf.com/sections/features/silver-etfs-rally-toward-records-can-50-be-broken?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=925%20-%20Morning%20Exchange%20-%20ARGT%20Rollercoaster&utm_content=925%20-%20Morning%20Exchange%20-%20ARGT%20Rollercoaster+CID_16b40cdcf374702d794b03dfced0cb95&utm_sourc...

Another problem with central planning, only a handful of people to buy off and change the narrative of the entire country I suppose there are private sector consultants doing surveys but they dont make the data free. Who specifically are that handful of people and how to they stay on when a new pre...

Peelu USA (no affiliation) sells dental fibers made from the same tree as that chewing stick. Neat! I have bought Peelu's xylitol gum before. It wasn't cheap, but it was good quality. Since July I've been committed to chewing Dr. Ellie's gum many times a day...after each time I eat something. Soon ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:11 am Well past US$3700 spot

Saw today that it set record highs.

Someone keeps telling me that it'd be buying high. I keep responding that it could turn out to be tomorrow's lows!

We NEVER know!

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 5:29 pm I wish I had striven harder for the 100-ounce goal he mentioned in a youtube video.

Here it is:

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-i ... arHd_Dkw#0

I read his excellent book. Here is what he had to say: Michael Fanone’s Statement to the American People on The Death of Charlie Kirk: “Charlie Kirk is dead. Shot in the middle of a speech at Utah Valley University. I am not going to sugarcoat it: I have nothing but contempt for Charlie Kirk’s polit...

I recently engaged with a lefty ex-co-worker I'm friends with on a similar topic. I don't think they are interested in prosperity, only in equality. They would rather live in a shithole where everyone is poor than tolerate the billionaires who create the stuff they use on a daily basis. I LOVE my b...

Reasonable people can certainly disagree with him on the issues. But taking a step back, what he really believed was that the path forward was through civil discourse. He was an advocate of leaving your "bubble" and having healthy debates about issues. He was on Gavin Newsom's podcast rec...

Was the forum down for a certain amount of time yesterday? I only tried last night and could not get in.

Before two days ago I don't think the name Charlie Kirk had any name recognition for me. Could not tell you who he was. Yesterday I first listened to this: https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/the-maga-doctrine/542311 March 8, 2020 Book TV The MAGA Doctrine Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk offer...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 12:03 pm This meme pretty much sums it up.


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Good one!

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 4:08 pm RIP Charlie Kirk

Before yesterday his name had no name recognition for me. Do not believe I have ever heard him speak. This morning may listen to some of this things at the C-Span web site.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 7:56 am What are you, mining bitcoin with that monstrosity?

Yes! What will you be doing with it??!!!

Don’t want to miss The Big Day Vinny Switches Computers, or as ochotona might call it, TBDVSC. This computer I bought used for $500 in 2017 just refuses to die even though it is super clogged with dust and cat hair. It has an Intel i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz in it. CPU Benchmark has it at: Multithread R...

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 09, 2025 12:45 pm Yeah, I get it Vin, thank you.

Looks like all the new people from this year (I think 200 or so) have had a total of about 12 posts.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 09, 2025 8:57 am

yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 6:36 pm I see 2 new members in July. 2 in August. 2 on September 3, 2025. None of them has yet participated.

Probably spammers

Point was that the Wall Street Journal article has yet to bring anyone here.

perfect example . my wife and i went to a local park on labor day to do some photography. we were. about a mile from home when a guy ran a red light and totaled our 2023 lexus rx500h . amazing thing is the guy next to us had his dash came running . he showed us having a solid green when a guy came ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 7:00 am

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 02, 2025 9:57 am Wow, $3500 spot

over 3600 already

Saw that today.

As if on cue given discussion about our quiet forum, The Wall Street Journal just published an article entitled "Three Alternatives to the Classic 60/40 Portfolio to Consider Now" and the first portfolio featured is the 4x25 PP (the other two are the All-Weather Portfolio and the 30/70 Fl...

So, given the expectation that fed rates are coming down in the near future, anyone else thinking about getting I-Bonds before 1 Nov 2025 to lock in the 1.1% fixed rate? On my 'likely' to do list for late September or October I-Bond - "Cash" with: * Currently 3.98% - Guaranteed at least 1...

seajay wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 4:50 am I've been inclined to read it as Global Financial Crisis

Always (for those inclined to use oft-confusing acronyms).