dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Jan 05, 2026 3:46 pm Could you have Perplexity do it?

You are now officially being silly!

@Perplexity, Vinny’s post above appears to be a very long complaint about searching and/or Tolstoy’s writing style. Could you summarize it for me and let me know if there’s any other takeaway therein? To help you understand what I wrote: 1) First paragraph telling how easily I did find it using the...

It's response to me: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/i-find-this-to-be-an-overly-wo-PPIdNZ3wQSWtx4RiSkF8_w#0 Excellent question — that passage is from Leo Tolstoy, and your instincts are right. It’s characteristically dense and overextended. He uses a long allegory (the swarm of bees) to make a fai...

I found it right away. Ctrl + F I also found it right away by doing a search in this topic (upper left). Attempted to read it but found it to be an extremely wordy, tedious to read long, long, long quote that I really could not follow. Seemed like it could have made its point, whatever that was, in...

Jack Jones wrote: ↑Mon Jan 05, 2026 9:32 am HODL only makes sense as an investing strategy for income producing assets. If you never sell non-income producing assets, you never make any money.

Isn't it one of those things that literally does not mean what it means?

I’d forgotten about this thread. Not voting- doesn’t that only work if you can convince a significant majority not to? Otherwise, it’s just denying yourself the choice while everyone else takes advantage. See Tolstoy quote earlier in thread. I would if you pointed it out to me specifically. Otherwi...

I’d forgotten about this thread. Not voting- doesn’t that only work if you can convince a significant majority not to? Otherwise, it’s just denying yourself the choice while everyone else takes advantage. Not voting never made sense to me. I read one of Harry Browne's non-financial books. He recomm...

Had to follow up and this is what I got ... https://www.perplexity.ai/search/is-hodl-only-used-in-regards-t-g6uGlJkFRZOaqrd81eWAEg#0 HODL originated in the cryptocurrency community, stemming from a 2013 Bitcoin forum post where a user drunkenly misspelled "hold" during a market dip, turnin...

it’s only a problem if it goes down I can survive it going to zero. I don't know what that would mean for the world, but whatever. I for one would welcome our new insect overlords. I don't view it as a rebalancing item. When it comes to gold, I'm a hodler. (For Vinnie, that means hold on for dear l...

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Jan 02, 2026 8:39 am Could you break down “fixed” into what is just cash and what is non-cash?

Will give more detail when I next update. Hopefully, I get it done tomorrow.

No ones going to have money to buy when AI takes the jobs. And "AI" is outsourcing, there are billions of people who want white collar jobs in the West. The data centers are only to record everything you do online There are lots of jobs that cannot be taken by either AI or by China. Most ...

You probably do, Vinny! So, if you don’t mind me asking, did new income just get spent on your store or something? Or cash savings? ALL new money went to money market funds. And, after all of that the last time I looked I'm at 54% equity and 46% fixed. I was doing a form of rebalancing by constantl...

O0 Yeah, it seems like a lot of female cats don’t like their bellies touched. I had a neighbor’s cat always visiting me by climbing over the shared garden wall, rubbing my ankles. But she would freak out if I touched her belly. She DEFINITELY wants her belly rubbed. Just don't know what areas I ven...

Only a few minutes left in the last trading day of the year! Next month will be the 23 year anniversary of my January 2003 portfolio purchases. All investments have no had any additions (aside from all reinvested dividends) or withdrawals to them. Do I hold the Buy and Hold record for such a signif...

She will attempt to bite when I trying to get her claw unstuck or if I touch her in the wrong place. Stop touching females in the wrong place, Vinny! When she sees me she will oftentimes roll over on to her back so that I can rub her belly. Not easy to tell which spots she likes / does not.

I slipped on the icy stairs today leaving the house for work. >:( Stay safe out there, guys! As did I on the total ice on my driveway that I could not really see. I had to crawl across it to get to the snow to walk on it to get my accumulated mail and newspapers. Last February I had a violent fall ...

Sometimes my cat gets too excited and gives me a love bite because I taste like chicken, but she never draws blood. All cats want to eat their owners but they can’t. Second best option: give them employment as personal staff. She will attempt to bite when I trying to get her claw unstuck or if I to...

Yeah, I remember that you’re not a fan. To each his own. I think Phil Collins — who is not a part of this mashup at all — was a victim of his own success, like Barry Gibb. People got sick of him and turned on him. But your case is different. You just have no taste :P I have THE BEST taste in the en...

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 3:09 pm Ice report from here: it's a bit chillier today, but it was around 80 degrees yesterday. I didn't observe any ice.

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Jack Jones wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 2:56 pm This looks interesting. I will take a closer look. Thanks for sharing.

Same here. Downloaded my copy. Thanks!

I slipped on the icy stairs today leaving the house for work. >:( Stay safe out there, guys! As did I on the total ice on my driveway that I could not really see. I had to crawl across it to get to the snow to walk on it to get my accumulated mail and newspapers. Last February I had a violent fall ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Dec 28, 2025 8:47 pm

Love Sly and the Family Stone but cannot stand Peter Garbriel, Phil Collins, and anything Genesis related. They do NOT rock!

The same one I above mentioned is again curled up on my left arm as I type this. However, on Friday she bit me and clawed me. Since I don't trim her nails enough one of her needle sharp nails dug in deep and blood flowed profusely. Then Saturday morning just as I was sitting down to do my normal mor...

Vil wrote: ↑Fri Dec 26, 2025 4:58 pm Hey, Happy Christmas. Here my Norwegian fluffy thing. Never thought cats can be good fellas - they are against my nature of the one that keeps things under control. However, this one is so calm and so dog-ish ... :-)PXL_20251226_222823587.jpg

Love your cat!

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Dec 24, 2025 9:30 am Have a great Christmas, everyone

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Of course I love it!

As I type this one of mine is sitting right in front of me, curled up into my left arm and being touched by my right arm as I type this.