Okay, I'm wierd. But animal companions are WAY better than sex. You only say that because you apparently have never found the right partner. Regardless, it's not an either/or. YIKES!!! Where are you going with this?? Somewhere out there, there are dog/cat owners who also have good sex. :D Oh. hmm. ...

Our new pastor, Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, delivered a great sermon today on the parable of the Good Samaritan. The gist being "you have no right to a 'not my neighbor' list".
https://www.stpaulaustin.org/sermons/se ... ays-fails/

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 7:03 am 9) but this should be at the top of the list: cat.

Thanks for the advice, but I understand they're tough and stringy, with little flavor.

Wouldn't you want your "forever" stocks that you never sell to be in taxable? And then in your tax shelter, you can buy and sell without cap gains taxes, so you can have your trading there?

For example, 1 oz gold krugerrands. Random year is cheaper than 2019 coins, fine. 1980 coins are on sale at Apmex, but they are more expensive than 2019 issue coins. Are they collectors’ items or something? I think the answer to your last question is yes. At some point gold coins take on a numismat...

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:15 pmIf the last month in gold doesn't have your head spinning, you are a very calm person.

Or you're not paying attention. Which the PP is good at letting you do.

NASA headed towards giant golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire . https://media.giphy.com/media/rl0FOxdz7CcxO/giphy.gif When I saw that headline the only thing I could think of was that someone has a serious problem understanding the fundamental laws of economics - namely ...

That article claims this creates greater volatility. Yet 2 years ago all the financial media was saying these same exact issues were the reasons why volatility had disappeared. So which is it? It is whatever gets them clicks at the time. Media will generate any article that can get them clicks. 80%...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 2:54 pmP.S. behavioural - I thought you were an American with that 1776 in your handle.

Adam Smith was Scottish, wasn't he? With "Wealth of Nations" published in 1776?

Nice link, Krieg. Here's an image from that page:

I think Moda is saying that the phenomenon of people blaming things outside their control for things going wrong in their lives is not unique to one side of the proverbial aisle. As far as how prevalent it is one place versus another, I don't know. Can anybody come up with something approaching hard...

If I store it at home, I’ll get shot. I feel better keeping it at the bank. Agreed. There was a home burglary in my neighborhood a few weeks ago, and the owner was home at the time (midday). The burglar severely beat the man and escaped with a safe. The man died later in the hospital. Although I do...

There was a forum transition (the one before last, I think?) in which the avatars were all lost. It's easy for me to think that wouldn't have happened on my watch, but I don't know the issues that were involved. Maddy's cabin and Moda's Matthew Lesko are together in the ether somewhere. Maddy, I do ...

I would protest that I'm not, but of course that's just what a bot would say.

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:02 pm Xan is the man! Great job of sniffing out the bot.

Hah, thanks. We should have known after this strange response to you:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9001&p=160978#p160978

Marlb10 has been banned. Unlike most such bot bans, I left its posts on the forum. It actually sparked some interesting conversation on a number of occasions, including this one! It's a testament to the posters here that we can turn spam gibberish into something useful. It started the weight loss th...

He ostensibly posted a time-sensitive question more than 24 hours ago, but hasn't been back since. At the end of the day I'll conclude he's a bot.

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:31 pm Poor marlb10
Well, I know the answer to Q#1, but I’ll let him take the test...

We know what it should be, but let's see. I think he's a bot.

body fat change is a derivative of whether or not there is a net surplus or deficit of calories. You're begging the question again. Is body fat change a DERIVATIVE of there being a surplus of calories, or is there a surplus of calories (which then get burned during daily activity) depending whether...

pmward, I respectfully disagree. Calories are not equal. But that's fine. My study is myself and how my body does better when it has less carbs. I assume the studies you are reading don't have conflicts of interest. So many do. A calorie is 4.184 joules of energy. Whether that calorie is from fat o...

The law of thermodynamics cannot be manipulated, at the end of the day the only thing that matters is energy in vs energy out (i.e. calories and exercise). I don't think you can say for sure you know the directionality there. Take for example your body temperature: do you have to carefully regulate...

Marlb10, could you convince me that you're not a subtle and sophisticated spambot? No offense (if you're not a bot), but your posts all have a very "with it but not with it" quality that have a sort of Eliza-esque feel. And you post things that are way off topic including links to quasi-il...

There are any number of schemes. We've discussed this in some depth in the past. Basically, any of them will work, and keep you in the PP, as long as you stay within the bounds. The contribution strategy should be whatever's easy and helps you sleep at night. Personally, I favor buying the lagging a...

Not to speak out of turn, but it sounds like you should be at peace anyway. You have a plan, you know exactly what you're going to do, it's going to happen when it happens. Everything else is out of your control and not worth worrying about. The stock is worth what it's worth when it sells. The teet...

Unless we're talking about so much money that FDIC doesn't apply, and it's money you could wait for in a potential crisis, I agree with you.