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by Xan
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New interview with Craig Rowland
Replies: 36
Views: 1800

Re: New interview with Craig Rowland

… However, is it not in this forum that Craig stated that he was no longer a Permanent Portfolio participant? I wonder if you’re thinking of PointedStick, a well-respected, intelligent and long-time member. He went all stocks. I don’t recall Craigr ever changing course. No. Definitely thinking of C...
by Xan
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2248
Views: 1148399

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Ukrainians use the word "coffee"? In the Latin alphabet even?

Are your relatives members of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the Ukranian Orthodox Church, or something else?
by Xan
Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2248
Views: 1148399

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

dualstow wrote:
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:22 am
Have a great trip! Be safe.
Hungary: jealous.

Ukraine: less so?
by Xan
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:47 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3689
Views: 1656470

Re: The GOLD scream room

Smith1776 wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:27 pm
Xan wrote:
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:53 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:11 pm
The missus and I are travelling through Europe soon. I got a couple of these babies for emergency barter, just in case.
Smithers, did you get married..?
Engaged!

Somehow I missed that! Congrats!
by Xan
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3689
Views: 1656470

Re: The GOLD scream room

Smith1776 wrote:
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:11 pm
The missus and I are travelling through Europe soon. I got a couple of these babies for emergency barter, just in case.
Smithers, did you get married..?
by Xan
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?
Replies: 15
Views: 1591

Re: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?

Again, what causes you to draw that conclusion? It is not apparent to me. The biggest red flag is a first-time poster failing to introduce himself and say something like "I've been lurking here a long time, here's why I'm interested in this forum, here's some background about me, I've been wonderin...
by Xan
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?
Replies: 15
Views: 1591

Re: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?

... Does anyone have any advice? ... Yes. ~~~ Your question requires a lot more information to answer properly. What is the state of your current portfolio (do you already own any metals?) What are your investing goals (short term profit/turnaround, long term or pass metals to my kids when I die)? ...
by Xan
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?
Replies: 15
Views: 1591

Re: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?

dSLindsey wrote:
Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:18 pm
Xan wrote:
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:20 pm
Welcome! (maybe)

Could you give us some background about yourself to convince us you're not a bot? In what country are you at the moment?
Thank you - I am living in NY and want to spend my savings on metals instead of travel

hmm... That's not the country associated with your IP address.
by Xan
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?
Replies: 15
Views: 1591

Re: What’s The Best Metals To Buy Into ATM?

Welcome! (maybe)

Could you give us some background about yourself to convince us you're not a bot? In what country are you at the moment?
by Xan
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2248
Views: 1148399

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I've heard of Boxing Day, but only as a British/Canadian thing. We don't do it here. It's also the second day of Christmas, and the feast day of St Stephen. As the first Christian martyr, with no idea from Scripture when he was killed, he was assigned December 26, the day after Christmas Day, by the...
by Xan
Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
Replies: 62
Views: 262721

Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.

I think you guys have it mixed up which side in this "culture war" is obsessed with sex and gender and orientation etc and which is the one responding to that. Vinny is absolutely right that adultery has been far too normalized. Even when a divorce is for cause like adultery it only affects the div...
by Xan
Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
Replies: 62
Views: 262721

Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.

I think you guys have it mixed up which side in this "culture war" is obsessed with sex and gender and orientation etc and which is the one responding to that. Vinny is absolutely right that adultery has been far too normalized. Even when a divorce is for cause like adultery it only affects the divi...
by Xan
Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:03 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
Replies: 62
Views: 262721

Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.

ocho, you have some valid points. But on this: And I don't like slow-moving parties outside of the doctor-patient relationship getting involved in litigation and court cases and appeals. Good God, medical decisions are made in real time! Look at the clustercuss of the Texas Cox case The state Suprem...
by Xan
Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
Replies: 62
Views: 262721

Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.

dualstow wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:45 pm
You’re missing a “]” at the end of the top line
I went ahead and fixed it
by Xan
Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
Replies: 62
Views: 262721

Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.

At the University of Texas, at least 90% of the students must be in-state by law. At Texas A&M, 95% of the students are in-state. A&M is ranked #10 in engineering by US News, including #2 in petroleum engineering and #3 in nuclear engineering. UT is ranked #7 in engineering, including #1 in petroleu...
by Xan
Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: APMEX
Replies: 11
Views: 15086

Re: APMEX

Sounds like the thing to do is buy from other dealers and sell to APMEX!
by Xan
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Favorite Podcasts?
Replies: 85
Views: 350721

Re: Favorite Podcasts?

I'm certainly glad you enjoyed the good parts! You're right, the Israel/Hamas interview with him was also a good one. Was that the one about the changing headline and the challenges of writing headlines? Issues, Etc is a radio show, 10 hours a week. What we've linked to is the "on-demand archives" ...
by Xan
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Favorite Podcasts?
Replies: 85
Views: 350721

Re: Favorite Podcasts?

No saint's feast day is commanded in the Bible, but the church has established them over the centuries. Here's some information about the feast of all the saints: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day It seems in contradiction to the constant proclamation of absolute truths. What is this ...
by Xan
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:51 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Favorite Podcasts?
Replies: 85
Views: 350721

Re: Favorite Podcasts?

No saint's feast day is commanded in the Bible, but the church has established them over the centuries. Here's some information about the feast of all the saints:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day
by Xan
Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Favorite Podcasts?
Replies: 85
Views: 350721

Re: Favorite Podcasts?

I'm certainly glad you enjoyed the good parts! You're right, the Israel/Hamas interview with him was also a good one. Was that the one about the changing headline and the challenges of writing headlines? Issues, Etc is a radio show, 10 hours a week. What we've linked to is the "on-demand archives" w...
by Xan
Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Favorite Podcasts?
Replies: 85
Views: 350721

Re: Favorite Podcasts?

Sorry, fixed the link.
by Xan
Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:19 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Favorite Podcasts?
Replies: 85
Views: 350721

Re: Favorite Podcasts?

Issues, Etc is a good one for me. Of the most general interest here I think would be the regular interviews with Terry Mattingly, who is an old-school journalist and always has a good perspective on the news that we're hearing. He'll critique coverage, going through questions that should be asked, ...
by Xan
Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:07 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: AI Garbage
Replies: 11
Views: 12849

Re: AI Garbage

Its not that AI is going to outsmart us, its that the easy jobs it might replace are important, they keep people in a routine and away from drugs. many smart people will choose to do nothing when they have UBI and social media. On the other hand it used to take a high percentage of the population t...
by Xan
Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:57 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: AI Garbage
Replies: 11
Views: 12849

AI Garbage

An older brother of a kid at my kids' school was in a bad car wreck last week. When I heard about this he was not dead but fighting for his life. That afternoon I did a search on his name to see if there were a local news article about it with an update. What I saw was a sickening sign of the times....
by Xan
Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:28 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1160
Views: 827739

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

The ‘FT’ reports today that the war is sucking the labor force out of the Russian economy and into the military. Obvious, but I hadn’t thought about it much until now. That would only be via a draft, correct? Assume small amount of it would be from volunteer enlisting? Are there any polls as to wha...