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by Smith1776
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:07 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

What do you guys like to do for fun dates when you take your spouse out? Dinner and movie is nice, but it's overdone. Anything off the beaten path you guys like?
by Smith1776
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:11 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: What am I missing here?
Replies: 15
Views: 425

Re: What am I missing here?

Barrett: and the one-eyed man in the country of the blind is king! Smithers: do you follow Value Stock Geek, featured in another thread? I don't, but I definitely will now. I remember many moons ago, I was a diehard Ben Graham/Warren Buffett disciple reading annual reports and trying to "be like Bu...
by Smith1776
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:09 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New interview with Craig Rowland
Replies: 36
Views: 1800

Re: New interview with Craig Rowland

I am still perpetually grateful to Craig and Tex for introducing me to the PP. I wish Tex would also do another interview.
by Smith1776
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New interview with Craig Rowland
Replies: 36
Views: 1800

Re: New interview with Craig Rowland

What I found really interesting about the interview was Craig's insight on cryptographic systems being compromised and hacked. It's true. Bitcoin has proven resilient... so far. But it does rely on a relatively static security framework and a bunch of infrastructure to function. Gold is totally iner...
by Smith1776
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: What am I missing here?
Replies: 15
Views: 425

Re: What am I missing here?

I am still partial to value stocks. ^-^
by Smith1776
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:51 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

That is definitely Vinny’s house. What were you using Python for? Tinkering with AI? :) Just playing with programming for the sake of programming. I used to enjoy it as a teenager, solving problems step by step. I never got good enough to cut it as a professional code monkey. Not even close. Sudden...
by Smith1776
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1230
Views: 588863

Re: YouTube Junkie

Cereal killer 🥣
by Smith1776
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:51 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

vnatale wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:48 pm
I only have had 3! And, have not had more than that in over 30 years. And, that was only briefly.
You mean this isn't your house? ;D

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by Smith1776
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: What's the actual rationale for investing in long term bonds?
Replies: 15
Views: 578

Re: What's the actual rationale for investing in long term bonds?

I see what you mean. For me the big challenge with the canonical PP is the idea of investing in LTTs regardless of what rates are. The lower rates are, the more the risk-reward relationship skews towards risk rather than return (return free risk). I ended up settling on a global government bond lad...
by Smith1776
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

JavaScript still sucks. >:D Do you like Python? I’ve played with it a little bit. Just an amateur interest. I love Python. Much like Ruby, it's a language that just gets out of the way and lets the programmer enter a state of flow and focus on the task at hand. With JavaScript I feel like I'm tryin...
by Smith1776
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

JavaScript still sucks. >:D
by Smith1776
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Wait, you were in Switzerland? Everyone knows about haggis, Mountaineer. O0 It’s too extreme to not hear about it. Smithers, you must be relieved, pun intended, to be back in your home bathroom. Oh, and yes! We were in Switzerland briefly as part of our connecting flight to Ukraine. Incidentally we...
by Smith1776
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Kat Klub
Replies: 593
Views: 346904

Re: Kat Klub

Paging Vinny. 8)


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by Smith1776
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: What's the actual rationale for investing in long term bonds?
Replies: 15
Views: 578

Re: What's the actual rationale for investing in long term bonds?

I see what you mean. For me the big challenge with the canonical PP is the idea of investing in LTTs regardless of what rates are. The lower rates are, the more the risk-reward relationship skews towards risk rather than return (return free risk). I ended up settling on a global government bond ladd...
by Smith1776
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

dualstow wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:11 am
Wait, you were in Switzerland?

Everyone knows about haggis, Mountaineer. O0 It’s too extreme to not hear about it.

Smithers, you must be relieved, pun intended, to be back in your home bathroom.
Home is where you poop most comfortably. ^-^
by Smith1776
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

This picture fully sums up my toilet and coffee shop adventure in Ukraine. :D


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by Smith1776
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

All the cabbage rolls I tried were great, but by far the greatest were the ones made by my fiance's aunt living in Vinny(tsia). In my humble opinion, the key to a good cabbage roll is to cook the cabbage to the point in which it's so soft that it's like dough. Cabbage rolls that have cabbage that is...
by Smith1776
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

LOL I love looking at the photos! I just feel like I'm already responsible for too many posts. As much as I do post, I'm actually holding back so that it's not my name all over the screen anytime someone selects New Posts. Glad you made it back safe and sound. Favorite meal eaten in Ukraine? We def...
by Smith1776
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Whither Smithers? Still abroad? Whither Smithers? Still abroad? Yes. You reminded me. With him being where he was / is ... we needed daily reports to tell us he was in no danger. Sorry for the radio silence. The last week of our trip was super busy and hectic. Also, because no one said anything abo...
by Smith1776
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Will post an update after pics.

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by Smith1776
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:52 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New interview with Craig Rowland
Replies: 36
Views: 1800

Re: New interview with Craig Rowland

“FPGAs”

“Harvard and Yale MBAs”

“It’s like steering a ship … it takes a while to turn.”

It’s just like the Voluntary Life interview. 👌
by Smith1776
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: BTC in the PP
Replies: 225
Views: 111066

Re: BTC in the PP

Just rebalanced out of some of my Bitcoin position and collected the profits. The gains lately are just too insane.
by Smith1776
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Given the war economy, I think I’m going to look into how a domestic PP would have done here in Ukraine recently.
by Smith1776
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Also, Smith, have any locals engaged you in conversation? Maybe they heard you speaking English or you were visibly non-Ukrainian ;-) Not counting anyone selling anything; just curious people who felt like being friendly. Hahaha aside from salespeople, absolutely not. I’m not exaggerating when I sa...
by Smith1776
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2246
Views: 1147514

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Smith, what’s the Internet situation like? Using coffee shop WiFi? How does the police presence compare with Canada? Any drunken homeless? We have a new mantra: Bing-a-Vin. Might make for a good wine label. Vinny, get a trademark for us, quickly before the word gets out. 😉 O0 Just got back from a d...