You sound like you should be a regular at housingbubble.blog. If you're not familiar, it might be worth checking out as such things are discussed there regularly!

Moda, congrats on the family addition and good on you for trying to work through this! Some books I'd recommend for perspective: The Other End of the Leash: https://www.amazon.com/Other-End-Leash-What-Around/dp/034544678X The Dog Listener: https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Listener-Communicate-Willing-Coop...

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:44 pm Garlic is very easy to grow and stores well

I tried once and failed -- thanks for making me feel bad!

Not sure what happened, but it grew a green shoot up, but didn't actually grow the garlic cloves. Haven't tried since!

I can’t hoard wine because I find it easy to keep drinking once I start. I get "lucky" in that anything above 2 glasses and I have a bad hangover, so I've learned the hard way to stop myself. It means that my g/f and I will mildy hurt if we finish a bottle together, but never go beyond th...

I like a nice aviation cocktail. Sadly, there is no alcohol in the house this week. That's an emergency!!!! Gotta do something about that right now! This is where us wine snobs come out ahead. We continually hoard, but it's called "collecting" or "aging wine". Our household is g...

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:38 pm I learned a new initialism: PPE (He said it in the plural, PPEs) = Personal Protective Equipment

That's a common term with first responders/Search and Rescue and such. At least that's where I became familiar with it.

My (now senior) boxer, from 6 years ago. Had cats growing up, but haven't wanted one as an adult.

I'm looking for a new pug, but there aren't many rescues in the Midwest. Lots in TX for some reason, but that would be tough logistically. They don't do Door Dash for shelter dogs. Some rescues will relay dogs across the country to get them to a good home. Depends on how eager they are to get the d...

Tortoise wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:37 pm Happy anniversary! Glad you two still got to enjoy a delicious steak dinner.

Thanks! Yes, it was convenient they sent out a note they'd changed their menu and set up a delivery service given the closure of in-restaurant dining. Saved me from having to cook

We ordered delivery from our local fine-dining steakhouse last night (it was our anniversary) and also got a $150 gift card to help them with cash flow. Also ordered + picked up some wine from the local wine shop today. Trying to do our part as you say, Tortoise. Plus, it helps keep our stocks of gr...

I was thinking the same thing. Spreading cash out amongst banks, and moved a chunk to the local Credit Union that I usually just use for everyday banking (but keep a small balance).

Not that I use much cash when sitting on the couch at home all day....every day....sigh.

pmward wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:37 am If you wait for the chaos to end you're going to be buying stocks at a higher price than you would this week.

What does your crystal ball say about my relationship with my S.O.. Are we going to make it?

REI, the Kent, Wash., based adventure gear company said Sunday it will close all 162 of its retail stores nationwide from March 16-27. REI plans to pay all store employees during the closure and cover shipping for online orders while stores are closed Another local business closing but continuing t...

Yeah, the hospitals around here started cancelling elective surgeries at the end of this past week.

To be honest, I'd cancel my own surgery at this point, as I wouldn't want to be confined to a place with all the sick people and a weakened system.

I won’t put a lot of money in the pp at this point ....we saw the same drops in gold ,long term treasuries and equities last week and all for different reasons . I believe gold and long term treasuries are headed for a lot of pain once this fear pulls back and equities are at lower prices ....they ...

That's an interesting thought, though I'm not sure the conclusion is obvious. Around here, many who are hourly/can't do their jobs remotely are being paid to simply not work. Those who can work from home are, and those who can't are just told to stay home, but the companies are still paying them (wh...

Having said all that, I am something of a prepper myself due to our earthquake risk here in Vancouver. Which I think is very real and something that is very reasonable to plan for. Should the situation somehow turn extreme, we should be okay here in my household. I think there's an important distin...

You may be right. I don't have the answer to that question. But whatever they can contribute will help at least a little. I also expect that the interstate highway system will be restricted to essential freight , truck drivers to be conscripted for such freight, and speed limits on the interstates ...

With the reduced travel and traffic, I would think freight moves faster on the highways these days anyway. Is relaxing those protections actually required?

Dieter wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:14 pm https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/politics ... index.html

If the loans are government-backed, would this be all that different than forgiveness? Taxpayers still take the loss, vs the educational institution or lender.

In order to not derail the topic of this thread, I started a new topic to discuss the Dalio commentary here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10467&p=187828#p187828

Forking this thread off the Corona virus thread... Another great article by Dalio published this week: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-need-coordinated-monetary-fiscal-stimulus-counteract-ray-dalio/?published=t&mc_cid=2445095bbe&mc_eid=ded4b883a5 I'd be curious to debate this part of the a...

Another great article by Dalio published this week: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-need-coordinated-monetary-fiscal-stimulus-counteract-ray-dalio/?published=t&mc_cid=2445095bbe&mc_eid=ded4b883a5 I'd be curious to debate this part of the article: Some people will argue that providing such...

Seems like a lot better plan than buying "FDIC-backed" 5 year CDs, as some on this forum have recommended. I'm not sure what I've missed, but my CDs are doing fine, earning their 3% interest. And I could break them tomorrow and have the cash in my account in a few days, less 6 months inte...

I'll take the consequences of liquidity over the consequences of austerity in a liquidity squeeze any day. Even if it means breaking our republic? IMO principles do matter. In terms of short-term pain, perhaps the liquidity is preferable, but if it moves us away from a republic and into oligarchy w...