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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:04 pm

Today, I honor our new god, [gregorian chant] Coronavirus [/g], by getting lit on various alcohols. Mostly due to quarantine boredom and the fact that... they're in my house.

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Post by vnatale » Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:10 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:55 pm
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Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:12 pm
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I use Quicken and I used to download. Now I just save everything in pdf form.
And, what do you use to input all into Quicken for investment transactions, e.g., monthly dividends? What you see on a screen somewhere?

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I stopped using Quicken to track my investments years ago. I use a Google Docs spreadsheet that automatically updates the prices and thus holdings value, along with allocation percentages.
That is one of the major things I love regarding Quicken, all it does with transactions and the reports it creates. I have several custom ones that I then export and then import into Excel worksheets.

Quicken also automatically updates all the prices.

One of my worksheets takes that Quicken report and then I create another worksheet to show total gains and losses in both a table and graphs.

In the old days I used to create all these separate spreadsheets to do create my tax returns to copy by hand on the paper. Once I used TurboTax for the first time in 1993 I stopped using those spreadsheets which required a fair amount of updating on my part every year.

With expenses I'd keep track of all of those in spreadsheets and categorize them. Never kept track of income items or investment transactions.

I love that Quicken has it ALL. Every single item affecting my net worth. I can see my net worth for any given day from January 1, 1994 to the present without having to do any work. I can see the rate of return of any investment from the date of investment to whatever date I choose.

My biggest fears are that A) my file gets too big and it either stops working or gets buggy B) it gets abandoned as a product since everyone wants to use the inferior online products.

However, the more I think about it is that the worst worst case is them stopping the product and it no longer works on a future operating system. Next would be it still works but I'd have to enter all the daily prices by hand. But in that case I'm sure I could do some form of import from a source from somewhere.



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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:29 pm

"we."

LOL. Social drinking poseur.
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Post by WiseOne » Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:31 pm

Niece is fine. I think it was just a little too much scary news programs and a bit of anxiety, assisted by my sister getting panicky. There is a lot of that going around I suspect.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:10 pm

I like that tweet that was going around:
Pre-Corona: Drinking alone at home- very shameful
Corona: Drinking alone at 11am- I'm saving Nana


So what do you have besides vodka, Kriegs?
Jagermeister is gross.
I like a nice aviation cocktail. Sadly, there is no alcohol in the house this week.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:16 pm

dualstow wrote:
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So what do you have besides vodka, Kriegs?
Wine (from a box)*. A large quantity of bourbon. Some brandy.

* finished this earlier. Why is this in a subtext?
Jagermeister is gross.
This is pretty racist, and I'm fully triggered. Jägermeister is full of vitamins, and was originally manufactuered as a digestif, not a frat boy retardation-inducer.
I like a nice aviation cocktail. Sadly, there is no alcohol in the house this week.
What
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Post by WiseOne » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:17 pm

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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!

I cannot tell you how thankful I am that Andrew Cuomo decided that liquor stores are essential. Tequila is the answer to shelter in place. It makes Zoom meetings a lot easier to get through, too.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:24 pm

😂 Well, I had some beer in the house until recently. Even when they open the liquor stores, I'm going to lay low for while. They'll be full of germy people with the shakes.

Another option: the distilleries are making deliveries during these troubled times. That's expensive, though, and I'm a saver. I'd rather spend it on food for us and for the cat.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:28 pm

dualstow wrote:
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😂 Well, I had some beer in the house until recently. Even when they open the liquor stores, I'm going to lay low for while. They'll be full of germy people with the shakes.
Noob.
Another option: the distilleries are making deliveries during these troubled times. That's expensive, though, and I'm a saver. I'd rather spend it on food for us and for the cat.
From what I've seen, those quants have been making hand sanitizer instead of thought sanitizer. Disgusting.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:29 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:16 pm
Jagermeister is gross.
This is pretty racist, and I'm fully triggered. Jägermeister is full of vitamins, and was originally manufactuered as a digestif, not a frat boy retardation-inducer.
I don't like it when people review a product on Amazon and say, "I really wanted to like this electric screwdriver."
Well, I wanted to like Jäger, but it's just weird. And this is coming from someone who can drink Fernet-Branca.
I did like their bizarre ad from a couple years ago, though."Of course it's cold. It's German." I think that's when I tried it.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:35 pm

dualstow wrote:
Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:29 pm
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:16 pm
Jagermeister is gross.
This is pretty racist, and I'm fully triggered. Jägermeister is full of vitamins, and was originally manufactuered as a digestif, not a frat boy retardation-inducer.
I don't like it when people review a product on Amazon and say, "I really wanted to like this electric screwdriver."
Well, I wanted to like Jäger, but it's just weird. And this is coming from someone who can drink Fernet-Branca.
Try drinking it as an digesif. No pressure, no issues. Just a lil sipper in the evening. I don't know what Fernet-Branca is, but Jäger is also European and probably satisfies whatever liquid requirement that lame shit does.
I did like their bizarre ad from a couple years ago, though."Of course it's cold. It's German." I think that's when I tried it.
I've never seen it, but that's super.
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Post by drumminj » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:38 pm

WiseOne wrote:
Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:17 pm
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Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:10 pm
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 good for a year at a bottle a day, give or take, without replenishing supplies O0
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Post by dualstow » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:45 pm

I can’t hoard wine because I find it easy to keep drinking once I start. I begin with the best of intentions and before I know it my brain is saying, “Who is that stupid guy who was going to stop here? More!”
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Post by drumminj » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:49 pm

dualstow wrote:
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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 that (and usually stop short).

In your case, maybe buy half bottles, assuming a single container is your unit of measure? I agree though that it's easy to keep drinking...
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Post by Smith1776 » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:51 pm

I'm Asian so I basically just can't drink. 8)
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Post by shekels » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:51 pm

Tried Chocolate wine, Not bad reminded me of Chocolate milk and Irish Creme.

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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:59 pm

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dualstow wrote:
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I can’t hoard wine because I find it easy to keep drinking once I start. I begin with the best of intentions and before I know it my brain is saying, “Who is that stupid guy who was going to stop here? More!”
I can relate to your first comment. But I'd be lying if I said that I ever started with "the best of intentions." My wife and I have occasionally obstained altogether for several days/weeks. But when I do make a cocktail or pour a glass of wine, I fully know there will be more to follow that evening.
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Post by Mountaineer » Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:29 am

Interesting how a "checking in" thread turned into a "checking out (via alcohol)" thread. ;D

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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:23 am

Not even a Guinness?
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Post by dualstow » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:33 am

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We were at an all inclusive in Mexico right before this started. I started around noon each day with a steady stream of Gin & Sodas. Never got past a nice persistent buzz, but when I got home I had zero interest in alcohol. Haven't had a single drink since I returned on 3/15. Weird.
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Post by ochotona » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:33 am

My wife bought me some St. Arnold's stout, it's 26 proof! It's like wine!
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:45 am

MangoMan wrote:
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Not even a Guinness?
Not even.

I prefer IPA's to stouts anyway.
In Ireland, I remember seeing a century-old advertisement for Guinness. Its main point was that Guinness had "more carbohydrates than milk." Guinness gives you strength!

What would the old advertising for IPAs look like? "It'll last. Just like embalming fluid."
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Post by Mountaineer » Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:35 am

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:25 am
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:23 am
Not even a Guinness?
Not even.

I prefer IPA's to stouts anyway.
Pug,
You have great taste! Have you tried Elysian "Space Dust", or Dogfish Head "The Perfect Disguise"? Great IPAs with a touch of citrus for your vitamin C. ;)
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Post by dualstow » Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:42 am

I’ve had Elysian, it’s good. My favorite though is “Weird and Gilly”. A bit pricey, so I just have one once in a while.
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