Gyroscopic Investing

Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:19 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.

Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:06 pm Also, no. Although I read recently that people back in the day preferred mules to horses. Due to something something hybrid vigor.

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:19 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:One horse can carry 125 kg on its back, but it can drag 2500 kg on a cart. If it pulls a barge along a river, it can drag 30,000 kg, 30 tonnes, and it can drag 50 tonnes if the weight is on a barge in quiet water, i.e., on a canal.

Have any mule stats? I’m kind of into mules and donkeys. Don’t quote me out of context.

Meet Farmer Smith. In the early nineteenth century, Farmer Smith had a small but productive apple orchard in upstate New York. Every fall he loaded his horse, Tobias, with 250 lbs of apples for market, which was all that Tobias could carry over the paths that snaked through upstate New York's hilly terrain. Farmer Smith's apples were very popular; he did well, saved his money, and planted more apple trees. In a few years Farmer Smith had done well enough to afford a cart to transport his harvest, and with Tobias strapped in he could now take two thousand pounds of apples to market with each cartload. Years passed, the weather held, and Farmer Smith's apples continued to sell; with his proceeds he bought more acres of land and planted more apple trees. By the fall of 1825, Farmer Smith was in luck: the long-awaited Erie Canal was finally finished and open for business. Tobias had long since been put out to pasture, so Farmer Smith roped his new horse, Jedediah, to the barge he'd rented in Albany. Jedediah was able to pull thirty tons of apples all the way across the state to Buffalo, where the canal ended and Lake Erie began. And thanks to the waterways of Lake Erie, Farmer Smith was able to sell his apples as far away as Detroit.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:14 pm Unless some necessity overtake the woman

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:10 pm I like your current signature, Kriegs.

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 pm Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.

MangoMan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:21 pm

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 pm Dualstow, I never saw Full House either, but I did see my share of America's Funniest Home Videos. It would be nice to say that I developed a fondness for Saget from that, but really "loathing" is probably more apt.

I, unfortunately, saw every Full House episode as my then school age children were obsessed with the show.

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:17 pm Fact Check: Biden Administration is not giving out crack pipes.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:41 am

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:17 pm
Fact Check: Biden Administration is not giving out crack pipes.

Explain yourself!

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:15 pm So... is your signature disinformation, or misinformation then?

ETA: I originally thought you were mocking "fact checkers" and had a good chuckle. Very disappointing turn of events

… after this fact check was published, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 9 provided Snopes a statement which stipulated that federal funding would not be used to include pipes in smoking kits as part of the harm reduction plan.

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm
Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:57 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:07 pm

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm
Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?

I have never cared about what goes on with any of "The Royal Family".

Or any celebrities, athletes, etc. Why should I care?

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:55 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:08 pm

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:57 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 4:07 pm

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm
Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?

I have never cared about what goes on with any of "The Royal Family".

Or any celebrities, athletes, etc. Why should I care?

I do care about certain celebrities and athletes because they have a presence in my life. I've not understood the relevance of "The Royal Family".

No, you think they have a presence. They don't know you or care about you (other than the $ you provide by buying tickets or whatever) and if you got sick or died they wouldn't know or care, so why should you?

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:54 am p.s. I see a follow-up at snopes now, same link as above.

… after this fact check was published, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 9 provided Snopes a statement which stipulated that federal funding would not be used to include pipes in smoking kits as part of the harm reduction plan.

So there you have it.

MangoMan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:13 am ALOL. No Vinny, that is not a logical deduction. I'm not sure how your brain works to reach that conclusion. People who I personally know presumably care about me and I care about them. I also care about the world and the people in it. I just don't specifically care about someone just because they are a celebrity. YMMV

MangoMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:47 pm Why should we care that Prince Charles has Covid? Does he care if someone here has it?