Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

[Smith1776]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/burton-g-m ... 1419986157

I'd like to read this Burton Malkiel article from 2014... anyone handy with getting past paywalls.? Or can someone who has a subscription share a PDF copy of the page?

[dualstow]

Based on Smither’s purchase and the subsequent comments, I purchased an outdoor drive in movie theater complete with screen, projection booth, snack bar and a couple hundred of those pole stands with speakers on them. Now I have to figure out how to move it to my backyard (I don’t think it’s going to fit in my car).

Can’t wait to attend! Will there be burgers and fries?

[dualstow]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/burton-g-m ... 1419986157

I'd like to read this Burton Malkiel article from 2014... anyone handy with getting past paywalls.? Or can someone who has a subscription share a PDF copy of the page?

Check your Signal later today

[Mountaineer]

Based on Smither’s purchase and the subsequent comments, I purchased an outdoor drive in movie theater complete with screen, projection booth, snack bar and a couple hundred of those pole stands with speakers on them. Now I have to figure out how to move it to my backyard (I don’t think it’s going to fit in my car).

Can’t wait to attend! Will there be burgers and fries?

Everything will be free. Free admission, free food, free drinks, unlimited booze, free healthcare, free Uber after the show if you’re stoned, free coupons to pay off your debt, free housing. All you have to do to get all the free stuff is have no proof of US citizenship.

[yankees60]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/burton-g-m ... 1419986157

I'd like to read this Burton Malkiel article from 2014... anyone handy with getting past paywalls.? Or can someone who has a subscription share a PDF copy of the page?

This works some places. Not sure if it works with Wall Street Journal.

https://paywallbuster.com/

[dualstow]

Can’t wait to attend! Will there be burgers and fries?

Everything will be free. Free admission, free food, free drinks, unlimited booze, free healthcare, free Uber after the show if you’re stoned, free coupons to pay off your debt, free housing. All you have to do to get all the free stuff is have no proof of US citizenship.

How about if I pledge my allegiance to Iran and the IGRC. Good enough

[Mountaineer]

Can’t wait to attend! Will there be burgers and fries?

Everything will be free. Free admission, free food, free drinks, unlimited booze, free healthcare, free Uber after the show if you’re stoned, free coupons to pay off your debt, free housing. All you have to do to get all the free stuff is have no proof of US citizenship.

How about if I pledge my allegiance to Iran and the IGRC. Good enough

Perhaps. Maybe just pledge to check your brain at the door and vote D.

[Smith1776]

As a side note: have you guys heard of the new Chromebook Plus standard?

We all know that early Chromebooks had a (well deserved) reputation for crappy specs. Google seems to have recognized this and have set a "Chromebook Plus" standard for manufacturers. To have this particular moniker associated with your product it has to meet a certain minimum bar of hardware beefiness.

I hopped on a good deal this weekend on such a system and have been impressed by it.

The lowdown on Chromebook Plus: https://www.google.com/intl/en_ca/chrom ... ebookplus/

[dualstow]

As a side note: have you guys heard of the new Chromebook Plus standard?
…

That looks like it’s all about Gemini. Can’t I just get an Artari 2600 & Chess?
No, seriously, the Mrs’ Dell is getting old and I might get her a Chromebook if she wants one.

[dualstow]

What model did you get, Smithers?

I saw the Lenovo was just $250. As a Thinkpad fan, like you, I got curious. The reviews are good overall in terms of stars, but some say it slowed down after a using it a few times. Another said the touchscreen fails in various spots.

Maybe you got something fancier, like the HP?

[Smith1776]

What model did you get, Smithers?

I saw the Lenovo was just $250. As a Thinkpad fan, like you, I got curious. The reviews are good overall in terms of stars, but some say it slowed down after a using it a few times. Another said the touchscreen fails in various spots.

Maybe you got something fancier, like the HP?

Hehe you know me too well. I did indeed get a Lenovo. I ended up picking up this one on sale:

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/le ... s/19271336

A pretty sweet deal at $499 CAD from what I can tell. According to Google that's $366.90 USD.

[seajay]

Trump has recently said that he is "never going to let the dollar slide." The only way that could happen, he added, is "if you have a dummy" as president. The US dollar index - a measure of the US currency against various foreign currencies - has fallen 12.5% since his Inauguration Day.

[dualstow]

{Chromebook}

I ended up picking up this one on sale:

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/le ... s/19271336

A pretty sweet deal at $499 CAD from what I can tell. According to Google that's $366.90 USD.

Oh, that one looks pretty cool!

[yankees60]

Trump has recently said that he is "never going to let the dollar slide." The only way that could happen, he added, is "if you have a dummy" as president. The US dollar index - a measure of the US currency against various foreign currencies - has fallen 12.5% since his Inauguration Day.

"The only way that could happen, he added, is "if you have a dummy" as president."


Are there any other inferences that can be made from the above??!!!

[dualstow]

I think PMS should be illegal. Who’s with me? Anyone?

[Smith1776]

I think PMS should be illegal. Who’s with me? Anyone?

...is everything okay at home?

[dualstow]

I think PMS should be illegal. Who’s with me? Anyone?

...is everything okay at home?

Yes

[Mountaineer]

I think PMS should be illegal. Who’s with me? Anyone?

Pre Marital Sex? That’s a very personal question.

[dualstow]

I think PMS should be illegal. Who’s with me? Anyone?

Pre Marital Sex? That’s a very personal question.

Precious Metal Stocks

[dualstow]

Aren’t cast iron pans amazing?
I feel like I spend too much time re-oiling them but I really love the way they cook, both on the stovetop and in the oven.

[yankees60]

Aren’t cast iron pans amazing?
I feel like I spend too much time re-oiling them but I really love the way they cook, both on the stovetop and in the oven.

I gave away all of mine many, many, many years ago.

[dualstow]

What do you cook with, Vin?
I like stainless steel, too.
I got rid of my Calphalon after destroying it.

[Smith1776]

I cook with my microwave.

[dualstow]

I cook with my microwave.

It actually does a decent job with potatoes and with broccoli. Or are you just heating up Taco Bell
Ours is getting senile though. And it’s a built-in. Not looking forward to replacing it.

[Smith1776]

I cook with my microwave.

It actually does a decent job with potatoes and with broccoli. Or are you just heating up Taco Bell
Ours is getting senile though. And it’s a built-in. Not looking forward to replacing it.

Mine too... a while back we thought ours needed a replacement. It turns out it was just a breaker that got tripped. However, in the short time I thought it needed replacing, I discovered that doing so would cost me about 500 bucks. Ugh lol.