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This reminde me of my early days in what was also the early days of exploratory whitewater paddling. Perhaps the most iconic and influential individual leader/teacher/example in our boating community was "Tim" (not his real name), and the best nut…
To all the writers of the extensive commentary above, with my best wishes, just remember this classic quotation/curse (passed on from your lowly "dweeb"):
"May you live in interesting times..."
and here we are....
Checked Amazon just for curiosity:
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New from $1,422.01 16 Used from $991.01 1 Collectible from $1,299.95
20 used & new from $991.01
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Amazing that it has not been reprinted -- maybe some weird legal entanglement??
(Anyone here old enought to…
Drug companies spend lots of money on research; advertising research, customer/consumer research (ie, which pill packaging is the most enticing, etc), patent research, mini-feature research (ie, a tiny change in product, barely sufficient to paten…
It all depends on what you consider your "first".
First working, useful code: Wrote my first successful code in FORAST & it ran on BRLESC.. Would have been in the 60's & I was frustrated with the amount of hand calculation I was doing t…
Very easy -- there are lots of ways to come up with a "better" (less volatile, less risky, lower fees -- name your wish) plan when you know in advance what you want the answer to be. I did computational modelling professionally for years and I can…
Thanks, Ted. Loved hearing the story.
Back in the 40's I was a kid in MA, where my family had a small dry-goods business, and of course I spent a lot of time there doing whatever odd jobs a kid my age could do, or just amusing myself. Berkshir…
OT, OT....
@ Informal Econ. Thanks so much for your post & ref about J Craighead. As a kid I spent hours at my Grandparents' perusing their collection of Nat. Geo. and vividly recall the exploits of the young Craigheads (which I read envious…
@ Charles: Thanks for the ref & link to the Atlantic article. I read it through in entirety (in between other distractions) and found it most interesting. While I am not qualified to comment on either the analyses or the proposed possibilitie…
@ Old Joe .. If you were a kid today you would just write a little script telling your computer to print it out 1499 times and watch it spill paper on the floor.......
"And I do wonder about you sometimes, but that might be a separate matter."
David, that may be part of what -- in some mysterious way -- makes MFO what it is, for all of us. And whatever it is -- don't mess with the mix, 'cause it is something s…
I know lots of folks are not fans of "da Mario" but Gabelli fee seems quite reasonable. Used to be $10, recently $15 & waived if your total with them exceeds $25k. I've not had to pay since I remember -- going back a long time -- like me ;-).…
I second that. Not everyone, but some working folks DO have to get up & out in the dark during snow season -- even 3 am.. All bundled up, caps & hoods & scarves & turned-up collars -- and sometimes grumpy & not as alert as on…
@Ted: Every honest, self-respecting board of true quality needs a superior curmudgeon to keep us in order.
Yes, I HAVE posted off-topic.
Yes, I SHALL post off-topic.
Here I am -- come & get me!!! MFO needs your oversight & remind…
@ MJG, @Old Joe: Greatly enjoyed both of your comments, as well as the article. Reminds me of my own "education" as experimentalist >> modeller.
After a 40-year career in which the first half involved looking at the
experimental results …
Second BobC. Explorer is the worst possible choice. As a longtime UNIX/Linux/etc user I have used Firefox for years without the kinds of problems that I hear of with Explorer. (And no desire to find out.)
Shhhh.....
"Linux, Linux, Linux...."
And as Sven mentioned, loads of on-line support...
Altho less common now than a few years ago, there are often local support groups as well. I am fortunate enough to have belonged for many years to a LUG ("…
Actually I suspect a lot of "fast-food" & similiar workers who are adults with adult responsibilities work MORE than "x" hours because a lot of them work more than one job. So "less" than (or "up to") 40 ( or "as allowed") hours is not necess…
@ BobC: Nice comment. Having hit the 80's I don't get many of these (guess I am beyond salvation), mostly just retirement colony dinners.
However, many, many years ago, being a totally uninformed noobie investor, I attended a class at the local…
Not all of us are hardened internet posters. In general, I would agree that it might have been preferable for Cathy to start a new thread, mentioning the previous (and some sites save things forever & some preserve only a brief lifetime) rather…
As a regular reader who rarely posts, I have to speak up and say that I respect and admire CathyG; I have learned and profited from reading her thoughtful questions and the responses they elicit from several of the really helpful posters who have t…
The big unanswerable Q for middle class prospective retirement is: will you or your spouse require LTC -- particularly "Memory Care" -- current name for dementia care. If so, it can be devastating to finances, and will become more so if current tre…
Does anyone recall the black advisor that was often a guest of Lou?? I seem to recall "Brown" but not sure. I remember that I was impressed by this guy at one point when I was thinking about an "advisor", but was not exactly in that "wealth rang…
Article not available to me, but based upon a lot of intense recent research and direct observation I can tell you that the "big if" is whether or not you will require an extended stay in a nursing home. (Think "dementia", in particular.) Last yea…
"Per the OED, the only two senses that allow payed are: “13. Naut. a. (trans.) To let out (a rope or chain) by slackening it, to allow or cause to run out. (Also in reference to something let out by the rope.) Now always with out or away. Also trans…
@ Tampabay
The contractor who just painted my house was born in Kiev. His "crew" showed up on a Monday am: first guy to arrive wearing tweed jacket & holding paper with my address & phone #. He obviously had never been a painter in rea…