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At Hank. Was the Red Fox Inn a thing near TC or Boyne? I seem to remember it from when I was a kid but I could be wrong. For years I talked about a New Riders of the Purple Sage concert in Colorado Springs I attended that apparently never happene…
Yeah Catch. You are right,,,, starting in Detroit,,,,, Flint could be up north. Up north was a common phrase in my youth. But it had no specific meaning. But Hank would agree that Traverse City was up north.
At the risk of sounding like an old guy,,, they don’t make music like they used to. Broadly speaking,,, who is the Muddy Waters,, Miles, the Temps,,,, of today. And if Bob Seger were from one coast or another he would be much more appreciated for h…
I remember (I think) Kaline got hurt making a diving catch in right and another time getting hit by a thrown ball at first. So you date back to Briggs Stadium. I take it you are from what we called up north. I went to summer camp in west branch an…
I remember two serious injuries Kaline suffered. It killed me. He was a real smooth fielder. Frank Bolling,,, Dick maculiffe. Frank Lary. Very happy times at tiger stadium. I learned about our families growing affluence over the years by where…
Catch22. Detroit guy and saw Seger lots of times at very small venues around Detroit. He was a star in Michigan for years before he became famous. And later in life he was a sailor on the Great Lakes. His song Against the Wind became our anthem wh…
Crash, Ben Carlson,,, another Ritholtz guy, had a similar article out this week about how tough it is to have lots and lots and lots of money. I feel so sorry for those people, enduring so much financial discomfort and disappointment.
End of story. The check my bank mailed never arrived at Citi in 14 days. You won’t know you have a problem until your paper check is late. Snail mail ain’t the same speed as ACH …The issue was the result of something going on at Citi. You can pay…
David,,,,I am only guessing but Detroit might have paid above market just to get anyone who would answer that phone call at 0700. I was hired after my sophomore year and that was only two years after the riots of 67. I earned that 37.50 !
At YBB. Apparently Citi told Fiserv, which handles bill pay for many banks including mine. My bank provided no notification. My secondary bank, which is Schwab bank did advise me that a payment to Citi would be by check. When asked and escalated …
At YBB. something is going on recently at Citi card. I checked my bill pay at SchwabBank and tried to do a bill pay for the very same Citicard. Schwab bank advised it would be by check and could take longer than projected to get to biller. To prev…
I paid mine on 6/30. It hasn’t arrived yet and after much questioning I found out this is a new policy. The previous month went through electronically. My info came from Citi directly.
I thought my bank was the culprit for the reason you suggested @Derf. But it was Citi who told my bank and apparently others it’s strictly paper checks. The schmuck I spoke to at Citi said they have some “issues “ they have to resolve. My bank nev…
The markets resilience in the face of all the stuff that should slow it down or much worse continues to shock me. This risk level today is higher than we think.
Dr. V. Let’s add uncertainty and the decline in the value of the dollar to your list. And based on the last six months just plain old fashioned fear and distrust in the government that is unprecedented. If one is paying attention it’s hard to have …
At Observant and Hank. The discussion about the era of stagflation reminds me just how personal history and economics can be. During that time my wife and I had a couple rentals that were increasing in value and had positive cash flows. we had no …
Conned by the conman? Every day of the week. When will the suckers wake up? Congress has given up,,, the courts are losing on appeals when his supremes get involved and virtually the entire former Republican Party has forgotten its principles. IF …
For what it’s worth I ran some projections TaxCaster this morning. I reduced taxable income by the increase in the standard deduction granted to seniors. Save a bit in Federal taxes owning but lots of SS income was still subject to tax. YMMV.
It’s way more nuanced than the letter suggests. Of course a bigger standard deduction is welcome but we will still have to plug in SS income. If you have two big RMD’s and lots of income from taxable accounts some or plenty of the SS will be taxed…
Given that the letter celebrates a bill passed entirely by one party the message, in addition to being less than transparent,,, is highly political. Years ago we lived in a rural part of Mexico and noticed a sign that boasted about highway improvem…
From my reading of the law the standard deduction for seniors is increased but social security income is subject to taxation. If my reading is correct the email is very disingenuous at best and more likely just more maga bullshit.
Beyond the human suffering caused by our fellow human beings losing their health care, the economic cost of this madness is going to be greater than maga understands. We have a medical professional in our family who works for a major healthcare sys…
According to M* the top 4 positions in both TCAF and VOO are the same companies. . Seems like the results are likely to be similar. We have been building a position in CGDV. so far so good but a short track record.
For what it’s worth and it’s worth NOTHING,,, I will no longer engage with maga droid here. I have parted ways with friends and relatives who self describe as trumpers. He is worth far less …
I think lots of us care in the best possible way… How to effectively fight back before the regime makes resistance impossible is the question. They are building a gulag in Florida. Won’t be the last. Even Nixon was an institutionalist in the en…
