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Thanks everyone. I do use Apple Mail. I didn’t know that @Old_Joe.
One issue is all the promotional garbage Walmart floods the mailbox with. I usually go through every couple weeks & toss it directly in the trash w/o even opening it or look…
Got through to a WMart rep who spoke decent English today. As far as we can tell, the supposed email (new account) message is spam. A second email was received at the alternate address saying my WMart account email address has been changed “as requ…
The email title reads: ”Welcome to Walmart. Your new online account is ready.”
I don’t want to enter any credentials or attempt a password reset to check it out further. So, to misquote Vonnegut, “There it sits. There it sits ...” Walmart hasn’t …
Nice sounding setup @DrVenture. You must surely love music. I’ve got a couple nice sized Polk side speakers, a polk center speaker and a Polk subwoofer. All with cherry cabinets. Had a mid-sized Dennon Amp for many years. Replaced it with a larger …
A car’s audio is one critical component I check out when buying. Now I need to find a sleeve to wrap around the passenger seat belt buckle. Certain very low notes cause it to buzz a little. Rare but unwanted. Put in a sub woofer in the trunk. Kept…
@Hank. Modern car radios. Don’t get me started.
Just haven’t devoted the 10 15 minutes necessary to tune the radio. With Apple music the car’s audio connects really well to my iphone. Siri - dumb in most respects - is very good at pulling up wh…
My first Trans-Atlantic venture was to London in November 2016. Stayed at a small but pleasant apartment in an older quiet spot outside the city. Returning to the room and flipping on the TV always pulled up the same recording which played ad-infi…
That’s an awesome sound in your OP @DrVenture. I didn’t have time to listen earlier. The sound / style reminds me of a Broadway play I’ve seen. I’d guess it was Hell’s Kitchen - seen a couple years ago. Thanks.
A general comment.
I listen 90% for the sound sensation (changes in pitch and rhythm, instrumentation, harmonics, etc.) Might explain why I offered up the Orbison song. I can sometimes go years enjoying a song without even thinking of what the s…
Blue Velvet was a bizarre film. Totally expected from David Lynch, known for Twin Peaks.
Yeah - Watched it twice. An injustice to Orbison’s song. But an interesting film in some respects.
I go in very long streaks - same artist over and over. Music always in the car. Haven’t even figured out how to tune the radio in almost a year. (Haven’t really tried.) Some of these addictions to various artists have lasted 6 months.
Past liste…
Thanks for the excellent play-by-play @Old_Joe. I expired about 10:30 due primarily to some unusually sore bones from day’s activities. The second of two 50-cent wagers on LA, placed when they were 3 down, paid 4-1. So happy here.
For @Crash …
2 incredible fielding plays by the Jays in the 4th. LA could have blown the game open. If I tried either of those catches I’d ne in the hospital! I put a few cents on LA when they were down. So hoping for a comeback.
LOL Just a brush back pitch t…
Should be a hell of a game. I’d say a coin flip, though LA is favored by the odds makers as they have been in every game (as I recall). Probably won’t bet on this one.
I hang out in the area near Rogers Stadium on occasional visits to Toronto. Ye…
Just finished reading his book. Great read.
+1 Agree
Numbers are strange things in that there’s often more behind the raw data (like dividends) than first meets the eye. But it is worth noting that, according to Sorkin (interview), the initial dr…
Chuckle , chuckle , chuckle!!!
I’m sure @F1000 will respond to my earlier query and confirm that as an avowed Trump supporter he is indeed donating to the ballroom along with instructions on how we average folks might join that ”select” group. I ha…
”President Donald Trump stating that it will be paid for "100 percent by me and some friends of mine, donors" , the administration has not released a comprehensive list of donors or a public fundraising mechanism.”
We used to call that bribery.
An…
Palantir, which is also a donor for the White House’s new ballroom that is under construction, just inked a contract with the U.S. Army worth up to $10 billion over the next decade.
Wonder what you’d get if you sent in a $1 donation for the ballroo…
Something sounds paradoxical about an “open” bubble?
Sing it with me..........."The wheels on the bus go round and round. Round and round. Round and round".........
Another record high today. No end in sight to the wealth being generated.
(Now, b…
+1,2,3 Thanks @Crash. Awesome Sorkin interview. I’ve only gotten 10 minutes in. Interesting that Sorkin uses the same “free money” term I used earlier. He’s certainly an engaging speaker.
Wait, Sorkin is a regular on CNBC. Yes, I recognize him.
I don’t watch CNBC. No idea what Sorkin looks like. He narrates the book (exceptionally well), an onerous chore, which is not typical of most audio books where someone other than the author n…
As a 10 year old kid in the 50s we learned at school (and thru our Weekly Reader) that as science and technology progressed it would lead to shorter and shorter work weeks for the average Joe as they partook of the benefits. Sure as hell didn’t wo…
"I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born" - Henry David Thoreau
Well, yesterday a stock I’d bought only the day before, CZR (less than 2% portfolio weight), began tumbling before the open. I sold it at a 9.5% lo…
Too far over my head at the moment … The wide and growing wealth disparity is already a source of angst not just for you and me, but for some of the wealthiest who have at least paid lip service to it like Buffett and Dalio. On one hand, there exis…
Did anyone think to ask AI.
Here’s what he she it said when I entered your question:
If artificial intelligence replaces most human jobs, the primary concern is that widespread unemployment would drastically reduce consumer spending power, potent…
On CNBC a few weeks ago he mentioned that today is like Oct 1999, and everyone is “partying like it 1999”. “Remember, Nasdaq went up 88% from Oct 1999 to Mar 2000.”
Here, he is saying that we may have a dip in next few weeks and then may have a …
Rieder is a well known media celebrity and smart money manager. Always upbeat. If selected it would probably be with the expectation he could serve as market ”cheer-leader” as they pull out the stops to try to keep the pig flying another year. B…
I haven’t held a true “equity fund” in ages. I like hybrid funds. But, no. I’m not adding to equities! My very good long-short fund (CPLSX) has been falling of late. That’s a sign to me that markets (especially U.S. equity) are overvalued and wil…
”It sure was a fine example of an Emily Litella rant.”
Thanks for the clarification. I thought perhaps a parody of a half snockered Fox News personality.
“pity party”? LOL Just pitifully piddling verbage
LOL - FD doesn’t know what half the words mean in the garbage he posts nowadays. Are we supposed to believe he’s a successful investor? Dang!
@Mona nailed it.
Glad I didn’t stay up for the end. That was a weird looking pickoff play for sure. Never seen or heard the likes of it. ISTM the ultimate responsibility is with the base runner, late call or not. Often a batter will toss the bat and begin walking to…
Spot on @Mark. Politics aside, this is not FD’s writing. But it’s not something in the current press either as far as I could tell. (Does sound a lot like Tucker Carlson to me). I ran it through a text analyzer and an AI detector. The text analyzer…
Just checked. I remain signed in which is the normal setting. Youf situation sounds odd. Haven’t had issues with M* sign in that can recall. Good luck.
Not meant to disregard the good precautionary advice. I’d be wary too. But it occurred to me there may have been recently added to the card some “rewards” which in turn might constitute taxable income. So the request for a SS number might be for t…
