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Right on. I’ve got a VPN enabled. Could be the issue.
If anybody wants to link the Utube of The Beetles touring Australia in 1964 (B&W) it’s a hoot. Starts off with their jet (perhaps a 707?) landing on a dreary rainy day. Then they prance d…
TBUX is still working for me. But, it carries some risk I-bonds are not too bad, but limited in the total amount annually.
I had a CD in the early 1980s that was paying 16%. Sad when that matured! lol
This is going to be a bigger issue going forw…
Thanks. Probably the password reset. I also amped up my Norton (subscription based) screening app. It actually flagged a beach in 2020 on a very old rarely used email account. Of course I changed the password.
Thanks for tips on screeners. Will ne…
Until a day or two ago I could access UTube content without signing in to Google. Something changed 2 days ago. It may have to do with the fact my gmail account is the one the bogus WalMart accounts were delivered to. I logged in to Google directly …
Can’t view video: They want me to sign in to Google so we can confirm you’re not a bot so they can track me across the internet.
Never much on holding cash. Presently, have spread the “cash” portion equally among SPAAX, JAAA and AGZD. In no way is …
Nice @Mark. I fear some have fostered violence as a solution. I strongly disagree and can’t even fathom how that could work given the technological capabilities (surveillance / weaponization) a tyrannical government would possess today. Mamdani (…
Proviso - Your investments should reflect your needs based on things like: age, expected time horizon, risk tolerance and your other assets and sources of income.
(Speaking as an Old F here) - If hedging or going more conservative is gambling,…
It is increasingly a 2-tier nation. Very wealthy. Less affluent / less privileged. If there’s a middle class it’s probably the AG community, small business people, some professionals & some retirees with accumulated wealth. That middle clas…
I have not payed a great deal of attention to that race. And do not know much about Mamdani. I do assume that this is a deep rebuke of trump. He should be getting very nervous, as he appears to be driving the bus off of a cliff.
Other than listenin…
Hi Catch. Device is a 3 or 4 year old IPad Air. But my 6 or 7 year old IPad Mini encountered the same system warning when I tried to send the backup files using Apple’s in house mail. Interestingly, a 5 year old iphone sent the entire file without …
Listened to an interesting chapter last evening devoted to Winston Churchill’s 3 month visit to North America in 1929. (Summary of that visit from a different source)
Bradley Tolppanen, Eastern Illinois University
Document Type -Article
Publicatio…
Likely related, although I didn’t think so at first. Yesterday when I attempted to email myself a backup copy of my DejaOffice files, Apple’s icloud mail app refused to send it:
“This is a system generated message … We are unable to send your email…
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…
