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@hank- Been following the Venezuela situation pretty closely in The Economist for quite a while. There may be a very few pockets of retail goods stashed in a few places available to those high in the government or who have major political influence …
We don't have kids, so this particular subject was not of much personal interest. But given the number of responses, I thought that I'd take a quick look at it. What a wonderful example of knowledgeable and thoughtful people extending their help to …
Some good points being made here. One of the factors working at our end is that every week we only spend half of our time here in SF, and the other half up north a bit on the Russian River.
One of the benefits of two-day delivery is that we can tim…
@Ted- Pure baloney. Neither of your links even mentions a fund. By that very shaky "logic" virtually any subject could be posted under "Fund Discussions" on the premise that some fund somewhere might have some interest in, or exposure to, almost any…
@Art- Now that's a very good point. We don't use the video, but if one does, that probably tips the situation pretty well towards Prime's charges being reasonable.
@Ted: This is obviously Off-Topic so why is it posted under "Fund Discussions"? Responding to your post in another thread, the problem with the Katzenjammer kids is that you are under the delusion that you are the captain.
Hard call. We're really looking at the whole Amazon concept here: having almost the entire world of everything purchasable at our fingertips. The ability to buy almost anything that we even remotely think that we might want, vs those things strictly…
Hi guys.. (oh-oh, that sounds like ol' MJG) yep, pretty much agree with all your stuff. You know darn well that I have absolutely no problem with Ted's post, other than his usual contempt for the same rules that he loves to blast everyone else about…
I think that you folks must all be way out of line, because Trump's Mick Mulvaney, current head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, just announced that there's no need to maintain a public record of complaints regarding bankers. Maybe Mauri…
@Ted: WHY IS THIS POSTED AS A "FUND DISCUSSION" ??? What does it have to do with funds??? Why do you have different rules for yourself and everyone else ???
The carping gets a little tiresome, yes? (What goes around...)
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@Ted If you're going to plagiarize excerpts from a linked article you could at least have the decency and professionalism to use quote marks. Since you're apparently unfamiliar with the concept, they look like this: " "
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"Stop being an apologist for Maurice"
@Ted- As you know very well Maurice and I have fundamental differences of opinion in many areas, and I'll certainly take him on any time when I think he's wrong. That doesn't mean that everything he says is wro…
@Ted- Maurice posted a perfectly reasonable item in the "Off-Topic" arena. Personally I found his information to be very interesting, and in general agreement with my observations with many restaurants here in SF. Many of these restaurants are up ag…
@catch22- Well, I have to admit that the wine supply at the "River" house is now a couple of bottles fewer than it was last Friday. But whatever happened here is really weird... every time I open this thread a pre-typed identical "Have held this fun…
"Still not sure how they plan to make any money? Where's the money coming from to pay the interest rates they are offering?"
@Roy- Perhaps Mr. Ponzi is one of the major investors. He is, I believe, a distant cousin of the well-known financier, Bern…
I've been hearing this "they'll all move" crap for sixty years now with respect to California. If they want to move to Alabama or Mississippi to lower their taxes, who cares? Good luck and good riddance.
