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by flyingpylon
Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:03 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Quiet board - time to buy?
Replies: 54
Views: 2894

Re: Quiet board - time to buy?

As with many things in life, it depends on where someone is on the satisficer - maximizer spectrum. If someone is satisfied with their career, income, savings, investment results, etc. and the lifestyle they provide then what right does anyone have to judge whether they have sufficiently maximized a...
by flyingpylon
Mon Aug 25, 2025 1:03 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3087
Views: 2360971

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Anyone else taking care of aging/elderly parents? My wife's parents are both 24/7 total care. They've been able to stay in their home with a live-in caregiver (actually a rotation of a few people). It's very expensive but fortunately they have savings to cover it for now. My wife has almost a full-...
by flyingpylon
Mon Aug 25, 2025 10:36 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3087
Views: 2360971

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Anyone else taking care of aging/elderly parents? My wife's parents are both 24/7 total care. They've been able to stay in their home with a live-in caregiver (actually a rotation of a few people). It's very expensive but fortunately they have savings to cover it for now. My wife has almost a full-...
by flyingpylon
Fri Aug 22, 2025 2:23 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Quiet board - time to buy?
Replies: 54
Views: 2894

Re: Quiet board - time to buy?

Things aren't quite as black and white as you make them out to be.
by flyingpylon
Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:31 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Quiet board - time to buy?
Replies: 54
Views: 2894

Re: Quiet board - time to buy?

What is the job?

Any chance there could be more than one?
by flyingpylon
Wed Aug 06, 2025 8:56 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: BLS head fired, CPI reports will become a lie, TIPS are trash?
Replies: 12
Views: 2651

Re: BLS head fired, CPI reports will become a lie, TIPS are trash?

Perhaps we're finding out just how impure our governmental institutions and processes have always been despite the myths we cling to.
by flyingpylon
Thu Jul 31, 2025 10:19 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Cell Phone
Replies: 41
Views: 5022

Re: Cell Phone

I've been happy with US Mobile . They're a "super carrier" that offers service on all of the big 3 and even lets you switch between them. Note that they refer to each network with a unique name, I assume that's due to contractual restrictions on branding, etc. I use "Warp" which ...
by flyingpylon
Thu Jun 19, 2025 9:59 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Do 30-Year Bonds Still Belong in a Permanent Portfolio? 🙀
Replies: 33
Views: 9544

Re: Do 30-Year Bonds Still Belong in a Permanent Portfolio? 🙀

What would signal a good time to start buying 30-year bonds again? What's the likelihood that it would occur in the medium-term future? What's the likelihood that a less-active investor would recognize and act on it soon enough to profit from it? Seems like there are always some things being left ou...
by flyingpylon
Fri Jun 13, 2025 10:34 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3962
Views: 2770724

Re: The GOLD scream room

boglerdude wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 4:07 am > I’ll see you in the Daily Check-in thread?

Imagine thinking you can stop vinny
"You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him."
- Dan Patrick, ESPN
by flyingpylon
Fri May 23, 2025 9:27 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Can’t bring myself to rebalance by buying treasuries
Replies: 4
Views: 1786

Re: Can’t bring myself to rebalance by buying treasuries

Is there an age at which any of you would still hold long bonds (i.e. how many years younger would make a difference)? I realize that’s not the only factor here, just curious.
by flyingpylon
Wed Apr 09, 2025 3:10 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Martha Stewart
Replies: 2
Views: 3974

Re: Martha Stewart

You shouldn't take Trump literally... except for when you should. ;D
by flyingpylon
Sat Apr 05, 2025 1:05 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Not yet coming here? [to the Forum]
Replies: 28
Views: 18285

Re: Not yet coming here? [to the Forum]

Most of the current discussions on this forum are not really about the Permanent Portfolio, and it's been that way for years.
by flyingpylon
Fri Mar 21, 2025 8:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay
Replies: 39
Views: 32706

Re: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay

The Minnesota State Senator who filed a Bill defining TDS as an actual mental illness in Minnesota was arrested for soliciting sex from a minor. Good people! https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-senator-justin-eichorn-arrest There are pervs in every segment of society and plenty of these stories to ...
by flyingpylon
Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:13 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay
Replies: 39
Views: 32706

Re: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay

Hope this person gets the help they need.
by flyingpylon
Mon Mar 03, 2025 12:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: DOGE killed off IRS Free File
Replies: 17
Views: 12716

Re: DOGE killed off IRS Free File

yankees60 wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 9:08 am
ochotona wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:43 am Sure, for now. Software works until it doesn't if it isn't being actively maintained.
In Trumpland .... it's the quintessential only think about today.
You guys are trying too hard to perpetuate a particular narrative. It just makes you look silly.
by flyingpylon
Sun Mar 02, 2025 10:11 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: DOGE killed off IRS Free File
Replies: 17
Views: 12716

Re: DOGE killed off IRS Free File

The team that built Free File was let go but the service still exists.

https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-free-fil ... s-for-free
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1386
Views: 1534555

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

glennds wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 2:35 pm To say Ukraine started the war is like saying a rape victim had it coming, so it's her fault, not the rapist's.
Doesn’t seem like he was putting it quite that way.
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:26 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1386
Views: 1534555

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

yankees60 wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:16 am DID Ukraine start the war??!!!

Trying to determine if I should be believing our current president when he says things.
Here's one take on what started it: https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1892302423387000885
by flyingpylon
Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 57
Views: 27549

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

Mountaineer wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:15 am Where are all the "for the little man" Ds on that list in the last paragraph above?
orange man bad
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:14 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Are Memecoins Valuable?
Replies: 2
Views: 8284

Re: Are Memecoins Valuable?

I have a tiny bit of Dogecoin that I purchased for entertainment value... given recent events I am increasingly fond of it. 8)
by flyingpylon
Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:19 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: BTC in the PP
Replies: 456
Views: 576658

Re: BTC in the PP

Step 2 is reach retirement age in the middle of one of the biggest bull markets in history.
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:30 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Marc De Messel Portfolio
Replies: 27
Views: 41552

Re: Marc De Messel Portfolio

You mean it would be worth more than $1,000 now. Just for those who haven't noticed the incredible spike in bitcoin prices lately. I bought $300 worth of bitcoin a while back, and now it's worth over $3,000. I should probably cash it in, but I can't stop wondering whether bitcoin might go to $100,0...
by flyingpylon
Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:23 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3962
Views: 2770724

Re: The GOLD scream room

Anyone heard from buddtholomew lately?