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- 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...
- Wed Aug 27, 2025 3:48 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Why was failed Craker Barrel logo called "woke"?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 289
Re: Why was failed Craker Barrel logo called "woke"?
There was much more to it than just the logo.
https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1959 ... 78743?s=61
https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1959 ... 78743?s=61
- 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-...
- 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-...
- 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.
- 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?
Any chance there could be more than one?
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Fri Jun 13, 2025 10:34 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 2770724
Re: The GOLD scream room
"You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him."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
- Dan Patrick, ESPN
- 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.
- 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. 

- 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.
- Sun Mar 30, 2025 12:44 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay
- Replies: 39
- Views: 32706
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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
You guys are trying too hard to perpetuate a particular narrative. It just makes you look silly.
- 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
https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-free-fil ... s-for-free
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:17 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
- Replies: 1386
- Views: 1534555
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:26 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
- Replies: 1386
- Views: 1534555
Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Here's one take on what started it: https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1892302423387000885
- 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
orange man badMountaineer 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?
- 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. 

- 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.
- 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...
- 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?