vnatale wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 14, 2022 8:35 pm

No one currently. But he definitely has had his fans here.

Those people have all been banned from this forum. And... I wonder why no one will vote yes on the poll

I Shrugged wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 09, 2022 6:27 pm

boglerdude wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 09, 2022 6:10 pm

How do we explain the shared philosophy, thats not genetic...or is it

Nature vs nurture?

I'm sure his momma told him the truth at some point. And what boy doesn't want to be like his pa?

As for Australia, I haven't heard that story. Please post a link. Hal, one of the Australian posters on this forum, provided frequent real time updates and links to the local news coverage during the entire lock down period. This was his most recent post on that subject. Excerpt from Jim Rickards n...

I Shrugged wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:55 pm

I feel like the irony meter is pegged.

I think our meters were synchronized. I got a good chuckle also.
And no disrespect to PointedStick. He's a good egg.

In other words, a community of intellectually exceptional people needs more care paid to people's feelings to avoid it exploding, not less. I like this perspective. There's some real truth to it. I'll have to think about it a bit to see if I agree that it is a "good thing". It definitely is a good ...

2. Acknowledge the need to explicitly work on our civility and tolerance skills, so we can remain a heterogeneous community of oddballs with weird opinions and political positions without coming away hating one another or descending into mockery, disingenuousness, or crabby negativity. Thoughtful p...

glennds wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:52 pm

What I hated about my manual rental car in Italy was that reverse and 1st were the same position, but you had to push the stick in to access reverse, and a beep would sound.

Hah! That sounds like a horrible design. Must have been Fiat.

My rental car last month was an automatic with paddle shifters. This was on the big island of Hawai'i and we had lots of steep hills and narrow winding roads. I hated it. You can't move directly from a high gear (say 5 or 7) to a low gear like 3. You have to step through the gears. Plus, you can't t...

From a pure performance standpoint, I've heard that the technology is better and faster at shifting than the best high performance human driver. But I don't think that refers to all automatics. Probably only the most high end high performance cars. I see this argument all of the time. And it may be...

I've read about the PP on and off for years and just came across the idea that gold outside one's country is recommended, I love the idea. Do any of these allow opening an account without going there, or would I have to travel in person? It would be convenient to do it remotely. Or could a proxy op...

Mark, I'm having a hard time understanding your viewpoint. I read several definitions of civility, most centered around courteous and politeness. Would you please unpack your statements about civility a bit more. Thanks. ... Mountaineer Mountaineer, I think flyingpylon (great name, btw) probably ca...

Kbg wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:31 pm

I reject your rejection.

Duly noted. Fair enough.

How about insulting others? E.g. You are a piece of shit. That is an unacceptable loss of civility in my opinion. However, I’m totally game for discussing whether an idea is shit. Weak tea, Jack Jones. Weak tea! You are a piece of shit is an excellent post! Highly informative. It lets you know that...

And KBG I reject your premise that civility is a good thing. Whenever I read civility I translate it to civility bullshit . Any mention of civility is invariably a ruse to manipulate the unwashed into following a different agenda. A civil agenda. Purveyors of civility are bullshit artists.

Number of users with at least 50 posts (chosen arbitrarily), by calendar year, starting the first full year of the forum. ... You run a great forum Mr. Z an. And a lot of it is due to the carefully weighted hand that you yield. Much respect. But... by any measure the quality of the regular posts ha...

I see. So "WE all know why", based on YOUR not proof but anecdotes. No one is disputing the number of active posters is down. It's tough to have an intelligent conversation around here lately. And Xan is not spelled with a Z. I believe that Xan is pronounced similar to the first mate on the Bounty....

vnatale wrote: ↑

Fri May 20, 2022 10:27 pm

[Finally, as the forum historian, ...
From my now three years of experience here ...

Slow clap.

Political labels are a distraction.

When the best and brightest contribute less frequently ...

Well, that is probably something for our forum historian to adjudicate.

dualstow wrote: ↑

Tue May 10, 2022 5:31 am

Yes, but it should be a coin!

Here you go!

Also, if I ever sold the physical I would have alot of anxiety about selling to a dealer like apmex, mailing it, hoping nothing goes wrong. Do a test run with just a coin or two. It doesn't change the overall odds in the grand scheme of things but it does wonders for removing questions about the pr...

frugal wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 24, 2022 3:05 am

Hi,

"Art via masterworks"

what is this? How do you invest on it?

Regards!

Hi frugal. Let me google that for you.

I have seen some postings over the last few days that the pumps shut you off at $100.

That probably seemed ridiculously high and unreasonable when the programming was done.

Could be. Check out the photos with an open mind: https://medium.com/@leibowitt/of-course-fidel-castro-is-justin-trudeaus-dad-nobody-has-debunked-anything-4db6fc8a9042 And while still just rumor mongering... Justin's mom was known to be quite the party animal. And (purportedly) tolerated and encour...

I, sadly, have not seen much of Eastern Europe. That was on the list until the world turned upside down a few years ago. I have been to the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Monte Negro. Ukrainians are fantastic people, making the best of hard times. Many young men I have worked with hav...

The key to any battery technology is energy density and the ability to rapidly release that energy. Ergo, a bomb. Flammable or not. That applies to any fuel source. We drive around with tanks full of energy-dense gasoline which is poised to release that energy rapidly. There are going to be dangers...

The key to any battery technology is energy density and the ability to rapidly release that energy. Ergo, a bomb. Flammable or not.