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by Xan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:38 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: What's your favorite color?
Replies: 39
Views: 13043

Re: What's your favorite color?

Mountaineer wrote:
Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:35 am
White, but only after projection through a prism. Then I can pick and choose my favorite.
Wait, are we talking about additive or subtractive colors?
by Xan
Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:01 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: What's your favorite color?
Replies: 39
Views: 13043

Re: What's your favorite color?

Wow. There is a LOT of irony floating around this topic right now.
by Xan
Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:15 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Nostalgia
Replies: 15
Views: 4524

Re: Nostalgia

Top 30 prolific posters: username - # of posts - first post - latest post (Not including this one!) MachineGhost — 11136 — 2011-11-12 — 2016-11-19 Pointedstick — 9729 — 2012-04-17 — 2019-08-22 MediumTex — 9620 — 2010-04-25 — 2019-08-07 dualstow — 8616 — 2010-10-29 — 2019-11-12 moda0306 — 8177 — 2010...
by Xan
Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:23 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Nostalgia
Replies: 15
Views: 4524

Re: Nostalgia

These seem to be the topics which have had the longest lives. Most are still active. It's possible for there to have been big gaps inside of them, though; I didn't check for that. "YouTube Junkie"; started 2012-02-19, 621 posts, last post 2019-11-11 "Boglehead topic best watch for $5000"; started 20...
by Xan
Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:41 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Nostalgia
Replies: 15
Views: 4524

Re: Nostalgia

Oh, okay sure. I didn't realize there had been significant nostalgia already discussed here. Moving a bunch of posts from Bond Dream Room to Nostalgia.
by Xan
Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:54 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Nostalgia
Replies: 15
Views: 4524

Re: Nostalgia

bedraggled wrote:
Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:38 am
Vinny,

Annie B started the Gold Scream Room in May, 2013.

Anyone heard from Annie B?

Xan,

Is it worth establishing a nostalgia thread?

Thanks.
Go for it.
by Xan
Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:56 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Pets?
Replies: 14
Views: 3489

Re: Pets?

vnatale wrote:
Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:47 pm
I think at this point that I may be immune to it.
That's another common symptom.
by Xan
Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:41 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Pets?
Replies: 14
Views: 3489

Re: Pets?

dualstow wrote:
Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:11 pm
I love this cat and I would kill for her and hide the bodies if she so commanded.
I think that's a major symptom of toxoplasmosis. I do not recommend keeping cats in your living quarters.
by Xan
Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:35 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: IAU Taxes w/Fidelity and TurboTax
Replies: 33
Views: 21024

Re: IAU Taxes w/Fidelity and TurboTax

I use and recommend Free File Fillable Forms. It's an electronic version of the paper forms. Does all the math for you. It's the official way to file online for free.
by Xan
Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:48 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Familiar?
Replies: 34
Views: 10311

Re: Familiar?

I checked what Harry Browne had to say on the subject: Harry was certainly wise in many ways, but he also held some extreme positions that he later walked back. I hope the above is in that category. I don't know how one can say that with a straight face. I don't know from where that quote was taken...
by Xan
Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:47 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Which camp?
Replies: 36
Views: 12079

Re: Which camp?

Slightly off-topic, but I highly recommend Michael Lewis's "The Undoing Project". In addition to being fascinating like most/all of his work, reading this I discovered I had no idea what psychologists actually did, or how interesting it is.
by Xan
Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Familiar?
Replies: 34
Views: 10311

Re: Familiar?

I checked what Harry Browne had to say on the subject: Governments invariably call upon their citizens to cooperate in efforts for the "public good." They want you to sacrifice to help solve economic crises, foreign-trade problems, and military conflicts; but these things were caused originally by ...
by Xan
Sun Nov 10, 2019 8:49 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Which camp?
Replies: 36
Views: 12079

Re: Which camp?

I observed that the book had 2 reviews on Amazon, one glowingly positive and the other negative. I assume you mean the book Vinny started this thread about, rather than the one Krieg just mentioned? On the general topic, I think it would be strange to go in assuming that men's and women's brains ar...
by Xan
Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:43 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: mathjak's daytrading adventures
Replies: 1195
Views: 255573

Re: mathjak's daytrading adventures

Kbg wrote:
Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:11 pm
Can you put some details down as to what you are doing?
Kbg, I'm not sure whether you're asking about stock trading or about attempting to post.

Mathjak and I have been in touch about his posting issues and they should now be resolved.
by Xan
Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:56 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Countering medical cost myths
Replies: 51
Views: 23081

Re: Countering medical cost myths

Here's a horrifying tale of a dentist who sold his practice, and his successor discovered that he'd been doing all manner of nightmarish and unnecessary procedures on all his patients.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar ... ry/586039/
by Xan
Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:35 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Texas Statewide Proposition 9, November 2019 Election
Replies: 46
Views: 33179

Re: Texas Statewide Proposition 9, November 2019 Election

A wealth tax would still be pretty effective against this, I would think.
by Xan
Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:59 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: a Wealth Tax thread
Replies: 27
Views: 9010

Re: a Wealth Tax thread

I just ran across this interesting article from a CPA blogger explaining how Warren's wealth tax would theoretically affect wealthy people, particularly small business owners. It's pretty scary. Of particular note is that the tax would start to kick in on people with a net worth of only $4M which i...
by Xan
Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:51 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: a Wealth Tax thread
Replies: 27
Views: 9010

Re: a Wealth Tax thread

WiseOne wrote:
Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:34 am
I know she's saying "don't worry this will only affect the ultra-rich" now, but isn't that what they said about the AMT?
Not just the AMT, but the income tax itself initially only affected a tiny portion of the population. Now look where we are.
by Xan
Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Epstein
Replies: 89
Views: 49899

Re: Epstein

Click the "Attachments" tab below the message text. That'll let you upload a picture, then you can choose to put it inline in your message.
by Xan
Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:54 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
Replies: 840
Views: 251067

Re: Is Trump doing a good job?

We've had a lot of discussions over the years here about how a balanced budget may not be so good. It seems to cause recessions. The debt of the government is the savings of the private sector. There really isn't a need to "pay back" debt.
by Xan
Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:20 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: mathjak's daytrading adventures
Replies: 1195
Views: 255573

Re: mathjak's daytrading adventures

dualstow wrote:
Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:52 pm
mathjak, don't take this as harrassment, and don't run off like pmward, but shouldn't you just make a vp thread called mathjak's daytrading adventures?
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by Xan
Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:16 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Countering medical cost myths
Replies: 51
Views: 23081

Re: Countering medical cost myths

Certainly seems like most here are relatively non-medicated. WiseOne's nightmare scenario above stretches to get in the 20-25 range. Krieg's chart shows 27 as the average for a 70-year-old. Does that mean for every 70-ish person here on no meds, there's one out there on 50? And are there really 30-y...
by Xan
Tue Nov 05, 2019 8:18 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Countering medical cost myths
Replies: 51
Views: 23081

Re: Countering medical cost myths

The average 30-year-old is on SEVEN (7) prescription medications??

And 70 is pretty old, I guess, but TWENTY-SIX drugs is the average??
by Xan
Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Republican Brain?
Replies: 34
Views: 14191

Re: The Republican Brain?

pug, You call that left wing propaganda. I submit that it is done on both sides, for whatever reasons. It's been climate based scare tactics by the left side for quite a while. They do themselves a huge disservice by putting dates on this stuff. 12 years to go right? Why would anyone do that? You j...
by Xan
Tue Nov 05, 2019 3:47 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Republican Brain?
Replies: 34
Views: 14191

Re: The Republican Brain?

Research Finds Conservatives Are More Happy, Generous, And Purposeful Than Liberals

And if you deny this is true then you are against science! :-)