Gyroscopic Investing

yankees60 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:11 pm

pp4me wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:32 pm Out of sheer boredom I built a raised garden in my backyard so my wife could plant some vegetables and herbs only to find the first crop eaten by some animal that I assumed to be a squirrel though it may have been a rabbit or fruit rat.

So I bought this gizmo on Amazon for $42 which I would describe as an electronic scarecrow but they call it a "Ultrasonic Animal Repellent Outdoor,Solar Powered Waterproof Animal Repeller with Motion Sensor". Seems to be working so far with the second crop just starting to come in.



(Further Note: Made in China, of course).

I was all set to buy this as there is a woodchuck or similar type animal taking out a lot of my crops. But there are a lot of poor reviews for the product. Way too many for me to buy it.

Vinny

pp4me wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:35 am

yankees60 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:11 pm

pp4me wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:32 pm Out of sheer boredom I built a raised garden in my backyard so my wife could plant some vegetables and herbs only to find the first crop eaten by some animal that I assumed to be a squirrel though it may have been a rabbit or fruit rat.

So I bought this gizmo on Amazon for $42 which I would describe as an electronic scarecrow but they call it a "Ultrasonic Animal Repellent Outdoor,Solar Powered Waterproof Animal Repeller with Motion Sensor". Seems to be working so far with the second crop just starting to come in.



(Further Note: Made in China, of course).

I was all set to buy this as there is a woodchuck or similar type animal taking out a lot of my crops. But there are a lot of poor reviews for the product. Way too many for me to buy it.

Vinny

Yeah, it was one of those products that had a lot of good reviews and a lot of poor ones but there were more good ones so I took a chance. Like I said, seems to be working so far.

I always read Amazon reviews in reverse chronological order.
Vinny

Vinny

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:25 pm

I always read Amazon reviews in reverse chronological order.
Vinny

Vinny

me too.

pp4me wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:46 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:25 pm

I always read Amazon reviews in reverse chronological order.
Vinny

Vinny

me too.

I've had several Amazon companies whose product I purchased offer me something free for a 5 star review so that tends to make me discount them.

I always look at the 1 star reviews, especially if there are a lot of them, to see if there is one particular thing most people are complaining about. If so I'll probably forget about it.

On the other hand I have bought quite a few things that were just like the electronic scarecrow where there are a lot of both 5 star and 1 star reviews and never experienced the problems people complained about in the 1 star reviews so it doesn't stop me from giving it a try. Especially with Amazon's return policy.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:33 pm Generally, when people ask me where I'm from, I have always said San Diego or Portland or Sonoma or Fort Lauderdale or anyplace that is not "here" and which I know well enough. Lately, I've been going with Sioux Falls, SD. Because there is paranoia permeating the air - and people need a quick label to know if you are "safe" or not.

Usually when I would check into a hotel, I would use my passport card for ID - as it doesn't have an address on it and I don't want a bunch of questions about Sioux Falls - which I know very little about. Now, though, I use my driver's license and proudly claim to be a South Dakotan.

No one knows what to think of South Dakotans. People don't have a snappy label to apply. Hard right or left? Virus infected or not? Are there even enough people in your state to matter? Is that far from here?

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:33 pm Generally, when people ask me where I'm from, I have always said San Diego or Portland or Sonoma or Fort Lauderdale or anyplace that is not "here" and which I know well enough. Lately, I've been going with Sioux Falls, SD. Because there is paranoia permeating the air - and people need a quick label to know if you are "safe" or not.

Usually when I would check into a hotel, I would use my passport card for ID - as it doesn't have an address on it and I don't want a bunch of questions about Sioux Falls - which I know very little about. Now, though, I use my driver's license and proudly claim to be a South Dakotan.

No one knows what to think of South Dakotans. People don't have a snappy label to apply. Hard right or left? Virus infected or not? Are there even enough people in your state to matter? Is that far from here?

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:56 pm
South Dakota is best known as the tropical Dakota.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:30 pm How many places did you live through high school?
All of California while growing up. A move every couple of years. In high school it was Porterville and San Diego

I think you stated recently that you'd passed through Rhode Island not that long ago?
I had plans to, but it turns out that Rhode Island is the only state that includes South Dakota on it's quarantine list.

How do you label Rhode Island?
My Sonoma friend calls it "Lil' Rhody". But then, again, she calls me a "Sodak". She's a bit cutting, that way. I don't have an impression of Rhode Island yet. Maybe sometime after they take me off of the blacklist.

When people hear you speak where do they oftentimes assume you are from?
Is a California accent even a thing? In my world, I don't have an accent and everyone else does... I've never had anyone comment on it. Except when I'm in a Spanish speaking country, people will guess that I'm from some other country, not theirs.

Vinny
Mark

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:27 pm

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:56 pm
South Dakota is best known as the tropical Dakota.

Okay, that's funny. I'm stealing that.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:27 pm ...

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:45 am Here is some very un-PC semi-satire on current events by a good old West Virginia boy, Fred Reed - he’s from Crumpler, WV way down in the bottom super redneck part of the state. Maybe we can have a post-corona reunion and go check out his 'holler'.

https://www.unz.com/freed/big-orlys-dia ... er-report/

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:45 am Here is some very un-PC semi-satire on current events by a good old West Virginia boy, Fred Reed - he’s from Crumpler, WV way down in the bottom super redneck part of the state. Maybe we can have a post-corona reunion and go check out his 'holler'.

https://www.unz.com/freed/big-orlys-dia ... er-report/

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:52 pm I happened to have a pork loin in my cooler and my hotel hot water tap was 138°. Woohoo!

4 hours of tap water dribble and my oh my.

porkloin.jpeg

MangoMan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:37 am Mark,

Super amazing that you slow cooked a loin in the sink, but the post prior to that one ...
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Please translate.