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Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:53 am
by yankees60
WiseOne wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:49 am
Vinny you can absolutely plant cool weather loving plants now. If you have a hard freeze that would be an issue, but temps in the upper 30s/40s overnight are not a big deal as the soil won't get as cold. The fact that some plants were already growing nicely in the plot says I could have done this a few weeks ago. My sister lives not too far west of you, and she's planting now too.
I got a seed starter tray for my Aerogarden Sprout, which is a mini hydroponic garden that works great for herbs indoors and doubles as an undercounter light in the kitchen. It lets you start 15 seedlings and it gives them a big jump start. I've got lettuce and arugula in mine, and I'm planning to put those into the garden tomorrow. Then I'm going to start tomatoes and peppers in the Aerogarden. They'll go into the ground sometime in mid to late May.
This morning I did wake up to snow, continual snow up until a while ago, and seeing accumulation! Seems, though, that is has gotten warmer as much that accumulated snow has melted.
What would have happened to the cool weather loving plants during this snow fall?
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:53 am
by Smith1776
yankees60 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:53 am
This morning I did wake up to snow, continual snow up until a while ago, and seeing accumulation! Seems, though, that is has gotten warmer as much that accumulated snow has melted.
What would have happened to the cool weather loving plants during this snow fall?
Vinny
I want to wake up to snow... though I do not want to shovel it.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:54 am
by Kriegsspiel
It snowed here recently. I have some lettuce seeds growing in pots outside that I didn't bother moving indoors; didn't seem to affect them, but time will tell. I'm pretty hands-off with my plants.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 5:47 pm
by yankees60
I went here and put in my zip code:
https://davesgarden.com/guides/freeze-frost-dates/
My results were:
Each winter, on average, your risk of frost is from September 26 through May 13.
Almost certainly, however, you will receive frost from October 9 through April 29.
You are almost guaranteed that you will not get frost from May 27 through September 13.
Your frost-free growing season is around 136 days.
What results do each of you get? I assume that more are longer than 136 days, none shorter?
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:19 pm
by Smith1776
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Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:27 pm
by dualstow
Now that is funny!
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:28 pm
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:27 pm
Now that is funny!
My goal for 2020.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:28 pm
by Tortoise
I don't get it. Is it just a bad English translation?
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:43 pm
by Xan
Tortoise wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:28 pm
I don't get it. Is it just a bad English translation?
Almost certainly yes, and probably machine-generated. My favorites are ones like these:
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Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:58 pm
by dualstow
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:19 pm
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useless but pretty) E0F64C90-9286-4D0E-B46D-5A3246DACA86.jpeg
P.S. I made it my mission to track down that penultimate character, 废, and it took me forever. (You know the traditional definition of 'putz' is time-waster.
Trying to search phonetically or by visual elements failed, but I finally found success at Google Translate where they let me draw the damn thing, albeit horribly.
Chinese character input re:computing has come a long way.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:00 pm
by dualstow
That's a good one, Xan.
If you guys enjoy those, you might go down the engrish rabbit hole at engrish dot com.
Oh, man. This one.
Caption reads:
DEFINITELY NOT A LINCOLN
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 3:00 pm
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:00 pm
That's a good one, Xan.
If you guys enjoy those, you might go down the engrish rabbit hole at engrish dot com.
Oh, man. This one.
Caption reads:
DEFINITELY NOT A LINCOLN
Pretty much my view of law enforcement after my traffic ticket fiasco.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:07 pm
by yankees60
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 3:00 pm
dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:00 pm
That's a good one, Xan.
If you guys enjoy those, you might go down the engrish rabbit hole at engrish dot com.
Oh, man. This one.
Caption reads:
DEFINITELY NOT A LINCOLN
Pretty much my view of law enforcement after my traffic ticket fiasco.
What is the countdown now? I am guessing 18 days? Or 22?
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:41 pm
by Smith1776
yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:07 pm
What is the countdown now? I am guessing 18 days? Or 22?
Vinny
18 days!!
I'm still awake!!
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:01 pm
by Smith1776
Congrats to Dualstow for reaching 10,000 posts!!
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:09 pm
by dualstow
Oh shoot, I was going to pause at 10,000. What do I do now?
Maybe at 10,010.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:42 pm
by bedraggled
DS,
You are 44 away from Machine Ghost.
All is good.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 7:17 am
by Smith1776
Once Dualstow surpasses MachineGhost, will he be the user with the most posts on the forum of all time?
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:10 am
by yankees60
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 7:17 am
Once Dualstow surpasses MachineGhost, will he be the user with the most posts on the forum of all time?
Seems to be the case.
Then it will truly be the case of, "All Hail Dualstow!" The full abdication by MachineGhost will have been completed!
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:20 am
by Smith1776
yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:10 am
Seems to be the case.
Then it will truly be the case of, "All Hail Dualstow!" The full abdication by MachineGhost will have been completed!
Vinny
Dualstow's contributions to the forum are indeed invaluable.
It does make me sad that Craig and Tex, the progenitors of the forum, are getting surpassed. Their posts being pushed back further and further into archive territory.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 6:01 pm
by Smith1776
Random thought.
We all suspect that Ray Dalio's All-Weather fund and his risk parity philosophy were strongly influenced by Browne.
I just realized it goes further than that though. You know the concept of the PP and VP split? Well, Dalio does that too. His All-Weather fund is his PP, and his Pure Alpha fund (that makes active bets) is his VP.
A little recognition of Browne on the part of Dalio would be nice.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 6:13 pm
by Smith1776
Second random observation.
Kevin O'Leary (Shark Tank guy) has long been known for espousing a dividend philosophy thanks to his mother. Now, we all know on this forum that dividends are not the income he supposes. I'm sure he gets tons of messages, mail, tweets, etc. telling him that he's wrong to think of dividends as income.
It seems he's finally started to change his tune. In his recent interviews and talks I've noticed he's been slyly backing away from the dividend tune. Now he's talking about emphasizing quality stocks that return capital by other methods such as buybacks. The marketing material on his ETFs has been changing lately too.
O'Leary being who he is, I'm sure he'll never admit he was ever wrong, but I suspect behind the scenes he's finally been caught up to date on the logic and math behind dividend irrelevance.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 7:38 pm
by dualstow
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 6:01 pm
A little recognition of Browne on the part of Dalio would be nice.
It’s like if Greta Van Fleet never acknowledged Led Zeppelin.
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 8:10 pm
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 7:38 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 6:01 pm
A little recognition of Browne on the part of Dalio would be nice.
It’s like if Greta Van Fleet never acknowledged Led Zeppelin.
I have their "From the Fires" CD. Their first one? I don't even know how many recordings they have. I think I read that comparison and I think I've only listened to it once and remember not coming to the same judgment. I have it in front of me now and I'll listen to it later tonight and see if my opinion changes.
Vinny
Re: A place to talk about random things....
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 8:30 pm
by dualstow
Focus on the vocals.