Gyroscopic Investing

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:43 am ^ this ^ Thanks, M.
I’m staying on X myself. I can read most everyone there, and wouldn’t want to leave.

What I just said except far more concisely.

Happy Thanksgiving to Mountaineer

and everyone else

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:03 am Happy Thanksgiving to Mountaineer

and everyone else

Likewise. We all have much to be thankful for.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday!

So three turkeys pardoned this year?

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:39 am So three turkeys pardoned this year?

ROFLMAO. Plus 1 more who did the pardons.

from the main bitcoin thread;

yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 10:35 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:35 pm Don't mean to sound like a broken record, but I really recommend those Michael Saylor podcasts/interviews/speeches.

He's the best statesman for Bitcoin in the whole world IMO.

"Don't mean to sound like a broken record"

When will that cliche ever be updated / replaced?
…

Hopefully never. It’s a perfectly fine simile.

I'd be curious whether Smith has ever experienced a broken record that skips back to where it was before over and over. I'm guessing he hasn't. If he's able to know about and use the phrase despite that, seems like it'll survive a good long time.

There must be countless examples of this- “even a broken clock is right twice a day” Most people use digital, and a fair subset of those are used to self-correcting cable boxes, computers and cellphones and not much else for telling time.

“Just under the wire”

“burning the candle at both ends” or “~ the midnight oil”

“close, but no cigar.”

Suddenly, I’m reminded of Craigr’s post on skeumorphs in computer icons.

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 5:02 pm from the main bitcoin thread;

yankees60 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 10:35 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:35 pm Don't mean to sound like a broken record, but I really recommend those Michael Saylor podcasts/interviews/speeches.

He's the best statesman for Bitcoin in the whole world IMO.

"Don't mean to sound like a broken record"

When will that cliche ever be updated / replaced?
…

Hopefully never. It’s a perfectly fine simile.

If one knows what a record is. Otherwise it's like one of those sayings from The Bible wherein you have no idea what it means -- like "heaping coals on your head".

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 5:57 pm There must be countless examples of this- “even a broken clock is right twice a day” Most people use digital, and a fair subset of those are used to self-correcting cable boxes, computers and cellphones and not much else for telling time.

“Just under the wire”

“burning the candle at both ends” or “~ the midnight oil”

“close, but no cigar.”

Suddenly, I’m reminded of Craigr’s post on skeumorphs in computer icons.

Aside from the issue of using cliches ... there is using cliches for which younger generations just won't understand what they mean.

I think that it must be when all the generations finally die out who knew what they mean ... then they stop being used. Therefore, the ones who still use them when the objects no longer exist are somewhat captives of the past.

I won’t quibble- let’s say I’m running out of steam
but I don’t think of younger generations as captives of the past. They make their own language. When expressions stop serving us, they do often die out.

People have mostly stopped saying, “You belong in a straitjacket,” because the object isn’t used anymore.
Vinyl records, however, have made a huge resurgence.

More importantly, though, you use phrases all the time for which you may not even know the origins. We all do. Does that bring communication to a halt? Nope.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 7:19 am You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

That is a timeless one.

However, am I remembering using apple cider vinegar to catch fruit flies?

Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:48 am Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

Hmm, that's a new one for me. Interesting. I heard something on 'Sopranos' which I think is very similar, but it's not really family-friendly enough to post.

- - -

I just got a new PC. I am one of those rare birds that bought a PC after having Mac for decades. But unlike Vinny, I'm not going to wait until the old Mac falls apart. I'll be using both machines soon.

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:48 am Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

First time I am seeing this one. Original to you?

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:29 am

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:48 am Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

Hmm, that's a new one for me. Interesting. I heard something on 'Sopranos' which I think is very similar, but it's not really family-friendly enough to post.

- - -

I just got a new PC. I am one of those rare birds that bought a PC after having Mac for decades. But unlike Vinny, I'm not going to wait until the old Mac falls apart. I'll be using both machines soon.

Almost two years later I am continuing to use old reliable. I do use the new one sometimes. Used it a fair amount this summer when this one was overheating during the days.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:46 am

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:48 am Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

First time I am seeing this one. Original to you?

No. I don’t remember where I first heard it.

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 11:00 am

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:46 am

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:48 am Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

First time I am seeing this one. Original to you?

No. I don’t remember where I first heard it.

A Bing search reveals several references to it. Before reading one of them I could not fathom what it meant.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/do ... your+bread

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 11:37 am

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 11:00 am

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:46 am

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:48 am Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

First time I am seeing this one. Original to you?

No. I don’t remember where I first heard it.

A Bing search reveals several references to it. Before reading one of them I could not fathom what it meant.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/do ... your+bread

The version of that I've heard is "don't dip your pen in the company ink".

Ah, that's good. Much better

Xan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:04 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 11:37 am

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 11:00 am

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:46 am

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:48 am Don't get your meat where you earn your bread.

First time I am seeing this one. Original to you?

No. I don’t remember where I first heard it.

A Bing search reveals several references to it. Before reading one of them I could not fathom what it meant.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/do ... your+bread

The version of that I've heard is "don't dip your pen in the company ink".

Another one I'd never seen before ...

https://www.slickofficematerial.com/don ... nk-origin/

Don’t Dip Your Pen In The Company Ink Origin

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:01 pm

I had both Fox News and MSNBC on for many hours today up until 6 PM but no news since. Has he been caught yet? I'm amazed that he still had not with the emergence of the clear face picture of him plus the others.