Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

[dualstow]

Another on the same theme:

Capture.JPG { WHEN IT WAS PERFECTLY FINE FOR KIDS
TO RIDE IN THE BACK OF THE STATION WAGON }

Ha! My brother and I always rode in the way back of our station wagon. A Volare. There’s was a lot of “Hold on, I’m turning!” like in your cartoon panel.

And, it should be mentioned, SUVs are are way more lethal (to what they hit, head on) than are station wagons.

[dualstow]

Your daily b’heads initialism: SUBs are sign-up bonuses in the context of credit card rewards.
That’s like, barely shorter than bonus.

[boglerdude]

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Abbrevi ... d_acronyms

^ not good enough, imho. Glad I weaned off of there before 2020, the purge mustve been insane.

Bough a little PFIX. But I might be making a mistake, maybe I should simply hold less EDV.

[dualstow]

I saw Vinny over there, looking for a thread on tariffs. It’s been locked at least 7 times.

[yankees60]

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Abbrevi ... d_acronyms

^ not good enough, imho. Glad I weaned off of there before 2020, the purge mustve been insane.

Bough a little PFIX. But I might be making a mistake, maybe I should simply hold less EDV.

Ironic for you to come back with two symbols that mean nothing to me!

[dualstow]

^ EDV is very long-term treasury bonds including zero-coupon/STRIPS
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EDV/
I've held it for years at a loss.

I think PFIX is one of those funds that mathjak was hawking recently ^

[yankees60]

^ EDV is very long-term treasury bonds including zero-coupon/STRIPS
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EDV/
I've held it for years at a loss.

I think PFIX is one of those funds that mathjak was hawking recently ^

Last December I finally sold the only stock I'd owned since 2008. A gold stock. Had been losing since I bought it 20 years ago -- at a loss.

[dualstow]

Vin, I see you’re reading ‘The Power Broker.’

I saw Robert Caro in person, giving a talk at my local library a few years ago. Awesome.

[yankees60]

Vin, I see you’re reading ‘The Power Broker.’

I saw Robert Caro in person, giving a talk at my local library a few years ago. Awesome.

Was reading it. Finished it a few weeks ago.

Caro is one of America's great authors.

[Smith1776]

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day with their loved ones!

The missus and I went for Korean food at a local place. They do traditional Korean food but turned up to 11. Giant portions, extra spicy, extra savoury, that kind of thing. We then chilled at home with some gifts we exchanged and chocolate cake.

I ended up getting her a set of these as a gift.

How'd you guys spend the big V day?

[dualstow]

Didn’t go out, but today I cooked dover sole.
She didn’t like it!

[yankees60]

Didn’t go out, but today I cooked dover sole.
She didn’t like it!

Effort unrewarded! Condolences!

[yankees60]

I know we have others here who are also fans of her:

[Smith1776]

Good morning everyone!

Sorry I haven't been checking in much lately. Work and upcoming school are pretty crazy.

About to start my shift. Hope you all have an awesome day.

[dualstow]

Good morning everyone!

Sorry I haven't been checking in much lately. Work and upcoming school are pretty crazy.

About to start my shift. Hope you all have an awesome day.

You as well, Smithers!

[Mountaineer]

Good morning everyone!

Sorry I haven't been checking in much lately. Work and upcoming school are pretty crazy.

About to start my shift. Hope you all have an awesome day.

Likewise to you. It's all going to be okay. :-)

[dualstow]

Here, Smithers, I’ve got one more Hezbollah pager meme to distract you from your studies. In honor of the flyover during Nasrallah’s funeral, which was supposed to be in an undisclosed location

[dualstow]

Look, Vin, forum’s back up

[yankees60]

Look, Vin, forum’s back up

Yes, but don't know if I don't know it's time to log in again and be met with success as opposed to what I've been sometimes seeing the last two days.

[dualstow]

Hey, when you switch to your new PC, are you you going to be copying the files over from the old one, or it’s not necessary?

[yankees60]

Hey, when you switch to your new PC, are you you going to be copying the files over from the old one, or it’s not necessary?

They are both on dropbox so all files in dropbox are automatically getting synced.

For other sets of files that are somewhat static - music, software, pictures - I've started copying to it from external hard drives. I think I have three drives in the new computer totaling about 8 TB.

This one has two, totaling about 3.5 TB.

I think I have over 5 TB total of information.

I've found it better to use smaller drives than bigger ones as it hurts when those 8 TB drives die and take everything with them. Now I'd rather have that same information over two or three drives.

[dualstow]

Why is my coffee burr grinder grinding less and less, meaning I have to run it longer and longer to just to make 20 oz of coffee?
I guess it needs maintenance but in the meantime, where are all the grounds going?

[Mountaineer]

Why is my coffee burr grinder grinding less and less, meaning I have to run it longer and longer to just to make 20 oz of coffee?
I guess it needs maintenance but in the meantime, where are all the grounds going?

I have to take off the bean holder and top grinder burr assembly and vacuum out the really fine, almost dust, from my Capresso burr grinder weekly. A possibility for you?

[dualstow]

I’ll try that! I already cleaned the burs and bean-hopper this morning but I didn’t think to vacuum out the innards. Just have to figure out which vaccuum to use.

[dualstow]

I guess the grounds are stuck on there from the natural oils. They didn’t vaccuum well.