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Yes, tone of voice can often convey a lot of information beyond the actual words themselves. Those of us who are married are well aware of the experience. :)
@davidmoran- Yes, same-house funds can be advantageous under certain circumstances. American, for example, has no "star" managers. All of the funds are run by various committees, with some degree of cross-fertilization. Will never grab any headlines…
Back in the 70s we started with a number of American Funds, and kept with them for well over 21 years. Sure, did some buying, selling, and trading among various American Funds, but still stayed the course with the family. In fact, still have a very …
Yes, I've occasionally seen this complaint in comments from reviewers of various products. Since reviews are supposedly vetted by Amazon itself before being posted it's really hard to understand how Amazon wouldn't be aware of such practices.
If someone has an income from pensions and SS which more than meets living expenses, and also a substantial amount of savings, then the main question would seem to concern the ongoing degradation of the savings component from inflation.
So then th…
I don't understand why this is considered a "silly question, silly answer". It's a question that I've asked myself many, many times over the last couple of years as I've watched the equity market continually rack up gains.
Good morning, @rono. I've been thinking exactly like you for a while now. I just wish that Mother Nature would be a little more efficient at disposing of the leaders rather than the followers.
I believe that a large part of the problem is that our …
Pretty hard to find sympathy for those who deliberately refuse to protect themselves, become infected, and then drain the medical resources of their communities, all the while putting others in additional danger.
Seems to me that you're kind of nitpicking that table. The colors are pretty nice... (kind of patriotic), the font looks OK, and all of the lines are straight.
@Derf- Same problem here, except link to me to AT&T email login. AT&T, oddly enough, uses Yahoo to provide email service.
I'm thinking that "https://mail.yahoo.com/" link of yours is just a general address to access Yahoo email, which would…
Well, with people like Friedman at least it's all out in the open and you can see what you're up against. Unlike others like Charles Koch who sneak around behind the cover of "independent" political and "public interest" organizations that they crea…
@hank and @Catch22-
As I was trying to get to sleep last night I found myself still wondering about the whole thing, especially why anyone might go to the trouble of changing the background of that picture.
Here is a scenario which could explain m…
@hank- Not certain what's "settled" exactly. I've been exploring Bayne Stanley's photos also, and it's certainly true that he's taken many good shots at YVR.
BTW, I wasn't suggesting that the entire OP was photoshopped- just the background. The pla…
@hank- You've likely read my comments on this in the "Other investing or Off Topic" post. Seems to be increasing sloppiness and questionable judgement in the choice of article placement. No good will come of this if it continues... just a matter of …
Well, I've spent a fair amount of time looking at Google Earth closeups of just about every West Coast airfield that could reasonably be considered. Nothing near a large runway with those buildings present. Now I'm really wondering about a Photoshop…
Catch- Yes, I did read your comments closely. But take a look at that photo again, especially the background. To the left, the partial view of the Quonset hut. Center-right, the red and white pole, with the smallish building to the right. Those sort…
@Catch22 & @hank- Catch's mention of Google Maps inspired me to take a look at YVR using Google Earth. Now I'm wondering if the airport is in fact YVR- the photo shows a pretty decent tree line, probably fir trees- just behind a closer stand of …
@hank- re 26R / 08L, yes I wondered about that also. The main problem that I have on the whole thing is trying to come up with a logical intersection where the Air Tahiti might be waiting- either after landing or before takeoff- while the United tak…
Vancouver runway configuration:
@hank- Yes, I also wonder if that 787 is in line for take off or maybe just waiting to cross the runway behind the 319, because if the United is in fact taking off it must have started much further down the runway.…
A bit of history may be helpful here. In the past, there have been postings, typically with aggressive political overtones, by a very few individuals who drew the ire of a significant number of MFO readers and posters. This escalated until David Sno…
