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I have a new family of foxes living under my shed (I counted 5 pups last night). I expect they will all gorge themselves on cicadas once they emerge.

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I used to redirect additional money toward it just to make myself feel better ($1k/mo extra on the mortgage payment), but refinanced into a 15 year @ 2% last year. I stopped extra contributions completely now and everything is going into taxable. I don't mind holding 2% debt on a balance I could pay...

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This is anecdotal, but I have heard from two sources (a neighbor in the process of building a new house and a retired GC) that materials costs across the board are "ridiculous" right now and that I ought to avoid redoing my deck for a year or two unless it is totally unusable/falling apart.

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Just went to lumberyard yesterday! Got a few free samples and brochures. Manager said most people leave more confused than they started, because the choices are overwhelming. So far I learned: 1. Every line has more than once choice - not just good, better, best...but monochromatic, little/lot wood...

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As you found out, there is some weirdness going on with material prices as well as contractors being awash in business due to surging demand. We had a well known deck contractor in our area come out to quote removing our old PT deck and replacing with composite (Trex Transcend, Trex Signature railin...

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It's interesting how that Kia Telluride with 20/27 mpg is a relatively inefficient car nowadays. From the internet, this is about the same fuel efficiency as a much smaller and lighter typical 1990s sedan like Honda Accord. I recall that Dodge Durango from a while ago used to get 9/10 mpg. Anyway, ...

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I don't use it personally, but had to get a batch of phones for a project at the office and went with Ting. It worked out so well I did the same with the next batch so now I have a few teams using Ting devices with no complaints. This is in a major metro area so can't speak to coverage in other area...

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I've been using it during COVID and have been pretty happy with it, but by itself it won't get to where most people want to get - conversational fluency. I have found it a great refresher on vocab and my reading and writing Spanish is getting much better, but I had years of Spanish in both high scho...

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Nice little ARK pop so far today on an otherwise blah market day. That’s right bogleheads- keep spitting on the ARK funds. Maybe we can do for ARK what we did for Bitcoin. A disdain powered explosion. Muhhahahaha. It's still 9-10% behind a dumb-as-a-rock Nasdaq index fund YTD. I'm not seeing the &q...

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I'm at 57/43 so am "naturally rebalanced" and won't fiddle with it this time around.

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Got a quote to replace my old PT deck earlier this year with composite for $80k. Decided I am just going to redo the deck boards/railings myself with PT. $80k.. lol.

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I just had to sign up for a next business day by 7 pm test for an international vacation in June and the out of pocket cost was $125 (I then reimbursed myself with FSA funds). The place I am getting it has a whole range of tests available depending on how soon you need it. Same day is $350 and 2-3 d...

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...the optimal portfolio has 70% BTC, so that's my goal. I know you are being facetious, but did someone seriously rec. that? Yes, there were 2 separate threads. One poster asked about going personally to a 70% BTC/30% VTI portfolio. Another poster had a thread recommending a 60% BTC portfolio (I a...

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Rebalancing the classic 55/45 HFEA in a few days (end of quarter). TMF seems to be pulling this thing down the drain... :-( Yup.. thinking about ceasing my "new money rebalance" system and just setting a stop loss and walking away when it hits it. I can always take the proceeds and invest...

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Rebalancing the classic 55/45 HFEA in a few days (end of quarter). TMF seems to be pulling this thing down the drain... :-( Yup.. thinking about ceasing my "new money rebalance" system and just setting a stop loss and walking away when it hits it. I can always take the proceeds and invest...

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We rolled the dice after 15 years of nothing but Hondas and bought a 2020 XC90 last July. Haven't had it long enough to deal with reliability and thanks to COVID it still has less than 2000 miles on it. Maybe one of these days I'll get to drive it into the office.

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For the record I'm around 75% Irish and favor a good small batch Kentucky bourbon whiskey like Elijah Craig over anything Irish. But I also despise corned beef and cabbage and Guinness so there's that... I keep Jameson in the bar for Irish Coffees, but I am not a big fan of it neat. My favorite are...

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You may not want another ASUS after your experience, but I'm on day 3 of my ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero and so far so good.. Lol, definitely not. Day 3 does not give me the warm and fuzzies. Both of my TUF X570s made it right around 3 months before progressively failing. well...at least I don't ha...

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Well my desktop has failed 4 times in the same way as previously over the past 2 days, and now is in it's "unrecoverable" state, where last time I had to have Asus replace the motherboard. I think I'm officially done with this crappy TUF X570-Plus Gaming board, and it's going in the trash...

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“It seems like many are even afraid to leave the house. It will be hard to get lots of ideas on this forum.” “Cheaper for the rest of us. First international trip is to Turks and Caicos in May. Called the vaccination timeline just about perfectly (humble brag).” I was just looking at T & C last...

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“It seems like many are even afraid to leave the house. It will be hard to get lots of ideas on this forum.” “Cheaper for the rest of us. First international trip is to Turks and Caicos in May. Called the vaccination timeline just about perfectly (humble brag).” I was just looking at T & C last...

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No fence is 100% but you can come close. Depending on the breed, some dogs can escape a fence suitable for a penitentiary. We live on a fairly busy road on ~2.5 acres, and installed an Invisible Fence (brand) in 2004. A physical fence would be impractical. We've had a total 8 dogs on the fence and ...

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I can't speak for the new systems, but my last post in this thread is about 4 years old and our dog is now almost 11 and she still has never run outside the fence and adheres to the boundary marker as if it were a real fence. Since then a new neighbor has moved in and she has 4 dogs that are super a...

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birdog wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:29 pm
Bryzzo2016 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:56 pm Did anyone see Ryan Cohen's latest tweet a few hours ago? Seems bullish.
That’s weird. Why would Cohen tweet something bullish regarding GME?

lol..

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I'm not sure where they are going to position themselves to compete that is going to be successful (Xbox live? Steam? Amazon?). A merger with Steam? 1:1 or 1:2? If latter, which ones is worth twice as much? Don't think Microsoft or Amazon wants to spend what it will take to pick GME. Saw an estimat...

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Can one buy long puts on GME? This is maybe a $20 stock, at best. Go ahead. I (explicative deleted) dare you. GameStop fair price is $1000/share. Write it down. Undervalued right now. By a lot. How are you get to fair price at $1000? I've heard a few experts value it at under $50 so am wondering ho...

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VtsaxParade wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:22 pm Not sure why people get so emotional when asset prices don't fit their valuation. Especially when they don't own them.

*cough cough* bitcoin

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I'll be shocked if it tops $500.

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health teacher wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:33 pm The Gamestop because they are trimming fat and the others are all about adding fat.

lol.. ok, that one made me laugh.

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My local GameStop was in a little cluster of a few shops that included a Chipotle, a Starbucks, a Noodles and an ice cream shop. Guess which one of those 5 is no longer in business.

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Wheres my buddy Queso????? He loves this nonsense as much as I do This isn't WSB. You're supposed to refer to other forum members as 'My esteemed colleague' or 'My learned friend', or the 'The Honorable Mr,/Ms. So and so' , not as 'my buddy' ! In this case esteemed, learned, and honorable would all...

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Just an interesting note, during this last NASDAQ downturn, bitcoin held value pretty well compared to last March when it tanked with the total market. I guess the point is that it might be starting to hold it's value more independently of the stock market and more like a separate currency. I notic...

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Just an interesting note, during this last NASDAQ downturn, bitcoin held value pretty well compared to last March when it tanked with the total market. I guess the point is that it might be starting to hold it's value more independently of the stock market and more like a separate currency. I notic...

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Wheres my buddy Queso????? He loves this nonsense as much as I do I get too excited and my overuse of WSB lingo gets me in trouble with the powers that be so I had to tone it down. I wish you guys the best on your quadruple gamma squozen with punctuated short ladder attacks, May your tendi...er, pr...

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I have the Safety Siren unit listed upthread and my long term reading is 2.6 right now. I did one of the Accustar tests for 3-4 months a couple of years ago and it came back from the lab at 1.7 (The Safety Siren was reading 2.8 when I completed the Accustar test). I don't know that this is helpful a...

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Wheres my buddy Queso????? He loves this nonsense as much as I do I get too excited and my overuse of WSB lingo gets me in trouble with the powers that be so I had to tone it down. I wish you guys the best on your quadruple gamma squozen with punctuated short ladder attacks, May your tendi...er, pr...

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ARK! Oh wait...it's less fun these days.

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Ray_McKigney wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:51 pm Time for someone to start an "ARKK is on sale" thread.

Was just thinking do I double down or run for the hills.

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In a similar boat as you are.. We paid $1k extra toward the mortgage every month for years, but refi'd into a 15 year 2% last year and I immediately stopped all extra payments and have been channeling that extra money into taxable and a few luxury purchases (replacing a 15 year old car, home repairs...

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I just reread the prospectus again and it doesn't say a thing about numbers going down. :( I bought the dip this week on crypto and PLTR and ARKG and I already regret the last one. I love you Queso but Cathie Woods is in the limelight and she sounds like a crazy person every time she speaks. I’m lo...

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Here's the thing, while RobinHood is a bad company for many reasons, but making an app that shows how "easy" investing is is one of their strong suits. I go to Vanguard.com and I see an alphabet soup of 5-letter funds that start with "V". I don't know what any of it means. I go ...

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Here is another WSJ article (2/25/2021) about Robinhood. "Charlie Munger Renews Robinhood Criticism, Likens App to Racetrack Betting." link . “I hate this luring of people into engaging in speculative orgies,” Mr. Munger told The Wall Street Journal from his Los Angeles home. Robinhood “m...

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Here is another WSJ article (2/25/2021) about Robinhood. "Charlie Munger Renews Robinhood Criticism, Likens App to Racetrack Betting." link . “I hate this luring of people into engaging in speculative orgies,” Mr. Munger told The Wall Street Journal from his Los Angeles home. Robinhood “m...

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I just reread the prospectus again and it doesn't say a thing about numbers going down.

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GameStop's CFO is resigning (no reason given). I read somewhere that he was basically pushed out by Ryan Cohen et al and that they want someone more tech/online focused and not retail focused to help guide them through their transition. If true that could explain some of the buzz..namely that Cohen...

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jdb wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:38 pm So exciting. I always wanted to invest/speculate in bitcoin but never figured out best way. Now with my TSLA holdings can combine investing/speculating in Tesla with investing/speculating in bitcoin. Good luck.

It's like a two for one sale on memes.

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as9 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:34 pm Reddit is down right now. Does anyone know why this is happening?

Melvin Capital! Is it Plotkin? Quick...call your congressperson.

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I'm trying to live vicariously through you guys, but the fomo is kicking in already.. :( Yeah, you have to act really fast with these things. It's like crossing the street in traffic. The worst thing to do is to jump into the road at the last second. That's how you become road kill. It would be tra...

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I'm trying to live vicariously through you guys, but the fomo is kicking in already.. :( Yeah, you have to act really fast with these things. It's like crossing the street in traffic. The worst thing to do is to jump into the road at the last second. That's how you become road kill. It would be tra...

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SlowMovingInvestor wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:17 pm There isn't a lot of short interest at this point, is there ? So there isn't likely to be a squeeze.

If the fomo and memes are strong enough we don't need the squeeze!

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