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[disneysteve]

Exactly. When people hear "cereal" do they think shredded wheat or do they think Lucky Charms. One has 7gm of fiber, 0gm of sugar, and 6gm of...

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That's pretty condescending. Are you a mental health professional? If not, please don't go around dispensing medical advice. And if you are a professional,...

[disneysteve]

Exactly. We can talk about what the market is doing, what interest rates are doing, the price of gold, etc. But asking what's behind it all is where it...

[disneysteve]

About 6 months ago I bought a set of china at a local auction. I paid $60 and sold a bunch of it to Replacements for $319. There were a bunch of pieces...

[disneysteve]

It doesn’t.

But you’re looking at the administration’s actions in terms of economic impact but you can’t really discuss...

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Let's stick to the financial topics, not the political ones....

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The bigger problem is that most of what passes as bread, cereal, rice, and pasta is far removed from what is meant by those terms. Fresh whole grain bread,...

[disneysteve]

Robinhood is probably subject to the normal security regulations since they are a brokerage. The crypto stuff is still the wild west and can do whatever...

[disneysteve]

Wow. Financial apps with no password needed? I guess that's what you get with an unregulated industry. Yeah, I wouldn't be doing that....

[disneysteve]

Are there not passwords or face ID or something with those other accounts? It's best not to remain logged in to financial apps. Actually, most good financial...

[disneysteve]

Sounds like Arculus is more secure for that reason. Somebody would need access to your phone and to that card in order to get into your account....

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I spent the morning in the garage and feel like I made some more real progress. I've got one full carton packed for Goodwill plus a few more items in...

[disneysteve]

What the administration doesn't grasp is that bringing manufacturing back to the US isn't ever going to happen. Free market dictates otherwise.
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I went through another box in the garage tonight. Several things to donate, a couple to sell, and a small bag of personal stuff to keep. I also listed...

[disneysteve]

It hit 105K in late January before starting to fall again. Looks like it's mostly been around 85K the past month except for a brief drop to 75K.
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[disneysteve]

Well I doubt any of us would make the exact same decisions in life if we knew then what we knew now.

Specifically about our house? I don't...

[disneysteve]

I actually haven't listed anything on ebay for a week. I need to do some this weekend. I brought a few items in from the garage the other night so I'll...

[disneysteve]

Betting that your income will remain steady, uninterrupted, and consistently rising is definitely a risk. It's very easy to lose that bet. Your job shuts...

[disneysteve]

Third thrifting day in a row. Today we went to 2 shops, spent $38.15, and selling the items for $185.

So 3-day total is $127.43 spent and...

[disneysteve]

Exactly! Dave Ramsey often says, "Normal is broke". By choosing not to be broke, we are all abnormal....