That fever ran hot and cold, to be sure. I'd be shivering so hard that it hurt my back, then an hour later I'd be neutral, and an hour after that I'd be running with sweat...at least until Friday night, which was ALL sweat.
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That fever ran hot and cold, to be sure. I'd be shivering so hard that it hurt my back, then an hour later I'd be neutral, and an hour after that I'd be running with sweat...at least until Friday night, which was ALL sweat.
Went for a nice long walk this morning. I saw coots. Lots and lots of coots.
We got snow, though, which was mostly melted from the path, but where there was shade, it was icy.
What was kind of funny is that, despite getting less than an inch of snow on the ground, people were trying to make something out of it. I saw a guy out using a garden rake to gather snow that his young daughter put into buckets, perhaps for a snowman. That was a lot of work. We'll likely get more snow later.
I had to look that up, we call them pouldeau here, although I never heard the “l” before and always thought they were spelled poo-doo.
I've heard of an old coot.
I hope we get snow again, my apple tree really thrived last year and I think it was because of the historic cold weather we got.
You may have heard of "crazy as a coot". They are funny little birds. They are kind of the amphibious duck, as their feet aren't webbed for swimming, but are these weird hybrid feet suited both for land, water, and mud.
I would see one dive, then pop back to the surface like a cork. It wasn't a deep pond, so they were getting down, grabbing something, then bobbing back up.
Yesterday was Tuesday....
... didn't got anything done....
Not bad for a Tuesday
You didn't say 6-7 repeatedly?
All the cool kids are saying it.
And nerdy kids.
And jocks.
And pot heads
In other words, every kid is saying it.
Please God, help me. I don't want to hear 6-7 anymore.
I think my cousin is 6-7.
I haven't said it, but then again, I'm not a kid.
Got a portion of the yard raked. Enough to fill the three trash barrels I have on hand. One more week might finish the job.
It's going to be a wet week, though. Raking wet leaves isn't bad, but if it then turns cold, the leaves freeze into the trash bin and it can be a month or two before I can get them all dumped.
Dump a heater into the bin?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Ya know, for the frozen leaves to have it warm and cozy....
That sounds as if absolutely nothing could go wrong.
Yeah, let me just try that...
It may not matter. A warm, rainy, weekend might mean that trash day will also be well above freezing, which will make the leaf dumping easier.
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It's been cold and wet here and doesn't seem to be letting up for a couple of days.
We would consider 60+ degree weather in December to be beautiful. lol
We've been in the low 50's and haven't seen to sun in several days. Then again, I'm sure there's some that would consider 50's toasty this time of year. We're suppose to get into the 60's this weekend.
I bought my Christmas tree from IKEA,
I hope they sent ya enough branches in the other box. :bigyello:Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
And the glue in the "miscellaneous items bag"Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
Anyone remember when I mentioned buying gold back at the end of July? "Sucker's bet. Lose your shirt. Nay, nay nay."
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Gold is usually a safe bet.
It's a hedge. Still don't like it all that much, though. The problem I have with people who buy gold is that you are then focused on market timing. Do you sell now? Hold a bit longer? How will you feel if you sell now and it goes up? How will you feel if you don't sell now and it goes down?
Just seems stressful.
I wouldn't suggest it for speculation. It's probably better as a backup to cash holdings in high-yield savings, then CDs, and after that gold. Yet gold tends to be more liquid than mid-term CDs and it has outperformed them all. As far as I can tell it has done better than much of the stock market in 2025, which itself has been running high.
Nothing says the gains can't all be lost down the road though, as with anything.
Silver looks like a mess though. So much volatility there.
I vaguely remember silver doing well when I was younger. I want to say it was after I graduated high school but after I dropped out of college so maybe 2010 or 2011, somewhere around that time.
I had a friend who's uncle made a boat load of money on silver during that time, but he was also the type of guy looking for the next best thing and I think lost it all on his next investment.
I've never been a gambler. I wouldn't get stressed, but I'd blame myself for being stupid. Maybe that caps such behavior?
Isn't this true for all non fixed income investments? The problem with fixed income is they basically just pace inflation and sometimes not even that. So your not really growing your investment. The good thing is you never lose money. So, Yeah that does take the stress away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I have a few friends that day trade and I like to ask them how they compare against index funds.
It's funny because they are very quick to tell you about the 500x return they got on a penny stock they dropped $10k on but conveniently leave out 50 other stocks they completely bombed on.