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Yoda 04-10-2025 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman (Post 2508925)
Speaking of cats, my Walter got his first kill of the spring today. Big Norwegian roof rat. Broke its neck and left it for me in the front yard.

Hey, it’s better than politics.

Well done, Walter.

Balticfox 04-10-2025 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman (Post 2508925)
Speaking of cats....

Why not? Here are some shots of Styx who was our most cooperative model:

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When it comes to markets, sometimes they go up, sometimes they go down. Any (honest) stockbroker will tell you that.

;)

samosa4u 04-10-2025 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BRoberts (Post 2508854)
The many people, on both sides of the aisle, who choose to continually ignore the “no political posts” rule on Net 54 is beyond exhausting.

Given it is the usual cast of characters, again, both sides of the aisle, who have posted here long enough to clearly know the rule, truly makes me wonder why they can’t abide by it.

There aren’t many rules on Net 54, and it’s very easy to follow the few that exist. For most people.

If we're discussing tarifs, the stock market, etc., then how do we avoid politics ? That's like saying "you can discuss sports cards, but not grading." :rolleyes:

Balticfox 04-10-2025 01:03 PM

I'm fine with discussing sports cards and not PSA/SGC grading.

;)

samosa4u 04-10-2025 02:18 PM

How have you been, Mr. Fox ??

Leon 04-10-2025 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by samosa4u (Post 2509014)
If we're discussing tarifs, the stock market, etc., then how do we avoid politics ? That's like saying "you can discuss sports cards, but not grading." :rolleyes:

Generally, if you think you are making a political post, you are. :eek:
You will get a PM if it goes too far. :)

If everyone is somewhat cool, it will be ok. I am part of the economy, just like eveyrone else, and getting my ass kicked back and forth in the market too. I can't imagine either side of the aisle likes a roller coaster ride with our savings. Let's just leave it at that.

My daily living monies are probably too close to my stock market monies. Not a huge issue... Fortunately, I have baseball cards as one of my asset classes (as do many of us).

And has been said, countless times, the market will come back, we just don't know when!

The question remains, do you spend more, less, or the same when the market goes down quite a bit? I tend to spend less but that is just me.


ps.. I like Styx the cat.

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Touch'EmAll 04-10-2025 03:02 PM

The prices of the stuff we want has gone up tremendously since covid. So much so, that I have bought practically zero pre-war that fits with my pre war collection standards ... until now. Actually, my yearly collecting theme has been to just not sell anything, am doing very well with that. Anyways, I just bought a 1926-29 Lou Gehrig Exhibit, it was SGC 3.5 which is a bit below my standards, but heck appears to be a nice card. Its the most I have spent in a long, long time.

Balticfox 04-10-2025 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by samosa4u (Post 2509043)
How have you been, Mr. Fox ??

Still collecting, still posting and in general staying both physically and mentally active (and acerbic) all around.

And when it comes to politics, I'll be working for Elections Canada as a Central Poll Supervisor on April 28th. Elections Canada needs my learning skills and ability to project authority. I need the money to finance my basic needs, e.g. rookie cards of Jackie Parker, Sam Etcheverry, Bobby Hull, Rocky Colavito, Roger Maris, Phil Niekro, Frank Robinson, etc. The negative though is that I'm facing a grueling sixteen hour work day.

;)

1952boyntoncollector 05-17-2025 07:01 AM

Havent logged on in awhile but as usual im sure a lot of posts here did not age well..

i wonder how my advice of just buying the S and P index fund like SPY would have gone...?


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