Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

Good evening all. At long last the wind has died down. Last night it howled so much that it was impossible to sleep for the last couple of hours before daylight. Fortunately no significant damage to the house, trees have taken the brunt. I can't help assessing tree damage in terms of firewood potential. There were several one-dayers (branches that will keep the woodburner fed for a day) and an oak with a missing crown that will be good for at least a week.

Drew, we have some savings with an "Eco Only" outfit. It offers lower mortgage rates for better insulated houses, which we thought was a good way to encourage people to save wasting heat, regardless of how it is generated, be that gas, solar, or wind turbines. That said, I would have no qualms with my son saving with Vanguard, something that coincidentally he was asking me about only yesterday.


Got my bi-annual eye examination today. Optician confirmed I no longer require glasses to drive, I can read 2 rows below the legal limit. Having weaker (eye) muscles is proving to be a great benefit of getting older

 

[daugen]

I was commenting on something I saw and heard about yesterday, not trying to generate political discussion.
it's like EVs coming in; gas and diesel aren't going anywhere soon.
There are many faith based investing initiatives, Catholics have a big one and it has a green fund.
It was always said what was good for Mobil and Exxon XOM were good for the country. If they were doing well, economy was doing well and
likely the market too. I drive a 15mpg hemi. So be it.

XOM is doing quite nicely actually, quite the comeback


Quarterly financials

(USD)	Dec 2021	Y/Y
Revenue	84.96B	83.89%

Net income	8.87B	144.2%
Diluted EPS	2.08	144.26%
Net profit margin	10.44%	124.03%

cup of coffee and a nice nap, usually not found in same sentence and headache gone and doing some online investing reading.

 

[Looking4new]

eric, you had better check your income tax laws BEFORE buying offshore stocks.
I know in Canada if I buy stocks/bonds or whatever offshore (that is anything that is not Canadian) I get taxed dollar for dollar. $1.oo of dividends cost me $1.oo of tax and on upwards.

 

[RoyJackson]

42F cloudy.
Heard a nasty rumor come Friday 5-8 inches snow follow by cold snap.

Ain't no rumor, Thomas...that's the forecast...closer to 10" here

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, that is the snowblower I almost bought. Since I have no other EGO equipment

As you know, I've a number of EGO tools, so it makes it worthwhile to me...and $1299 isn't a bad price for a self-propelled, 24" snow blower
This comes with 2 (7.5 A/hr.) batteries as did my current (not self-propelled) blower. That'll give me 4, unless I sell the older walk-behind unit

 

[toppop52]

Drew, I wasn’t seeing it as political, just a very limited financial return vs diversified investment.

 

[Popgadget]

PopG - that magnepull looks pretty neat. My fishing reel is getting old. and I need to outside outlets. seems like I am trying to convince myself to buy one. You may get an angry call from my wife soon

You could always come over and borrow mine.

 

[daugen]

You could always come over and borrow mine.

boy I was thinking that.
It's not what you know
it's the friends you keep!

It was fun to see the video of your son Paul. McGyver Jr in training.

 

[Popgadget]

That video wasn’t my son, it was something that I found on YouTube showing how it worked. But it was very close to the same job that we did.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 56ºF for the start, overcast sky, light wind. Moderate wind day, overcast almost all day, and high temp was 77ºF, DP 55ºF. Heavy dew in morning, thunderstorms after 8PM at least 1 more round tonight, no hail or real high winds. Putter first thing and take trash out, bike ride beat the worst of the winds, nap, did not get limbs cut up. Tomorrows forecast going downhill and fish tagging, stocking activity on the agenda tomorrow.
Bill thanks for the response. Could not have lived in Canada very long!
Roy hope trip to Dr went well
Bird it has been roller coaster, Thunderstorms nearby now
Billy 65º warm for you? 7 is quite the collection
Mike good luck with the chute mods. 60 feet in the air to mount a owl box?
Roy hope you like the new blower. nice video
Paul Hope you get the hanger work wrapped up soon. Magnapull is a neat tool. Wishing you safe trips and tailwinds. Good to hear Emily better than expected.
Randy glad no NC trip, hope your day was productive.
PJ glad potato soup was good, hope your trip gets cancelled until weather better.
Dennis hope you enjoyed your day off, sorry about old cat. Hope you can get more cat food soon
Ken sorry about the poison ivy, early for buds isn't it? Saw two skunks on Saturday's ride
David hope grouting is going well.
Rich glad you had such a good day and good sleep.
Drew glad monitor is out, now for the port. good luck with the investing.
Thomas pork chops sound good. you earned feet up evening
Eric sorry about wind hope sheep ok. hope trees do okay and recover from wind damage, and stove keeps purring
Drew glad coffee and nap worked.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/surgery infection / wife head wound healing, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /nephew - Covid /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.