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Johnny Chimpo

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  1. Damn. I would not want that shit next door.
  2. Where you headed?
  3. The hilux is great for what it is. All I was saying is, the seats aren’t that comfortable and it’s ancient technology compared to modern offerings in the USA. I spend about two hours a day in one for half the year.
  4. I work in oilfields in Central Asia and we exclusively drive hi luxes and land cruiser prados with the stick shift diesels. After spending that much time in the hilux, especially the back seat of one, I had no interest at all in buying a Tacoma. They are uncomfortable.
  5. The gap will continue to close but until international travel fully resumes it will lag.
  6. Long and sordid history of surly / shaggy collaborative investments.
  7. Usually .22 shot shell is intended for up close use on varmints. Think snakes and the like. Probably would work on rats if you can get one to hang around while you shoot it.
  8. Out of my group of friends, perhaps 20 people, one is a Colorado native. Lot of midwesterners and Californians.
  9. Yea I live in Denver and the people here turn their nose up at oil and gas. It’s very liberal.
  10. The common clay of the new west… you know, morons.
  11. I think it’s time to pivot towards international developed stocks, and begin thinking about accumulating emerging market stocks. I’m playing on value stocks as a theme given that they may succeed more in an inflationary environment and tend to pay dividends. I’m in the accumulation phase of my life but for now I’m gonna start leaning on VYMI and DVYE with my biweekly purchase programs. one thing to be aware of when buying emerging market index funds like IEMG is the weighting they hold towards Chinese tech. It’s something like 20% China tech. Lately their government has not been playing nice with their tech companies so I am happy to stay away from that.
  12. You guys understand that even after a period of transitory inflation, prices don’t go lower from there, right? It just becomes the new normal.
  13. Ethereum chart looking pretty shitty too. Lot of momentum lost.
  14. Yea where I worked in California as an engineer we weren’t allowed to do anything as an engineer, not even flip a switch practically, much less turn a wrench or do wiring. All because the operators were union folks.
  15. Sign me up, that sounds fantastic. Now that’s a company you can trust for the long term.
  16. South Lake Tahoe is a heap of riff raff. Incline village is typically a little quieter so for that reason in your scenario I would go down that route.
  17. Purchase stocks in commodity producing companies. Oil, industrial metal miners, and agricultural commodity producers / processors. I’m long ADM, RIO, CVX and XOM.
  18. Can you describe this briefly? I’m interested
  19. I can understand why you would say that looking at this chart. However the chart is a bit of bullshit to be honest. In order to understand why that chart does not truly reflect inflation experienced by the US consumer you need to understand how the fed calculates inflation. They use hedonic adjustments to lower inflation rates down to their desired 1.5-2%. They have also removed housing prices from inflation and use a “rent equivalent basis” for their housing component. If you care to read more on the subject the below two links will get you going. If you want to dismiss the issue and put your head in the sand, be my guest. https://wolfstreet.com/2021/04/13/yup-dollars-purchasing-power-dropped-to-record-low-again-but-more-sharply-and-its-worse-than-cpi-shows/ http://www.chapwoodindex.org/
  20. Timing the market is kind of a fools game. Keep pounding your money in over time and dollar cost average the highs and lows. Keep a little cash on hand in case it really takes a shit, you can scoop good shit on sale.
  21. I snagged some then myself...
  22. Damn man. Lucky you. I’m amazed you’re getting them to take on dries this early. Usually I’m going through my fly box bonking nymphs on their noses they are so lethargic in the cold weather.
  23. I’m gonna quote this motherfucking long cat just for fun.
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