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Posted: Dec 28, 2023 - 4:23pm

 kurtster wrote:
That I've been fahrting on the Autobahn too long. ;)

*Smooch* and thanks for cracking me up aloud!
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Posted: Dec 28, 2023 - 3:14pm

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 kurtster wrote:

Yeah, they call them freeways here, at least most do.  Others might call them Interstates.  Not all freeways are Interstates though.  We do have the Ohio Turnpike toll road and do not call that a freeway for obvious reasons. Hey, I'm from California. That's what we call them out there.  One thing we don't do in Ohio is put "the" in front of the name or number like out there.  I find that most annoying.  That happened after I moved east years ago.

What would that same truck in front of your car (twice) be telling you?
Same thing, over and over again, morning, noon and nite?
The The..?
 
That I've been fahrting on the Autobahn too long. ;)
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Posted: Dec 28, 2023 - 2:47pm

 kurtster wrote:

Yeah, they call them freeways here, at least most do.  Others might call them Interstates.  Not all freeways are Interstates though.  We do have the Ohio Turnpike toll road and do not call that a freeway for obvious reasons.

Hey, I'm from California. That's what we call them out there.  One thing we don't do in Ohio is put "the" in front of the name or number like out there.  I find that most annoying.  That happened after I moved east years ago.

What would that same truck in front of your car (twice) be telling you?
Same thing, over and over again, morning, noon and nite?
The The..?
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Posted: Dec 28, 2023 - 2:40pm

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 kurtster wrote:

Getting on the freeway on my way to work this morning, there was a truck in front of me.  No big deal. Getting off the freeway coming home tonight, that very same truck was in front of me on the exit ramp ...

Dont you live in Ohio?
Ohio has "freeways"?
 
Yeah, they call them freeways here, at least most do.  Others might call them Interstates.  Not all freeways are Interstates though.  We do have the Ohio Turnpike toll road and do not call that a freeway for obvious reasons.

Hey, I'm from California. That's what we call them out there.  One thing we don't do in Ohio is put "the" in front of the name or number like out there.  I find that most annoying.  That happened after I moved east years ago.

What do you call them in Colorado ?
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Posted: Dec 28, 2023 - 9:44am

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Any way is a free way if you're not dragging a boat anchor. Or a square wheeled wagon. 
Ha ha! I'm so witty...


/jack


Hmmm
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Posted: Dec 28, 2023 - 9:13am

 black321 wrote:


Dont you live in Ohio?
Ohio has "freeways"?


Any way is a free way if you're not dragging a boat anchor. Or a square wheeled wagon. 
Ha ha! I'm so witty...

/jack
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Posted: Dec 28, 2023 - 8:28am

 kurtster wrote:

Getting on the freeway on my way to work this morning, there was a truck in front of me.  No big deal.

Getting off the freeway coming home tonight, that very same truck was in front of me on the exit ramp ...



Dont you live in Ohio?
Ohio has "freeways"?
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Posted: Dec 27, 2023 - 8:01am

 kurtster wrote:

Getting on the freeway on my way to work this morning, there was a truck in front of me.  No big deal.

Getting off the freeway coming home tonight, that very same truck was in front of me on the exit ramp ...


LMAO!  This happened to me on Christmas Day heading to my friends in NH for Christmas dinner. Same Maine black pickup truck going to @ 12:30 and from @8:30.  


I know it’s the “men in black” following me.  

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Posted: Dec 27, 2023 - 7:46am

 kurtster wrote:

Getting on the freeway on my way to work this morning, there was a truck in front of me.  No big deal.

Getting off the freeway coming home tonight, that very same truck was in front of me on the exit ramp ...



you're in a time loop. nothing happened in between both truck sitings. time for a nap. 
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Posted: Dec 27, 2023 - 7:36am

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And he is at home telling his wife about some crazy old dude that's been following him around all day. 





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Posted: Dec 27, 2023 - 7:29am

 kurtster wrote:

Getting on the freeway on my way to work this morning, there was a truck in front of me.  No big deal.

Getting off the freeway coming home tonight, that very same truck was in front of me on the exit ramp ...


And he is at home telling his wife about some crazy old dude that's been following him around all day. 

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Posted: Dec 26, 2023 - 7:14pm

Getting on the freeway on my way to work this morning, there was a truck in front of me.  No big deal.

Getting off the freeway coming home tonight, that very same truck was in front of me on the exit ramp ...
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Posted: Oct 9, 2023 - 10:27pm

Caught the end of this show on NZ today. Had to look it up to see if it was as bad as I thought. Yes. 

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Posted: Sep 8, 2023 - 7:50am

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So if the Chinese really block future sales of the iPhone, and China is 20% of the device revenue, and the iPhone makes up half of Apple sales, then in theory the drops could continue.... until the stock is off about 10%?

But...  why would anyone think China stopping iPhone sales is a temporary thing?


I dislike that people anthropomorphize the stock market (“It’s optimistic today”) but I’m gonna do it: I think there’s the simplistic panic of “uh oh!!!” And the sell-off. Then, seeing the price drop a little, folks start to buy and then the price recovers a bit. They probably recognize that the primary product(s) isn’t at issue, but there’s a contractual snafu. And Apple has enough reserve capital and creative folks that it won’t fold, but will likely find a way around/through it. So, eventually, things will change for the positive.


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Posted: Sep 8, 2023 - 5:02am

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I knew that, if anyone caught that, it would be you. Almost threw in "literally" just to cause someone's head to explode, literally.





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Posted: Sep 7, 2023 - 2:02pm

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Impressed me. Depends on how you want to frame it. The drop, to me, means that it’s temporarily much cheaper than it was recently - not 6 months ago. 
Note: today’s big drop included on this five day summary. https://imgur.com/a/GIoJ3cm


So if the Chinese really block future sales of the iPhone, and China is 20% of the device revenue, and the iPhone makes up half of Apple sales, then in theory the drops could continue.... until the stock is off about 10%?

But...  why would anyone think China stopping iPhone sales is a temporary thing?

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Posted: Sep 7, 2023 - 1:43pm

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5.7% drop - not 10%, so not literally "decimated".  I'm just being a word nerd though.   

I knew that, if anyone caught that, it would be you. Almost threw in "literally" just to cause someone's head to explode, literally.


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Posted: Sep 7, 2023 - 9:23am

 Steely_D wrote:


Impressed me. Depends on how you want to frame it. The drop, to me, means that it’s temporarily much cheaper than it was recently - not 6 months ago. 
Note: today’s big drop included on this five day summary. https://imgur.com/a/GIoJ3cm


5.7% drop - not 10%, so not literally "decimated".  I'm just being a word nerd though.   

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Posted: Sep 7, 2023 - 9:15am

 rgio wrote:

At today's close, the stock is up 2% for the past 30 days, 20% for the last 6 months, and 46% YTD. 

"Decimated" and "on sale" might be slight exaggerations.  



Impressed me. Depends on how you want to frame it. The drop, to me, means that it’s temporarily much cheaper than it was recently - not 6 months ago. 
Note: today’s big drop included on this five day summary. https://imgur.com/a/GIoJ3cm

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Posted: Sep 6, 2023 - 8:24pm

You ever wonder how China got so strong so fast? Theft of information, theft of intellectual property, theft of everything, because communism, what’s yours is mine comrade. If you can’t think for yourself steal what you can with all the money from theft build your utopia. Then it’s solar system domination!

   Bwahahahaha!
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