John Hjorth

I fear we've lost @Xerxes as an active CofB&F member for good. Naturally, time will tell.

Very well said, @Libs, Warren Buffett isen't exactly a hero in that regard himself. And yet he has preached 'integrity' the most of his life. Ahh-hemm! I'm personally never going to finish reading the whole 'Snowball'. I simply can't take it.

Naturally, you don't know me as such, but I've learned from actual experience that to distance one self from both hubby and wifey, when something such is happening, is the only way to avoid getting your own personal sphere infected. The price to carry the rest of your life is the eternal burden of such disappointment, happening twice at once. Especially the burden of cutting the ties to the one who is cheated upon. Nothing else has worked better, If one is close to both. Still a totally downer, when it has happened. Still better than being accused of 'knowing, saying nothing' to the one cheated upon. Just absolutely dreadful Catch 22- it should be downgraded to Catch 21!.

Thank you, Roger [ @rogermunibond ], Right. And when you reach a certain age, you live with what the bag of life is furnishing you, well aware there has to be a cause of death in the very end.

I have to say, he looks like he has had a minor stroke in the left side of the brain, affecting the right side of his face, especially his right eye.

Mike [ @cubsfan ], That's disgusting!, ... almost, verging at getting kinky!

@ourkid8, Naturally not OK, at all. - - - o 0 o - - - Thank you for contributing to creating some balance in this topic.

Mike [ @cubsfan ], That poutine stuff available in Canada certainly won't do it better! -Mike [ @cubsfan ], we need to do something about it! - The question is just what?!

It's not going to work out well! -All those obese Americans overeating superprocessed food, burgers, fries, etc, not exercising, eating drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, moving northbound will move the center gravity of the Earth, so it gets out of orbit!

Some absolutely wild, violent and crazy stories shared here by CofB&F members in the last few days. Thank you for that to all of you providing them. I just hope at least some of the younger CofB&F members read them, and think about them, related to their own doings, now.

Reminds of this X post - I saw it about an hour ago, i haven't stopped laughing yet : If you can't get the showel under your enemy, by direct attacks, using bombs or whatever nasty, just accuse your adversary of beeing gay, and he immedially will go into cardiac arrest or suffer a large cerebral haemorrhage, especially if Muslim! Indeed very nasty POTUS tactics! The rules arte : 'No rules!' - Clearly a punch under the belt here! <And now I have to stop!>:

You don't reply with any specific reaction adressed at my quite simple and specific proposal to you. What [ the h ] has 'the two largest economies in Europe' to do with stock picking European companies on an individual basis?

@Dalal.Holdings, I really think it's time you consider to split your activity in this topic into two new topics : Is Germany becoming uninvestable? Is United Kingdom becoming uninvestable? Isen't that really what's on your mind here? Am I rigth or what? - - - o 0 o - - - If you do so, I'll likely then take the risk to open a similar topic about, if USA is investable, however I'm really not sure I'll get with that.

@Viking, and also Mike [ @cubsfan ], NATO [March 27th 2026] : The Sectretary General's Report 2025 : p. 66 : - - - o 0 o - - - All European NATO member countries are by now in compliance with internal and mutual NATO agreements. [<- !] - - - o 0 o - - - To take it to the extremes of things of historical costs : On Eastern Funen, Denmark an old Viking ship [<- hint! ] was discovered in 1935 in a grave mound [ Wikipedia : Ladby Ship ], about 17.1 kms from here, about 23 minutes by car, as the crow flies 11.3 kms distance. The discussion here about European defence spending reminds me gradually more and more about trying desperately to grab for the historical construction costs for the Ladby Ship to get the pricing right for the tickets to the museum built around it.

@nsx5200, That's awesome humor, and then even on a Monday!

Well, CofB&F terms and conditions, and all that ...

@Spekulatius, Not so many days ago, I stumbled on an account on X, and I have to say it's just awesome :

Charlie [ @dealraker ], Otherwise, we have Jeffs [ @DooDiligences ] hurt feelings report template to activate. OK, I'm also seriously considering a POW exchange proposal to Sanjeev [ @Parsad ] : Take me for a four weeks period in stead, and please release these two gents in exchange after two weeks! - I'm personally sure it'll do me good! <John, the self-sacrifying , opportinistical war hero, maybe soon playing victim>

21:50 PM Sunday here. The end of a sad week, CofB&F dimension. Two temporary, but quite long bans, because of f**king Politics. Two good persons, longstanding CofB&F contributors. F**k Politics! May it never happen again!

Thank you for sharing, @ourkid8, Friggin' crazy stuff, not covered at all by the Western MSM, as far as I see.

Thank you for sharing that story, Sanjeev [ @Parsad ], I've read about it from you earlier here on CofB&F, but not so detailed before. You're a blessing for your family. In Danish, we have this proverb : 'Modgang gør stærk' [English : 'Adversity makes strong']. You've become an adult early in one of the worst scenarios imaginable as background for it.

Local 12 [March 28th 2026] : President Donald Trump refers to Strait of Hormuz as “Strait of Trump” during speech - - - o 0 o - - - -If I was Iranian, I would be reeaally p**sed experiencing that! -As I have been with his Greenland thingy! -Just saying!

Great!, @changegonnacome, HaHa! - This is really entertaining!

Thank you very much, @Spekulatius, Very much appreciated.

Thanks @Spekulatius, OK, but obviously that's not enough. How about the German power grid not fixed? - - - o 0 o - - - Btw, which German News Media do you read, @Spekulatius? I'm eager to learn something - My spoken German is rusty by now, not maintained, but I have no problems at all reading German News Media and to grasp and grab all shades of the written German language, and to understand spoken German language. -On the TV, here, we have ARD, ZDF, NDF & RTL.