John Hjorth

Almost full and total radio silence from the Danish Government this weekend. All this Venezuela & Greenland stuff everywhere in the Danish news media to an extent that is to me nauseating.

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At least that comment from you make you appear more properly dressed than @73 Reds for Greenland discussions in this topic, Mike [ @cubsfan ] ! -Don't ever make your wifey ask you who you theoretically would endure to sleep with for 4 billion DKK per year in 'allowance'! [-This discussion is starting to killing me slowly! ] The better part of it is leftist [and ruling] part of Greenlandic selfruling parlament is trying to get a divorse, and on the the same time maintaining 'the 4 billion DKK allowance' from Soutrhern Denmark, to be able to maintain a firm 'NO' to entrepreneurial POTUS' proposals, advances! - Mind you!

To me, @whatstheofficerproblem, You simply need another dresser for your hair [ref. your CofB&F avatar], I mean the hair on your head, btw! -I mean, brushed back would be much better for you, I think!

@villainx, One of these days, among future January days, there will will be a day, where 8% for the year just passed is just great. Nothing wrong with feeling the 'locked-in syndrom' because of potential, by now deferred taxes. You just have to revert it, to that what you're doing, actually works!

Geez, @73 Reds, Who has told you that Greenland is a country? Where have you got that from? You obviously have opinions about things you have absolutely no clue - master no basic conceptual insights, 101-basic facts - about! - No knowledge, at all - It seems! - - - o 0 o - - - Like Mike [ @cubsfan ] posted not so long ago today, in one of his usual 'half liners' : "Who cares", right? - - - o 0 o - - - -So, let's just flood CofB&F with nonsense, rubbish!

Awesome post, @whatstheofficerproblem, As far as I've understood, it took him about 12 years ... - isen't that really something?! - -At least to me, really amazing, perhaps even hard to beat for the dumbest scoundrel of all scoundrels? Cheers, and Happy New Year!

All good, @LC! ! -Please remember to kiss her dearly, when she wakes up tomorrow with the uber hangover of all hangovers!

@LC, Have you already run both the bar and the wine cellar totally dry and out of stock the place where you are, by now, in Chamonix, France? - Or just still no snow really there? - Forget about CofB&F communication! - Personal priorities always come first, and need your attention!

Mike [ @cubsfan ], Are you above sarcastic, or not? Pretty simple and basic question from me, which I hereby kindly ask you to reply on - so I can read and think about your thoughts - so to say - on your par - straight out. So, please drop the sarcasm here by replying!!

Mike [ @cubsfan ], What's the difference between POTUS and, say, Putin or Maduro? It's all the logic of war! [Here : All while USA diden't declare war against Venezuela, in advance of this annexation.]

! - - - o 0 o - - - On a serious note : I was personally thinking more in the direction of[ lots of?] fees to advisors, helpers, investment bankers etc. on potential deals, that ended up in a nothing [burger?]? [half now/half later, whatever, etc.]

There exists actually a part of the planet called Earth, that is not ruled by POTUS, gentlemen.

It's certainly highly concerning! What are the coherent US political principles behind it? - Such does not exist. - Who or what is next? [*staring, gazing up to the North of USA*]

Stingy John, John the Cheapskate, just took a look again on the Berkshire Hathaway 2024 parent financials [perhaps that should be in singularis, becuase it's a sort of an one-pager, almost] : What has happened to the holdco costs? - They seem to have ballooned! -They are up ~191 percent [[[381-131]/131] in two years [<-!].

Ravi Nagarajans take on the retirement of Warren Buffet from Berkshire Hathaway : The Rational Walk [December 31st 2025] : Greg Abel's unique challenge.

It's the first weekend in 2026, and up here in the Northern Europe, the sun was up around 8:45, and after snowy weather the last two days, the sun nolw shines from a clear blue sky, like if it was Joe Land, but the landscape is covered in clean white snow! Impossible not to become glad in the lid! - - - o 0 o - - - During the last few days CofB&F members have been reporting their 2025 returns, and they are just awesome in general, I think perhaps the best ever in the time I've been around here on CofB&F. if you have kids or a doggo, I wish for your kids teddybears and your doggo not to experience zero G in 2026! :

Thank you for sharing, @gfp, Do we by now have any details of what OXY net assets this is about? - Somehow, I've personally lost track of the known details of this transaction.

Out of a pure deflection initiative, to get this topic back on track : To the left of me at my spot, I have a huge pile of books on the table, at the bottom in the pile is a catalogue of office articles, next the book from the under of the pile by Bill Gates , called 'How to avoid a climate disaster, [<- the book actually was a gift, and translated to Danish, as I see things by now, not publicly available - I may may be wrong on that fact, though!], never opened it, never reading just one page! : - - - o 0 o - - - Next, -from the bottom is : 'The Snowball' : - - - o 0 o - - - I remember having an exchange some time ago about Buffett and particularly this book with @73 Reds, and my personal stance is still that I really can't explain why I've not got rid of this book so far. Much of it may be true, but essentially it's just dirt! [And to me, there are just things and activities, that I don't engage in.] I started reading the book when I bought it, now many years ago, - at some point, I simply 'got enough of it'- it was just, to me, - nauseating! - - - o 0 o - - - Next, after some time passed, what happens to you, is that you start looking in the mirror at yourself with the book about Buffett as a reference! -Let me just say here, personally, that I've never learned so much from not reading a book in full! It is about behavior, - also here on CofB&F -, based on maintenance of personal dignity and most of all, maintenance of personal integrity! - - - o 0 o - - - Nobody is perfect by birth, 'by default', -adaption, adoption and improvement - by experience, learning - during the whole of life is what matters, and bring you forward!

I'm personally an avid proponent of the attitude, stance expressed by @ValueMaven here!

The wise words by @UK quoted here from upstream comes to mind here! - Food for thought? [Your personal perception of reality may not be similar, nor even identical, to the personal perception of reality of thy next!]

I'm here not trying to become political. - - - o 0 o - - - But between Christmas and New Year, I've watched - together with the Lady of the House - the British 'The Trump Show' produced by [British] Channel 4, streamed on DR TV [www.dr.tv]. I have to say, it's just awesome and factual! - but also breathtaking! It consists of three episodes in season 1, by now for 2025, sequels 'doomed to come' for the next three years, I think! - - - o 0 o - - - I've tried to register on the Cannel 4 wesite for access, unfortunately everyone outside UK are prohibited to register [ ] :

+1! - This, exactly this! - Thank you, @valueinvesting101 ! , We simply need to get along, across nationalities, cultures, generations, thereby also living conditions, for this board to function by its intentions! It requires some degree of personal flexibility and display of mutual understanding!

@Paarslaars, Like also @Milu mentioned above, your frank and outspoken honesty about the brutal facts for you are really appreciated. Have you forgotten to vote in the poll, by the way :

- I haven't forgotten to get back to you on my portfolio here in this topic, @Hamburg Investor - - - o 0 o - - - Totally havoc here, today, internally! This morning I realized in horror that I in my meticously liquidity planning for January 2026 has made an error moving cash around, so I ended up creating an overdraft on my current account 'old fashion' non-investment bank [Fynske Bank A/S, FYNBK.CPH] of DKK 124.08, [EUR 16.66, USD 19.49], -tomorrow morning, after automated payments tomorrow! The Lady of the House was shaking head of me, to which I just replied : 'Do remember when you got fleeced by Nordea for a bank overdraft minor than the overdraft reminder fee by a computer generated reminder letter, and I asked you to dump the bank immedially! - Unapproved bank overdrafts is the name of a tiny viilage in Sibiria, a total no-go!' Revolut Bank UAB, London, the mother ship operating out of Vilnius, Lithuania, was my friend today! [<- 'Friggin' 'wild thing'!, buzzing @UK here, also.] [*John slapping 'John the Cheapskate' -hard!* ]