John Hjorth

@Xerxes, Isen't this just fear mongering? What's you own opinion about Mr. Rosenbergs scribbles?

A line in the specifications of transactions on a Mastercard account of mine, on the "BS Oversigt" [Translation from Danish : ~Payments service transactions overview of Automated payments transactions] for April 2013, covering a Paypal payment drawn on my Paypal account on March 13th 2013 , drawn on the Mastercard account 15th March 2013 of what must then have been CAD 10.00 with some spread on currency conversion [from CAD to DKK] to Paypal and/or Mastercard. What I bought immediallly went to zero. And It does not even appear in any yearly account statements to me from neither Paypal nor from the applied Mastercard account. Furthermore, I can't even sell the damn thing! Despite I have it and can't sell it, I can actually loose it, and it's actually very, very precious to me personally. For everyone buying this thingy it's totally up to one self personally to get the best out of it. To me personally, it's has been world's best doughnut!

Personally, I think you think about this in a wrong way. [Your post is to me - in several dimensions - unordered and thereby a bit messy.] Being what Mr. Buffett earlier has called "a helper" is actually not just 'a breeze'. It's actually a very demanding way to make a living. There exists a saying among lawyers, accountants, consultants etc. going like this : "If we did not have all these clients, we would have no problems going to work !" It spans from dishonest clients trying to play you to get involved in something, that you do not want to participate in, whatsoever, to really dumb [but lucky] clients to ask you for missions impossible [, not even trying to understand and comprehend the difference between what's legal, and whjat it is not.] If you think about it from that angle, you will have no problem understanding how Mr. Munger perceived his work situation, you will have no problem understanding why why he left this craft, making him independent of of all kind of folks, starting with criminals, idiots, boneheads, alt the way to incompetent mediocrities. Good clients aren't low hanging fruits. Good clients you have fun with while working and interacting with them and for them, while both you and your client are making money!

@schin, Please always apply publicly available primary sources, to avoid confusion and banal, but important errors [, like here].

Thanks, @gfp, Geez, what a mess.

The latest [March 17th 2023] Berkshire DEF 14/A contains the following information : Charlie : A-shares : 4,170 B-shares : 643 Ron : A-shares : 145 B-shares : 27,742 [Source : Link , p. 11]. - - - o 0 o - - - Hint : Try to ask Google about Berkshire director Ron Olsons net worth Answer : At least 15.2 B USD [<- !] [source likely Gurufocus - it creates wonders to apply A-share prices to B-shares! ]

Meanwhile : [KAL's cartoon November 30th 2023 :]

I have go back to quoting this post by @Viking. What a disaster, -it doesen't really matter which side in the war a person is on. The ramifications and dim future consequenses for the Russian people must be evident for everyone. It's simply and just a disaster. Without putting numbers on any suggested additions to @Vikings numbered bullets above, I would add : The Russian Youth, that earlier has been getting used to access to the Western Information Flow [Social Media, News etc. - and education!], now cut off from it, how is that going to play out? Is that part of the Russian population going to accept it, or will it gradually seek greeners grass in the West, - based on Western basic values? Now - in addition - we have this : Reuters [October 27th 2023] : Putin approves big military spending hikes for Russia's budget. Now if someone [that could be you!] thinks just a bit carefully about what that's meaning for the Russian population. - - - o 0 o - - - Now we're at it : Propaganda, misinformation etc. are the instruments of the past of dinosaurus autocrats clinging to power, by defensive use of all kinds of power abuse. Is this the new black [green?] offensive warfare marketing!? [J/K]: 1701017050516 - Hamas - Investors Deck - 20231201.pdf

Mike [ @cubsfan ], Please remember that none of the F-16 fighters yet donated to Ukraine are not yet in operation for the purpose they were donated to. Things take time [to set up the infrastructure to keep the planes operational going forward], but the setup will get to there, in the beginning of 2024].

[9:20 thursday morning here.] <*sniffing*> Yeah, it smells fishy! -Not ordinary breakfast.

Latest and last Charlie Munger interview by Becky Quick : One guy is on an eternal quest for the [next] big elephant, while the other guy had a wet dream of ... catching a 200 lbs tuna!

RIP.

I'm sorry to say, the Western World does not actually work like that.

@Xerxes, Hugh?!

What do mean with this, @ValueArb ? I'm not sure I understand it [, correctly] ?

Personally, I think you got this just exactly plain wrong, Mike [ @cubsfan ], I think it must be clear for every European citizen by now that if you reach out for a hand shake with this person, you can't rely on what you agree with him about. It's about the interactions between concepts of naivity, to believe in the best of every person, trustworthiness and its opposite, the concepts af consistency, reliability and integrity, thereby also the concept of "Your word", "Your promise" or "Your pledge". The man does not qualify in any of these aspects or dimensions. So : No deals. -Period.

As if the country isen't already being tested. Imagine being in a trench under these weather conditions [, Russian or Ukrainian ... - doesn't matter].

The foes in this fight - both of them - are at the moment fighting! - at their repectively very best! - to keep up momentum! - against their common and shared enemy : mud! Not much ticket selling in that for MSM, where the Israel-Hamas situation in Gaza just has more - much more - traction.

Hotpot is in this part of Europe called fondue, it has been out of fashion for a couple of decades, I think, but it's certainly great! Compose and prepare your own dish based on a buffet of suited raw materials and you own discretion, taste and preferences, and then comsume it, while having a good time and a great meal together with people you like to spend time with doing the same.

Thank you for sharing, @UK, The statement by John Mearsheimer at around the 4:30 mark in the video about avoiding this war in the first first place, what is the basis for that particular statement from him? What is Mr. Mearsheimer referring to here? To me, it's not specific, as I experience and perceive the statement.

Happy Thanksgiving to all CoBF members!

Reuters [November 22nd 2023] : Putin says we must think how to stop 'the tragedy' of war in Ukraine [from G20 Virtual Summit].

How things work in Russia. [ To me, it's actually a bit entertaining! , and then again also very, very saddening ...]

I'm sorry for your losses, gents. Pretty sure they're modest, you'll survive and do well despite that. Now don't ask me if I have sold my Volkswagen shares! [tracker]. For the German Automakers : Headwinds, headwinds, and - then yet again - headwinds! Solution : Move closer to each other - so to say - shoulder to shoulder : Merge!, Forget all already approved procedures and processes for development and doing business in general, Fire all management teams - all over the place, Hire Elon Musk to run the whole merged place in his ravaging way.

It would be nice with a separate topic somewhere here on CoBF to discuss geriatric bladders [sorry, pardon : matters!] for those of us both shrugging, sighing and / or perhaps even whining about geriatic issues. The issue at hand here is : Who is going to start it?