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You’d better start learning how to throw a football.

Sold 60% of my Amazon position today and used it to add to BAM which, combined with PVF, is now my largest holding.

Another really good podcast is long time CoBF member Eric Schleien's podcast "The Intelligent Investing Podcast" ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intelligent-investing-podcast/id1205082419 ) He's interviewed many people from this list. His latest episode is with Brian Langis discussing BAM.

Just what I've been looking for! I'm going all in!

So most of the rest of the world is a mess mostly due to their own governments' actions, and that is somehow better than the mostly stable system in the US? If only our government were just a little more corrupt and our currency a little more unstable then we'd get a taste of what "true" investing looks like.

"Conceived in Liberty" A comprehensive history of the colonies and the US starting from Pre-Columbus Europe to the post American Revolution Period. It's over 1600 pages, but I couldn't put it down. I later listened to the Audiobook version as well. Hardcover Version ($24) Audio & eBook (Free)

I picked up a hitchhiker the other day and he was surprised that anyone would pick him up at all. He asked "Why did you pick me up? How did you know I wasn't a serial killer?" I told him because the chances that two serial killers would be in the same car are astronomical.

This is evidence in favor of rb's theory. But much of what you said I have no answer for. If they actually saw what they describe, it sounds like tech that is far beyond what is available to humans currently (never mind a decade ago). Yes, I forgot to mention that ALL of this is predicated on these reports being reported TRUTHFULLY. In this day & age, there is a lot of false information out there...and this certainly could be the case here. It isn't necessarily false information or pilots lying. There is always the possibility that they didn't see what they thought they saw. Light and reflections can play tricks on you and your brain can fill in details in your visual field that aren't really there. Google optical illusions and you can spend hours looking at weird visual mind tricks. That combined with unknown/undiscovered/rare natural phenomena can trick even honest people into thinking they saw something that they didn't actually see. Ball lightning used to be mistaken for UFOs. Fair enough, and IMO this probably explains the vast majority of UFO "sightings". However, this specific incident was captured on IR camera as well as being witnessed by 4 separate individuals (a pilot and RIO in each F-18). It's also worth pointing out that the individuals who witnessed it were all naval officers with extensive pilot training and a degree of familiarity with most existing forms of aircraft developed by humans. I think most would give their claims more weight than the average individual who claims to have seen a UFO. Not that they couldn't have been tricked but the fact there were multiple observers, it was captured on IR, and there was some evidence of disruption on the surface of the water, certainly raises questions in this specific instance. It certainly does. I don't know what to think. It was a UFO for sure, but remember what the "U" stands for. There is a wide spectrum of possibilities. "It's aliens," is just one possibility out of many and probably not the most likely. I doubt that it is aliens or humans, both of those seem far fetched. I don't have a theory of what it could be though.

This is evidence in favor of rb's theory. But much of what you said I have no answer for. If they actually saw what they describe, it sounds like tech that is far beyond what is available to humans currently (never mind a decade ago). Yes, I forgot to mention that ALL of this is predicated on these reports being reported TRUTHFULLY. In this day & age, there is a lot of false information out there...and this certainly could be the case here. It isn't necessarily false information or pilots lying. There is always the possibility that they didn't see what they thought they saw. Light and reflections can play tricks on you and your brain can fill in details in your visual field that aren't really there. Google optical illusions and you can spend hours looking at weird visual mind tricks. That combined with unknown/undiscovered/rare natural phenomena can trick even honest people into thinking they saw something that they didn't actually see. Ball lightning used to be mistaken for UFOs.

This is evidence in favor of rb's theory. But much of what you said I have no answer for. If they actually saw what they describe, it sounds like tech that is far beyond what is available to humans currently (never mind a decade ago).

"People like Warren Buffett, Richard Feynman, Charlie Munger, Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky, etc. These are pretty revered names, but there are also many other mentors and teachers operating at levels below the superstars. They might not be quite as well-known or have reputations quite as bullet-proof, but they are still very good at what they do" Maybe what separates the true superstars (the Buffetts & Feynmans of the world) from the mere mortals are that they still seem pretty damn impressive (even if not quite as impressive as they seemed at first) even after many decades.

I use the Dorco Pace 6 blades and they are pretty cheap on Amazon. I haven't tried the trick from the video yet. Also if you want to save money, I hope no one is using shaving cream. I bought this pack of shave soap a few years ago, it is a 12 pack for $23 (I think I might have paid less than that) and so far each bar has lasted me about 10-11 months (and I shave everyday). At this rate I'll get over 10 years of shaving out of it. $2.30 per year. You also need a badger hair brush and a soap dish, but those are fairly cheap and last a long time too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001A3DNXC/

Nothing. It would be too far away for us to go there.

I wonder if they accept Bitcoin?

You’d probably enjoy this podcast about the history of the speed of coyotes. Audio only: https://overcast.fm/+uzBymI Video: https://youtu.be/LH1RUk1w_xk

Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day everyone! Bitcoin Pizza Day 2018: Community Celebrates a Takeout Order Now Worth $82 mln

The original board was on MSM groups, there are archives on archive.org from multiple points in 2008 as well as other years. http://web.archive.org/web/20080115000000*/http://groups.msn.com/BerkshireHathawayShareholders I'm sorry you are going through this, I hope this helps. Edit: It doesn't look like that link is clickable. Copy and paste this link into your browser and then click on 2008 on the timeline: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://groups.msn.com/BerkshireHathawayShareholders

It depends on where you live. Their coffee is actually different regionally. In New England McDonalds sources its coffee from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and it is pretty good. In other parts of the country they source it from 3 other companies (S&D Coffee, Gavina Gourmet Coffee, & Distant Lands Coffee). I'm not sure about outside the US.

The new 1/4 pounders are pretty good. But I agree with you about the egg McMuffin and the coffee. I usually make my coffee at home, but in a pinch I like McDonalds coffee better than Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks and it's cheaper too. And the Egg McMuffin and Sausage McMuffin w/ egg are far and away better than any gross microwaved egg sandwich you can get at Dunkin Donuts. Maybe McDonalds has never had a great burger, but they have always had a good burger. I just wish they'd go back to using tallow for their fries, because they used to have great fries. Oh my God, and the pies, WhyTF did they ever quit frying them? Who do they think they're fooling with a baked apple pie? What? You don't like surgery apple filling wrapped in glazed cardboard? I'm surprised they even keep those on the menu, they must throw out more of them than they sell.

The new 1/4 pounders are pretty good. But I agree with you about the egg McMuffin and the coffee. I usually make my coffee at home, but in a pinch I like McDonalds coffee better than Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks and it's cheaper too. And the Egg McMuffin and Sausage McMuffin w/ egg are far and away better than any gross microwaved egg sandwich you can get at Dunkin Donuts. Maybe McDonalds has never had a great burger, but they have always had a good burger. I just wish they'd go back to using tallow for their fries, because they used to have great fries.

With everything done with lasers now the younger generations will never know what it is like to need to clean the lint off of mouse balls in order to continue working.

That ship has sailed and it's cheatin' 0bama's fault! I'd say the whole damn mess in the world is Wilson's, Coolidge's, Hoover's, Roosevelt's, Truman's, Eisenhower's, Kennedy's, Johnson's, Nixon's, Ford's, Carter's, Reagan's, Bush's, Clinton's, W. Bush's, Obama's, and Trump's fault.

Where can one find the 2013 Trump? That guy had a better plan for how to handle Syria. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/377038618407493632?s=21 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/378389940671107072?s=21 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/375307391635451904?s=21 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/375075774644363264?s=21 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/373557904861069312?s=21

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Every time I hear this argument I wonder, where do you draw the line? Curious to hear your thoughts. I don't draw lines. And who gave you the power to draw them? You do whatever you want to your body and let me do whatever I want to mine. Not much to add to this thread, but "do whatever you want to your body and let me do whatever I want to mine" isn't the best argument. There are too many real world externalities. Who pays for the hospital stays, police force, etc. etc. for people who are drug addicted non-productive members of society? Drugs users don't exist in a vacuum. Since violence would decrease substantially under legalization, medical costs (stabbings, gunshot wounds, etc) would drop dramatically as would police costs. Gang warfare and the cost of militarized police are not cheap. Your drug war doesn't exist in a vacuum.