I know someone who has

    Posted by tgo5043 on 29th of Nov 2022 at 04:17 pm

    I know someone who has access to news a day ahead:   Wednesday end of day headline.


    https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/wall-st-ends-higher-as-powell-assuages-r-id744289370?chan=c3065slw

    DUMB HUMOR!    

    Posted by tgo5043 on 29th of Nov 2022 at 04:21 pm

    DUMB HUMOR!    


    gotta be careful these days

    Posted by matt on 29th of Nov 2022 at 04:31 pm

    gotta be careful these days with humor, everyone too damn sensitive and can't take jokes

    Good times create weak men

    Posted by kevindeng0727 on 29th of Nov 2022 at 08:48 pm

    Good times create weak men

    there's a lot of truth

    Posted by matt on 30th of Nov 2022 at 12:21 am

    there's a lot of truth to that statement. Early on when times are tough and people have to work extremely hard, money is tight, long hrs etc, creates hard strong individuals. As the hard work and smart decisions of the collective start to bear fruit and society starts to flourish, thus creating a much easier life for future generations; which by nature start to lose the discipline and hard work of the past generations who built the foundation - again obvious exceptions to the rules. And it's a fascinating thing to think about because we all want the best for our kids and for them to do better than us and have an easier time but - a society where things are too easy, also brings its own negatives, but we also don't want to go back to super hard times - because again we want the best for our kids.

    the other thing that I think occurs in societies where life has become too easy is that people start to spend too much energy focusing on nonsense and frivolous things. My boss back when I was a chemist made a comment to me that struck me, he said that the brain is a problem solving machine, that's what its sole purpose in life is, is to solve problems. So what happens when there are really no problems? The brain makes up problems to work on because that's what it does.  An example perhaps, one of my aunts suffered severe depression when she was middle age, had to be hospitalized for a while, then when she came back home was on a bunch of meds and just stayed in the house. The thing is though, her family was sort of the envy of the rest of the family; her husband became a very successful top executive at former Mcdonnell Douglas, this was back in the 80's, I remember that my cousins had everything, every toy, amazing house, vacations. I was sub middle class kind of like Steve. Anyway, my aunt had everything, and obviously didn't have to work, she had NO problems, even though there's probably some genetics to her condition, I also think that because she had no problems - her brain created problems to work on, which ended up being the depression her brain created. Also, my two cousins who had everything, spoiled to death. The girl came out fine, she married well, however the boy, he could never function well in society, to this stay he struggles - pure example of how spoiling a kid giving him everything he wants, ruined his life. 

    I also think the crazy political environment we've seen over the last few years is a reflection of society being too easy - people then have few problems and their brains start focusing on stupid crap and creating problems to work on. The guy who is working his ass off 60 hrs a week at a crappy job trying to feed his family and pay the rent, doesn't have time to focus on the rants of the left and right. 

    enough rant!

    Not sure where that came

    Posted by brophy on 30th of Nov 2022 at 06:18 am

    Not sure where that came from, but couldn't agree more on those points, Matt. Ever notice the WW II era folks, the depression era folks, those who remain, that is, always seem to have their heads together? Going through hard times in life can be the best thing for you.

    Bottom line is if you

    Posted by fredsaid on 30th of Nov 2022 at 01:14 am

    Bottom line is if you have no trials or tribulations (golden spoon) then you really have "limited girth".  It's an unfortunate but real TRUTH.  For those that don't know me, all I really care about it is the TRUTH and it continues to become harder and harder to find.  Thank you for sharing.  I've been with you guys long enough to know you are as real as they come, and all that are here know - the best.  Please consider reaching out to me directly to talk about taking bpt to the next level.  I know you've tried the youtube videos and a lot of REAL effective tools that are offered.  Honestly, you should be getting like 10x more per month, not another 10-15 bucks (that's the good guy in you) BUT you will need to CONSIDER some re-structuring of the business.   What do you have to lose ?

    You're right Matt. You can

    Posted by tgo5043 on 29th of Nov 2022 at 05:03 pm

    You're right Matt. You can step on a landmine just trying to be funny. Will delete.

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