Recent content by mb

Al, I wish you (well Lena actually) the best for a full and rapid recovery. FYI, my DW was involved in a similar bike accident about 20 years ago. Her symptoms were very similar to Lena's. She was unconscious for a short time. After she did regain consciousness she kept on asking the same...

The Silicon Valley market appears to be heating up and/or recovering depending on how you want to look at it. (The far out suburbs were the areas hit hardest in the down turn. Prices in the "heart" of Silicon Valley held up pretty well.) A 1960s era tract house near me recently received 20+...

I was pretty active before ER but I have increased my exercise time by ~100% since then. Weekends are about the same but I'm doing a lot more on the weekdays now. So far so good. I was concerned with injuries but I have noticed that I'm more willing to defer something if I'm not feeling "right"...

A couple of (long and boring) battery technical comments: (1) Under normal conditions Li-ion batteries do not contain Li metal. The exception is abusive charge conditions when Li metal can be deposited on the negative electrode. (2) Instead, the "charged Li" is in the form of LiC6, a carbon...

Triathlete magazine publishes a review of wetsuits once a year. You might be able to find a copy on line or in your local library. I don't recall which month. I let my subscription lapse and I haven't been in the market for a new wetsuit so I haven't looked at it for a number of years. I've...

The regulations/requirements are specific to CA. My understanding is that CA had regulations in place before federal laws were put in place and therefore they were "grandfathered" and allowed to retain their own regulations. I think that they must be at least as strict as the federal limits but...

My recollection is that an out-of-state car has to pass the smog requirements that were in place when and where that car was made. It does not have to pass CA standards which I believe are often tougher. What you do have to do is pay an extra fee to register it for the first time.

My activities for the week: Monday: Master's Swim Workout, ~ 2000 yds. Tuesday: Workout from X-Fit site. Workout was rounds of 50/35/20 pullups, wall-balls and double-unders. I cheated and substituted assisted pull-ups and two jump ropes per double under. 30 minutes of roller-blading...

I have an outdoor lifestyle. I could survive in a location with cold winters or hot and humid summers but I prefer a more temperate climate and I'm more than willing to pay a little more and get a little less (in terms of house, etc.) to live in CA. I recall running a 12 miler in the dark on...

Just got back from a 60 mile bike ride. Bright sunshine, brilliant blue sky and just cool enough that it was slightly chilly at times up in the mountains and on a 5 mile, 2000' descent back to the Bay. In other words just another typical day in coastal California.

And we thought it was because you missed us! Can't help with the Florida question but let me know if you decide to winter in CA.

The article makes some valid points but I've lived in CA for most of the last 33 years and I have noticed that about every five years someone writes CA's obituary. Like MichaelB I consider my lifestyle to be the determining factor in where I decide to live. There's no where else in the country...

Thanks, I just skimmed the article and had not idea that the post was alluding to Martha Stewart. But "our" Martha immediately popped into my mind. The only connection I could think of to the article was that Martha doesn't hasn't posted much recently.

Does anyone know how Martha is doing? She was one of my favorite posters.

No, it's actually quite predictable since almost everyone on this forum has read that book and many have used it to help define their investment philosophy.