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People chewing un-popped kernels (and ice) have given many a dentist boat payments over the years. :popcorn: Teach the younger generations to avoid this habit if they do it on purpose. The popcorn won the battle on a molar of mine and I had a crown made the same day. CNC milled from a ceramic...

Yes. Most of the niche forums lost traffic to FB or Reddit which is a horrible layout for in-depth continued threads and to search and/or respond to old topics in catalogs of specific forum categories. Instead everyone starts new ones that quickly crowd on top of each other and become incessant...

+1 on the link. He saved me many thousands by getting me out of bond funds and into individual bonds. My (ex) paid adviser would have sat on his arse and watched me go down with the ship. Freedom was also quick to post new issues so I could buy in before they were sold out.

I do miss the unfiltered "wild west" days of the early internet when you needed some intelligence, resources, and a stiff upper lip to access and navigate barely moderated sites where hurt feelings were a given. "If you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen". Even the trolls were witty...

The only sticky point I see is the fact that he is tied to his mom and his gf is tied to her career and condo. One side has to make a sacrifice or break it off. Maybe it is time for mom to move to assisted living or get a visiting nurse so her son can have a love life (and hopefully start a...

Yes, we should see a temporary spike in rates. How high depends on how long the dog and pony show goes on. Hopefully I can convert some MM cash to longish term CDs and bonds in that window of opportunity.

Then the realization hits that they are paying taxes on interest income that still didn't allow their savings to keep up with inflation and even less so after those taxes are subtracted from their "gains". Purchasing power of their savings well in the red YOY. If ever their was a need for a...

Gotta love the 10yr CDs that are callable every 3 months. Banks are really sticking their necks out and taking on the risk. :rolleyes:

8) Treasuries are also exempt from state tax and local taxes. This can give them a winning edge over slightly higher % CDs especially for those living in high tax states and/or with higher income levels.

There is also the upside that if the Fed turns dovish and rates drop these brokered CDs will increase in value and can be sold for a profit at any time. That doesn't happen with bank CDs. OK I do remember back in the early 80s? my Grandma had a long term CD locked into a super high rate at her...

Strange. Time for a second opinion. Upselling has become increasingly bad in dentistry. Car salesmen can't hold a candle.

The grinding also wiggles the teeth involved allowing bacteria to enter into the gum pockets making your periodontitis accelerate.

Still have my $80 sks. I bought a few like new in box pre-ban Chinese Norinco and Polytech semi-auto AKs that I always wanted in 04 after the assault rifle ban expired (Chinese still banned from import) and a bunch were dumped on the market for a brief period bringing down prices. Those have...

I don't believe Goldline sells the gold plated novelty coins like Franklin Mint and others. BIG premium on physical coins right now so walk away if only offered spot price. I would personally sell peer to peer and split the buy/sell difference the dealers take.

Yes, and those screwdrivers by some freak law of nature love to gather by kind and be all flat heads when you need a phillips and vice versa. :mad: I'll add flashlights to your "never can have too many" list.

Love it. 50 yrs worth of spider webs will certainly add to the creepy effect.

Above my parents kitchen ceiling we found a bundle of WWII era newspapers. The (low price) ads, comics (a couple of which still exist), stock market quotes (every dog has his day and then goes poof) and hometown news (local girl gets caught having a dalliance with a German POW etc.) were...

When we redid my parent's bathroom years back we got greeted by a bunch of safety razor blades falling out of wall when it was pried back. The old medicine cabinets had an open slot in the back adjacent to a hole in the paneling for the worn blades to be deposited in the wall between the studs...

Safety regulations meant an end to the sturdy metal (and plastic) interior components that gave the cars up to the late 60s an aura of class and quality inside. Everything now had to "give" instead of impale or concuss in an accident with unbuckled human bodies flying around so that new law...

My favorite era also styling wise and I'm not a Mustang or even Ford man. Growing up I got to watch a '72 yellow/black Mach 1 fastback parked in the weeds (along with a few other "savable" muscle cars) return to the elements over the course of a few decades with a DONT ASK! NOT FOR SALE! sign on...

My original rusted out and since I never used it much I replaced it with drain pipe. I did buy a new one identical to the cheapo original and have it and the original plumbing stored away for a quick swap for when I ever decide to sell the place. Potential buyers can flip the switch on the...