Recent content by Free To Canoe

A great guitarist and a better song writer. RIP Dickey.

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I've been watching CTA-A for a good price point but I didn't think to consider CTA-B. I have my order in for tomorrow. Thanks.

Thanks for straightening me out. Pub 590b 2022 misled me.

He turned 72 in 2023. Must take it in 2023 or as late as April 1, 2024.

The local hospital and Rotary club put on blood test days. Make an appointment and walk in on the assigned day. A standard panel $60 (psa extra). Maybe there are deals like this in your neck of the woods. A week or so later, you get the results. Actual testing is done by ACL a Quest...

I was sadden to recently learn about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal Maybe some of the folks deep in to nuclear can help us understand why the newer design AP1000 reactors had such cost overruns?

I have been using Apache Open Office for years. I like it and its free. And now I do not want or need microsoft products.

6+ Nothing to brag about I guess.

I sold some of Dads silver dimes recently. I got 81% of the spot price for silver. I thought that was a good deal. A local coin/ bullion store.

No fluke. Bought tires 6 months ago and my results were similar. Maybe Discount Tire is not such a discount any more.

Set up bee traps near the nest (see links). After a couple of days there will be little or no bees left. I have used this method several times successfully. Later in the fall (when the jackets are gone) plug or grout the holes closed. Any old sugar water or used pop will work well. The...

A Castle in Wartime by Catherine Bailey is a very readable story of the last days of the Third Reich. Based on diaries of a woman who was transported all over Germany during the last weeks of the war.

Warren Buffett alone is said to own 37.4% of Berkshire (never mind Munger and others). The above shows total insider ownership as 0.37% I would like to know what insider ownership is as Yahoo and others define it.

What a blow! He could write some songs and play some rhythm. Some of his songs just put you there. Like this one.