Random conversations

[don_pipone]

@Tago-Mago how kind of you. But yeah, it would have been way too easy for you.

[RobeOfTheMagi]

Is there anyone else who also loves David Lynch's voice and way of speaking?

[tody]

@RobeOfTheMagi I see Twin Peaks brought you on the right path!

[RobeOfTheMagi]

@tody It really did! I've just started with season two; it's not as strong as the first one, but still great!

[Matt]

Just remember to clear out your expectations before starting The Return. It will not align with anything you’re expecting. Watch Fire Walk Wall With Me first though.

[goosehd]

Anyone thinking about buying SpaceX stock? Thoughts on trying to get in immediately or waiting a week or two? I'm tempted, but feel that there will be a decent drop from the IPO and should start climbing in a month or two when everything starts to settle.

[NickD]

@goosehd no, I don't want to make Elon Musk any richer.

[Chap]

@goosehd said in Random conversations:

Anyone thinking about buying SpaceX stock? Thoughts on trying to get in immediately or waiting a week or two? I'm tempted, but feel that there will be a decent drop from the IPO and should start climbing in a month or two when everything starts to settle.

It’s 2026, I am 55, do I want to invest into traveling to Mars? Nope definitely not… and then there is one of worst person on earth

[goosehd]

I feel the same about the man, but the company and the Starlink system of satellites has made our lives much easier than what we were dealing with before. Living in a rural area, internet was spotty at best with download speeds of 20 Mbps at best and upload of 1-2Mbps...With Starlink I now have 200-400 Mbps download and 20-50 Mbps upload. It has made running a business from home much easier...especially when you consider some of the files sizes we deal with on a routine basis.

[goosehd]

It does feel like I'm sleeping with the devil though...and hate that aspect.

[Chap]

@goosehd said in Random conversations:

I feel the same about the man, but the company and the Starlink system of satellites has made our lives much easier than what we were dealing with before. Living in a rural area, internet was spotty at best with download speeds of 20 Mbps at best and upload of 1-2Mbps...With Starlink I now have 200-400 Mbps download and 20-50 Mbps upload. It has made running a business from home much easier...especially when you consider some of the files sizes we deal with on a routine basis.

I agree, and maybe it will be a good investment, who knows. But it would not fit into my investment strategy which is more conservative, dividend related aso., I am a Munger/Buffet fanboy… and I would simply not invest into an IPO in general.

Do we need a stockmarket thread?

[goosehd]

@Chap I wonder about that sometimes...

We are conservative as well, but on occasion I see something that sparks my interest, then I remember my father-in-laws advice that there is no such thing as easy money (especially fast easy money). Also, never gamble more than you're willing to lose...he wasn't a gambler

I still miss him and his advice.

[Giles]

Not interested in the slightest, when it comes to investing I have the opposite of the Midas Touch.....

[Matt]

Dennis… shame on you. You’d willingly empower the destroyers of the world, and perhaps other worlds, for faster internet?

[Chap]

@goosehd said in Random conversations:

@Chap I wonder about that sometimes...

We are conservative as well, but on occasion I see something that sparks my interest, then I remember my father-in-laws advice that there is no such thing as easy money (especially fast easy money). Also, never gamble more than you're willing to lose...he wasn't a gambler

I still miss him and his advice.

That’s all you need to know about investing… time in the market beats timing the market is my way, I don’t have to jump on the hypes

[Chap]

@Giles said in Random conversations:

Not interested in the slightest, when it comes to investing I have the opposite of the Midas Touch.....

I have to… because I want to retire

[goosehd]

@Chap you could sell yoghurt and bread.

[Chap]

@goosehd said in Random conversations:

@Chap you could sell yoghurt and bread.

That‘ll be my second income… dividends, yoghurt and bread

[goosehd]

...and mine. I won't make much, but I'll have fun doing it

[Chap]

@goosehd Even more brilliant! Married a rich wife?