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At 78 years old life is much too short for me to harbor emotions like frustration, which is the only cause of anger, which will absolutely use up my vital energy and shorten my already shortened life. Just arrived in West Virginia on Tuesday and have already learned that the life expectancy for men here is 73 years old, my guess is due to Appalachian addiction. This isn't a trial run, at least for me, so I cannot afford emotions that diminish appreciation of life. In any case, all the best to you, even though it's possible to stop being a victim by a simple exercise of will...
Well, at least I'm reassured on one point, that you and I are both still in possession of our senses of humor, if not necessarily our faculties, as it were [smile]...
Been busy moving from Tucson to West Virginia and haven't been here for a while. You don't suppose they've simply given up and are bleeding the last few drops of life from the soon-to-be ALRTF corpse. In a way mine is very close to an outsiders perspective, a fresh look as it were. However, sure glad to see that everyone still having fun here [smile]. Just sayin'...
Agree, I feel pretty much the same about this one. I'll sit on my shares and [my daughter likely] will wait till they either fizzle to zero or else somehow pay off.
A couple of side notes: I spoke with Chan at one point, and I felt then, and still feel that he's a straight-shooter that's doing his 'best' to turn this sleeper into something that ultimately will pay off at least somewhat for himself and his shareholders;
Also, as far as complaining about complainers (a phrase with a definite inherent hint of irony in itself), one of the reasons I check out the boards is to be amused and/or entertained in some way. I suppose it's also one of the reasons I do most things. Not only do I find it interesting to expose myself to the gnarly/seamy side of things, and the opinions of those that may disagree with me, I also find these a necessary consideration when it comes to maintaining a 'healthy' attitude. And if I may, I'll use the analogy of someone that follows only main-street-media to form an understanding of the world and the role America plays in geo-politics, and refuses to at least consider the viewpoint of the so-called 'truth-seekers' on what used to be called the dark web, but whom now amount to many tens of millions of followers, that look and understand things in a completely different fashion. In any case, this person MAY be doing themselves (and others??) a disservice.
In any case, probably likely to only visit here even more rarely from now on, however, I did want to say while there's still at least a few listening, that MCKVEE MADE ME LAUGH more than once, and I appreciate being amused. God-willing insh'Allah I'll be eighty years old next month, and there ain't a damn thing in the world around me that does me more good than laughter (especially as I watch my 'leaders' and my neighbors slow-walking America off the cliff).
Hang tough, youngsters, good luck here and in everything else and maybe most importantly, do your best to keep smilin'. Just sayin'. Cheers!!
Funny, my pop had a restaurant in downtown Pittsburgh for a few years in the early '60s, and the first five of his seven kids all worked there after school and in the summers. My main complaint was that I couldn't 'fool around' with the waitresses like my two older brothers did. Gotta love it!!
Hey man, how'd you manage to take a photo of my kitchen cupboard [smile], altho' you missed the chunk tuna / chicken in water, plus all the barely palatable protein bars and downright gross sugar-free protein powder and shakes...
Cheers, G
Tryin' to gain it back, Dog, 119 pounds this morning, down from approx 145. Been probed, reamed, zapped, shish-kebobbed and even spit-roasted by every test there is and docs still at a loss to discover which of my failing organs are responsible for my gradual disappearing act [smile]. Not complaining, almost eighty and never thought I'd make it nearly this far considering all the 'naughty' habits and fun in which I've indulged for most of those terrific years.
Appreciate your concern. Cheers!
Love it!! Sincerely appreciate your concern and advice but you're preachin' to the choir, brother. Apparently I portrayed an image of a pathetic old dude sitting under a freeway overpass spooning meat out of a can with a cardboard box over his head. Far from it, I'm trying every recipe for canned tuna and chicken I can find on the net, btw the only one that gagged me so far was a tuna casserole. Actually feeling pretty lucky that no longer having an appetite is the worst of the symptoms of the mystery disease/condition that's causing my weight loss and lack of energy, even tho' food was always one of my favorite things. In fact, if any of you old-timers were around Seattle in the '70s and '80s there's a good chance you ate at my downtown restaurant, La Villareal on 4th and Wall.
Striper, I gotta say, you are the best. Not only caring about individuals on this board, but you also tirelessly work your butt off keeping up the spirits of all of us. Thank you for your service and please keep up the great work. Cheers!!
Considering the fact that exactly half of all doctors graduated at the bottom of their class, I'm starting to think that maybe I have too many damn doctors. Just sayin...
You guys are killin' me. I'm having tuna and/or chicken outta the can for the protein. Doctor's Rx orders, I'm down to 118 lbs [smile]...
Funny! Reminds me of Imelda, First Lady of The Philippines for twenty years or so. After providing herself with every sort of luxury that money could buy, traveling the world to purchase designer shoes was the next best thing she could find to do on which to spend all the mega-millions her and hubby Fernando ripped-off from the 'peasants'. Not that I'm comparing Gail's possible shoe foible to Witch Imelda's rape of the populace -- at least Gail's spending money and supporting the domestic economy [smile]. I'm not recommending it to others, however, laughing at myself and at life in general is I believe the number one thing keeping me from being even more crazy than I already am...
One of the odd things about sadists like these folks, those that enjoy at least trying to make others feel bad, is that they're often also masochists. They will eagerly await the blowback and return insults that feeds and somehow assuages their shame and guilt from all the naughtiness they know they're guilty of. Socially inept keyboard addicts living in their mom's basements are a fast breeding demographic that suffer from something quite similar to the oh so common Derangement Syndrome that has infected a similar demographic. Just sayin'...
Nice! As hard as I try to not second-guess the Judge's state of mind, I can't help but feel as time goes on that he's completely hip to the attempted manipulations by Samsung et al when it comes to Netlist's situation, as much or possibly even more than the rest of us here that've been so frustratedly champing at the bit for so long to get this resolved.
This could be the closest I've ever come to actually pumping a ticker [smile]...
Cheers brother!! Considering all the stupid investments I've made over the years, including the 'smart' one where Billy skee-daddled with our millions, the residual emotional toxic fallout from them is nothing compared to the one time I was [figuratively] kicked in the stomach by a woman who I truly believed shared my love and devotion. My point being, this is just money, and now that I'm almost eighty years old and have managed to amass more than I ever dreamed or likely spend, I find that it has become at times a sort of nagging burden rather than the happy-dance godsend I'd thought it would be while younger. Just sayin'...
I still add 10K share blocs of this now and then, cheaper these days than an OZ before it was legalized, and both expenditures may turn out to have been well worth it [smile], and it's all in trust for my kid in any case.
Exactly! I was surprised, yet pleased, to find myself smiling also...
I enjoy checking in here now and then, and I must admit I thoroughly enjoy both the positive and the negative posts. Positive, pie-in-the-sky, Pollyanna or simply hopeful stuff is nice and often necessary for some folks and for certain moods, and the reality-based negative venting frustrated posts are also welcome, and I must confess I find the latter extremely satisfying personally. I'm glad the relatively rare number of people here that actually complain continue to persist in spite of all the folks triggered by their sentiments. For example, I see the benefits of believing, following and then sleep-walking into the nuclear WWIII that our %@#! gov't is slow-walking us into, and I also appreciate the non-MSM truth-seekers keeping us advised of how close to the actual brink we are heading.
Maybe it's due to being born and raised in Steeler Country (for the record, gave up the NFL, my only 'hobby', due to the KaeperDick anthem knee) where teasing and mockery of one's pals and brothers was the main pastime in Pittsburgh, not to be confused at all with picking on the weak, the worst sort of unacceptable behavior back there and back then, but rather to toughen us up for the shitty future that awaited us: being drafted and/or working in the steel mills, the only two choices, options or likelihoods for most of us. Cheerleaders are necessary and wonderful to maintain or pump up an attitude [and not just as a personal stable for the QBs and other BMOCampus, even us weirdos and uglies enjoy watching hotties jump around], and cynics provide the solid foundation for understanding reality and moving forward in life on a somewhat even keel. Historically, Cynics in gov't are the counterparts of Court Jesters, both sharing the main duty of keeping their leaders grounded in reality: "remember, thou art just a man" etc.
It takes courage and strength to stand tall in the face of enemy fire, and it takes more than one of the scriptural virtues to support and uplift one's fellow travelers through hard times. I know some of yinz by handle from other tickers, but I know all y'all from having hung out with yinz all generically one way or another in the past. Hang tough kids, keep the faith, and maybe most importantly, keep smilin'... Cheers!!
Welcome home, brother!!
Well said, JJ. I can't help but think that if they could see us now, all those heroes that made the ultimate sacrifice would rest more comfortably knowing we're all healthy, and yes 'happy', and enjoying the lives that we have thanks to them. My Pop joined up while working at a steel mill in Pittsburgh. He was 33 yrs old and they weren't drafting from these 'critical industries', and altho' he always claimed [with a straight face] that it was to chase Hitler back to Germany, we always later joked it was really to escape my mom, her father and my three older siblings -- a houseful of crazy Syrians. He was granted US Citizenship when he returned in November '45, and I was born in July '46 [smile].
Speaking of reunions, I have a painting over my mantle that I later identified as done by a Prussian, Hans Zatzka. Pop always claimed, again with a straight face, that he had 'liberated' it from a Nazi castle. I was still in grade school when his turn came to host the reunion, and will never forget how hard they all laughed, including Pop, at the idea of his liberating it after storming a Nazi stronghold. Of course, my six brothers and sisters and I couldn't help but surmise afterwards that he looted it from some poor German widow's home in a town bereft of men that they passed through during their grand march. Gotta love it.
Nothing brings me to tears more, along with child abuse, than thoughts of those that went to war and never returned. To end this ramble, a pre-op nurse at the VA recently advised me that the reason I somehow still feel closer in some ways to the remaining men with whom I served than even family is that they're 'trauma buddies', just sayin'. And let me also just add, hope all y'all Have a Heck of a Happy Memorial Day Weekend [smile]. Cheers!
A thoughtful time to cherish the memories of those who gave their lives for us. I still get pet-peeved when I hear folks say Happy Memorial Day Weekend [smile]...
Appreciate the sentiment, J, and the offer. However, when this finally goes ballistic, insh'Allah, whoever owns more shares pops for dinner [smile]. GLTY and all the rest of the NLST Longs here. Cheers, G
Sounds like you and another popular poster or two here live in rural parts of the country where it certainly is still wonderful. Stay away from the cities and any place with bureaucrats [smile]. Just sayin'...
The Draft is for six years of service. Usually only two active duty and four in the Reserves. In the early days of Nam they were keeping both draftees and enlistees out of necessity till replacements were available -- a common practice in many of our larger overseas forays. There were still decent folks passing laws in those days, quite unaware of the new 'masters of war' for profit that is so well understood in our now 'brave new world' run by global banking cartels (WEF). This was well before the huge troop buildup when almost everyone in uniform spent their one year in-country, in fact, I was home before Nixon's inauguration in '69 when the escalation went truly wild. They thanked me for my extended time over there by releasing me from my Reserve requirement, which I truly appreciated, altho' I was such an idiot child that I had expected a hero's welcome awaited me, not having dog crap thrown at me when I landed in SFO, altho' two years or so of heavy drugs may have had something to do with my confusion and surprise [smile]. The USA was really a great country when I was a kid in the '40s and '50s...
One of the 1st things I saw on TV after 31 straight months in Vietnam. Best PTSD meds ever!
No offense taken, and Welcome Home brother. Was simply checking to see if you knew what you were askin' for. Personally, If it were my choice, after all these years I'm finally at the point where I'd scatter the pieces and send all those that infringe against us with impunity straight to hell, along with the corrupt bureaucrats and their administrivial cash incentives and BS that allows it all to happen. Just sayin'...
Fyi to interested civilians, PTSD isn't always cringing under the bed when you hear a loud noise, often as not, it's anger and rage against drafting teenagers to feed into overseas meatgrinders to die for the profit schemes of the donors that control both houses of our Congress; along with all the rest of those that 'pick on the weak', like abusers of women and children and 'dumb' animals. WWII GIs fought for their moms and sweethearts, most of us were sent against our will to murder innocents and die for the Bank of America and Gulf Oil. The hefty Agent Orange Cancer Apology bonus I recently received somehow makes me feel even more guilty for what I did from late '65 to mid '68.
Forgive me for venting here, but enough of you PM'd me, so...
Respectfully, as a Vietnam Vet I just wonder if you realize what you're exhorting us to do when you shout out, as it were, that we "Get some!!". Admittedly, my momentary flashes of PTSD-type sweats are minor these sixty years later, but simply wanted to mention it in case you're not aware. I would never ask anyone to not speak their mind, and I can handle reading it occasionally; perhaps you also are a Viet Vet, if so, forgive my big mouth. Appreciate all you do otherwise [smile], and please keep up the good work!! Cheers
Sixty-three sounds like a puppy from my seventy-eight years. Just sayin'...
Still here, even bought more during recent dips, altho' bear in mind since I'm about his age, I may in fact be suffering from Biden Brain. Just sayin'. Cheers!!
Keep up the good work brother, hang tough, attitude is everything. Cheers!!
I'm just wondering how many of us had our arms twisted and were forced to buy into this stock. Those that were in fact made to invest against their will to become stockholders in this company may feel others need to hear them whinge and moan like our new celebrated Victim Class, although the grown ups among us may consider not blaming others for our situational discomforts.
Appreciate the sentiment, MP33, I do hope for the best but always try to be prepared for the worst.
GLTY and all the Longs here. Cheers!!
I'm not long for this world, but I'm comfortable with my NLST shares simmering in a trust account for my daughter's solvent future. Just sayin'...
I take Finatic's slur against the venerable 9th Circuit quite personal [smile]...
Yep, the integrity, honor and courage of our Founding Fathers of 250 years ago didn't last long at all. The idea of the USA was simply too pure, too tolerant and too benevolent to its citizens to be tolerated by the parasites hovering around something so beautiful.
Thinking the best of folks or even giving them the benefit of the doubt has become dangerous territory. A good example is the Dept of Justice, which is a misnomer and should rightfully be called the 'Dept of INJUSTICE'. Billy and the Bimbo probably don't even feel any guilt over their villainy, it's a new world and culture out there. The worst part for me was all the friends, family and folks I introduced to that POS and the Consortium for which I felt responsible. Plus, it was terrible to see many of our 'friends' on the board turn on each other when things went sour and the hostilities began
Yeah, I remember you guys from that fiasco. Whatever happens here, I'm confident that Chuck isn't going to run off with our winnings like Billy and his double-agent partner-in-crime lawyer girlfriend did with our money from their sell-out settlement. Been loading up here for years, good chance I won't be around long enough to see the windfall that's due us, but I am counting on it to see my daughter through the corrupt times ahead of us for a generation or two. Just sayin'...
The quick brown fox jumped....
WTF!!! I go away for a couple days and the whole thing falls apart...
As usual, my appreciation for keeping folks updated on the process/ progress. Cheers!
Nice, thanks for posting!
Agree 100% re: organized religion, and point it out constantly about ALL of them. Life's too short to follow someone/something else's lights, just look inside of ourselves for all the answers. It's called integrity, just like a closed system in physics...
Moslem is on my fifty-five year old dogtags, and with my huge honker and one eyebrow, that's what I am. Doubt I'll live long enough to see the days when we are just another American ethnicity like we used to be.
Enjoy it while you can, youngster, this ain't a practice run...[smile]