simply brilliant HUMILITY: You go first. GRACE: No, you. I insist. HUMILITY: You always have to be the gracious one. GRACE: It’s my name! HUMILITY: OK fine. (Long pause) I guess I would start by saying it’s been a tough bunch of years. GRACE: You can say that again. HUMILITY: It’s been a tough bunch…
From NYT comments – On Anticipation / Happiness
Looking forward to something can be almost as good as experiencing it. Whatttt ! I have begun to think more simply and accept some people can only be or do or see in a tighter range. Happiness is all relative. My last 4 years of part time avocation work has put me in touch with…
WSJ on “Several Million Still Missing from the workforce.”
not too difficult to understand. It’s a labor supply chain problem really. 1) COVID pushed around the already tight workforce. 2) Plenty of money sloshing around from 10 year + bull market, strong housing gains and stimulus to companies and people. 3) No one likes doing the crummy, labor intensive work, if they do not…
WSJ _ The ‘Hell or High Water Clause’ article regarding equipment leasing.
I loved the Tom Wait’s reference. “The large print giveth and the fine print taketh away” 1) As part of a group that now leases equipment and helps finance people and small business …. It is incredibly lopsided in our favor and wickedly profitable, most of the time. 2) Lending or leasing money to people…
Comment to NYT on “wealth from nothing in america” isn’t always a pleasant story.
A little fortunate by birth, opportunistic, hardworking and diligent, a self serving, or self preserving personality, to move himself forward. (American Traits.) Willing to compromise, to see opportunity, to cross an ocean by age 20 and then back. To find himself in the favor of local, then regional government. A British government. Then an American…
Freakonomics Radio / People I mostly admire – On changing ones mind – Robert Sapolsky, on free will
Commenting has become my newest semi-retirement hobby. Sapolsky’s ability to do the science, practice the art, talk out both sides of his mouth is the living proof of life. The more public / popular a person is at any given moment in time, cannot speak in pure honesty, it is always nuanced to that moment. It seems to…
WSJ article – who are the people in the old photographs ?
Pictures are wonderful… let’s thank those who put the names and dates. There is almost always someone in the family who cares, some where, to carry forward. The pictures aren’t really just about the “now”, they are the line that goes back in time and carries forward. Lest you forget the world we live and…
WSJ COMMENT SECTION, Another HK comment ..
Article title: Part-time Retirement Programs. Firstly, it is a demographics issue, more retiring than coming on in. Second, easier to have the old train the new in the basics. Third, unless you are active, retirement can be a bit boring. Fourth, a little work aggravation, that you don’t have to really care about is great….
WSJ comment to a ”great resignation opinion piece.”
HK After reading the opinion piece and the comments; 4 hours ago, I wrote “it is clear there isn’t 1 problem, but several problems.” Then 4 hours later I keep reading comments mostly of the “either / or ” scenario. People can be so dumb. my HT answer posted. There are multiple answers to…
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From WSJ article on Pickleball noise and Tennis court conversion.
WSJ Comments, one of my most favorite things to do, after I play Pickleball. I played tennis (and golf). The play is is ok, most players are a bore however.Pickleball is usually nothing but laughter, camaraderie and entertainment.Tennis is arrogant and usually has a dress code, PB is live and let live, attire is flexible.At…