Recent content by The Z Machine

Often it's neighbors or people that I know. Probably 30% of the time, and that's enough for me. My kids don't have phones so their friends sometimes just pop on over to see if my kids are home.

Just short the VIX bro.

So my son was sent home from practice on Wednesday because he didn't wear the proper training socks as part of the kit. He didn't get to practice. About 7 others were in the same boat. There are like 20+ boys on the team but they only take 14 for the game day squad. He wasn't selected...

My Russian acquaintance suggested that the ruble was going to suffer very soon.

Atleti have used 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2 this season with Johnny. As far as I know, he's always been playing as a deep #6, while his central midfield partner is allowed to play higher and take more risks. it makes me wonder if Adams and Johnny are too similar to play next to each other. Adams is by...

Phuket... not just a beautiful Thai resort.

Just YO-LODE-D at Market price $3.01.

Missed my entry point and now it's up 7%. :cry:

I'm gonna LODE up today.

Yeah, I can't really explain that either, except that gold is seen as a store of value whereas silver isn't anymore.

I'm thinking about "tax loss harvesting" (i.e. selling for a loss) some of my poor performers to free up some cash for other plays.

I also got in some applications. But i put in for more cities. East Coast, West Coast, and MEX.

Wha???

Shipping can be really expensive. Like more than the cost of the item sometimes. If you have a corporate UPS account and can use it, that can cut costs in half or more. If he can wait until he returns to the US, or if someone is going to visit him, just hand carry in luggage. That's the best...

The gist is that there's "biosignatures", meaning that there are compounds present that are "most likely" produced by microbial life. That doesn't mean that they found fossilized microbes, or DNA, or anything else directly showing biology. The compounds *could* have been produced by other...