Have these people ever cracked a history book? 🤦‍♂️ View quoted note →

I said goodbye to my Dad at 5:30am this morning before I started the 12hr drive back home. After celebrating his 80th birthday with him yesterday, it was one of the more memorable goodbyes. When I turned 13 my Dad started treating me like a man. The days of holding his hand as we walked up from the field to the house for dinner ended. The hugs turned to handshakes. The words “I love you” were replaced by approving nods. The expectation of taking care of the chores and not being a slacker when he was away on business were non negotiable. Through the next three decades of my early and middle adulthood, any hint of affection from me or even a simple attempt at a hug when leaving after a visit was met with a stiffness and a seeming disdain for anything resembling emotion. This morning I shook my Dad’s hand before I left. He thanked me for the visit and even told me how much it meant that I took the time to come over from a province away for his birthday. As we parted I gave him a hug and said “I love you Dad.” as I turned away. And for the first time in 40 years that hard ass said “Love you too.” Blew me away lol. I’m going to miss him when he’s gone. I’ll be forever thankful for his quiet, Spartan reserve, that he instilled a work ethic in his kids, and that he taught me to “mean it” when I do or say something. #dadstr

Happy to say I just got back from the return 12hr drive. 24 hours of driving in the past 4 days for a golden 24 waking hours hanging out with family. And did the whole trip on gas retailer gift cards purchased with Bitcoin. They worked!

I ❤️ SLNT gear. View quoted note →

Not looking good for the high mountain passes tomorrow.

It’s funny how popular compact SUVs are now. One family get together. Two RAV4’s one Subaru XV and one Acura CX – 50 in the driveway right now. My brother-in-law took me for a rip in the Acura and that thing is like it is on rails. And horsepower to spare.

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Dad’s 80th birthday today. So glad I’m getting the opportunity to spend it with him. We are just going to have a little fire down on the beach with the family and see how many hot dogs we can smash. Might be a bit of whiskey involved.

Good morning Vietnam.

It seems to be about the number required to follow to yield 50-100 active posters that share your philosophy and interests. It’d be cool if we could regularly prune our follow list based on “days since last post”. View quoted note →

It was cool I got to test my chops and pick the brain of a retired fund manager today. A couple that lives in the same little lakeside community my Dad and stepmom live in dropped by for a visit, returning from their usual home in Oregon. It was cool to ask a former manager in a tradfi services firm about his take on current events and his outlook for the next year. Sent him a copy of David Rogers Webb’s book. Should blow his mind.