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12-29-12, 04:26 PM
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12-29-12, 06:05 PM
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12-29-12, 07:19 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-...velhead_engine
12-29-12, 08:23 PM
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what software do people here use to track their mutual fund performances? my needs are relatively simple: basically shift things between bonds and index funds.
12-29-12, 08:26 PM
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hey EC... you're in NoVa now?
12-29-12, 08:28 PM
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I just glance at the Fidelity website now & then. I'd be nervous having much in bonds these days.
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12-29-12, 08:38 PM
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Yep. I moved to NoVa so I can siphon all yalls money by being a no good gubamint employee
actually just kidding. USPTO, the agency for whom I work, is fully self funded from fees that applicants pay.
gotcha.
btw, why the nervousness with bonds? Or are you referring to specific index with a not so good rating?
actually just kidding. USPTO, the agency for whom I work, is fully self funded from fees that applicants pay.
btw, why the nervousness with bonds? Or are you referring to specific index with a not so good rating?
12-29-12, 08:42 PM
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I know you were just joshin' but just as an FYI...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-...velhead_engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-...velhead_engine
I built her from the ground up.
12-29-12, 08:43 PM
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Interest rates are so low (thus prices are high) that I don't imagine there's much upside. Short term are safer, but not much yield.
Disclaimer: I don't know what the heck I'm talking about.
Disclaimer: I don't know what the heck I'm talking about.
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12-29-12, 09:03 PM
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Never leaked.
12-29-12, 09:04 PM
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12-30-12, 08:33 AM
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12-30-12, 08:39 AM
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My Triumph didn't leak even though it was manufactured during the days of the Meriden Worker's Cooperative when the workers were more interested in striking than in the quality of the machining. The secret: when I built it I used Yamabond #4 on the joints.
12-30-12, 08:58 AM
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I had a Husqvarna 390 and the center case cracked on one side where the cylinder studs went and the cylinder tried to lift off, kinda like the old Volkswagens did.
12-30-12, 10:50 AM
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I wish I could talk about when I raced motorcycles. I can't because I never did. Barely rode one (twice, in parking lots). I think I'd die on one if I were to get one.
I still have some motorcycle magazines so I can look wistfully at articles and pictures.
I still have some motorcycle magazines so I can look wistfully at articles and pictures.
12-30-12, 11:24 AM
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My old roommate Chris D'Aluisio raced them for a while with some success.
https://www.theriderfiles.com/?p=5965
He was pretty good on a bicycle too.
https://www.theriderfiles.com/?p=5965
He was pretty good on a bicycle too.
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12-30-12, 11:43 AM
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^he was a good 250 rider.
in the process of packing for our move; really doing some serious "cleaning". Ive been getting rid of tons, literally. Sold my welder, generators, big compressor, and giving away a lot of tools specific to my old 2 cycle race bikes (flywheel pullers, clutch holders, leak-down testers etc). Only keeping pictures and maybe the bins of wood/plastic that I was rewarded for risking life and limb. And keeping one pair of old leathers that saved my skin a few times. One last high-side crash in '01 blew the ass out and they were retired...
in the process of packing for our move; really doing some serious "cleaning". Ive been getting rid of tons, literally. Sold my welder, generators, big compressor, and giving away a lot of tools specific to my old 2 cycle race bikes (flywheel pullers, clutch holders, leak-down testers etc). Only keeping pictures and maybe the bins of wood/plastic that I was rewarded for risking life and limb. And keeping one pair of old leathers that saved my skin a few times. One last high-side crash in '01 blew the ass out and they were retired...
12-30-12, 01:39 PM
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I never thought I was good enough to race and I was too much of a wuss. I did ride desert nearly every weekend for 10 years. Some great memories there.
12-30-12, 01:43 PM
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I learned to ride a motorcycle on a Bultaco Sherpa T at the dump.