I had something of a front row seat since at the time I was in charge of risk and valuation for the fixed income derivatives business at Credit Suisse. The single most memorial event that I can place myself is the run on Northern Rock since I saw it with my own eyes. People lined up in front of bank branches in the UK like it’s 1933 America. In fact that was the first bank run in the UK since the 1860s. The other major events I can’t tell you where I was when I experienced them. In many cases at work dealing with the aftermath.

@jon-nyc said: Not surprised. A round trip flight to Europe is like getting a chest xray or two. I remember when I was getting a lot of imaging done before transplant. When I asked about the amount of radiation I was getting a doctor put it in terms of equivalent flights and that gave me perspective. It made me realize imaging was safer than I thought and/or flying was more dangerous @jon-nyc You do a lot of imaging and flying, no? You have to live your life. That's my bottom line this topic. My brother has Stage IV bone cancer. He had six days of radiation out of seven days at one of the NY hospitals. That must have been brutal. I wish I knew the organs where it's spread. He doesn't want to to talk about it. His right. I used to worry about radiation but short of avoiding power stations and transmission lines IDK anymore. My best friend in HS became a flight attendant. Well, I hope he's OK.

What is this First Amendment of which you speak?

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Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to win the 2026 US Open Women's singles title on Saturday, September 12, 2026, NBC Congratulations to Elena Rybakina.

Yeah, like automobile racing and its history. But those circuits could go away. Beautiful!

I don't really try to celebrate the holidays since my beloved aunt passed. She had been assigned "the keeper of the faith" role in her family because she was the only female born to her parents. The holidays and traditions meant so much to her. I could really never piece together the calendar, the holidays, nor their meanings. And this was spite of celebrating the holidays formally with my father's family, his mother's home (my Nanny's) growing up. I can't explain it. Hanukkah was an exception. I recently learned a story about my Nanny, and her family, that I couldn't have imagined in 1,000 years, that was a family secret nobody (not one person) not once (not ever) told me, refered to, hinted at... nothing. I don't even know if my mother knew it. It was anything but the easy to follow narrative I was told. It was as if one version of the American dream was being lived, and one story of the American experience had been filed in a kind of vault. This was by design of course. Families. Maybe one day I will write more about it or talk about it with... anyone. For time being though not my place. Daniel, Wondering whether to rest on Saturdays, Sundays, or both

I’m not baking much any more, but a new local pizzeria is making a sourdough crust, so I think a visit is required.

@wtg said: I'd forgotten half of this stuff... https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/1970s-life-in-photos 36/39

My experience was not as dramatic as @jon-nyc 's or @bernard 's (and I believe I wrote about this at the old WTF) but I was living in Japan at the time, so it was just before 10pm. I was brushing my teeth and my husband called me into the living room where the news was on TV. (We didn't have a computer at home at that point). I couldn't process what was happening at first, it seemed like a movie, and we watched the rest of it unfold in real time just like the rest of the world. Then I couldn't get a call through to the US for what seemed like forever, I didn't know where my parents were, whether any of my family happened to be traveling (in NYC or elsewhere)... I have family in many places in Western PA, and the Japanese news didn't use any specific place names in their reporting about that part of it. That made me almost lose my mind. I think being overseas for 9/11 was maybe somewhat similar to being abroad when a family member dies. I felt isolated from the US, and I remember feeling alienated from the Japanese people that were around me (esp at work) in ways I never had before. In the months that followed I went crazy trying to get American flags to decorate our house. (Which, in a small town in Japan, and before the days of ordering everything online, was not very easy to do). It was another year or more before I made it back to the US for a visit, and when I finally returned, I found a country I did not recognize.

@dolmansaxlil I know! I don’t see how this is life-changing, but I’m in that other camp. If anyone else reads Yesteryear, I’d love to get your take on it.

To be fair, it is easy to miss.

@realplayer You'll find it! It took me a long time to know my sling bag was "the one". It took me some trial and error. The "study abroad" leather bag was too small. Backpack was good when I didn't have a car but wasn't comfortable with security when using both shoulder straps. My messenget bag is large enough for general use. It's also is a stealth briefcase. I've been handling massive amounts of paperwork, forms, documents, etc. for a couple years, and I'm still doing that. Good luck!

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Oh geez... crazy talk trying to say where the money that will never appear will come from!

On second thought, we met with our financial guys yesterday. They told us we weren’t spending enough money, which felt pretty weird. We live pretty high on the hog as far as I’m concerned, but with my side consulting we haven’t touched our IRAs in seven years of retirement. Maybe I do need one.

Thanks guys!

Link to video Peridot. Richard Yard. It reminds me of the old saying about the Tiffany's counter- if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it. I thought that slogan was silly at the time- but it made a point.

Of course. Lol, Joe.