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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!

@andyd Well said. The same thing happened here (not surprisingly).

Has it been that long? Do you want to see my new one? https://timeresistance.com/collections/messenger-bags-for-men/products/full-grain-italian-leather-messenger-bag-the-stranger?variant=50313179824454 It fits folders like a glove. I got it about a week ago. I got rid off my backpack. I got rid of the Toscanella travel bag I got in 2025. And they stopped making it (and many others). I kept this one- Leather Sling Bag Belly Bag - Independent People – timeresistance.com https://share.google/4u9GIA8GSOikFUruD It's a sling bag but after you use it for a few years the leather relaxes and bends. Then you see it's actually an ancient sling bag design that would have been used to plant seeds. I bought their recommended product and cleaned it. I'm done. I'm keeping these two. Good luck, Joe.

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.

Link to video Ok, I lell my HS story. My best friend Hara and I were the two alternates. We couldn't serve well enough. We had no game to speak of. We didn't have the knowledge needed to get through a match. If we had the experience we would still not have the stamina. So we enjoyed hitting with each other. I loved hitting in the concrete "courts" they have for this. We spent a lot of time together at city parks for tennis. We listened to music (Broadway, Streisand, almost every album). No disrespect to Streisand at all, but when I hear her voice now, I switch it off. It was definitely a brief musical phase for me though. We talked outback dating (others, not each other, lol). Good times. I wish I could have done more in HS but there wasn't much opportunity for playing tennis in inner city Tampa, and more to the point, I didn't have the opportunity to take lessons. So yeah. Glorified waterboy. Lol!

My new audiobook is ‘Six Days of War’ by Michael Oren. It’s said to be the best single volume treatment of the 67 Arab-Israeli war.

And control. They want to know who is pregnant. They want to know who has guns. etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttertubs_Pass

Republicans seem to believe that the bad consequences will not affect them.

@wtg Seems to be, "Our product will kill us all." Not the best sales pitch and unusual coming from the seller. I tend to believe things like that.

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@jon-nyc I don't disagree. I just think the military budget is absurd. Not that voters have any control over it.

I bet they were just glad not to be trekking.