Jeff Matthews

You wouldn't know that by the record sales these days.

It's interesting how times have changed. CD's don't provide squat, but that's because the Fed has made home-buying more affordable by reducing rates to rock-bottom.

"Stagflation!" I remember that as a kid. It didn't register to me back then. I just knew it was "bad."

People must have been financing cars for 20%. I know they were paying 11%+ for car loans in the early 90's. That was the heyday, I was thinking about. I'm probably a little younger than you. In those days, you could get around 5-6% for CD's.

Richard (Coytee) and I were just discussing this sort of thing. There is a false impression that the only choice is risky stocks and CD's which pay nothing. In the middle exist good dividend stocks. They yield better than CD's yielded in their heyday. Yields today on some very good companies are 7-8%.

Me, too. But sadly, I have a feeling that the hedge fund guys are investing other people's money, and a lot of unwitting people got burned.

The $80 Turbotax for Home and Small Business creates and files them for you. I just did mine last week.

I don't know if this will help any of you going through severe anxiety attacks, but one of my brothers described attacks he had similar to wuzzer's around 5-7 years ago. He said it scared him like he was going to die. He didn't really know what brought it on and had no history to help explain it. His doctor prescribed a small dose of Xanax. He said it worked very well, and in fact he weaned himself down to just taking a half a pill to keep the attacks at bay. I don't recall if he said anything happened far enough in advance of the attacks to make him know to take the Xanax as needed or if he took it around the clock. After a while of taking small dosage Xanax, he finally stopped taking any of it and has been fine ever since. As far as anxiety goes, I have to wonder whether the anxiety comes from the heart palpitations or whether anxiety triggers the palpitations. If the attacks are really sudden and severe, don't assume it's necessarily a mental or mood issue. Also, different drugs work differently on different people. Don't be afraid to ask your doctor to experiment with different ones until you find a right fit. Good luck!

Did any of the mods get any belated Christmas gifts?

OK

Oops. Thought this was a PM.

Delta to Wussies: Leave Your Pets at Home

11 million population on lockdown with orders not to leave city. https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinese-city-lockdown-coronavirus-surge

50% in 2 months!

Just in case you were too stoned and missed it. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/cannabis-stocks-may-be-2021s-big-winners-2021-01-07

I don't agree. I think China had a reason for serious concern. Without further evidence, I would believe it was without intent.

Even then, science doesn't have an explanation. Why are there states which have been under tighter restrictions doing worse than ones with less restrictions?

Social distancing works.

Chives have an awful funk, but they taste great! Scrambled eggs and chives make great breakfast tacos.

I've had the same experience. Except for not being able to argue politics in a private section, I don't see that much has really changed. I think we changed. There are a lot of people who've moved on. It takes some of us longer than others.

Cast it to a smart TV through WiFi.

It's California's fault? Maybe they should deny all of them medical care and just let them run the streets infecting others until they die.

Everything I've read says the vaccine producers believe the mutation is insignificant.