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 Topic: [Finance] Debt or No? |
MrGresham
Replies: 181
Views: 44548
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 Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:44 pm Subject: Sven -- that doesn't make sense |
Sven -- your post about house mortgage doesn't make sense to me
They can and probably will demand more $$ toward the equity and if you can't pay, they will take your house.
The mortgage is a con ... |
| Topic: Game Strategies |
MrGresham
Replies: 11
Views: 2079
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am Subject: Doing both |
Doing both
BTW, the thought pops in from a couple scenarios -- remember in Western movies where some wealthy rancher hires goons (and the sheriff) to go out and harrass and control the community (o ... |
| Topic: Game Strategies |
MrGresham
Replies: 11
Views: 2079
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:29 am Subject: Yikes! |
Game Theory meets Peak Oil!
A mind unto my own -- I'm gonna have to come back to this one, but for right now, at least in these political times, my thoughts are sidetracked by thinking of our late- ... |
| Topic: World Views; How did we get in this mess? |
MrGresham
Replies: 45
Views: 11649
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Forum: Geopolitics Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:17 am Subject: Great thread! |
From high philosophy to low economics --
MonteQuest, gg3, MrBean, all -- it's great to have a thread that challenges my simple everyday thought processes. I try to reduce my cause-effect thinking ... |
| Topic: A shower a day? |
MrGresham
Replies: 22
Views: 4062
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:24 am Subject: A shower a day? |
| Daily showers have been one of my recreational loves since I was 22, and for awhile it provided the only relief I could find for a skin irritation. I can't remember what I did before then. (Now you ... |
| Topic: World Views; How did we get in this mess? |
MrGresham
Replies: 45
Views: 11649
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Forum: Geopolitics Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:06 am Subject: Social entropy |
Social entropy; my thoughts rooted in Anthropology.
I don't know if the mechanical and technological eras (our tool-making ability at work) have given us more than a brief extension of what was goi ... |
| Topic: How do you plan to live... |
MrGresham
Replies: 33
Views: 6905
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:09 pm Subject: Forming a community |
Forming a community?
Interesting how so many discussions devolve into "I will die" and/or "Guns guns guns" dichotomy. These are all based upon scenarios preferred by the writer, and you know that ... |
| Topic: [Economics] PO Jobs |
MrGresham
Replies: 184
Views: 53788
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:27 pm Subject: Best job |
Best job?
When considering this, you should consider the starting point of yourself and the reader. Suppose a doctor makes 300,000 now, and will make the equivalent of 100,000 post-PO. Of course ... |
| Topic: Why isn't there the same discussion about peak demand? |
MrGresham
Replies: 9
Views: 1323
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:09 pm Subject: Why isn't there the same discussion about peak demand? |
Demand, of course, is a function of price and the uses people want to put oil to.
So, the three parts of that formula are Price, Uses, and People.
Price: Price up, demand down.
Uses: Economy ... |
| Topic: Best time to 'head for the hills' before collapse? |
MrGresham
Replies: 43
Views: 7251
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:51 am Subject: Warning signs? |
Final warning sign? Uh, they close the roads out of town?
Right time? Ah, the day before they close the roads?
Seriously? This is a prepare-in-advance societal change, not a short-term event. ... |
| Topic: Where to put put my money prior to economic meltdown? |
MrGresham
Replies: 14
Views: 4092
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:04 am Subject: Many good thoughts |
So many good thoughts --
CEF is a Canadian fund holding physical gold and silver; not sure if it's approved for USA IRAs etc.
Pay down mortgage? Not sure, as the first priority is "Get liquid, ... |
| Topic: Odd/ amusing personal reactions to peak oil.. |
MrGresham
Replies: 34
Views: 6562
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:42 pm Subject: 2 great adaptations! |
Two great adaptations to these changes: cello and biking.
One of my friends was a leading cellist in Poland during the Solidarity revolution, and she used to play concerts to support the movement. ... |
| Topic: In Defense of the “Lone Farmer” |
MrGresham
Replies: 8
Views: 2094
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:16 pm Subject: Farm Economics |
Farm economics
Maybe farming isn't for me either, not sure. I've gotten my toes dirty before, but I was just the grunt labor to a few experienced tractor-drivin' buddies. Didn't have to think, pl ... |
| Topic: In Defense of the “Lone Farmer” |
MrGresham
Replies: 8
Views: 2094
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:30 am Subject: Great post! |
Maybe it's a function of age, and capital.
If you've got home equity to play with, get out to the country solo as Pops has described. This is what the locals expect, and are comfortable with. Set ... |
| Topic: Hate Posts - Perpetual Motion & PO Policy |
MrGresham
Replies: 8
Views: 1535
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:54 pm Subject: Peak Threads -- Voluntary Thread Retirement? |
| I'm just starting to do my reading here, and I realize now the danger of beginning to spout on something or ask questions, and then find it covered elsewhere. I'll be exploring the Search function ne ... |
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