OT: New OT Bread

[GreatBear]

Anyone get in on any stocks?

I have stocks, but I try to stay away from the speculative ones. Those become a thrill ride up and down and I do not have the stomach for that with any real money.

A few years ago I put a tiny amount of money into a bitcoin fund, just to watch it move. And besides, if bitcoin went to $500,000 a bitcoin I would make some real money. It dropped by about 70% from what I paid for it (should have bought more), then recently rose to double what I paid for it, and now has dropped from there to only about 40% more than I paid for it. Plus in the meantime it split 91 to 1, giving me a really odd number of shares. I sold some with a small profit just to give me an even number of shares. It is not my usual style, but it has been interesting.

 

[Static]

No, but that is the latest in events that make me more and more convinced we are living in a simulation.

This must be when the creators were on acid then.

 

[Static]

I have stocks, but I try to stay away from the speculative ones. Those become a thrill ride up and down and I do not have the stomach for that with any real money.

A few years ago I put a tiny amount of money into a bitcoin fund, just to watch it move. And besides, if bitcoin went to $500,000 a bitcoin I would make some real money. It dropped by about 70% from what I paid for it (should have bought more), then recently rose to double what I paid for it, and now has dropped from there to only about 40% more than I paid for it. Plus in the meantime it split 91 to 1, giving me a really odd number of shares. I sold some with a small profit just to give me an even number of shares. It is not my usual style, but it has been interesting.

Nice, good for you! I am not in stocks at all, but put in $50 just to see where it goes.

 

[Frosted Tips]

Based on the activity on another forum it looks like a lot of young first timers are chasing big wins now. God bless them, I'm staying out.

Why is this called bread anyway?

 

[duckaroosky]

Vincent Jackson is dead at 38 years old. f***, that's way too young. Always liked him on the Chargers and on my fantasy football team!

 

[Static]

Vincent Jackson is dead at 38 years old. f***, that's way too young. Always liked him on the Chargers and on my fantasy football team!

Pretty ominous that he had been staying in a hotel room for a month and had a missing persons case opened and closed by his family. Expecting some brain scans.

 

[duckaroosky]

Pretty ominous that he had been staying in a hotel room for a month and had a missing persons case opened and closed by his family. Expecting some brain scans.

I didn't even see that part, just saw the headline while I was on my lunch break. That is very tragic to hear. I really enjoy football but the things that happen to the players after they retire are so distressing.

 

[Kalv]

 

[duckaroosky]

@DucksFanDFW and all our fellow posters in Texas hope all is relatively okay there!

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Introduced my 3-year old to Portal 2 over the weekend and she spent half the time covering her ears and asking "is the angry potato going to talk again??"

 

[Magnus the Duck]

Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" (Larkin Poe Cover)

 

[SirQuacksALot]

I changed my username.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I changed my username.

To Andy Kaufman?

 

[duckaroosky]

Got this delicious beer at some random BBQ place around the corner from me and I'm trying to find a store nearby to get more but everywhere online is sold out. Do you think it would be frowned upon if I just kept ordering the beer in a mason jar from the BBQ place but not get any food? Or maybe show up with my own growler?

 

[duckaroosky]

If Chik-fil-a isn't going to be open on Sundays then they shouldn't advertise on Sundays!

 

[Static]

If Chik-fil-a isn't going to be open on Sundays then they shouldn't advertise on Sundays!

The atlanta falcons made a big deal about bringing it to their stadium and fans were pretty excited until realizing they would not be open on sundays.

 

[duckaroosky]

The atlanta falcons made a big deal about bringing it to their stadium and fans were pretty excited until realizing they would not be open on sundays.

LOL wow, that's pretty dumb.

 

[SirQuacksALot]

 

[Magnus the Duck]

What do you guys pay to watch NHL? My provider is canceling my original sub, and I have to pay about $45/month from now on (which is an increase of 225%). Sadly they have payed to get full monopoly in Scandinavia so I cannot watch on NHL TV.

 

[SirQuacksALot]

 

[GreatBear]

What do you guys pay to watch NHL? My provider is canceling my original sub, and I have to pay about $45/month from now on (which is an increase of 225%). Sadly they have payed to get full monopoly in Scandinavia so I cannot watch on NHL TV.

The answer is "who knows"? I get the Ducks and Kings in my cable package, along with NBC Sports and NBC. The Ducks, Kings and NBC Sports are included in a package of about 60 channels. I cannot break out just the channels that I want, so I pay for the entire package. I pay about $35 - 40 per month for Center Ice during the season. I haven't broken out the monthly cost for this season, which is a reduced cost from a regular season. But then I didn't get a refund for the missed games from last year, so that upped the monthly actual price. I don't pay for the package that includes the NHL channel. At some point I just have to say, enough is enough.

 

[Magnus the Duck]

The answer is "who knows"? I get the Ducks and Kings in my cable package, along with NBC Sports and NBC. The Ducks, Kings and NBC Sports are included in a package of about 60 channels. I cannot break out just the channels that I want, so I pay for the entire package. I pay about $35 - 40 per month for Center Ice during the season. I haven't broken out the monthly cost for this season, which is a reduced cost from a regular season. But then I didn't get a refund for the missed games from last year, so that upped the monthly actual price. I don't pay for the package that includes the NHL channel. At some point I just have to say, enough is enough.

For sports that seems to be the go-to thing, bundle everything so everybody has to pay the full package deal. Was just curios about costs in other countries.

 

[Mortal Wombat]

What do you guys pay to watch NHL? My provider is canceling my original sub, and I have to pay about $45/month from now on (which is an increase of 225%). Sadly they have payed to get full monopoly in Scandinavia so I cannot watch on NHL TV.

I guess you mean Viaplay? I watch NHL through them and have paid 35 euros (~$42) per month for many years now. That also includes most UFC main cards plus all their movies and TV shows (and a bunch of other sports I hardly ever watch). Now that I checked I see they no longer offer a sports-only package. That could be a new thing, is that what you used to have? (Although I think that used to be €29/$35 so that wouldn't be such a large price hike.) I live in Finland, btw.

 

[Magnus the Duck]

I guess you mean Viaplay? I watch NHL through them and have paid 35 euros (~$42) per month for many years now. That also includes most UFC main cards plus all their movies and TV shows (and a bunch of other sports I hardly ever watch). Now that I checked I see they no longer offer a sports-only package. That could be a new thing, is that what you used to have? (Although I think that used to be €29/$35 so that wouldn't be such a large price hike.) I live in Finland, btw.

Would be nice to have a sports only package for €10 cheaper. But then again, I guess it's the exclusive sports deals that costs them a lot of money. The movies/tv-series is more of a bonus.

 

[duckaroosky]

Today I learned that, catholically speaking, beavers and hippos count as fish so you can eat both during lent.