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Watch for fees and idiocy

It’s too hard with this Brexit thing hanging over everyone’s head.

Yet the S&P500 is still holding in. Good argument for index funds:

S&POYTD

Banks and brokers are going nuts with the fees. Watch out. One just charged me $26 for a simple wire — after promising that the wire would be free. Don’t believe promises.

Check each bank and brokerage statement you receive. Sneaky new fees and higher old fees are appearing everywhere. CHECK. CHECK. CHECK.

It’s the summer and everyone is stupid. Cars and trucks block the box. Then honk and honk. Then go through red lights. People walk off curbs while texting. They get crazy over the smallest irritations. I have no idea why summer is crazy. But you need to be extra careful.  Please.

Everyone is being injured. They lift weights too heavy. They bike too far. They copy Nadal.

You’re not 25, any longer. When you injure something now, it takes a long, long time to repair it. Don’t pretend you’re 25.  Moderation is good. Physioterrorism is not fun.

Save your work every minute. There’s nasties around that Norton doesn’t catch. My ultra-reliable machine just blew up this morning — for the first time ever. I don’t know why. I may revert to a cloned drive I made recently. That drive won’t have the nasty on it, maybe. I’m praying.

I love Instagram. It’s great eye candy. Super interesting. Super easy to install. Download the app. Then subscribe to feeds that produce fantastic photos, e.g. arountheworldpix, wowscience, natgeotravel,  stevemccurryofficial, science, daviddoubilet, natgeo, nytimes, taylorswift, natgeocreative, katiagoffingardens, emrata, and of course, victoriassecret.

From natgeo feed — what Instagram looks like on my iPhone. I get a photo and a tiny explanation. Feeds my need for visual stimulus and more useless facts:

natgeo

It was Yoga Day this week. I went into LuLu Lemon and eyed a pair of shorts (for me).

YogaDay

They were $68. They had one pocket. It was too small for my cell phone. I’m cheap.

No one cares about pockets, however:

LULUYTD

Stupid, but funny

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Thoughts for a gorgeous day

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. – Victor Borge

Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. – Winston Churchill

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere. – Billy Crystal

HarryNewton
Harry Newton who sees Brexit as giving boredom a whole new meaning.

5 Comments

  1. Jerry says:

    Make fun of transgender bathroom rights as much as you want, but cartoons like this – and closed minds like yours – are what makes it difficult for these brave people. So go ahead and laugh, you bigoted, narrow minded elderly man. I’ll bet you can get your cartoon presented to the crowd at the GOP national convention.