{"id":47609,"date":"2019-08-28T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=47609"},"modified":"2019-08-28T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T19:44:01","slug":"simple-choices-recession-talk-tennis-or-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=47609","title":{"rendered":"Simple choices: Recession talk, tennis or anything&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What would you rather watch?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/recession.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Or<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/tennis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>This thing now yields 13.46%<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now you know why. Here&#8217;s the last two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lesson: When the dividend yield is too high, something has gone awry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Useful stuff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ PC Mag checked data speeds at coffee shops. Fastest: Joe and the Juice, Dunkin&#8217; Donuts, and Starbucks in that order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ Save on your iPhone battery: Put it in Airplane Mode.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">+ Keep your iPhone charged. Easier to find it when you lose it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ YouTube TV is a much, much, much better deal than DirecTV or any other cable service. YouTube TV is cheaper. Its menus are\u00a0cleaner. You can take it wherever you go &#8212; from one room to another, or to another city (except\u00a0overseas) and it works when it rains. This is what DirecTV does when it rains:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/directv-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ You can stop eating meat, or at least cut it back. Ditto for sugar. Them&#8217;s my current kicks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ When God closes a door, she always opens a window &#8212; if you keep on trucking. In other words, don&#8217;t despair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ Using AirPods and an iPhone on WiFi calling is the easiest way to make a phone call these days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ Here&#8217;s a lesson on how to record your phone calls.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LuVLGyvRaHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">+ The hayfever season started on August 24. It will last until the first frost. If you suffer like Claire and I do, take take a Claritin once a day. It takes a couple of days to kick in. But then works like magic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Two vacuum cleaners that really suck<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have both and really love them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dyson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"349\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blackanddecker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first is Dyson. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0076ZGCJK\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a> The second is Black and Decker. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00IOEFBKS\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Three beautiful place in Paris to visit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Louvre<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Louvre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"393\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sainte-Chapelle<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Sainte-Chapelle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sacr\u00e9-Coeur<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Sacre-Coeur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"391\" \/><br \/>\n22 other beautiful places in Paris. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/gallery\/the-25-most-beautiful-places-in-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">32 Best Things to Do in Paris. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/gallery\/best-things-to-do-in-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paris is my favorite place to visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Oldest grandchild Eleanor in Portland&#8217;s Rose Garden and bathroom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EleanorRoses.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eleanormodel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eleanorsoap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From reader who might or might be called Mike Nash<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">I hope Trump does crater the economy!! I don&#8217;t invest and neither do most of my friends. I ONLY associate with other Trump supporters by the way, no liberals at all. I love Mr. Trump for building the wall and sending all the nasty foreigners back home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Does Mr. Nash mean me? I came here from Australia in September 1967 to go to school at Harvard. Beaking news: The Trump Administration just barred a Palestinian student from attending Harvard and sent him back. They let me in. In fact, the school welcomed me. Over the years I&#8217;ve paid the IRS over $70 million in taxes. All in cash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the last few days, I&#8217;ve nibbled at ZEN, TTD, APPN, DNKN and GNRC. I continue to play tennis every morning. The court is in shade and it&#8217;s cool. It&#8217;s about as close to paradise as you can get. The U.S. Open is on ESPN. Federer is playing as I write this. The stands are jammed with fans paying outrageous seat prices. I haven&#8217;t heard the announcer mention the word &#8220;recession&#8221; once.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you rather watch? Or This thing now yields 13.46% Now you know why. Here&#8217;s the last two years. Lesson: When the dividend yield is too high, something has gone awry. Useful stuff + PC Mag checked data speeds at coffee shops. Fastest: Joe and the Juice, Dunkin&#8217; Donuts, and Starbucks in that order. 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