I used to spend a good amount of time in Ballard...back in the old days. The "Tractor Tavern" and the old "Salmon Bay Eagles". I also was known...... "once in a while".....to frequent "The Comet" as well as "Beth's Cafe".....as well as various bars and places in Fremont and the UT area and Pioneer Square..... "Larry's" and the "New Orleans". I am talking about 1972 to1981 era. As to Pioneer Square....more like about 1990 to 2000. You familiar with most of these names....oldmanram? The "old days" of Seattle. You familiar with "English Hill" area in Woodinville/Redmond....oldmanram? We ended up there for about 10 years before returning to Texas. One of my kids graduated from Inglemoor. I am trying to think of other things or places we might have in common. We used to like the old burger place in Bothell....."The Ranch".
It is amazing when you look back at some of the charts in this article. I read this one a day or two ago myself. Really interesting stuff and how things have moved over many years. Sort of related to this. I have mentioned holding international a few times myself. I currently hold a bit in my plan, but it is in a broad index. As I was looking at it back sometime ago, I noticed something that might interest some of you guys that are big chip holders. A company called ASML out of Veldhoven, Netherlands. I did not realize how significant they were to the chip industry. I learned something...lol. Crazy to think about how one company is the life of all of these other things. https://www.asml.com/en I am not posting to "push" the company or anything of the sort. I just thought it was interesting and thought some of our chip investors might also find them interesting. Maybe you guys already knew about their connection to it. I did not and probably wouldn't have known other than they are in the index fund I hold.
NOTE: My Bookmark for this forum was made back in 2024, and took me to this page above in history. Here is a blast from the past: ZUKO I used to feel the same way, however as I have aged lets say that I can now more fully appreciate some of the nicer things in life. AND one of them right now happens to be "Creme Brulee or however you spell it. DId you know that it is now available at COSTCO ??? BUT you have to learn how to melt the sugar on top yourself, something for the PYROMANIAC in all of us to enjoy !
A name from the distant past of this thread......ZUKODANY. I hope he is well and making tons of money. He was the first to mention PLTR on here way before the frenzy. Drop in once in a while....ZUKODANY and EMMETT...if you guys are still alive and ever look at this thread.
Ya sure you don't .....hehehe If I go rummage through your storage unit will I find an old cardboard box full of Dungeons and Dragon's cards ? hehehe My speculative play was yesterday , so far the lots I bought have paid off, about a $750 increase in valuation ...........
Buy a lottery ticket, your odds are better. Just funning....he has done well and hate to see a young man go out anytime, but at this time and juncture....even worse. Still amazing to think the other guy (Brady) has 7 rings....7. It is nuts when you think about how difficult and improbable that is. Maybe we will see that record topped at some point....maybe.
A decent article with some interesting graphs and some market history. https://www.morningstar.com/economy/what-weve-learned-150-years-stock-market-crashes
