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Two intense, true stories in good movies
by clambo on 17 May 2023 14 comments, latest 16 days ago
These are free on TubiTV. Rescue Dawn and Touching the Void. I saw both of them in theatres, and they were very intense, but very good. I saw movies by ...

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Biden identified our worst threat
by clambo on 15 May 2023 8 comments, latest 19 days ago
Surprisingly it's white American males. By the way, what do we celebrate on Memorial Day?

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Buy a Home Pod
by clambo on 1 Feb 2023 29 comments, latest a month ago
The Home Pod prevously cost $350, but now it's reasonably priced at just $299; that's a big difference! Now you can talk to Siri and ask her to play music ...

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Roku channel freevee has Twilight Zone
by clambo on 26 Apr 2023 1 comment, latest a month ago
Maybe not interesting, but I found all episodes of the Twilight Zone for free on freevee. There's even one which was not seen for decades with George Takei (Mr. Sulu). ...

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retire as soon as you can
by clambo on 19 Apr 2023 73 comments, latest a month ago
I'm a baby boomer and I sometimes call up old college friends. I have learned a lot of them are sick, fucked up, or even dead. It's a shock because ...

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iPhone wifi mystery
by clambo on 11 Apr 2023 4 comments, latest 2 months ago
This is likely so trivial that readers will be annoyed. Anyway, I have a used iPhone 8 plus from Mexico with a Telcel sim card. I got back to Florida ...

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Russian clusterfuck
by clambo on 16 Mar 2022 67 comments, latest 2 months ago
Putin fucked up, his generals are incompetent, his army is unwilling, Ukraine is unconquered. The month Putin chose to invade was wrong, but maybe intended to freeze Germany by cutting ...

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Vanguard and the incredible disappearing white male
by clambo on 20 Mar 2023 17 comments, latest 2 months ago
Vanguard is copying Apple on their website. The first page on Vanguard.com shows all kinds of people except white males. Statistically about 65% of investors are white males. Of course; ...

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Baja Sur Mexico land=like buying a lot on the moon
by clambo on 13 Feb 2023 13 comments, latest 3 months ago
A land rush is on in full force. They are selling lots next to the highway along the coast between Cabo San Lucas and Todos Santos. This is a big ...

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Trump wasn't the first
by clambo on 7 Mar 2023 3 comments, latest 3 months ago
Trump wasn't the first rich guy from NYC to take no shit and succeed in politics. Nelson Rockefeller was governor of New York and Vice President for two years with ...

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Pet peeve about cops
by clambo on 1 Mar 2023 4 comments, latest 3 months ago
This is a shit post. The cops on the videos always say "I smell alcohol" when they stop somebody. That's incorrect; the chemical they might be smelling (if they're not ...

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PSA: Vanguard website doesn't work with Firefox
by clambo on 28 Feb 2023 2 comments, latest 3 months ago
Maybe you guys don't use Vanguard much. I was freaking out over a SNAFU over an RMD from 2022; I would potentially owe a $4800 fine. Today I discovered the ...

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annoying expat wannabes
by clambo on 8 Feb 2023 13 comments, latest 4 months ago
I'm just ranting, it must be the coffee. I joined some expat groups in Baja Sur, Mexico with the intention of helping my Mexican friend sell a couple things to ...

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post election stock market bump predictions
by clambo on 20 Oct 2022 7 comments, latest 5 months ago
The likelihood is high that the socialist Democrats will have their asses kicked in various elections in November. Typically and probably there will be a bump in the stock market ...

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Masks are baaaaack in Baja Sur MX
by clambo on 22 Dec 2022 4 comments, latest 5 months ago
It's amazing but they're requiring masks again; there was a mask monitor at the entrance of Walmart. Posting about this on Facebook groups of expats it's easy to see the ...

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Roth IRA conversion
by clambo on 6 Dec 2022 26 comments, latest 6 months ago
I wish I had converted more of my IRAs to Roth previously. Now is a good time to do it because the Trump tax rates and brackets expire after 2025. ...

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Cheap Linux craptop
by clambo on 26 Aug 2022 28 comments, latest 6 months ago
For travel I bought an Asus L410 for $150 on a whim. I detest Microsoft anything so I decided to put Linux on it. Pop! Linux is a variant of ...

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Mexican government mortgage story
by clambo on 23 Nov 2022 22 comments, latest 6 months ago
I'm living in a house my GF inherited free and clear. The seller and buyer were both in a big hurry 20+ years ago, and she's on the title. A ...

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Hydroponic lettuce
by clambo on 17 Nov 2022 14 comments, latest 7 months ago
I just saw this in the La Paz Baja Sur Walmart. Do they sell this stuff in the USA? Edit: They were about $2 each.

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Starting the never Trumper bullshit again
by clambo on 10 Nov 2022 14 comments, latest 7 months ago
I was just looking at the Dailymail and the NYPost. Both have articles blaming Trump for more Republicans not winning. I say bullshit.

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Property tax in La Paz BCS Mexico
by clambo on 1 Nov 2022 10 comments, latest 7 months ago
Just an irrelevant tidbit. My GF just went to check out her property taxes which are due sometime soon. It is $95 US for 3 years. No wonder there are ...

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Liberals on airplanes; Savage is right
by clambo on 18 Oct 2022 5 comments, latest 8 months ago
Yesteday I flew to San Jose del Cabo from Palm Beach International. The first part was to Dallas, I was on American Airlines. Next to me was a retired female ...

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Putin will quit
by clambo on 16 Mar 2022 22 comments, latest 8 months ago
The news that the USA may provide “switchblade” killer kamikaze drones to Ukraine is scary for Putin. They are not jammable, not rockets, have a very high range, are lightweight, ...

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Google censors again
by clambo on 30 Aug 2022 14 comments, latest 8 months ago
Truth Social has been banned by Google. You can't use the play store to download the app. Their lame excuse is they don't like its "moderation standards." These kinds of ...

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guilty of kidnapping
by clambo on 19 Sep 2022 5 comments, latest 9 months ago
I guess I'm going to prison. Once I bought a plane ticket for someone to fly with me to Martha's Vineyard. According to CNN, MSNBC and assorted clowns I kidnapped ...

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The amazing disappearing white male
by clambo on 31 Aug 2022 17 comments, latest 9 months ago
I was curious about the latest iMac. At Apple's website I looked at the pictures of people using it; facetime, picture management, mouse, etc. Out of all the people shown ...

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DeSantis is “top gov”
by clambo on 24 Aug 2022 1 comment, latest 9 months ago
https://youtu.be/W2nbjZgUjss

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Interesting admission by a Santa Cruz liberal female
by clambo on 9 Aug 2022 21 comments, latest 10 months ago
I knew a girl in Santa Cruz in 1982 (biblical know). She’s divorced and she keeps in touch. I convinced her to move to Florida which she did but not ...

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subtle political ad
by clambo on 8 Aug 2022 Posted 10 months ago
This is also on signs here and there N. Palm Beach County. I think the baby in the backpack is a nice touch. Evidently Republican Brian Mast voted with Democrats ...

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The Democrats are doomed in November
by clambo on 28 Jul 2022 6 comments, latest 10 months ago
The 57% of people who pay no income tax (their base) are angry about inflation. The people who pay the taxes are seeing their net worth drop because of the ...

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Biden and Yellen: Tax unrealized capital gains
by clambo on 9 Jul 2022 19 comments, latest a year ago
I saw Yellen talking about this and I was incredulous, but not too surprised. Yellen is of course a dimwit loser, and Biden’s senile. Do you realize how fucked up ...

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Nonsense about sunglasses
by clambo on 17 Jun 2022 6 comments, latest a year ago
Since forever I paid $200-300 for prescription sunglasses, and I always was pissed off. A few years ago I had cataract surgery (LENSAR=state of the art), and my vision was ...

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Warning: possibly boring/annoying
by clambo on 8 Jun 2022 16 comments, latest a year ago
I doubt this interests anyone but it’s a little bit illustrative or maybe not. I was called to attend the 50th reunion of the boarding school I attended. It’s in ...

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I want a Toyota Hilux truck
by clambo on 3 Jun 2022 13 comments, latest a year ago
I’m a little surprised that the slightly narrower Toyota Hilux costs so much less than the Tacoma. The base model is about $20,000 new, 4 cylinder gasoline engine. The one ...

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As usual for the cops
by clambo on 26 May 2022 47 comments, latest a year ago
They stood around outside for an hour and a half while the kid went on his rampage. Cops are interested in protecting their pensions and themselves, not others.

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stocks won't stay down long
by clambo on 17 May 2022 10 comments, latest a year ago
There's just too much money looking for a place to go for stocks to stay down for very long. In Palm Beach there's a conference about "cryptocurrency" and tons of ...

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stocks are going up
by clambo on 5 May 2022 14 comments, latest a year ago
I don't have a crystal ball of course. But, I see all around evidence that spending on anything and everything is continuing by those who have money. We tend to ...

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I can't believe it
by clambo on 5 May 2022 19 comments, latest a year ago
I agree with Pocahontas on this issue; Fidelity should not let people gamble their 401K on Bitcoin or similar nonsense. I have a couple cypto currencies; PayPal and Western Union ...

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Pelosi in Florida?
by clambo on 29 Apr 2022 Posted a year ago
I talked to a guy in Juno Beach the other afternoon. He told me about Nancy Pelosi recently buying a house on Jupiter Island. I wonder if it's the one ...

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Uber in Mexico
by clambo on 25 Apr 2022 Posted a year ago
This is an Uber ad in Facebook for people to drive for Uber in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. The amount that they say you can make is $375 USD per ...

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