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    MLB 2025

    Indeed, and strangely, the Dodgers are the ONLY MBL team that suffers player injury. The poor unlucky Dodgers just cant stay healthy. Meanwhile every other MLB team carries on without so much as ankle sprain :LOL::rolleyes:
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    Things that annoy me

    Stock price movements are highly capricious (random, even?). That said, earnings play an important role in shaping a stocks trajectory, vis-a-vis future expectations. By the time financial results are released, expectations are fully baked in. If the company surprises on the upside, that’s...
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    Tariffs - The Elephant in the Room

    Yes, a good friend works as a dealer rep for Porsche. It’s US headquarters is in Atlanta. I’m always impressed when he tells me how robust their sales are. My dad and wife recently traded up from their small SUV Macan to the bigger one Cayenne. They love it. That said, Porsche was just a...
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    Tariffs - The Elephant in the Room

    I understand that TS manufacturers do not permit discounting among their dealers. Many businesses impose similar constraints to maintain dealer fairness/competitiveness, as well financial stability and brand name/image. And let’s be clear. Most of the manufacturing is outsourced to third...
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    Tariffs - The Elephant in the Room

    I’m not arguing for price reductions. I just think they can be in the mix, as with any business. Heck, we offer them in certain situations. Besides, FL conducted a massive sale on overstocks not long ago. KC has had sales. So we know they’re possible.
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    Tariffs - The Elephant in the Room

    Oh please. You ever heard of sales cuts / incentives, bargaining, “no interest loans”, etc etc? That’s how Porsche deals with slow sales/inventory backlogs. It’s business 101, not my opinion. Look, I have customers and yes we’re friendly/friends. Again, business 101. I understand you’ve got a...
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    Tariffs - The Elephant in the Room

    Well, the good news is toy soldiers are a 100% discretionary item. We don’t eat, drive or take them as medicine. Nobody must have them. Therefore if tariffs drive prices to unaffordable levels, would be buyers can freely choose to abstain. If then there is a resulting significant slow down in...
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    Atlanta Military Figure Society Show February 21-22, 2025

    Very true. Group golf trips are loads of fun. My father and wife are attempting to golf with friends in Palm Springs right now! One weather phenomenon that folks from up your way tend to overlook is the cold, but not quite freezing, rainy stuff we get down here — a lot more often than snow...
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    Atlanta Military Figure Society Show February 21-22, 2025

    As an Atlanta resident/native and golfer, I appreciate your enthusiasm. But this is Atlanta, not Miami. In late February we are still in winter mode. While it is possible that it might be warm enough to play a chilly round in late Feb, it is fairly unlikely. Last few days it has been in the...
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    Things that annoy me

    "I wish there was a way to invoke the 25th amendment and get him out now, who in their right mind would agree with this crap." There are some among the Biden camp who would love this. Get rid of Joe, then install the first "woman of color" (KH) as POTUS, for a very brief yet 'glorious' period...
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    NCAA Football 2024

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    King and country DD285-2

    Pardon, but I don’t have the set numbers memorized.
  13. Rutledge

    Things that annoy me

    Dont be misled. This is not really about meat. Its about the UN trying to establish yet another reason why the US and other "wealthy" countries owe billions or trillions in climate change "reparations". Worldwide socialism via massive wealth redistribution courtesy of the UN.
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    NCAA Football 2023

    What absolute garbage “logic”. So, by your logic I could be a fan of, say Utah, and not be a “Yahoo”? But being a fan of nearby UGA, where many friends attended, and for whom I’ve been a vigorous fan since Herschel Walkers days, I am a Yahoo. That is the dumbest argument I’ve ever encountered...
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    NCAA Football 2023

    LOL Gosh you sure do have a serious case of sour grapes. Might want to see somebody about that. Besides. Really old news. BTW, has Apple launched the iPhone 7 yet? Haven’t the Rams traded or drafted two Ga QBs in the last few years? Hmm. The Rams seem to not share your opinion of the UGA...
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