tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post3717593830676027282..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, October 15 2008: The Real PeopleIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22728104053979075752008-11-05T13:28:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:28:00.000-05:00Nice post... had to link to this. Not understandin...Nice post... had to link to this.<BR/> <BR/>Not understanding the 'eco-nomical vs the economical' difference will be the final bullet to the head of our nation.<BR/> <BR/>As we sink into the greatest economic depression of our generation we will inadvertently cut our nations emissions lower than all kyoto and U.N. proposals to U.S. emissions. All within the next decade (not 2030).<BR/> <BR/>What Million Blogger Marchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856672646665683000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69482314789429247972008-10-16T15:58:00.000-04:002008-10-16T15:58:00.000-04:00Outtacontrol, Yes I spotted that article on the gl...Outtacontrol, Yes I spotted that article on the globe online this morning. Clicked on the link you sent to read some comments. Boy oh boy what a hostile environment.! Came rushing back to the goodwill on TAE!<BR/>Those with stars on their bellies sure don't like plain belly citizens commenting on the play.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21224162603497903792008-10-16T15:07:00.000-04:002008-10-16T15:07:00.000-04:00Another Portlander checks in. You can contact me ...Another Portlander checks in. You can contact me through the URL given, and we can raise a glass of home-made cider in a few weeks - I got not one, but TWO five gallon carboys bubbling away after last weekend's cider pressing! One of the few areas in which life has exceeded my expectations lately.<BR/><BR/>Rototillerman<BR/><BR/>PS - have you tipped our hosts lately, hmmm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4167211179155268842008-10-16T14:44:00.000-04:002008-10-16T14:44:00.000-04:00To Stoneleigh and E. Brown,I was deeply touched to...To Stoneleigh and E. Brown,<BR/>I was deeply touched to receive responses from both of you.<BR/>I do have mutual funds and I think it may be too late to get them out. I have been told that it is dangerous to take them out as no one can time the market and no one knows where the bottom lies. <BR/>I am an experienced registered nurse and have many skills under my belt; however, lack in financial Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26002407757223864952008-10-16T13:10:00.000-04:002008-10-16T13:10:00.000-04:00Snuffy and dark_matter, we are in the Portland are...Snuffy and dark_matter, we are in the Portland area also. That's a good start for a village. :~)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22223119992628443842008-10-16T12:49:00.000-04:002008-10-16T12:49:00.000-04:00Good one indagator, saw something along the same l...Good one indagator, saw something along the same line using Styrofoam beads, but bubbles would be so much more <I>elegant</I>. <BR/><BR/>BTW that reference to Google Patent search is worth a comment on its own. Thanks, didn't know there was such an animal.<BR/> <BR/>-----------<BR/><BR/>Kalpa, <BR/><BR/>Yes and best way to get duck eggs, IMO, is first getting ducklings (rather than buying adultsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87558910191312814322008-10-16T12:14:00.000-04:002008-10-16T12:14:00.000-04:00Snuffy,We live in Portland too and have lots of bl...Snuffy,<BR/><BR/>We live in Portland too and have lots of blackberries on our property. I had never heard that rabbits will eat them. Is it just the fruit or the leaves as well? If they will eat the leaves I may get some. We have chickens already but just for eggs.<BR/><BR/>I hope you are right about Portlanders. We have lived here 11 years so haven't seen the bad times here. I find they are moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48344953826988191722008-10-16T12:10:00.000-04:002008-10-16T12:10:00.000-04:00StoneleighI hope your three sisters experiment wen...Stoneleigh<BR/>I hope your three sisters experiment went better than mine. Just as my sweet corn was becoming ready to harvest the raccoons invaded and pulled down both the sweet corn and the climbing beans. The beans weren't killed, like the corn, however, they had mildew, which affected my harvest. Now, I've relocated and my local botanical garden has a nice display which I will use as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47092267771705126252008-10-16T11:16:00.000-04:002008-10-16T11:16:00.000-04:00Dear Stoneleigh and Bluemarble (from yesterday):Th...Dear Stoneleigh and Bluemarble (from yesterday):<BR/><BR/>The link to the site describing a working soap bubble greenhouse Located north of Perth, Ontario, CANADA:<BR/>http://www.tdc.ca/bubblegreenhouse.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Also, a nice article on this method by the Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE)out of the University of Georgia and Fort Valley Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45178926519711705372008-10-16T10:58:00.000-04:002008-10-16T10:58:00.000-04:00Stoneleigh, Hand tools are pretty basic and the po...Stoneleigh, <BR/><BR/>Hand tools are pretty basic and the pointwhere one should start. Hammer, brace and bit , Chinese style draw saw (easy to use), vice grips, wire cutters pliers and multi-purpose screwdriver will handle most of the small jobs one has about the house. But, for anyone with a lot of work to do, setting their place in order, one needs to bring in the slaves. The power tools.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29364573917740688842008-10-16T10:06:00.000-04:002008-10-16T10:06:00.000-04:00acrossthecurveI receive quite a bit of corresponde...<A HREF="http://acrossthecurve.com/?p=1878" REL="nofollow">acrossthecurve</A><BR/><BR/>I receive quite a bit of correspondence from the street and some of it is<BR/>great commentary. One mortgage trader writes on an ad hoc basis and his<BR/>pieces are always insightful. He is a veteran trader and he always has<BR/>some wisdom to impart.<BR/><BR/>He notes that over the last week 30 year mortgage Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71554039435635704512008-10-16T09:59:00.000-04:002008-10-16T09:59:00.000-04:00Hi Stoneleigh,A recent market analysis would have ...Hi Stoneleigh,<BR/><BR/>A recent market analysis would have us breaking even with the remaining principle on our 2002 mortgage (our only debt). At this location I’ve got cord wood for the winter, food stored, and several months of liquidity under my control. We are staying put. <BR/><BR/>I’m not going to gain any liquidity through a sale. Do you consider a mortgage to be the same Debt Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60822904740904057222008-10-16T09:01:00.000-04:002008-10-16T09:01:00.000-04:00Stoneleigh,Why will mutual funds be wall paper? Bo...Stoneleigh,<BR/><BR/>Why will mutual funds be wall paper? Bond funds too? I could see where the stock and hedge ones could go down, a few closed a couple of months ago.<BR/><BR/>I have ~20 years (frugal) years worth of cash in treasury money market funds, bond index fund and a little in munis for the income. Some stock funds in IRAs, only ~10% total. Got out of stocks a year ago when all this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15752450655768561392008-10-16T07:01:00.000-04:002008-10-16T07:01:00.000-04:00CMH (from yesterday),Nursing will be an extremely ...CMH (from yesterday),<BR/><BR/>Nursing will be an extremely good profession as it will make you very valuable to your community. In a future world of pay-as-you-go healthcare (in Canada as well as the US), having access to a medical professional will be very important. Even in a world with little money, it's a barterable skill. It's hard and emotionally draining, but rewarding too.<BR/><BR/><I>Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77269221112730977852008-10-16T06:58:00.000-04:002008-10-16T06:58:00.000-04:00Everyone is so surprized, actually losing faith in...Everyone is so surprized, actually losing faith in the Fed, in the stock market. It's been coming down a long, long time. If you want to read about it, "Barreling Towards Babylon" is at my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31661859730253492252008-10-16T04:02:00.000-04:002008-10-16T04:02:00.000-04:00Is the rest of the world attempting to battle a US...Is the rest of the world attempting to battle a US threat to deflate the dollar, the, until now, reserve currency of the world? Is that what these massive currency swaps are about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76922346058801427772008-10-16T02:53:00.000-04:002008-10-16T02:53:00.000-04:00I am glad to see that people[our readers] are maki...I am glad to see that people[our readers] are making concrete efforts and personal mitigation efforts.I have spent most of the last 8 years since the y2k non-event continuing a switch to low-energy type life.Its true,I live 20 miles outside a fair size city,but if order,and a continuation of something resembling a civil society continue,I think it will be in Portland Oregon.I am confident that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43951522077116550822008-10-16T01:31:00.000-04:002008-10-16T01:31:00.000-04:00Bluemarble (from yesterday),We live in a co-housin...Bluemarble (from yesterday),<BR/><BR/><I>We live in a co-housing community (60 households, 2.5 miles from center of 35,000 city) where most people are PO aware.</I><BR/><BR/>Sounds good to me.<BR/><BR/><I>There are discussions in our neighborhood about pulling $ out of our bank (most of us use the local bank) and we are worried about contributing to the problem and causing a failure of our Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25376698444507753822008-10-16T01:13:00.000-04:002008-10-16T01:13:00.000-04:00The level of Canadian journalism is plumbing new d...The level of Canadian journalism is plumbing new depths. These reporters are either a) comically naive or b) the FOX news of Canada<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081015.r-banks-cmhc-16/BNStory/Business/home" REL="nofollow">Ottawa may make (hundreds of) millions on CMHC plan for banks</A>Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9063730632562877302008-10-16T00:50:00.000-04:002008-10-16T00:50:00.000-04:00GSJ, seems you have nothing of value to contribute...GSJ, seems you have nothing of value to contribute beyond trying to engage in meangingless online debates without saying anything meaningful yourself. This is not at all interesting. But it's also not surprising. Is it panic, fear? Who knows, who cares. <BR/><BR/>Not a path I'm at all interested in pursuing, but you're of course free to do and believe what you want to believe. I think with a few Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67573772737497775822008-10-16T00:48:00.000-04:002008-10-16T00:48:00.000-04:00Anon @ 10:32pmThank you for some sane comments. Ni...Anon @ 10:32pm<BR/><BR/>Thank you for some sane comments. Nice to see someone is is well grounded in reality, whatever that may be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37260698777667984352008-10-16T00:30:00.000-04:002008-10-16T00:30:00.000-04:00Anon from yesterday,Stoneleigh, you think that bei...Anon from yesterday,<BR/><BR/><I>Stoneleigh, you think that being in debt is not a good thing, right? But what if hyperinflation arrives soon? Having a mortgage might be OK in such a circumstance, no?</I><BR/><BR/>Hyperinflation isn't on the cards for a long time. We're facing the opposite - deflation. Debts quickly become a millstone round your neck during a deflation as real interest rates willStoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86020423274612777682008-10-16T00:26:00.000-04:002008-10-16T00:26:00.000-04:00Anon, The issue isn't the notation but the number...Anon,<BR/><BR/> The issue isn't the notation but the number 14.000 vs 15.000<BR/><BR/>October 9, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at the record level of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average" REL="nofollow">14,164.53</A>, this represented the final high of the cyclical bull.team10timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100467801841348435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69347581499964288622008-10-15T23:48:00.000-04:002008-10-15T23:48:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.team10timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100467801841348435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48969065240759957122008-10-15T23:18:00.000-04:002008-10-15T23:18:00.000-04:00Note on 15.000 :Ilargi has, since the founding of ...Note on 15.000 :<BR/><BR/>Ilargi has, since the founding of this blog, used the European number notation: dot where we'd use a comma, and vice-versa.<BR/><BR/>Ten thousand four hundred sixteen point four five would be:<BR/><BR/>10.416,45Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com