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Post by steadyeddy on Feb 5, 2023 20:52:01 GMT
Hi, new member Catdog here. Have been a lurker for a year or two. Also made limited posts on armchair and old morningstar forums. Favorite memories of old morningstar are Retired Limo Driver for his insight and great stories. Also really respect Yogi and Kathie L. While YogiBearBull seems to still be very active I don't see too much of Kathie L. She may have been put off by some of the abrasiveness. Bently attacking anyone involved with ATT seems to be the type of stuff to avoid and Big Bang has done a great job of that. Opened a brokerage account with Fidelity in 1994. Been with them since. Rolled my 401K into an IRA there in 2005 after 23 years at an investment casting factory. Been working for my wife ever since. She is a rental real estate wizard and we live mostly on rental income. Will be selling off last rental property soon because we are just too old (68). I am a dividend income/value investor normally, but am currently in CD's and money markets. Playing it safe right now but would like to shift back to index/etf's soon. Welcome, catdog . Not in defense of Bentley's communications approach, but his key message of avoiding AT&T stock proved out over time. It was a dud during a raging bull market. Wasn't Bentley the guy with "All aboard..." subject lines? Hope all is well with him. |
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Post by hondo on Feb 15, 2023 15:31:29 GMT
I remember Limoman, he was quite the character. He was big on balanced funds for the long term and his reasoning was sound. He was some influence on me buying VWIAX and JABAX -- which I still have.
I think about Limoman ever now and then. Wonder what happened to him. I seem to remember that he had some health issues. I always enjoyed reading his stuff.
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Post by chang on Feb 15, 2023 15:35:24 GMT
I think about Limoman ever now and then. Wonder what happened to him. I seem to remember that he had some health issues. I always enjoyed reading his stuff. Limoman passed on a few years back, see this post. |
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Post by hondo on Feb 15, 2023 15:43:45 GMT
I think about Limoman ever now and then. Wonder what happened to him. I seem to remember that he had some health issues. I always enjoyed reading his stuff. Limoman passed on a few years back, see this post. I am sorry to hear that but feared that was the case. Thanks for the information. |
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Post by johntaylor on Feb 15, 2023 19:19:07 GMT
He was quite the raconteur on forums, and probably even more entertaining down at the VFW
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Post by Broozer on Feb 15, 2023 20:14:38 GMT
He was quite the raconteur on forums, and probably even more entertaining down at the VFW Yes, he had some good stories. He was not the most literate person out there, and some of his writing was a bit tough to decipher, but interesting none-the-less.
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Post by catdog on Feb 16, 2023 3:04:34 GMT
Limoman was one of my favorites also. I think his genius was buying the real estate outside Chicago. I recall him making a little cash when he started selling it off.
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Post by steadyeddy on Feb 17, 2023 19:23:23 GMT
I honestly couldn't remember my SN at Mstar, but I know it wasn't BruceM.
So I just tried signing in there (been a few years) and it came up as "Bruzer," which I do remember.  Yeah whatever happened to BruceM? He used to write books of sorts.. |
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Post by chang on Feb 17, 2023 20:34:32 GMT
I remember BruceM was a Vector Group aficionado along with Cliff. Sure do miss Cliff, and wish he’d find us here.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2023 20:41:30 GMT
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Post by steadyeddy on Feb 17, 2023 21:44:20 GMT
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Post by Chahta on Feb 17, 2023 22:50:57 GMT
I remember BruceM was a Vector Group aficionado along with Cliff. Sure do miss Cliff, and wish he’d find us here. Cliff was a humerus poster at times. |
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Post by steadyeddy on Feb 17, 2023 23:59:33 GMT
I remember BruceM was a Vector Group aficionado along with Cliff. Sure do miss Cliff, and wish he’d find us here. Cliff was a humerus poster at times. I remember Cliff being dogmatic about MLPs, and focusing primarily on distributions. Does anyone know where he is now? |
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Post by retiredat48 on Feb 18, 2023 1:29:53 GMT
BM/"Top Shelf" poster...IMO R48 |
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Post by shridog on Feb 18, 2023 15:36:45 GMT
Bruce is on (at times) on SA but with comments only. Last comment Dec 23, 2022.
Capecod would be a great addition. I hve lost my Fido board since I closed those accounts, but he is really valuable when discussing bond type CEFs.
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Post by sam on Feb 20, 2023 19:54:04 GMT
There used by a guy (I think person was male) who used to write in third person at old M* forums and somehow he became Uranium Mining stock (mostly very small cap and most people would not have heard of these stocks) investor/trader. I forgot his name. Does anyone remember him? I think his screen name was from wizard of Oz characters something like Munchkin. Is he still around here or there at M*?
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Post by richardsok on Feb 20, 2023 22:57:53 GMT
There used by a guy (I think person was male) who used to write in third person at old M* forums and somehow he became Uranium Mining stock (mostly very small cap and most people would not have heard of these stocks) investor/trader. I forgot his name. Does anyone remember him? I think his screen name was from wizard of Oz characters something like Munchkin. Is he still around here or there at M*? I remember exactly the chap you're talking about b/c his odd writing style struck me as annoying --- but never to the point I or anyone else on M* mentioned it. (There's a character on Boardwalk Empire with the same habit.) I feel like his name is just on the yonder side of my memory. Maybe it will come to me after I sleep on it. But no, haven't seen him around for years. . |
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Post by retiredat48 on Feb 21, 2023 0:24:23 GMT
Delojalofoza??? .........sp ?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2023 2:07:16 GMT
There used by a guy (I think person was male) who used to write in third person at old M* forums and somehow he became Uranium Mining stock (mostly very small cap and most people would not have heard of these stocks) investor/trader. I forgot his name. Does anyone remember him? I think his screen name was from wizard of Oz characters something like Munchkin. Is he still around here or there at M*? I remember exactly the chap you're talking about b/c his odd writing style struck me as annoying --- but never to the point I or anyone else on M* mentioned it. (There's a character on Boardwalk Empire with the same habit.) I feel like his name is just on the yonder side of my memory. Maybe it will come to me after I sleep on it. But no, haven't seen him around for years. . I enjoyed that series when it aired and plan to re-watch at some point. |
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Post by chang on Feb 21, 2023 10:01:25 GMT
There used by a guy (I think person was male) who used to write in third person at old M* forums and somehow he became Uranium Mining stock (mostly very small cap and most people would not have heard of these stocks) investor/trader. I forgot his name. Does anyone remember him? I think his screen name was from wizard of Oz characters something like Munchkin. Is he still around here or there at M*? I think he posted under "munchkin man" and "hombre munchkin". The M* posters I miss most for their humor are Cliff and Petrocelli. For sound investment feedback, I miss erryl, Anil and Dr. Helen. These three signed up on BB but have not been active. |
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Post by richardsok on Feb 21, 2023 18:44:34 GMT
Nice thread. It speaks well of people that many are so well remembered.
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Post by racqueteer on Feb 21, 2023 18:55:17 GMT
When it comes to pumping, I don't think anybody could beat 'silverking' and ADVDX. Although there was Taylor ... does anyone remember the "Seed Corn" thread? Indeed I do; had a number of interesting conversations with him. With his background, I always felt that he was having us on. He struck me as being far too intelligent to really buy into the arguments he raised. He was a MASTER of Xeno-like paradoxical arguments. He always had variables going to either zero or infinity. Wouldn't it be a hoot if he was having everyone on the whole time?!
I DO miss Cliff's humor, Petro's stories, and Limo's rambling soliloquies; we definitely had some characters on those old forums! |
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Post by uncleharley on Feb 21, 2023 19:00:06 GMT
Has anyone heard from Deer Islander. He said he was going topost on a forum that was invitation only. I always thought that was the Fido forum, but he might have changed his name.
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Post by steadyeddy on Feb 21, 2023 20:13:03 GMT
Does anyone know where Cliff is?
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Post by chrisjen17 on Feb 22, 2023 4:07:44 GMT
There was a poster that went by Aubergine (or something like that) who had access to some cool portfolio mimicing/back-testing tools. Did they make the migration?
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Post by Broozer on Feb 23, 2023 14:58:56 GMT
I remember that name, but nothing more. Was he on the Mstar board?
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Post by chang on Feb 23, 2023 16:44:30 GMT
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Post by yogibearbull on Feb 25, 2023 13:12:21 GMT
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Post by mozart522 on Feb 27, 2023 15:14:28 GMT
As I remember, Cliff got a time out on M* for something he said and decided not to come back. I'm sure he is in California. He had just gotten married before that so he may have had better things to do. ElLobo got permanently banned. He is now living in Texas. Munchkin Man was a world class checker player at one time. He is also one of the main reasons the Bogleheads left M* to start their own board because of the lack of monitoring there at the time.
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Post by Chahta on Feb 27, 2023 15:46:49 GMT
As I remember, Cliff got a time out on M* for something he said and decided not to come back. I'm sure he is in California. He had just gotten married before that so he may have had better things to do. ElLobo got permanently banned. He is now living in Texas. Munchkin Man was a world class checker player at one time. He is also one of the main reasons the Bogleheads left M* to start their own board because of the lack of monitoring there at the time. El Lobo is Chuck Wolfe on Facebook, where he posts quite prolifically. He would be glad to make contact with you all on Facebook. He doesn't care about inversting forums now. |
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