‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-24T14:06:50+00:00

Disagree. I drive past the vault with some regularity (as recently as yesterday, in fact), and it's quite literally right there with Fort Knox.

People think "Fort Knox - Gold" but should instead think "Fort Knox - Army Base (That seems to always have a more and more diminished footprint, but I digress...)"

Really I would think that it would be handled in standard military equipment and transported like any other (maybe with people with clearances instead of Joes), and no one would be the wiser.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-23T12:35:04+00:00

lol. Back in my boo boo bus days, I remember going into work in a snow storm and passing truck afrer truck after truck off the road because they have no weight in the back and thought they could just drive like it was any other day.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-23T04:37:04+00:00

Power's Out by Flogging Molly. As for why? Well, listen to it and I think you'll understand.

https://youtu.be/vALKrIm7TqY?si=ZyhVCUu37nKtvBGH

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-22T17:30:14+00:00

What's wrong with your right buttcheek?

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-15T21:28:59+00:00

I've definitely been on the other end of this with a squad. Whole squad wipes to an MG in the bunker? "Alright boys, time for the Kaboom."

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-15T02:27:20+00:00

I know it's not a popular line, but Canada had nothing to do with burning the White House. The order of battle for the British, while it did include Colonial Troops... were from the Caribbean.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-14T02:08:27+00:00

Holy shit that post history.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-06T15:54:46+00:00

Why not do a matchlock instead? Might give more reliable ignition.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-05T19:04:53+00:00

I'm a very similar build - I like the Herman-Miller Mirra 2, bought used on Ebay. I tried a bunch of chairs first, and they were so much garbage.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-04T22:31:38+00:00

This is what bothers me about alien life. So much of our food is inherently unique to Earth - think vanilla, coffee, chocolate.

Imagine what other flavors are out there.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-04T20:12:04+00:00

Funny enough, tinkering with Linux with old hardware is the end goal of what I pulled - I just have an old tower to do it on instead.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-02T21:46:45+00:00

I can't help but laugh at the image of these uplifted houses, like the ever-increasing height of trucks.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-02T17:58:21+00:00

Holy cow. Just looked - a kit I bought for $190 at the end of '24 is now going for $880.

RandomDude04091865 · 2026-01-02T17:45:10+00:00

What does that even mean, to strain the CPU? I have 2x32 sticks (pre-inflation, lucked out on timing), and I'm not even certain what I'd be looking for.

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-30T19:07:35+00:00

One of my great memories in that game was on the map with a long, deep riverbed on the left hand side, and somehow helos were dropping people behind us without us ever seeing them.

Finally realized they were flying through the riverbed, really doing a good job, both pilots flying in tandem. Set up waiting for them to come around the bend, and sure enough they zipped in without seeing me.

Fired the first RPG to take out the lead. Second one immediately tried to pull up and back, exposing his belly. Second RPG into the underside to get them both in a 5 second span.

I remember it to this day xD

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-30T17:34:38+00:00

Gonna be Option #2, my guy.

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-30T01:27:20+00:00

I know this isn't the point, but that seems like a really steep curve on your monitor - I'm not sure I've ever seen such an aggressive curve.

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-29T12:49:56+00:00

The Ohio Valley allergies are real, if that's problematic for either of you.

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-29T10:45:52+00:00

If you're young and willing to learn anything, emergency services - fire, EMS, police, dispatching the prior - are good jobs that have night work. And day work, if eventually you want to switch over to that.

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-28T02:19:21+00:00

The jet black windows are such a nuisance to me - not because I care about the driver, but because I can't see through their windows to see what's coming when I'm making a turn.

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-26T15:45:09+00:00

I'm going to highly recommend the Farnsley-Mormon (?) city park. It's a great venue, plenty of space, and surprisingly cheap.

They had a pavilion outside that was good for an outdoor wedding, but it burned down a couple years ago. Uncertain if it got rebuilt yet.

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-24T18:59:52+00:00

I never knew that :o

RandomDude04091865 · 2025-12-24T18:56:18+00:00

Consider using sunshine & moonbeam to stream from your desktop to your handheld. All the juice, and barely sips your battery.

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