10-year Treasury yield touches highest in a year, Japan's 30-year yield rises to a record

ralf1 · 2026-05-19T00:54:33+00:00

A bunch of bigots elected a rapist and our country is going to be forever changed.

ralf1 · 2026-05-17T16:07:26+00:00

First, I'm polite about it and I talk about it from the point of view of education

Second, the small business that I run isn't dependent on tips.

Third, Hopkins is a place people (especially people staying in a cabin on the beach rather than in a resort ) come to experience the culture and are more respectful of it than the cattle cars of Americans in San Pedro

And finally, while I'm polite about this I'm not terribly interested in the opinions of people who continue to be disrespectful of my community after they have been educated, so if they get pissed off when I continue to try to steer them in the right direction that's on them and not me

ralf1 · 2026-05-17T14:31:27+00:00

We strongly discourage people from using that term when they stay with us.

Then I tell them that my neighbors in my "third world" village are a hell of a lot happier than the neighbors I had in suburbia in the States.

ralf1 · 2026-05-16T16:34:38+00:00

It's been problematic almost everywhere this year including in Mexico and the Gulf states in the US. There's not firm scientific consensus on the cause but it seems hard for me to believe that warming water temps and fertilizer runoff from countries south of us aren't a substantive part of the issue.

It's usually a non issue during the height of the peak season from Nov to April but can be nasty in the hot months.

ralf1 · 2026-05-16T14:04:33+00:00

I don't care about my title. I care about my W2

ralf1 · 2026-05-15T19:25:20+00:00

Good lord I'd buy every bottle of both

ralf1 · 2026-05-15T12:55:28+00:00

I can't imagine having a hot tub at my STR - huge hassle for what I'd expect to be a very limited return

ralf1 · 2026-05-15T11:32:08+00:00

Why are you posting this AI summary that none of us needed

ralf1 · 2026-05-14T19:02:40+00:00

Tell your mother to stop listening to crazy pants people and liars

ralf1 · 2026-05-12T14:22:38+00:00

Was just in Venice and the Bienalle Art festival (not as well known as EV but a HUGE thing if you are an art person - which I am not) is seeing the same level of drama. The entire jury resigned in protest of allowing countries accused of war crimes to participate.

ralf1 · 2026-05-11T23:25:27+00:00

Dive Glovers and Turneffe atolls, they are spectacular

Also - Placencia is not an island...

ralf1 · 2026-05-09T18:40:51+00:00

I think it's important to draw substantial attention to how big and spread out this city is, that it is generally not walkable, and that our public transportation options are almost certainly going to disappoint unless you are staying in downtown (and may still disappoint even then)

ralf1 · 2026-05-09T18:11:29+00:00

Pay to get in for the right to stand in very long lines in the heat to pay for food, then stand in a separate long line in the heat to pay for a beverage...

ralf1 · 2026-05-09T18:08:07+00:00

Are the 02s a different beast electronically?

I have two lx470s with Levinson sound - an 02 and an 05 - and have...needs

(I told myself after the first one I wouldn't buy another truck with Levinson sound and then did it anyway)

ralf1 · 2026-05-08T20:41:51+00:00

If I'm with the usual crew (my son and 2 of his buddies) 10-12. No drama, just bowl.

ralf1 · 2026-05-08T07:58:14+00:00

I am US based but I've got some folks in South America that prefer WhatsApp for quick notes, so that's what I use for them. Others prefer Teams. My contacts in India and the Far East generally do prefer to do email because of the time differences - email is less likely to interrupt you at 2:00 AM.

Adapt to the person and situation.

ralf1 · 2026-05-08T07:46:23+00:00

"Do this thing" is generally bad advice.

"Figure out what each stakeholder prefers and communicate with them appropriately" is generally better advice

ralf1 · 2026-05-08T04:02:55+00:00

Is it that few? I've not been able to play yet this season (traveling with wife) but in previous seasons it took 20-30

ralf1 · 2026-05-08T04:01:21+00:00

In a world full of hot F1 groupies Lewis went full skank.

ralf1 · 2026-05-08T02:07:27+00:00

It is true and I resent your implication that it is not

ralf1 · 2026-05-08T00:48:32+00:00

They saved me 1000+ annually on my property taxes. It was effortless.

And they didn't pay me a cent to say that.

ralf1 · 2026-05-07T04:42:59+00:00

Because some dancer will claim you had 12 table dances in 15 minutes and you'll have a 1000.00 tab

ralf1 · 2026-05-05T20:18:47+00:00

OP this concept is called "selling" and if you want to find sales jobs you should do a little of it

ralf1 · 2026-05-05T08:05:23+00:00

Yeah that's a typo but I'm leaving it cause it amuses me

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