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Anyway, yeah, rather expensive for a CD. I wonder why.

It's out of production.

From The Who: Tommy

Definitely a classic. Also, you might consider some Led Zeppelin.

There is a version of "Tommy" with the London Symphony Orchestra. I have it on LP, but it appears ...

I believe the reason for the odd terms is the automatic renewal feature of these CDs. They give you an attractive yield for the first term. However, when that CD matures, it automatically renews for ...

I've noticed that area banks often have the best rates on short CDs (less than three years) with odd terms, such as 14 months.

My bank, for example lists a 14-month "special" CD at 2.0 p ...

Looks like a lot of fun! I am thinking of buying a new boat, something a little cheaper which requires less crew and fuel to operate Wink

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http://www.oceankayak.com/kayaks/angler_editions/prowle ...

From The Who: Tommy

Definitely a classic. Also, you might consider some Led Zeppelin.

There is a version of "Tommy" with the London Symphony Orchestra. I have it on LP, but it appears ...

Jonathan Clements is Director of Financial Guidance for Citi Personal Wealth Management and author of "The Little Book of Main Street Money: 21 Simple Truths that Help Real People Make Real Money ...

If it sinks, at least it will be in warmer water than the Titanic.

The poll needs another choice: "What's Bruno?"

I'm confused. You don't need a telephony modem (neither a dial-up modem, which really is a modem, nor a DSL modem, which actually isn't); you need a cable modem. Do you mean that if you have your ph ...

Don't look back, because in 2-3 weeks something else might appear that would be a better deal had you waited. This could go on forever.

That is so true. My 386SX deskop with 1 MB RAM, 40 MB Hard ...

It seems unbelievable to me now, but I remember a time when I found Dvořák's "New World Symphony" so long that it seemed tedious to sit through. (That was so long ago that it was numbered ...

Many of these suggestions are quite good. but I believe the OP is somewhat new to classical music,; some of the suggested works might be a little overwhelming to him. I love Mahler and consider him t ...

Long thread. Haven't read everybody's post so I apologize if this has been mentioned.

Best thing I did to dramatically improve download speed was purchase a cable modem. I discovered that Comcast ...

Long thread. Haven't read everybody's post so I apologize if this has been mentioned.

Best thing I did to dramatically improve download speed was purchase a cable modem. I discovered that Comcast ...

I consider Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 to be the single greatest musical composition ever. I'm also fond of No. 7.

Handel's organ concertos are very nice, if you like organ. Handel didn't write any ...

Just out is this survey of laptop failure rates. Asus and Toshiba are the least likely to malfunction in the first three years. My Wal-Mart Toshiba is entering its fifth year. The only problem is that ...

I don't use it -- waste of time IMO.

There's a reason I don't talk to certain old friends or people I used to know -- I don't want to. If I did, I would've never lost contact with them in the firs ...

My 50+ free checking account at the local bank is yielding 12 basis points more than my Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund, and with no minimum balance. This still amazes me. The primary advantage of th ...

Radio talk show host Bob Brinker has been warning listeners for years about principal trades and other minefields in the individual bond market.

tons of people are discovering their true "risk tolerance" and buying more bonds, increasing their bond allocation. Whether to call this buy high and sell low mentality I do not know, but ...

Bubble memory! Back in the 1970s that technology was constantly being touted as the Next Big Thing.

You mean it wasn't?! I remember reading about it, but I lost track when I got out of college.

Bubbles often aren't apparent until they burst. When does a bull market for an investment transition to a bubble? I remember a few pundits warning of a tech stock bubble in 1998 and 1999, particularly ...

Gin is one of my favorite drinks. I love Tanqueray and tonic with a slice of lime.

Yum.

I find it hard to believe vodkas really vary that much. I suspect a placebo effect.

When it comes to clear liquor, I'm a gin man. Ah, the evocative aroma of juniper berries. I can tell you there de ...

...Draft-N. Speaking of which, I wonder when the Wi-Fi Alliance will finally issue the final specs.
802.11n was ratified on September 11, 2009, and IEEE standards were published October 29, 2009

A ...

Yep, a lot of people get talked into getting an N router when they don't really need it because they think it will be faster. Like you said, you can go with a G router and it will still be faster th ...

Thanks for all your comments, everybody.

I went with this package (laptop, router, printer) for a total of $545.67:

www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Pr ...

Unfortunately, the conversation has deteriorated into a series of smart "alec" remarks.

Entropy, man, entropy. There have been a lot of thoughtful remarks, though. A very insightful threa ...

I guess it depends on where you mean by "there". I have to disagree that the Yaris is going to get you there.

My field is science. The typical progression is undergraduate, graduate, ...

Thurston Howell was the best.

Sits a native down in front of a formal dinner.

"If he starts with the outer fork, he's displaying Harvard etiquette, but if he picks up the inner, he's been c ...

There are thousands of restaurants of every nationality in the US with excellent food. French, Italian, Seafood, Steakhouse, Japanese, Mediterranean, you name it.

You obviously have never been to ...

There are thousands of restaurants of every nationality in the US with excellent food. French, Italian, Seafood, Steakhouse, Japanese, Mediterranean, you name it.

You obviously have never been to ...

Not sure if that helps or just confuses things, but IMO, Celeron machines usually run a lot slower than other cpus with similar clock spped due to their smaller cache size. In this case, it looks lik ...

My high yield fund is up 36% in the last 12 months. I don't know if the longer term returns have been "equity-like", as it's 6.3% over 10 years is far different from the S&P 500's -1% : ...

Here's a $300 HP laptop with Windows 7 64-bit. I haven't actually been able to find it on Wal-Mart's Web site, but Kim Komando talked about it today. Gives you an idea of the deals probably ahead this ...

Please, lets not muddy the waters by mixing up "junk bonds" and bonds. The characteristics of a bond, specifically its perceived safety, come from the fact that they are a contractual promis ...

I was a lot bolder about following my intellect instead of my emotions when I had a weekly paycheck. I'm not sure what that means.

On a related note, how many posters here have Ivy League degrees besides me and Jack Bogle?

I had a great Medieval history prof at "State" who went to Princeton.

A quick glance at Wikipedia reveals that Canada, Brunei, Switzerland, Sweden, and the Bahamas are all very diverse countries. The very formation of Switzerland was the merger of four different ethnic ...

One of my friends spent a lot of money to send his kids to Duke and to Boston College. None of them currently have jobs that require an expensive degree. In fact, one is now a stay-at-home mom.
I th ...

When I look back at my college education (1971-76), I am struck by the fact that the two most important classes I took in all of those years of undergraduate and graduate education were English Compos ...

Me, I wanna see the stock market rise exactly 7.000%-plus-inflation each and every single year!

Agreed. You don't need to be greedy to do well in the market.

- Ron
I think most of us would tak ...

My prayer is a little different

Dear Lord, I've been through two market crashes. Please let the S&P 500 hit 1600 so I can sell all of my equity funds and never ever buy another one as long ...

Hard to have good customer service when you offer something like several hundred products to half a billion non-paying customers in several dozen languages Smile

True. I still use Yahoo Mail, and my e ...

I had never even heard of Bates College (though I imagine there are some great word plays on the name, i.e. I got my master's at Bates).

If my parents -- or me -- had plopped down change like that, ...

I mentioned this in another thread but wanted to see if there's anybody else out there praying for the market to crash big time. I am 40 and in the accumulation phase so I want shares cheap. Really ch ...

Move to Denmark - Be Happy!

Not quite - that is not a survey of people who moved to Denmark. I imagine if most of us moved to Denmark we'd be quite miserable.

Nick

I have ancestors who fle ...

6. Isolate yourself from the herd mentality. Howard Hughes was never afraid to go it alone. Rather than living at a big corporate headquarters surrounded by yes-men with the TV news constantly on, Hug ...

Yahoo has customer service? If you can verify any, please let us know.

I have had only once encounter. It involved a change in the Yahoo Mail contacts list that didn't allow me to view all the act ...