Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
- fredflinstone
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Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
Never .fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
- joey potsnpans
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Posts that make you cringe
Many of the posts I made when I first joined this Forum reflected my lack of familiarity with financial matters and confusion with the somewhat arcane language of investing (i.e., now just what is "contango"?)
Having moved past that state, much of what I post now directly reflects my stupidity.
Shawcroft
Having moved past that state, much of what I post now directly reflects my stupidity.
Shawcroft
Re: Posts that make you cringe
Funny :lol:shawcroft wrote:Many of the posts I made when I first joined this Forum reflected my lack of familiarity with financial matters and confusion with the somewhat arcane language of investing (i.e., now just what is "contango"?)
Having moved past that state, much of what I post now directly reflects my stupidity.
Shawcroft
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Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
It would be worse if you weren't learning/better/wiser for a year or two of extra experience. I look back on my stock trades from 2 years ago and they were wild and reckless. One year ago they were merely poor quality but not bad, and this year they look pretty reasonable. I hope this remains true going forward.fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
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- bertie wooster
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Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
I agree. I cringed when I read them.bertie wooster wrote:Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
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- fredflinstone
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Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
you are completely mischaracterizing my views. I do not object to working moms. I object to both parents working when (a) there is no financial need to do so and (b) they have very young children.bertie wooster wrote:Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
- fredflinstone
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Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
I never said I consider working moms evil. If you disagree with me, that's fine but please don't misrepresent that I said. Thanks.VictoriaF wrote:I agree. I cringed when I read them.bertie wooster wrote:Your overly-judgemental posts on the evils of working moms were pretty cringe worthy.fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
Victoria
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I'm glad one person understood where I was coming from. I suppose I could have been clearer from the outset. If the wife was earning much more than the husband, I would have suggested that dad stay home with the kids.Chuck wrote:I don't want to bring that thread here, but I agree that the posts attacking fredflinstone are cringe-worthy. I thought it was pretty clear what he was saying, but y'all had to go and make it into a sexist thing.
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Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
Who determines financial need or, should I say, when is enough enough?fredflinstone wrote:[...]you are completely mischaracterizing my views. I do not object to working moms. I object to both parents working when (a) there is no financial need (emphasis mine) to do so and (b) they have very young children.
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PS: It is ironic that poor fredflinstone wanted folks to talk about their cringe-worthy posts and here we are discussing his post that others found cringeworthy!
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That is pretty funny!!jginseattle wrote:I misspelled Jack Bogle in my first post. I believe that a kind moderator (or someone) corrected it for me.
Now that's bad!
We have all said and done things that made us feeling stupid later on. To do otherwise would not be human.
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Re: Who else has written cringe-worthy posts?
I have one I regretted.fredflinstone wrote:I look back at some of the dumb posts I wrote a year ago (right after I discovered this board), and I cringe. Much of what I wrote was so awful.
Has anyone else written posts that make them cringe?
- Taylor Larimore
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A "Cringe Worthy" history
Hi Fred:
I first started investing in individual stocks. :roll:
Later I learned the advantages of mutual funds but unfortunately I used past performance to select our funds. :roll: :roll:
After that I became a market timer. :roll: :roll: :roll:
Eventually I had the good fortune to read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" and "Bogle on Mutual Funds."
I first started investing in individual stocks. :roll:
Later I learned the advantages of mutual funds but unfortunately I used past performance to select our funds. :roll: :roll:
After that I became a market timer. :roll: :roll: :roll:
Eventually I had the good fortune to read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" and "Bogle on Mutual Funds."
"Simplicity is the master key to financial success." -- Jack Bogle
Re: A "Cringe Worthy" history
Hi Taylor,Taylor Larimore wrote:Hi Fred:
I first started investing in individual stocks. :roll:
Later I learned the advantages of mutual funds but unfortunately I used past performance to select our funds. :roll: :roll:
After that I became a market timer. :roll: :roll: :roll:
Eventually I had the good fortune to read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" and "Bogle on Mutual Funds."
Thank you for yet more remembrances as to how some of us have evolved through the world of investing. My education began in the late 1960's and followed a track similar to yours.
I remember reading a treatise by Sheldon Jacobs (a huge tome; I think it was titled "The No Load Fund Investor" and it basically covered most of the known universe of No Load Mutual Funds in the early 1970's).
Vanguard emerged as my favorite then and it remains so today.
But I still remember those forays into the speculative investment world, particularly the speculation in the merger and acquisition mania surrounding companies like UAL in the late 1980's, where I made a few bucks.
I much prefer today's "get rich slowly' world of total market index investing. Much easier to sleep at night.
Thanks to you, Mel, Michael and Jack for all you have done for us.
Ken
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Mr. Sheldon Jacobs
I remember reading a treatise by Sheldon Jacobs (a huge tome; I think it was titled "The No Load Fund Investor" and it basically covered most of the known universe of No Load Mutual Funds in the early 1970's).
Hi Ken:
For many years, I was a subscriber to Sheldon Jacob's No-Load Mutual Funds newsletter. I once had a private lunch with him which remains a highlight of my investing career.
Bogleheads can read an interesting interview with Mr. Jacob's here:
http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/19/0219adviser.html
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