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Was Laura the doctor that used to post quite frequently?
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tomd37 wrote:Was Laura the doctor that used to post quite frequently?
You may be confusing Queen Laura with Doctor Laura.

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tomd37 wrote:Was Laura the doctor that used to post quite frequently?
No, Laura is not a physician. But she is the portfolio goddess. :D
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retiredjg wrote:
tomd37 wrote:Was Laura the doctor that used to post quite frequently?
No, Laura is not a physician. But she is the portfolio goddess. :D
Laura really pulled portfolios together with style. We learned a lot from her and I wish her the best.

I also miss Munchkin Man and his likable prose.

And Darth V., er uh Adrian. -- Tet
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Munchkin Man
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Gummy and his Excel spreadsheets
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retiredjg wrote:Laura
is Laura still posting? gone? mad at us?

she was one of the original guides when I first joined and asked for help in cleaning up the mess I called my asset allocation

I hope she is well, Rich
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VictoriaF wrote:This is not a contradiction, unless there is a concept of minimum time elapsed since the last post.
So we could mention anyone?


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is Laura still posting? gone? mad at us?

she was one of the original guides when I first joined and asked for help in cleaning up the mess I called my asset allocation

I hope she is well, Rich
See this recent thread on what Laura has been up to lately. http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtop ... =3&t=96301

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Default User BR wrote:
VictoriaF wrote:This is not a contradiction, unless there is a concept of minimum time elapsed since the last post.
So we could mention anyone?


Brian
If we miss them, why not? :)

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I miss reading inactive poster Default User BR
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imbogled wrote:
is Laura still posting? gone? mad at us?

she was one of the original guides when I first joined and asked for help in cleaning up the mess I called my asset allocation

I hope she is well, Rich
See this recent thread on what Laura has been up to lately. http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtop ... =3&t=96301

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WOW... and I thought that most of us did not have a life beyond bogleheads.org...

retroactively, congratulations Laura and thank you for your service to this site and to the US.
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Rosencrantz wrote:Gummy and his Excel spreadsheets
Oh Ya, Gummy!
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Munchkin Man, Adrian Nenu and Ron.
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tetractys wrote:
Rosencrantz wrote:Gummy and his Excel spreadsheets
Oh Ya, Gummy!
Gummy's spreadsheets are hosted by our sister Canadian site, Financial Webring Forum. The direct link: gummy stuff ... about Investing (mostly)
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h---s? :twisted:

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VictoriaF wrote:h---s? :twisted:

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No, not that one. :!:

I miss Munchkin Man. His posts made me smile. :happy
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zaplunken wrote:Munchkin Man, Adrian Nenu and Ron.

I would also add Gekko to that list.
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Weekly Lampoon.
But that must have been on the M* forum since I can't find his name on the member list. Or perhaps he was deleted from a multiple user name purge. :confused
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Harold wrote:That's a good segue into a poster this forum should miss: opponent process. With brutally honest insight into human nature, he would just tell it how it is -- without regard for the psychological illusions people erect to help them cope with life (illusions that people seem to genuinely and deeply believe). I loved it.
I agree.
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tom d37 wrote:Was Laura the doctor that used to post quite frequently?
The one you are referring was Dr Nancy who use to post on the our old M* forum.She had excellent advice. She did come back one time to state that she had her financial life set and had moved on to other things and wished us all well.She was truly a great contributor.
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CABob wrote:Weekly Lampoon.
But that must have been on the M* forum since I can't find his name on the member list. Or perhaps he was deleted from a multiple user name purge. :confused
I have always suspected the "Weekly Lampoon" was penned by Petrocelli, mostly because of the style. (And it was funny as hell!)

Did Petrocelli ever own up to it, or did someone "out" him in a thread I missed?

Anyway, I miss it too.
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VictoriaF wrote:bob u

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fishnskiguy wrote:I don't think he ever posted here, but back in the M* days, my very favorite poster was Ozark. Very wise and often very funny.

Chris
Totally agree. I tried to entice him back shortly after he stopped posting, but he said that he was enjoying retirement and grandchildren in rural Texas to disrupt it with posts..
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VictoriaF wrote:bob u

Victoria
Does a PM make someone active? bob u is still around, just not where most people can see him. :)
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Retired@48
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^ Voted best, "I'm outta here thread" , R48’s Final Post: Thank You, And Good Luck Bogleheads
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TrevH
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wilson08 wrote:TrevH
Great data and charts
TrevH is not inactive.
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Ron
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I have not seen a post by FredFlinstone in some time....
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jenny345 wrote:
OZAR wrote:I have not seen a post by FredFlinstone in some time....
I went back to look at one of his threads and all of his posts, at least from that thread, looked like they had all been self deleted.
Along these lines there are more than a few major contributors (1000+ posts) who have not only left but gone to considerable effort to remove most or all of their contributions.

Tramper Al
Morgan (recently expunged, not just edited)
jh

come to mind, although there are almost certainly more. Given their considerable contributions, it's a loss all around that they ended up feeling so dissatisfied with BH to depart so destructively.
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xerty24 wrote:Along these lines there are more than a few major contributors (1000+ posts) who have not only left but gone to considerable effort to remove most or all of their contributions. . . . Come to mind, although there are almost certainly more. Given their considerable contributions, it's a loss all around that they ended up feeling so dissatisfied with BH to depart so destructively.
Possible dissatisfaction/anger with the forum is an interesting "take" on why certain people may have practiced mass deletion of their own previous posts. That possibility hadn't occurred to me. I'd always figured that for one reason or another they'd decided to stop posting, and simultaneously had second thoughts about the amount of personal information they'd publicly revealed along the way, so wanted to remove it from further view. . . . But, who knows?
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There's eight million stories in the Naked City, bound to be some interesting conflicts when it involves something as passionate as money.
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MarcMyWord wrote:Possible dissatisfaction/anger with the forum is an interesting "take" on why certain people may have practiced mass deletion of their own previous posts. That possibility hadn't occurred to me. I'd always figured that for one reason or another they'd decided to stop posting, and simultaneously had second thoughts about the amount of personal information they'd publicly revealed along the way, so wanted to remove it from further view. . . . But, who knows?
If you look at the topics, they are mostly impersonal ones (portfolio reviews, discussions of I bonds, news, etc). It's possible there's another reason here besides spite, but that's my first guess without knowing the specific circumstances.
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Since I started the discussion, I thought I should at least give my list. In no particular order,

Munchkin Man
LH2004, RIP
infecto
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GlennC

I expect you won't be reading this, but I enjoyed your time here.
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xerty24 wrote:Since I started the discussion, I thought I should at least give my list. In no particular order,

Munchkin Man
LH2004, RIP
infecto
matt
GlennC

I expect you won't be reading this, but I enjoyed your time here.
Is LH2004 different from LH?
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chaz wrote:Is LH2004 different from LH?
Yes.
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xerty24 wrote:
chaz wrote:Is LH2004 different from LH?
Yes.
Thanks.
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xerty24 wrote:LH2004, RIP
I've wondered for quite some time where this poster might be. S/he had some interesting things to say about "substantially identical" and shaped some of my thinking on that subject.
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LH2004 was a whip at tax law and helped hundreds with answers. He was on the 'Backdoor Roth' thing back in 2007 and giving answers before you could find them anywhere else. He didn't mince words, had a beautiful concise writing style, and would butt heads with anyone if he felt he were right. And that, was the rub that led to his departure.


edit to add: This is some prime LH2004 on being audited, from an excellent thread on the topic of substantially identical that retiredjg spoke of.
I don't play the audit lottery -- knowingly doing illegal things and hoping I don't get caught -- but, in that situation, it's perfectly appropriate for me to take into account that there's an overwhelming probability that whatever I decide won't ever be challenged, and, if it is, I'll probably win.

There is just no moral justification for always assuming the law favors the IRS over you.


If you think along those lines, you're in danger of just substituting your own view of what the law should be for what it actually is. That is neither legally appropriate nor morally acceptable -- and pretending the law says something anti-taxpayer, while it's certainly less likely to ever be challenged by the IRS, is at heart no different.

Again, I'm not telling anyone what to do or how to file their taxes afterwards, but, in my opinion, under the law as it exists today, as reflected in decades of court rulings and IRS positions, the similarity of holdings, investment strategy, index, and returns are just not relevant to the determination of whether stock in different funds is "substantially identical."
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Nisiprius.

He hasn't posted since around 7:30 this morning.

That's inactive for him.

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TrevH, without a doubt. Of course he was tired of beating the slice-n-dice drum to the naysayers here.
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wander wrote:Retired@48
He is very active still at Morningstar

pjstack wrote
I
have always suspected the "Weekly Lampoon" was penned by Petrocelli, mostly because of the style. (And it was funny as hell!)

Did Petrocelli ever own up to it, or did someone "out" him in a thread I missed?
Petrocelli did write it and owned up to it. He is also active at Morningstar and he has reposted his "Weekly Lampoon" last week.
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VictoriaF wrote:h---s? :twisted:

Victoria

heh heh While I personally agree with almost every poster that has been mentioned so far as being missed (No one else misses Market Timer? I do), I knew a thread like this would eventually have someone *ask* if anyone missed that one.... I am glad your post ended with a question mark. I suppose one or two uber-contrarians might miss that one, and all I can offer them is that he has his very own site and seems more than willing to chat with anyone who goes by there so if anyone *does* miss him, he is easy enough to find.

Cheers!
8-)


(oh, and technically, he's disqualified from this thread anyway -- was never a member here)
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DRiP Guy wrote:
VictoriaF wrote:h---s? :twisted:

Victoria
...

(oh, and technically, he's disqualified from this thread anyway -- was never a member here)
:D
He is an honorary member, because this site was created in his honor. :twisted:

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VictoriaF wrote:
DRiP Guy wrote:
VictoriaF wrote:h---s? :twisted:

Victoria
...

(oh, and technically, he's disqualified from this thread anyway -- was never a member here)
:D
He is an honorary member, because this site was created in his honor. :twisted:

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Mysterious: who is h---s?
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chaz wrote:[Mysterious: who is h---s?
This should help. Think of the magician term 'h---s - pocus'.
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