Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

To go to Napoleon to get some in-roads with farmers for the tomato harvest this summer...

JK, was passing through on a road trip to Gettysburg, PA (current location). Stopped in St Louis and Springfield, IL (to see Lincoln museum and memorial) and knew someone in the Amish country of Ohio and made a quick detour.

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First time?

AKAK said:

I would rate that part of ohio and the Wisconsin/iowa driftless region as really underrated beautiful places

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Completely agree. It is definitely scenic, in a subtle way (compared to a scene like the one depicted in @Oregonbuck ’s photo above) that is very pleasant to the eyes. I enjoyed driving through there a lot.

AKAK said:

And that's probably 50 percent Amish out there.

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I saw quite a few horse and buggies (and a lot of 4 wheelers on the road).

This pic didn’t come out well but if you zoom in on the reflector…

Thump said:

Why were you in Ohio?

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To go to Napoleon to get some in-roads with farmers for the tomato harvest this summer...

JK, was passing through on a road trip to Gettysburg, PA (current location). Stopped in St Louis and Springfield, IL (to see Lincoln museum and memorial) and knew someone in the Amish country of Ohio and made a quick detour.

Did a short hike just above Juneau today. No bears or mountain goats around, but here’s a porcupine:

UCLA ELIMINATED!

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

I was in a moving vehicle when that photo was taken so I can’t say with absolute certainty but looking back at my map app of the area I was in earlier, I believe it was SR 226 near Shreve, OH

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Why were you in Ohio?

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Screaming Santonio Holmes in that #4.

NJ-Buckeye said:

@BuckStocksHere you happen to be speaking to someone who experienced it first hand. Brokers who began in the 1990s had never seen a market head south as fast as 2000-2002.. JD Uniphase went from $600 to $10 almost instantly.. and many other major tech stocks did the same.. from $72 to $2 in mere days... Lucent dropped 99%. Cisco dropped 90%. I didn't pick those.. my advisor did. Million dollar accounts went to $200K accts in a month.. while newer inexperienced brokers were focused on getting new clients.. took their eye off existing accts.. And if these accts were college fund accts, they were unrecoverable because college years don't wait for recovery.. which, in many case, never recovered. Folks getting into investing in a big way right now and using an advisor who hasn't lived it are at risk.

Stop losses.. sure.. experienced brokers know about them.. but not the new kids (and I don't mean trainees).. and new investors generally don't know about them either. Experienced brokers who have seen market volatility know.. They've lived it.. Investors who liked the new kid and decided to give him a chance - buyer beware. Managers overseeing what their advisors are doing? Did you really say that? I will give you 3 examples of the fallacy of that statement... Two Merrill's and one Stifel. The Merrill advisor (Tom Buck) was the largest advisor in all Merrill before going to prison. The Stifel fella (Chuck Roberts) has been hit with well over $200M in fines and lost cases and it's still growing. So where was this supervision you mention?

Block trading.. sure.. the mega accts get that attention... Like I said, the biggest accts are watched and treated differently.. Under $1M accts got hammered. I have zero doubt that Merrill had tons of ultra high net worth accts that had JDSU and I bet they magically got out minutes before the crash.

Risk tolerance in the proper levels?.. And to pose that like the client is the one who completely understands and directs that level is comical. If that were the case, there wouldn't be hundreds of thousands to millions of FINRA settlements about who really makes those decisions. It's why your profession calls it SALES

And BTW, I talk to literally a thousand financial advisors every month.. I review FINRA reports like you do stock research. I see real world.. and I lived it..

So I stand by every word and can back it up with facts and documentation. It's my livelihood.

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I won’t engage in a debate about this on a forum for obvious regulatory reasons about what is and isn’t advice from someone licensed. I will keep it very general.

What I will say is this: I speak on my company with the same facts you do. It is how we run a business. Yes there is supervision. We have many retired advisors so far and some as new as less than 2 years experience. We have no regulatory issues as is the case for the large majority of advisors in the industry. No different than most professions - most are good, there are always bad apples everywhere. I’d argue annuities gave the “industry” a bad name when they offered commissions at 10% and dirty brokers sold them for the wrong reasons.

Block trading entails ALL accounts. It’s why we have FULL DISCRETION on the large majority of accounts. All accounts over a very small amount ( think 5K) are all treated the same when it comes to this. If you are in our discretionary models, there is no difference in amount, only risk tolerance, which determines the holdings. If you are upset that “mega” accounts get more/different attention, it’s usually because they have a need for greater planning vs someone with just a Trad IRA for 200k. Different needs, wants. Everyone is treated based on their personal situation.

Stop losses aren’t for everyone and can cause harm as well. Like just about anything. See-dead cat bounce.

(Very simplified) - FINRA lawsuits are the same as ambulance chasers in many cases. Client doesn’t like the result, sues broker. Claims they didn’t know. Client meeting notes show they did in fact cover it. Arbitration panel finds for the advisor and hooray for us - it stays on our record for the entirety of our career. Win, lose or settlement. It’s comically bad. I can tell in the first 15 minutes of a meeting if you, as a prospective client, will be a pain in my ass. I will not hesitate to refuse to work with someone at this point in my career because I enjoy my job and value my time and my other clients’ time. Those guys you mentioned sound like real winners! Hope they enjoy their careers pounding rocks into gravel. I cannot and will not speak for another company’s supervision. I know the practice we run. You sound like you want to throw all of us out with the bath water. There is nothing anywhere that says you need to have an advisor.

It feels like your experience is on a big B/D level, not at the personal advisor level. I speak only for me and what I’ve experienced, seen, heard in this industry. It is also my livelihood.

To be clear - I am disgusted by piss poor/ unscrupulous advisors. They have no reason to be in this business. Much like a piss poor plumber, doctor, electrician, car salesman, barber, etc.

To get this off you and me: the discussions of social security/medicare and retirement I enjoyed reading. It is always interesting to read opinions of those outside of our client base and industry professionals. I’ve changed my tune over the decades from the “math” solution to the “real world” situation I would call it. Hearing and living through many many different situations has made me shift my opinion and likely what I will do as well soon. Never too old to learn they say and they were right.

Oregonbuck said:

Took this one yesterday. Columbia Gorge near Portland, OR.View attachment 90017

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Haven't been up that way since the 80's. Lived outside of Grants Pass for a few years in the early 80's. Sometimes I can't believe how beautiful it is up there. This is what our old place looks like now

Took this one yesterday. Columbia Gorge near Portland, OR.

And that's probably 50 percent Amish out there. Loudonville to Wooster. A little east of there and you're deep in unglaciated hill country. Dairy and cheese heavy. I would rate that part of ohio and the Wisconsin/iowa driftless region as really underrated beautiful places

@BuckStocksHere you happen to be speaking to someone who experienced it first hand. Brokers who began in the 1990s had never seen a market head south as fast as 2000-2002.. JD Uniphase went from $600 to $10 almost instantly.. and many other major tech stocks did the same.. from $72 to $2 in mere days... Lucent dropped 99%. Cisco dropped 90%. I didn't pick those.. my advisor did. Million dollar accounts went to $200K accts in a month.. while newer inexperienced brokers were focused on getting new clients.. took their eye off existing accts.. And if these accts were college fund accts, they were unrecoverable because college years don't wait for recovery.. which, in many case, never recovered. Folks getting into investing in a big way right now and using an advisor who hasn't lived it are at risk.

Stop losses.. sure.. experienced brokers know about them.. but not the new kids (and I don't mean trainees).. and new investors generally don't know about them either. Experienced brokers who have seen market volatility know.. They've lived it.. Investors who liked the new kid and decided to give him a chance - buyer beware. Managers overseeing what their advisors are doing? Did you really say that? I will give you 3 examples of the fallacy of that statement... Two Merrill's and one Stifel. The Merrill advisor (Tom Buck) was the largest advisor in all Merrill before going to prison. The Stifel fella (Chuck Roberts) has been hit with well over $200M in fines and lost cases and it's still growing. So where was this supervision you mention?

Block trading.. sure.. the mega accts get that attention... Like I said, the biggest accts are watched and treated differently.. Under $1M accts got hammered. I have zero doubt that Merrill had tons of ultra high net worth accts that had JDSU and I bet they magically got out minutes before the crash.

Risk tolerance in the proper levels?.. And to pose that like the client is the one who completely understands and directs that level is comical. If that were the case, there wouldn't be hundreds of thousands to millions of FINRA settlements about who really makes those decisions. It's why your profession calls it SALES

And BTW, I talk to literally a thousand financial advisors every month.. I review FINRA reports like you do stock research. I see real world.. and I lived it..

So I stand by every word and can back it up with facts and documentation. It's my livelihood.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

I was in a moving vehicle when that photo was taken so I can’t say with absolute certainty but looking back at my map app of the area I was in earlier, I believe it was SR 226 near Shreve, OH

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They got good blueberry picking in shreve

AKAK said:

Looks like it. What road?

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I was in a moving vehicle when that photo was taken so I can’t say with absolute certainty but looking back at my map app of the area I was in earlier, I believe it was SR 226 near Shreve, OH

Byars by a significant margin.

buckeyebri said:

But can you afford the insurance???

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In Florida? Yeah... I've heard some outrageous figures (as well as property taxes / condo fees) in excess of $20-$30 per year.

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Per Andrew at BH:

The folks at the Elite 11 tonight are being pretty critical about Edmunds' mobility. "Strong-armed pocket passer who struggles on the move" is what I keep reading.

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Makes sense, as QBs in CFB need to be mobile enough to extend plays. You don’t need Justin Fields or Braxton Miller, but he better be close to Haskins or Stroud. It seems like Edmunds is closer to McCord or Boeckman

scarletngray said:

Rate these Big Backs in order of who was the best players:
Beanie Wells
Carlos Hyde
Maurice Clarett
Ezekial Elliott

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Keith Byers and Eddie George were actually as big or bigger than the original 4 RB names listed.

ScriptOhio said:

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48901936/4-stanley-cup-champion-claude-lemieux-dies-60

4-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux dies at 60​

one of 7 players in NHL history to win he Cup with 3 different teams

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R.I.P.

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Took his own life...donated his brain to CTE research. So incredibly sad.