Positive things from 2020.............

Kex

• Kids loving remote learning, getting “A” grades across the board, and higher than 4 GPA’s.
• Wife loving remote working, will probably never go back to the downtown office in L.A.
• Biggest earnings ever, luckily (well, theoretically, there’s also some talent involved, so not just luck). 💰💰
• New truck.
• New horse trailer.
• Really getting to enjoy our wonderful home and neighborhood more than usual. Great people living in our area. Very respectful.

spongebobsquarepants

This album was released

NotaSuv

nooshinjohn wrote: »

GM finally built a legendary car after four decades of nothing...

LOL legendary now thats farkin funny..clearly you are totally out of the loop when it comes to the major problems already suffered.wow where to begin..but then again maybe if you actually had one...a little research before posting will do ya good...need the links ?? I am happy to supply em....thanks for the evenings chuckle.....

nooshinjohn

NotaSuv wrote: »

nooshinjohn wrote: »

GM finally built a legendary car after four decades of nothing...

LOL legendary now thats farkin funny..clearly you are totally out of the loop when it comes to the major problems already suffered.wow where to begin..but then again maybe if you actually had one...a little research before posting will do ya good...need the links ?? I am happy to supply em....thanks for the evenings chuckle.....

I can guarantee with certainty I know more about these cars than you do, and am keenly aware of every issue they have had, from valve springs to DCT issues and fit/finish concerns... ALL of them. I have 40 years in the car business including management, from sale to service, and to assembly line, for many different makes. The biggest POS vehicles on the planet happen to be Jeeps...

I have many friends that are influential collectors, designers and executives in the car business as well. As for you, I have had enough of your BS and casting aspersions on my knowledge, experiences and character.

Welcome to my bozo list, and thanks for the offer to buy my Krell. I would rather give it away to PFB than sell to you for triple my price.

displayname

This past year had plenty of challenges, but we had a lot of great highlights too. Got married, got a house, got new speakers. Lots of good stuff to look back on.

steveinaz

I FORGOT a big 2020 positive--Bev & I quit smoking. Best thing we ever did.

Strong Bad

The stock market was VERY good to my 401k! I've had a very aggressive stance to the funds I invested in for the last 4 years and oh boy has it paid off.

Made some good upgrades to the home theater, especially with the 3 Outlaw monoblocks and the LG CX65 4K TV.

Went on a tear around the house with cleaning and anti-packratting. Made a dump run with a big truck load of crap. Numerous runs to the local Goodwill with items I no longer use.

Moving forward with some IT certifications to possibly make a job move later 2021. The opportunity is there, just have to go get it.

I stayed healthy!

xschop

Was blessed in 2020. Thankful for many things, especially our innate and adaptive immunities bestowed by our creator.

Moose68Bash

My daughter, her husband, and our one-year-old son spent almost six months with us in New Hampshire while they were in exile from the plague in New Jersey, where they live.

Getting to spend so much time with our young grandson as he grew from about 15 months old to almost two years old was marvelous -- truly a blessing.

Such a look on his face:



At the beginning of 2020 my wife and I spent a wonderful week in Paris to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. That was the first week of 2020. We had spent the last week of 2019 in London with our youngest daughter and her husband. While COVID-19 had probably already arrived in Europe, we managed to avoid getting it.

Willow

MY family and I have been so far healthy. We are in a position to work from home and have the kids do virtual learning. The biggest bonus of all this is the extra time I have had with my family! The slower pace of life is also a big bonus.

audioluvr

When everything was at it's worst and the streets were empty I could drive as fast as I wanted! I miss those days.

billbillw

Finished paying off all our debt except for the mortgage, saved a bunch not having to drive into work, spent a lot of extra time with the family, lots of time to cook and try new recipes, caught up on home projects. I was also finally able to replace my nearly 17 year old Subaru with something that at least has a backup camera!

westmassguy

We did NOT get hit by a dinosaur killing asteroid.

mhardy6647

westmassguy wrote: »

We did NOT get hit by a dinosaur killing asteroid.

Explains those anklyosauruses that were rootin' around in the trash yesterday...

nooshinjohn

westmassguy wrote: »

We did NOT get hit by a dinosaur killing asteroid.

No, but the Borg are working on a trans-warp conduit as we speak.

mrbigbluelight

Anklyosauruses

I thoughf that you might have been trying to sneak in a fancy madeup word, but...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SopCEpyiROY4

muncybob

My wife commented just the other day that while 2020 was not a great year by any means for us we are thankful that for a change we did not lose a family member or close friend. Funny she said that to me as recently I was thinking the exact same thing.

Kex

Looking back on the mood in February and March, when the markets crashed faster than ever in history, and more that at any time since the Great Depression, it seemed that we could be in for a horrendous 2020. Not just deaths, but the potential for a sustained economic collapse.

The incredible resilience of businesses, and the consumer, not just in the 🇺🇸, but around the world, has been impressive. Some businesses (online retail) went from strength to strength, fueled by the consumer, and demand (servers, technology).

Remote working and learning is leading to a fundamental reset of some business models, and it’s likely to remain beyond 2021 in some sectors, improving cost structures for the businesses involved, and quality of family life for the employees.

A lot of truly impressive things happened in 2020, and we are likely to emerge significantly stronger as a country when all is said and done.

mhardy6647

mrbigbluelight wrote: »

Anklyosauruses

I thoughf that you might have been trying to sneak in a fancy madeup word, but...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SopCEpyiROY4

Would I do that?
Next you'll be fact-checking on the fearsome Uncleosaurus.

On topic: US Stock market indices (Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ) all at record high levels. Go figure.

Kex

mhardy6647 wrote: »

On topic: US Stock market indices (Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ) all at record high levels. Go figure.

Markets tend to like stability and predictability. The events of today removed most of the uncertainty of recent weeks.

Also, the prospect of bigger stimulus checks following the results from Georgia seems to have added about 10% upside to financials in particular... not that I’ll be getting one. I didn’t qualify last time either, and that’s a good thing.

mrbigbluelight

Well that and the fact that the fiat money machine shooting out money like Carters' Little Liver Pills makes the value of the dollar head for the basement so that soon we'll be repeating the episode of the German mark during the Weimar Republic but in the interim the Stock Market is artificially inflated to FAB-U-LOUS levels therby causing awe among the minions .
But Good Times, eh !
At least untiil the barrel goes over the falls.

MB-"Financial Adviser to the Stars"-BL

BlueFox

Kex wrote: »

Markets tend to like stability and predictability. The events of today removed most of the uncertainty of recent weeks.

Also, the prospect of bigger stimulus checks following the results from Georgia seems to have added about 10% upside to financials in particular... not that I’ll be getting one. I didn’t qualify last time either, and that’s a good thing.

Even only working 4 months in 2019, and then retiring, I still made too much to qualify for the stimulus. While my 2020 income would qualify, hopefully the country will get back on track, and the stimulus payments won't be necessary. However, we do need to defeat the virus to make any real progress in 2021.

muncybob

.....really!? Again, another thread hitting the rails.

[Deleted User]

Please stop with the back and forth bickering or this thread will be closed.

pitdogg2

KennethSwauger wrote: »

Please stop with the back and forth bickering or this thread will be closed.

Party pooper

lightman1

KennethSwauger wrote: »

Please stop with the back and forth bickering or this thread will be closed.

Nobody cares Ken!

steveinaz

Yeah, c'mon man, practice some unity why dontcha? LOL.

maximillian

Practice some audio. Don't care who has a different opinion, don't share it here. There's plenty of other forums to discuss other topics.