𝔻𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟

I’m dating myself here. When I was a teenager, my hand held entertainment was a radio that contained a total of nine transistors. Today a typical teenager’s iPhone 15 contains nineteen billion transistors. Think about that. Technology is frightening and it’s going to be worse.

@Queen_primis GooI didn’t want to wake her up. I wanted to sort out the world and gauze at the random traffic in the morning. She is so demanding. Just a few calm moments. Drinking Coffee or in my case hot Tea. There wasn’t any cheating. Just a few moments to reflect. I’d like a refill

A woman said her husband started waking up at 5AM every morning to “go for walks.” For 3 months straight. One day she got curious and secretly followed him. Turns out, the man had been walking to a nearby gas station every morning before work 😭

@Better4Pat Yeah…and it’s going to get worse. See you this summer when we hit town😎

Raw Oregon truth, no Portland spin. USAF vet. Drove every mile of this state. I write from real roads, not ivory towers. Taxes rising. Homelessness exploding. Rural Oregon ignored. One-party failure everywhere. No fluff. No team loyalty. Just blunt facts and lived experience. Read me with an open mind and courage. Truth stings, but it’s the only path forward. Tired of the bullshit? Follow @Better4Pat.

@cfishman @discovercard 4/or should I say reoccurring payments. At this stage in our lives, we probably will never need to be financed to build up that coveted credit score. As I said earlier in this thread, it’s common sense and financial discipline. From sunny Arizona, Dave 😎🌵🌴 /Fin

@cfishman @discovercard 3/I discovered that it was actually my lack of a track record in making ongoing payments. We paid cash when we bought vehicles. The last house mortgage payment we made was in 1991. Looking at our situation, I could see that the credit score is solely based on monthly ongoing…

I got a Discover Card almost as soon as they became available — nudged by my Dad. This would have been in 1985 or early 1986. Discover was the first credit card to… • Charge no annual fee • Pay 1% back on all purchases My dad loved stuff like this. —>

@JaelCorbleu @patricia_kooy Did you turn on the fan and hold your nose after his departure? Asking for a fellow boomer 😎

@patricia_kooy 4 bedrooms. 1 bathroom. Mom, Dad, and 4 girls who were born within 3 years (set of twins). My dad was outnumbered, but he spent more time in the bathroom than any of us females.

Most of us Boomers grew up without A/C, dishwashers, 1 phone for a family of 6, 2 or 3 bedrooms for a family of 6, ZERO WELFARE handouts, no wifi, no cable TV, no bottled water or 2 liters soda, no drive thru fast food, no credit cards. We started working at age 16 to buy a used car, or school clothes ... Quit blaming us for the condition of the economy.

@DividendBreeder The fishing here hasn’t been good since everybody and their brother from the cities discovered our little lake. Plus, they bring their No Kings attitudes with them. Old Jack down at the Bait Shop has since stopped supplying Minnows as some women have protested them…😱

I’d much rather speed up my retirement trajectory vs. buy a cabin or a second property. In Minnesota, a lot of people buy a cabin. I look at that and think to myself, “Skip the cabin and you could retire 5-10 years sooner.” That’s my plan.

@brim006 From Minot! We’re on the map at the Arizona dealership for Toyota. We’re here! Can you see that Minot has a purpose? Click Like or Share😱

Perk of being a North Dakotan is that you’re nearly guaranteed to be the first to mark your town on these around the country.

@Cryptoboyy_Aji Next topic? Your monthly phone bill. Don’t forget to include your internet bill or any other must have items. Oh… have you accounted for inflation or bumps in the world??? Bottom line. Financial discipline. Start with that $4 coffee. Drill down from there…

I wish more people understood $4 coffees aren’t the problem. It’s the: - $700/mo car payment - $500/mo credit card bill - $1,800/mo daycare - $1,000/mo student loans - $2,700/mo rent This is why most six-figure earners feel broke.

@JordiCarrerasRa @crsanchezx Your parents failed you. I’m sorry. Spoken for the boomer generation…

La generación con más comodidad, tecnología y opciones también parece ser una de las más perdidas emocionalmente. Muchos crecieron retrasando responsabilidades mientras el mundo les vendía juventud eterna y dopamina infinita. Por eso tanta gente adulta vive atrapada entre ansiedad, distracción y miedo a decidir qué hacer con su vida. Y quizá el verdadero problema no es madurar tarde… sino no haber aprendido nunca para qué madurar.

Ser adulto en 1990: - Casarte - Tener hijos - Comprar una casa - Saber hacer cosas útiles - Madurar rápido y aceptar el paso del tiempo Ser adulto en 2026:

@amanonhisown Good god…Do I remember Cal Worthington? Ventured into his car lot in Anchorage while he was filming an ad. Red eyes from cocaine, abusive to his staff. The personification of evil. Of course went elsewhere. My pal worked for him in Sacramento. Still evil. Cutthroat with staff.

Dear California. Do you remember Cal Worthington?

@AWKowalczyk @cperciva Bless you my son😎🍺

@RiverKey2640 @cperciva You must've gone to a Bible college. At state schools red cups are 16 oz.

I accidentally outed myself on a preschool field trip. We were touring a hydro dam and the tour guide said "2.8 million liters of water go through this pipe every minute; if someone needs 4 liters of water every day, how long would that last them?"

@jtourzan @adamtaggart And I’ll bet it won’t be a dime for entrance. Apple Pay accepted 😱

@adamtaggart Wait until they charge for the toilet.

Just when you thought flying economy couldn't feel any more degrading...

@ThrillaRilla369 Crystal radio…

Age yourself with a piece of outdated tech from your youth! I'll go first: VCRs📼

@nature_c2ngn @THEDuaneCates AI turns my stomach 🤮

Route 163 Through Monument Valley in Arizona 😲😍

My god…The stupidity of it all… The evaporation savings would be negligible. The infrastructure costs enormous. Don’t get me started on O&M costs. The funny thing is projects like these look good on paper and are not practical in the real world…

@PeterVogel The left handed reference to GoTo Statements.😱

The good old days of "spaghetti" code...

@JustinBGalloway @TracesofTexas In other words, the Ft Worth location is not close to TCU😎

@RiverKey2640 @TracesofTexas I suggest the Arlington location. The Fort Worth location is not a great area and run down, Arlington location is much nicer. It is right off I-20 near the Arlington/Fort Worth city limit.

Speaking of El Paso, the fabled Pancho's Mexican Buffet got its start in that West Texas city back in 1958. Traces of Texas reader Franco Ruiz kindly sent in this photo and asked "Traces, when's the last time you raised the flag?" I thought about it and can't remember, exactly, but it must have been in the 1980s. And then I thought that it's a shame that there is a whole generation of Texans that have grown up not knowing what "raise the flag" means. I realize that there are still four Panchos in Texas, but unless you live in D-FW or Houston, you're not going to be tasting the epic goodness of their sopapillas. When's the last time YOU raised the flag?