Comments for Things They Don't Teach You http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com Everything you should know, but no one bothers to tell you Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on GrandDaddy put bugs in my mouth! by Cindy Jeffcoat http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/archives/346/comment-page-1#comment-200 Cindy Jeffcoat Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:23 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?p=346#comment-200 Is it just because I spend so much time in the hospitals that this issue really bothers me....you see parents put pacifiers back in the childs mouth. The child is allowed to play on the floor in the patients room and also in the waiting area, and where do those sweet little hands go first? Straight in the mouth, with all those lovely germs - emesis, blood, urine, feces. Is it lack of education or just being lazy? I guess I must have done pretty well, none of my children or grandchildren have tubes!!! I don't believe in the 5 second rule. Is it just because I spend so much time in the hospitals that this issue really bothers me….you see parents put pacifiers back in the childs mouth. The child is allowed to play on the floor in the patients room and also in the waiting area, and where do those sweet little hands go first? Straight in the mouth, with all those lovely germs - emesis, blood, urine, feces. Is it lack of education or just being lazy? I guess I must have done pretty well, none of my children or grandchildren have tubes!!! I don’t believe in the 5 second rule.

]]> Comment on Pressing the accelerator for profits by Cindy Jeffcoat http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/archives/362/comment-page-1#comment-199 Cindy Jeffcoat Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:43:59 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?p=362#comment-199 Very interesting, keep us updated. Very interesting, keep us updated.

]]> Comment on GrandDaddy put bugs in my mouth! by John Lawlar http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/archives/346/comment-page-1#comment-144 John Lawlar Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:35:58 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?p=346#comment-144 Lee: Your article on 'Bugs in mouth' certainly is true of my children and my grandchildren in that all used pacifiers and most have had tubes put in their eardrums. I will forward the information on S salivarius K12 to them; hopefully those who have not had tubes put in their eardrums may benefit. Thanks always for such interesting topics, John Lee: Your article on ‘Bugs in mouth’ certainly is true of my children and my grandchildren in that all used pacifiers and most have had tubes put in their eardrums. I will forward the information on S salivarius K12 to them; hopefully those who have not had tubes put in their eardrums may benefit. Thanks always for such interesting topics, John

]]> Comment on The old food doesn’t need improving by toby http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/archives/319/comment-page-1#comment-143 toby Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:08:28 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?p=319#comment-143 www.vitaminD3world.com is a good source of information and has links to a very neat micro tablet formulation of vitamin D http://www.vitaminD3world.com is a good source of information and has links to a very neat micro tablet formulation of vitamin D

]]> Comment on About by leechip http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-139 leechip Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:52:13 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?page_id=2#comment-139 Hi John, Glad to hear from you! Yes, I am a big fan of Buffett's 10 rules to wealth. Basically, I don't play in anything I don't personally know or use. As to knowing when the bottom occurred? Only God knows that answer. I used a formula from that idiot Jim Cramer that calculated the value of the DOW, and if I recall, that number was somewhere around 4500 as the lowest it could go before a total collapse. Moving from 14000 to 6700 was too extreme. I figured that was my event to trade; if the market went lower than I might lose a few bucks, but if it didn't go higher, the economy would be in serious trouble and what value would the money have anyway? So I just guessed that this was a good point to enter. I also learned a very important lesson (back before I discovered Buffett) a few decades ago, and I Farkled $20k. That taught me more about investing than any cash I've made since -- don't dabble in things you don't personally play with. Hi John,
Glad to hear from you! Yes, I am a big fan of Buffett’s 10 rules to wealth. Basically, I don’t play in anything I don’t personally know or use. As to knowing when the bottom occurred? Only God knows that answer. I used a formula from that idiot Jim Cramer that calculated the value of the DOW, and if I recall, that number was somewhere around 4500 as the lowest it could go before a total collapse. Moving from 14000 to 6700 was too extreme. I figured that was my event to trade; if the market went lower than I might lose a few bucks, but if it didn’t go higher, the economy would be in serious trouble and what value would the money have anyway? So I just guessed that this was a good point to enter.

I also learned a very important lesson (back before I discovered Buffett) a few decades ago, and I Farkled $20k. That taught me more about investing than any cash I’ve made since — don’t dabble in things you don’t personally play with.

]]> Comment on About by John Lawlar http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-138 John Lawlar Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:25:15 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?page_id=2#comment-138 Lee: I"m sorry, I did not mean to confuse the issue on aapl by using the wrong dates. Actually aapl bottomed out in Nov. 2008 while the Dow did not bottom out until March 2009. I definitely agree with you that disasters can be an opportunity for investors; I just don't want to Farkle my 401k. Lee:
I”m sorry, I did not mean to confuse the issue on aapl by using the wrong dates. Actually aapl bottomed out in Nov. 2008 while the Dow did not bottom out until March 2009. I definitely agree with you that disasters can be an opportunity for investors; I just don’t want to Farkle my 401k.

]]> Comment on DOW 9,000? OMG! by John Lawlar http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/archives/24/comment-page-1#comment-137 John Lawlar Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:59:58 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?p=24#comment-137 Lee: I am glad to see that you were able to cash in on aapl. My one observation is: How did you know Dow 6700 was the bottom; certainly not in August 2008; and for every aapl you choose correctly there are many more that would lose. However, if your main point is to buy when everyone else is fearful, then you would be exercising one of Buffet's theorems: Be greedy when people are fearful and fearful when people are greedy. I look forward to sharing ideas with you. Lee:
I am glad to see that you were able to cash in on aapl. My one observation is: How did you know Dow 6700 was the bottom; certainly not in August 2008; and for every aapl you choose correctly there are many more that would lose. However, if your main point is to buy when everyone else is fearful, then you would be exercising one of Buffet’s theorems: Be greedy when people are fearful and fearful when people are greedy. I look forward to sharing ideas with you.

]]> Comment on About by Lee Turner http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-131 Lee Turner Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:25:13 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?page_id=2#comment-131 <a href="#comment-130" rel="nofollow">@James L. Peters </a> Please feel free to comment. Knowledge is power. Though we share the same genetics, we are profoundly different. Your experiences may save my life; my experiences may enhance yours. Thanks for reading, and please share all that you can. @James L. Peters
Please feel free to comment. Knowledge is power. Though we share the same genetics, we are profoundly different. Your experiences may save my life; my experiences may enhance yours. Thanks for reading, and please share all that you can.

]]> Comment on About by James L. Peters http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-130 James L. Peters Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:04:41 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?page_id=2#comment-130 I've been working to manage my own health for some time now and understand and agree with your approach. I’ve been working to manage my own health for some time now and understand and agree with your approach.

]]> Comment on About by James L. Peters http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-129 James L. Peters Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:01:27 +0000 http://www.thingstheydontteachyou.com/?page_id=2#comment-129 I like the cut of your jib. I like the cut of your jib.

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