Yellowtail

Go with God Brother!

So everyone that that has ever been anyplace that has been bombed is dead? I don't think so. It is not. If you bomb a building with ten terrorist and ten civilians that have been told to get out of the building because we're going to bomb, you're not intentionally killing the civilians you told to leave. Indeed.

So, you think that because they use human shields after committing atrocities, they should be allowed to continue committing atrocities until they quit using human shields. That seems like a really good plan.

I'd bet that the tubing in the photo was made by hot-rolled sheet that has been slit into coil, and then rollformed into shape. The welding would typically be done in between two of the final stations prior to the cutoff. I can't really see the coating, but if it's coated inside and out, and the coating was not burned off the weld, then I would bet it was coated after cutoff. If the coating looks like it's been burned off, or burned off and the seam recoated on the outside it was probably rollformed from galvanized coil. If it is galvanized, and there any spangle, it's hot-dip. If it does not have any spangle, it could be either hot-dip or electro-galvanized. If there is no spangle and its smooth and shiny, it's probably electo. I'm a bit confused by: "The 4” other square section is not welded there is no join. I don’t know the forming process. It is also 1.2mm wall, it is probably cold rolled from the marks on the pipe." 1.2mm wall thinness seems a bit thin for 4" seemless.

With EMF?

If you actually did think about it, you might. Fund shopping?

You know it won't. You need to take a hard look at some of the people you support. And Happy New Year Brother! I hope it's healthy, *happy and prosperous for you. *Except immediately after any elections...

You know what the justification is, they're Jews. Notice all anti-Israel never offer any suggestion about how Israel might go about eradicating Hamas or calling for Hamas to surrender. They (at least the ones that aren't just stupid) want Israel eradicated.

How many babies have to be beheaded before it becomes unacceptable?

Don't you keep telling us they are going to grow up to be Hamas and kill Jews? That's what the UN is training them for.

You poor leftist, did you report me? Hey still waiting for you to provide us with any idea at all what you think Israel should do differently. You till got nothing huh? Happy new year. Wishing you health, happiness and prosperity in 2024.

Thank you, I try. I never said I only look the a few numbers. I use the performance numbers to sort the funds, and then pick through the ones that have done well to start shopping. I don't want to spend the time required to meticulously go through all of the thousands of funds out there and carefully compare them all. I want to spend a day or two after the year end, and then spend about ten minutes a week after that until next year. I would not consider looking at the bottom-line high level. I look at what I buy pretty carefully. I just try to minimize the number I actually have to look at, and using the historic performance sort function helps me do that. How many of the facilities have you walked though? The difference with us is that you seem to think I'm some kind of moron, and I think you're probably at least reasonably bright. I said "I'm a graphs guy" in the context of a thing on TV I thought was funny. I like graphs because I understand them, I think I pretty good with them, I used them a lot at work, and think they helped me a bit to advance through my manufacturing career. I still like them, but I generally do not use them much to make investment choices. Now, you go on and have a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

What did the Indian say when the dog fell off the cliff? (dog-gone) Happy New Year!

Is it welded seam? I've seen the real light gage formed-seam stuff in galvanized, but not welded. Steel tubing is typically rolled from coil and the seam is either formed or welded in process. C-Channel and formed seam tubing can rolled from galvanized coil, but it would not make sense for welded seam. I think welded seam would have to be galvanized in lengths, like they do structural.

No, the events inspired me to consider them. The events also provided great information not easily available otherwise. With Apple, it was the marketing, quality and attention to detail. With Boeing, it was the relentless pursuit of safety, compliance and customer service. With Brunswick, it was the direction the company was going, the recent capital upgrades and the new product platforms in the pipeline. I've worked in manufacturing most of my and I've been though I'd bet over a hundred plants in seven countries, and I know what a great operation looks like, and what competent people sound like. Yes, I select funds based on past performance. I would much rather select them based on future performance, but I can never find the data. Yeah, I'm not real bright, and it seems to me like pretty much all that stuff is based on past performance too. When I first got into it, I watched CNBC Asia religiously listening to everyone's analysis. Special guest comes on about a particular company that had been in the news and goes all wild-eyed graphing in different colors on the glass. I'm a graph guy and this guy has me riveted. He goes for like ten minutes graphing and talking and I'm on the edge of my seat. He turns to the host, and the host asks something like Sooo, how do you see them doing going forward? or some-such and dude turns the glass point to a blue line trending up and says; if it goes up it will look like this, and if it goes down it will look like this, and points at the red line trending down. That's the last time I watched the show. Like the man said, "It's a monkey with a handful of darts. How much do you want to pay the monkey?"

Galvanized C-channel is a good choice. Thicker is generally better than thinner. Hot-rolled steel is cheaper than cold rolled, and it's likely all you can get anyway. Galvanized is better for most every application unless you want smooth, shiny painted finish. A lot of people love rectangular tubing, and it looks better, but it is more difficult to work with, more expensive and much more susceptible to rust. It is also generally not available in galvanized. , The corrosion issue with tubing is not water getting into the tubing, but water not draining. It's not easy to paint the inside of the tubing, and welding caps on the end of tubing can exasperate the problem if there are no drain holes. That's why they always rust out at the bottom.

You understand that Hamas continues to attack Israel, and that they are still holding hostages, yes? What should Israel do to stop them? If Hamas surrendered, it would over today.

Your lack of understanding clouds your opinions.

Yeah, I condemn 10/7 BUT it did not happen in a vacuum and the greedy colonialist oppressors had it coming!

Indeed!

What were her rights under the law at the time of her arrest? And?

He is nothing if not predictable...

That's hilarious.

She was only arrested in April after being shot by IDF soldiers that witnessing the attack shot her to save the victim. She was taken into custody in April and she has been released. More on our dear Fatima: Stabbing attack at Gush Etzion junction, attacker shot - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

The problem with managed funds, it that there are not enough great fund managers to go around. You look at a fund with great ten-year performance, and when you check, the manager has only been managing the fund for a year. I look at the people coming out with advanced degrees today and I do not see this improving. I've only bought three individual stocks and they all did well. I bought Boeing after watching a video of the development of the 777 during a plant tour. I bought Apple after buying an ipod and being so impressed at how perfectly well thought out everything was just opening the box. Never really even used the ipod but I loved it. I bought Brunswick after meeting one of their product managers on a fishing trip. We talked shop for a week and I was sold. I pick funds using Fidelity's sort function to look at performance. All but one have been good, and a couple have been great.