The bad news: 2023 is already shaping up to be a very, very bad year

The hill ^ | 12/30/2022 | GRADY MEANS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR

[null and void]

We are so far off of the proper track that I’m not sure we can get back.

We may have to blaze a new trail.

With emphasis on the "blaze" part...

[SaxxonWoods]

Biden at higher approval rate than Obama, who got reelected.

[proust]

[cymbeline]

“Now I get nervous if I am in the car driving and dont have cell phone with me.”

The cell phone has value. In your example, useful if your car broke down. Also useful for air travel.

And let’s not forget just making a phone call. Who woulda thunk that the little device would allow calling anyone from wherever you happen to be. Of course the star of this show is the enormous network that the phone connects to.

[Old Yeller]

I accept the certainty that I will face death.

In 2023? Quite possible.

[Manuel OKelley]

Lots of us these days

[Owen]

There is no guarantee that a bright future is ahead.

I won’t elaborate at all, since simply that will evoke rage.

[Justa]

“I will buy every dip in markets during 2023, and expect 25% gains by mid-2024.”

Uhhh, imo we’re starting a 30-year bear market. No more QE and socialist currency destruction.

[entropy12]

Nah, the federals are addicted to printing money. The more they print, the more money flows into stocks.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”

[Justa]

The Weimar/Zimbabwe investment strategy

[entropy12]

What impresses me is with millions of cell phone voices floating through air, your phone clearly hears the one-person you are talking to.

[entropy12]

You gotta go with the flow. My stocks are worth 10 times what I paid for them, but that buys no more than when I bought them. Can’t stay on side lines when money is being printed relentlessly.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

I do a couple “crazy things”.
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You’ve almost perfectly described my lifestyle, which however does include frequent vacation travel here and in Europe.

[ought-six]

I’m glad things fell into place for you. Enjoy your golden years.

[EEGator]

I’ve been to Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Iceland.

[carton253]

My word, you are a good writer. One of my favorite Freepers.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

I accept the possibility that I may have to face death.
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Pretty much assured, unless you’re at ground zero, or comatose, or asleep when that unhappy moment arrives!

[Night Hides Not]

Thanks, I’m just trying to not screw it up.

[ought-six]

“Thanks, I’m just trying to not screw it up.”

A sure way to screw it up is worrying about screwing it up.