Ha, no not at all! That's mainly just to troll people like @mikebrisy, @Bear77 and others who are always threatening to dethrone the king! (And have at several points done so)

But there is a structural advantage to having longevity on the platform, especially if you rank well on some of the longer horizon performance leaderboards. (Which thanks to a bit of a purple patch in recent years I have managed to do - go SGI, CAT and VBTC!). That and the fact the rank is very heavily weighted towards votes earned on posts, so I do ask other members to NOT respond to your posts for the time being.. ;)

Purple patch you say??

Looks more like a blue patch on your wagon wheel @JohnnyMfor one particular stock. You must be loving @DRO!!

Good effort there!!

I like it.. that's a decent sledge @lowway .. I reckon I've heard Andrew argue on the pod machine that it's equally hard to not sell your winners as it is to pick new winners.. or something of the sort..

I could have taken gains from DRO at $1.50 (500% gain) or $3.10 (1000% gain) or ?? but.. it's a long term winner, with a long runway ahead of it..

Cheers

JM

Disc, my real world holding is priced exactly the same as my SM holding.. I've sold neither.

@JohnnyM are you saying this is the code?

def rank_users(users):

  users.remove("strawman")

  return ["strawman"] + users

Faark me, that is quite the accusation!

Fortunately, we don't find ourselves anywhere near member renewal date! Oh, yeah, awks for u...

Just wondering, what is "the Pod Machine" please?

hmmm.. where to start... during COVID for a month or two we were not allowed outdoors in Singapore..

They then loosened restrictions BUT you could only go outside if you were exercising...

Enter ~5 million people took up walking..... and podcasts.. including me! I'll listen to anything to do with Business or Investing..

I stumble across... Motley Fool Australia... https://www.fool.com.au/podcasts/

Andrew AKA Strawman's offsider has a sense of humour about the same age as mine.. Pod Machine refers to their podcast... like listening to the radio.. but.. you can pause and rewind and stuff..

@JohnnyM 66.2% in DRO but can't get onboard with Bitcoin! We need to talk my friend...speaking of which, I will be coming back from my 2nd home, Cambodia, next Wednesday if you are free for that 1 star dinner?

Edit:

Coming home via Singapore, I should say get in at 4:20pm. As it is not Australia, I will be out of the airport pretty quickly so let me know if you are free. Side note.....Is there a worse country, as an Australian, to try and get into than Australia!!! Don't get me started.

@Strawman Given the membership spans Australian borders, surely next time Scott talks about the Straw thing being an international company, you could claim that....right?

Hey @JohnnyM, you totally misunderstood my jab at DRO. Nothing but hero worship from my perspective. You're dead right, takes an investor with big you know what's to hang on with the volatility of DRO. That and a solid thesis.

Kudos

@JohnnyM, you are a bitcoiner but don't know it.

Here's where the ideologies align

- The remarks around the CPA fees and scams (exams), the broken systems there, excess regulation and exploitation.

- These cryptocurrencies are all bullshit, correct. All derivatives of an open source, electric energy network verified by work and decentralized. Trump coin is a disgrace to humans everywhere, the exploitation of financial nihilism, that exploits the broken dreams of young people who will never own a house or property.

- Hodling vasts sums in a thing you believe in.

- Freedom to leave a country whose ideologies don't align with your personal taste and thoughts.

I ask a favour, as one archtis share hodler to another. Take an hour to listen to this. If Daniel Batten doesn't floor you with logic, I'll never bring up btc again. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oa0Lpix9yN3qdVdO7Wbxj?si=RGWvvEbNT7eP6JeksOhe3g

G’day @BigStrawbs70, a second home in Cambodia? I Love it!! I’m on the hunt for a second place to call home myself…

Unfortunately I’m not in Singapore next week. I’ve promised my sons I’ll take them to do their Padi Junior open water course. My youngest just turned 10 which is when you can start, and the lads have been subjected to about A THOUSAND Scuba diving videos from Dad, hence they want some of the action.

We are going to MoalBoal on Cebu in The Philippines which has an amazing Sardine Run… imagine diving with A MILLION Sardines.. like so many fish it blacks out the suns rays.. that’s where we will be next Wednesday.

Sorry I’ll miss you, but please do let me know when you’re transiting through next time, hopefully I’ll be in town.

JM

Certainly will touch base when I next have a layover in Singapore @JohnnyM

Have a great time away with your sons, sounds like an amazing trip.