Black Friday on Wall St.

 

And Washington.

 

I had Monday off, so I did some preliminary work on retirement. That included a review of my 401k. I'm not clear, but I think Monday and Tuesday were down days (too lazy to check...) but what I did on Monday makes it moot. I moved everything but $11k in company stock to money market accounts.

And after today's drop, MY numbers remained the same....

So that's half of "timing the market". The other half will be when to jump back in. Or I can just be happy with 1.5%.

June 8th or so is a target date. Capture pension contributions for the fiscal year, capture (I think, checking) my nearly 6 weeks vacation.

 

Had a great experience yesterday.
On one of the FE forums I frequent a gentleman was asking for help in Chatsworth. He sold a 427 mustang to a 30 yr old kid here in SoCal. The guy that bought the stang doesn't have any practical experience with old stuff so he needed help. Actually he doesn't have much mechanical experience at all. But his head is in the right place. He was hearing a ticking and wanted to learn how to adjust valves.
So I answered and said I would be happy to help. Information was exchanged and I went over yesterday.
The car is beautifull and the kid is really a nice guy. We talked at first and I picked his brain about what he wanted to achieve. He was worried about the ticking. I had him start the engine and it has solid lifters so it was a bit louder than what he is used to. I agreed it might be a bit loud so we set about adjusting rockers. Along the way we talked about engines and how they work. He was like a sponge and wanted to know everything. The whole valvetrain was a bit loose so we got it all snugged up and cozy then went out for a ride. He was amazed at the difference on his buttometer.
The most important thing was that he now wasn't worrying needlessly anymore because he understood what was going on in his engine.
Gotta tell you I got as much out of it as he did. Felt really good to introduce someone to the Mustang/FE world.
I drove my 74 shorty over there and he was pretty amazed by it.
May be a truck in his future.

 

Neat story Marc. And nice of you to help a guy.

 

Thanks Bill. I only bring it up because I'm amazed at how good I felt sharing info and helping a young guy learn.

 

Quite a game yesterday.

 

Yes it was. Family was over. Little kids all around. Pretty cool.

 

Congrats team SpaceX. Red Barchetta woulda been classier.

Anyway, some impressive hp there. Marc, how does one hold a camera rock steady on a moving object 40 clicks up?

Watching the video reminded me of our family rushing home in the station wagon in time to watch Apollo 11 July 21, 1969.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.

The Falcon Heavy rose from the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon. With liftoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use today, doubling the liftoff punch of its closest competitor.

The three boosters and 27 engines roared to life at Kennedy Space Center, as thousands jammed surrounding beaches, bridges and roads to watch the rocket soar, delayed more than two hours by high wind.

Two of the boosters were recycled and programmed to return for a simultaneous touchdown at Cape Canaveral, while the third, brand new, set its sights on an ocean platform some 300 miles offshore.

SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk owns the rocketing Tesla Roadster, which is shooting for a solar orbit that will reach all the way to Mars. As head of the electric carmaker Tesla, he combined his passions to add a dramatic flair to the Heavy’s long-awaited inaugural flight. Typical ballast for a rocket debut: concrete or steel slabs, or experiments.

On the eve of the flight, Musk told reporters the company had done all it could to maximize success and he was at peace with whatever happens: success, “one big boom” or some other calamity. The longer the flight, he noted, the more the company would learn from the heavily instrumented rocket.

 

Those babies are hard mounted inside custom housings.

 

For Justin and other RC’rs.

 

More additions to my bucket list. I’ve been to VC, NV, but missed this one.

https://www.desertusa.com/desert-act...t-museums.html

 

Doc Holiday?

 

Nah, he’s laying in CO.

Neat pic from the inter web.

 

Ok I guess I'm not understanding.
VC is ?
NV is Nevada.