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What about the New Earth? Heaven is a transition. The New Earth sure sounds physical. Even in heaven we will know each other so I don't know how you can rule out our physical presence there. Revelation 21 and 22. Isaiah chapters about God's Holy Mountain. Micah chapter 4. As specifically to animals, Jesus and his army ride white horses out of heaven-Rev 19:11-16. There is a chapter in Randy Alcorn's book Eternal Perspectives that begins on page 427 about animals possibly being there. We'll definitely have a physical presence after the final resurrection.
On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
Isaiah 25:6. If no animals where will the meat come from? When we get to the new earth I think we have animals. They were in the Garden of Eden so why not the new earth?

re: Men’s Devotional

Posted by bovine1 on 4/2/26 at 6:45 am to
I love The Valley of Vision.

re: Tire repair kit

Posted by bovine1 on 2/28/26 at 6:58 am to
I also have plugged many tires and ran them with no problem. If they leak after awhile I put another plug in and they're good.

re: Speed Queen questions

Posted by bovine1 on 2/11/26 at 6:37 am to
My SQ is 11 yrs old and it's never needed anything.

re: BDCs,CEFs for retirement?

Posted by bovine1 on 1/31/26 at 5:48 pm to
I love CEF's especially at a deeper than normal discount and a low Zscore. That said retirement is a different situation with every person. I'm 66 and still working. To me it depends on how much you have and how high you want to live in retirement. I personally like simple things and an uncomplicated life. I have positioned my portfolio for income and safety. I do have some BDC stocks that I sell covered calls on. The rest is a mix of investment grade corporates, TIPS, Mortgage CLO Etfs like CLOA and JAAA, and some preferreds. Lately I've been overweighting TIPS in my new buys. These are my thoughts. Good investing and best wishes to all.
I put in the automatics. They close below 45 degrees.

re: How would one invest in copper?

Posted by bovine1 on 1/25/26 at 10:16 am to
Sprott Physical Copper Trust which trades on the OTC Markets holds 12,699 metric tons of copper. Ticker on OTC Markets is SPHCF. It's COP.U on the TSX. It's a unit trust and recently it traded at a 3% discount according to Sprott. Sprott had a premium/discount chart and it's interesting. As recently as last summer it trading at 20ish% discounts. It only started trading on the OTC market 9 months ago and Morningstar isn't following it yet. Yahoo finance and MSN Money quote it but not much info other than that.

re: How would one invest in copper?

Posted by bovine1 on 1/24/26 at 2:40 pm to
SPHCF holds physical copper if you'd rather do that than futures index CPER.
Lawrence county forecast currently 10-14 inches. Saturday high 14.
Everyone's risk tolerance is different. Know yourself and your temperament. In my case I traded for 30 years-commodities (seasonal spreads, cross commodity spreads, naked options, position trading), stocks (short and long), naked options, currencies, wherever I saw opportunity. I'm 66 now and my wife about to turn 65. She's very risk averse at this stage and really I am too. If you have enough to feel secure in safe instruments-I bonds, TIPS, TBills and Notes, Investment grade corporates, High grade preferred stocks, etc. using the 4% rule why take the risk of the stock market? You may have reason too but I personally don't. I do sprinkle in some BDC's, Reits, and RCTIX on the margin to spice up my yield because I'm comfortable with those. Good retirement to all. Anyone else here who invests similarly to this I'd love to see ideas here. May God Bless all you folks.
I wish they would start a G5 playoff and leave big boy football alone.

re: Zane Grey Outdoor Writer

Posted by bovine1 on 12/20/25 at 11:46 am to
Me too. I've read several of his books. My father had them and I've been reading them since I was a kid. Louis l'Amour and Elmer Kelton are my favorites. William Johnstone or rather the man who wrote under that pen name was from Tallulah out around Bear Lake. He wasn't famous when I was growing up but I remember him. I've read a few of his Smoke Laval books. I'm currently reading a B N Rundell series.
Cluster headaches are brutal. Pretriptan era was really tough. Hard to believe how many of us TDers have them.

re: Zane Grey Outdoor Writer

Posted by bovine1 on 12/16/25 at 6:49 am to
I've read a lot of them. Recently I read Riders Of The Purple Sage again.
We've been with consumer cellular for years. We are happy with them. Light years better than Straight Talk.

re: Recommend electric smoker?

Posted by bovine1 on 11/11/25 at 6:58 am to
I love my Masterbilt.
Is this the old Mississippi chemical plant?

re: Potash suppliers

Posted by bovine1 on 9/8/25 at 8:21 am to
I used to play Potash Corp of Saskatchewan but not since Nutrien bought them.

re: Ideas for repurposing leftover pasta

Posted by bovine1 on 8/31/25 at 9:12 pm to
Yes she mixes leftover pasta into the eggs then cooks.