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| Favorite team: | LSU |
| Location: | Jacksonville |
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| Number of Posts: | 16081 |
| Registered on: | 11/25/2005 |
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re: MRLN - Merlin Labs (Autonomous Aviation Software)
Posted by FLObserver on 5/8/26 at 2:05 pm to sonoma8
waiting until probably Monday to see if the dust settles before adding more.
re: Software Stocks Plunge
Posted by FLObserver on 5/7/26 at 10:36 am to LSUSports247
Gave up on Individual stocks in Software. just bought IGV and CIBR ETF's they both have been up nice recently. No more stress when one of my individual ones tank. Miss out on the huge gains but also the huge drops. im ok with slow and steady upwards. :lol:
re: Need help identifying a bug on my Citrus trees??
Posted by FLObserver on 5/6/26 at 8:38 am to trident
Thank you > Asphaera - Asphaera lustrans . Not good for young citrus :(
Need help identifying a bug on my Citrus trees??
Posted by FLObserver on 5/6/26 at 8:31 am
There are many just sitting on the leaves of my grapefruit and orange tree. They dont seem to be causing any harm. i have looked at google and a few bug identifying sites but nothing seems to match. Has an orange head and body . The black is the wings when it jumps off the leaf. Just want to make sure they not leaving larvae. They are not eating the leaf. Seem harmless but their numbers are growing. Any help would be appreciated. 

re: SpaceX may be planning a massive 136,000 acre campus in Louisiana.
Posted by FLObserver on 5/5/26 at 1:07 pm to Chastains
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Baw Canaveral, Louisiana
Born in New Iberia most would assume.
CEF( Closed End Funds) Anybody else own these??
Posted by FLObserver on 5/5/26 at 7:52 am
I bought 2 about two years ago for tech exposure : BST and STK .Just blown away at how STK nailed there 10 picks. Their top 10 holdings have been the same since early 2025. Everyone of those stocks is up like 100% or more minus MSFT/NVDA. I only bought because they paid a nice Div. :lol: Bought all my shares at 27 .Anyone else own any good CEF's thats worth a look?
STK TOP 10 HOLDINGS

STK TOP 10 HOLDINGS

re: Give me 3 ticker symbols for an 18 year old
Posted by FLObserver on 5/4/26 at 8:02 pm to SuperSaint
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SLI
Maybe this one will have done something by the time he hits 58.
re: Give me 3 ticker symbols for an 18 year old
Posted by FLObserver on 5/4/26 at 7:43 am to Boomer Rick
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For an 18 yr old drop SCHD.
This! Find a growth ETF instead.
re: Controversial Opinion - Teachers don’t deserve pay raises
Posted by FLObserver on 5/4/26 at 7:19 am to Mushroom1968
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Retired fire baw, feathers aren’t ruffled just calling out when people make up stuff. What dept does your friend work for?
Wont give specific specific Dept location in Louisiana but spent many days hanging out with him working at the fire hall , fixing other people car's etc... He told me a few pretty horrific stories while on duty in his 20 plus years but for the most part most of what i said earlier is true. He is close to retirement and is set for life pretty much mid 50's. so happy for him / other firefighters that can do this but to say its a daily grid compared to other jobs is a bit much..
re: Investing question for the board from a position of complete ignorance.
Posted by FLObserver on 5/4/26 at 7:01 am to Fat Bastard
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This board is priceless. sure i did many on my own but this board has made me lots of money on stock picks alone!
Was referring to the seeking Alpha boards. Alot of the people posting articles and comments on website are just average joe's but many others are really good and have many years of knowledge.
re: Controversial Opinion - Teachers don’t deserve pay raises
Posted by FLObserver on 5/4/26 at 6:54 am to Mushroom1968
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Man yall just throw shite at the wall with no care if it sticks. Just say stuff regardless if true or not. It’s all good, not to be unexpected.
So which one are you a firefighter or a teacher? Best friend is a chief fireman and ex wife was a teacher so i do have some knowledge . Sorry to have ruffled your feathers. :lol:
re: MRLN - Merlin Labs (Autonomous Aviation Software)
Posted by FLObserver on 5/4/26 at 6:49 am to supadave3
Looking like the run starting again.
re: Controversial Opinion - Teachers don’t deserve pay raises
Posted by FLObserver on 5/2/26 at 8:24 pm to Skippy1013
I dont believe you are wrong on either the teachers or the firemen. Teacher is a little tricky though depending on where they teach. Firefighters i kinda of agree they get paid way to much in many cases for basically working 2days(48 hours). Wink.Wink. Great benefits for mostly sitting on your arse most of the time. To be fair though the do pull up on some pretty horrible accidents etc...So i give them credit for that.
re: Investing question for the board from a position of complete ignorance.
Posted by FLObserver on 5/2/26 at 3:26 pm to RedlandsTiger
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Seeking Alpha
I love this website. Know most of the comments on stocks/etfs are crap but usually spend about 2 hours a day doing research from the suggestion,comments and tools they provide .
re: Should I sell GOOGL
Posted by FLObserver on 5/2/26 at 12:13 pm to Ballstein32
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leave it in the Roth and forget about it.
Will probably split again and the Div will probably go up as well long-term. Win!Win!
re: We're all stuck in a rut trying to do what people who lied to us told us to do
Posted by FLObserver on 5/2/26 at 8:44 am to TDsngumbo
OP you are not wrong. Sometimes i wonder how living back say 150 years ago was?Seems like if you lived out in the country and could hut , fish and farm you could provide for your family. I'm sure it was stressful but compared to today just seems much more doable.
re: Should I sell GOOGL
Posted by FLObserver on 5/1/26 at 7:42 pm to Ballstein32
Selling the GOOGL monster when AI is just taking off with them front and center.Are you like 60 or something? do you need dividends right away? I only have about 15 shares of GOOGL myself because i do mostly div stocks but do own some growths stocks and this is one of them. Would not sell.
re: MRLN - Merlin Labs (Autonomous Aviation Software)
Posted by FLObserver on 5/1/26 at 2:30 pm to ynlvr
Still time to buy more?? now feeling like i should have bought more. :lol:
re: "Louisiana: Why America's most important state is collapsing"
Posted by FLObserver on 5/1/26 at 9:37 am to DesScorp
Always been the running joke, the only time any thing gets done in Louisiana is in an election year. It hasn't changed since many of us left the state many years ago.
Is CAT(Caterpillar) going to 1K a share???
Posted by FLObserver on 4/30/26 at 5:57 am
This is insane. Bought a few shares in 2022 and 2023 for around 200. Still waiting for the dip to buy more. :lol:
re: “Possibly the highest-spending roster ever in CFB”
Posted by FLObserver on 4/30/26 at 4:16 am to jafari rastaman
Hiring a bunch of transfers should only be for filling holes in a roster not the end all. Going forward LSU needs to start building from the High school ranks that's how all the Top schools maintain being top schools in college football. I believe Lane knows this and one of the reasons he left for the LSU job.
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