Lobo's Account Talk

[Lobo]

Well, decided to sign up for the tracker, for fun, and to see how I do without racking my own brain to figure out my progress!

I'm currently 70-G & 30-F....waiting on the market to leave this sideways-trading channel in some obvious direction. I know this is thought to be a bull formation, but, I'm retired and need to be frugal with my account. So, I'll patiently wait for the market to make a move and tell me what to do.

 

[nasa1974]

Lobo,

Good luck and welcome aboard

 

[grandma]

Well, decided to sign up for the tracker, for fun, and to see how I do without racking my own brain to figure out my progress!
...I'm retired and need to be frugal with my account. So, I'll patiently wait for the market to make a move and tell me what to do.

HEY ! good to see you, sir! This will be more fun than you had thought.....

 

[Lobo]

Thanks for the welcome!!

If we had the old time trading rules, I would have been in the last couple days in that we reached the bottom of the current channel. But, with only two moves.....well that sure can cramp a person's style, can't it?!? I'd rather wait for the larger move, and hope it's UP!

Like I say, if I miss the first 50%....that's better than losing 50% of a downtrend...at least for me at this time.

 

[Steadygain]

Hi Lobo,

I finally got around to 'finding' you had a home today.

I know you've been around for a good while but it's great you got your own place for me to stop by here and there.

I work in psychiatry so your name 'lobo' -- always stands out :nuts: but my previous interactions stand out even more.

Well I'm 100% in the Markets --- thanks largely to Uptrend's System and somehow have 'a feeling' things will pay off. That's the main reason I rarely get around to this part of the site anymore cause I don't really have any thing substantial to add. I mean I'd feel kind of weird telling everyone: 'Hey I got a feeling' -- GO!! or BAIL !!

Well somehow I think the Markets will keep everyone's spirits pretty good for the next few weeks. Seems like we've had a least 5 Major Wars around here lately and I think everyone is ready to 'chill' for awhile. Of couse Buster and I are always exceptions to the rule cause we can only take 'the calm' for so long.

Well -- it's a nice home and I like the ativar a lot. Kind of reminds me of Greenspan --- anyway later Bro.

Steady

 

[Lobo]

Thanks Steady! Great to have you here!! I enjoy reading your posts throughout the other threads that I read. Yer a busy fella! Psychiatry fits you, I'm sure. That's a compliment, by the way. I like folks who mostly "shoot from the heart"!

I'm like you, in that I don't feel I have much "concrete" info to offer to those wondering about what to do with their TSP accounts. My account changes are less "gut" than they used to be, but, I look at so many different things so quickly to decide that it's hard to write down any real reasoning. Of course, there are just a few basic things I look at that seem to influence me the most. Keep it simple.....yeah. Bollinger bands, channels, and trends.....the basics. Right now, I'm just waiting on the pad to let the market make a decision for me! However, if we go back down to the bottom of this little sideways channel we are in right now (less than ~1090).....and being it is the season of great joy(!), Ill probably get back in until sometime in early January. I just wish it would hurry up and get there, or the season will be over without ole Santa coming by this year?!?

Yeah, I like "Lobo".....always have. Everyone has an animal in Creation that is "theirs". Real basic....I'm gray....and I love the woods, and the kindness and wisdom they show me in their silence. I probably even howl once in a while!

And the avatar (or however you spell that thing).....it's actually a picture of me before I went all gray. My wife took it while I was reading on the TSP-Talk forum!!!

How about tell me some more about yourself. I find you interesting as a person. What puts gas in your car?? What plows your garden?? etc.

Best of the Christmas season and the New Year to ALL of you out there in TSP-land!!! And may our God, whether or not you believe in Him, bless you with kindness and warmth of heart!!

Lobo

 

[Steadygain]

How about tell me some more about yourself. I find you interesting as a person.
Thanks man - I appreciate it !!
I feel the same about you.

What puts gas in your car??
Well that started a long time ago when all the elements were first brought into being and all the stars and planets and everything were set in place. Life followed with a huge variety of forms and changes occured over time to both the physical conditions that fostered life and to life itself. It's kind of weird but there are cycles (or layers) built into the design of the universe and everything in it. So in time we had like oceans of life -- layered between soil and rock -- and that became oil


What plows your garden?? etc.

will finish later ..... afraid I'll get 'timed out' and lose everything

 

[Steadygain]

will finish later ..... afraid I'll get 'timed out' and lose everything

So the oil itself came from 'The Maker' -- or GOD (as you noted).

Now The Maker is pretty cool and he blessed us with tons and tons of abilities ~~ but it's been kind of weird because the more we've learned to do things for ourselves -- the more we forgot Him. But the more we learned -- is all the more we wanted to learn and discoveries kept occurring over thousands and thousands of years. You would think that every successive '1,000 years' would throw us light years ahead of the previous 1,000.

But this is so funny I almost fell out of my chair laughing just thinking about it. Now get this -- the past 100 years have resulted in so many huge discoveries that it makes all the other years put together look like we were just getting out of the caves. So the oil refineries are a relatively new thing and from them we have 'gas'.

I'm a jack of all trades ... so I greese everything I've ever bought and change the oil and pump the gas ... balance and sharpen the blades ... put in electric wiring and whatever the electricity supplies... put in (or replace) the plumbing ... get the dead bugs out of the light fixtures and the lint out of the pipes ... and sand, varnish, and paint ... and fertilize, mow and trim ... and take care of the wife and kids and Ella (my baby forever).

The money for the gas comes from all the maintainence and everyday odds and ins that save me from excessive spending, along with my drive for simplicity. I don't have cable TV, high speed connections, or any costly habits. We always plan trips and vacations to minimize costs and we don't eat out much and spend a lot on recreational things. On top of all that we try to conserve and our electric bills, telephone bills and such are very reasonable.

As a Federal Employee -- I've done very well and it's just amazing how quickly these COL inceases and Step Increases add up. I've never had anything like that in all my years in the Private Sector.

I wrote a number of Childhood Bedtime Stories that became fairly popular. Have a number of investments that generate a little money and give me perks with gas prices and a bunch of other discounts. Hmmm ... let's see I have farm and crop money and some other things ... and I've got a wife that can stretch a dollar almost 68.3 miles ... so all together it all adds up.

OK -- well that's a start ... so that's what puts the gas in the car.

 

[Steadygain]

What plows your garden??

WOW !!! Of all questions to ask me ???

Hopefully you'll appreciate this as it ties in somewhat with your 'Creation - animal for us' thing.

I am hugely drawn to Nature Itself and anything and everything to do with the Universe - the Sun - The Moon - The Planet and more over and especially all the ways the wide variety of Planetary Systems tie together.

So for me the essense of LIFE itself is understanding the underlying designs that make plants develop and grow and bear fruit. Why every species of LIFE (Salmon, Penguins, Elephants, Birds) and the vast variety of each have their specific designs. With mankind I've spent years and years researching the brain through and through and discovering the vast array of distinctions between the male and female wiring; left handedness vs right handedness; and so many other aspects that pinpoint exactly why we think and behave the way we do.

I've come to discover more and more how 'light' itself and 'colors' have frequencies that are just as important to our 'Health' and 'Harmony' as the foods we eat and the things we drink and the rest and exercise we all need to focus on as well. Have come to find the essential 'elements' were meant to be arranged in Harmony with the Planet and that being out of Hamony with Earth and Nature is about as bad as known sickness or disease.

So I live on a spot of our Planet where Science has proven has the best possible soil known. The people living here are incredibly high quality -- down to earth -- warm, decent community people. I suspect the electro-magnetic waves controlling our Planet are frequently in the better ranges in this part of the world. Of course the 'Blue Zones' are the ultimate and I will likely move to one of these areas after I retire.

What plows my garden is the endless admiration I have for everything about our Planet and all LIFE upon it. It is the thrill of planting a wide variety of fruits and vegetables from scratch and having 'garden fresh' food. Canning tons of stuff every year and having our own jelly, tomatoe juice, pickles, dried tomatoes, cumcumbers, zuchini, frozen peppers.... and of course taking our berries to Market

So LIFE is Wonderful and I find almost everything fascinating because I have learned to take the time to really discover so many aspects about what makes plants and animals special -- let alone the weather patterns and how the Oceans function and our relationship with the Sun and Moon and it just goes on and on.

So ultimately for me LIFE is discovering 'The Maker' more and more and growing in my understanding and appreciation of everything and how ultimately every single aspect points to HIM.

 

[Lobo]

Alright Steady!! I've thoroughly enjoyed reading from your mind. I could put some of my related comments/thoughts out there, but not now.....how about more from you?!? For instance....What brings out your biggest grin?....What is your view of folks who don't agree with you?.....How do react to silence?....Do you have any interest in the thoughts of American Indians?....Are you a musician?....What do you do to find peace in the middle of tenseness? More later.

Lobo

 

[Lobo]

Well...2morrow may tell the tale of whether I get in now/soon or not. A little more down, without a LOT more down in one day, and I will probably get in for at least a little ride up with Santa....maybe? We'll see. I think she'll bounce off the bottom of the sideways channel at least one more time. I've been stung thinking stuff before.....yeah, before it happens...ha! Just gotta make a little something before this month is over....kinda spinning my wheels sitting in the G and F!

We'll just see what the stomach can handle in the morning...but, I do hate being locked in with a weekend coming....too many hours for something weird to happen. Sound like a "fraidee cat", don't I? We'll see!

Lobo

 

[Steadygain]

Alright Steady!! I've thoroughly enjoyed reading from your mind.
Thanks -- I'm totally an open book with nothing to hide.

For instance....What brings out your biggest grin?....

What brings out my biggest grin is very close to your comment:

Everyone has an animal in Creation that is "theirs". Real basic....I'm gray....and I love the woods, and the kindness and wisdom they show me in their silence. I probably even howl once in a while!

What ultimately brings the 'biggest grin' is the realization that if everything was 'Created' -- it was Created for a 'specific purpose' and everything was meant to be perfect.

For me -- almost every animal made (be it some variety of fish, fowl, animal) -- everyone of them is 'sacred' and designed for perfect harmony with our environment. I know for instance that even the 'wildest horse' and even deer -- if approached in the right manner long to be our friend and they thrive on acceptance, respect, and understanding. So for me there is nothing like having a wild animal --- that has never been subjected to human influence or contact --- nothing that comes close to sending that animal the signals it needs to communicate 'genuine friendship'. The ultimate Glory is having that 'PURE' animal go out of it's way to befriend you and to in essense 'Bow down in respect for you'. Here it is not that I in anyway want anything to 'worship me' -- but animals have a way of communicating genuine friendship that humans rarely ever achieve. When a horse or deer lay down for you it is the ultimate expression of friendship and there is nothing they could do beyond that to convey the ultimate sense of trust for you and the deepest desire to be 'in harmony' with you. At this stage you can freely touch them -- and the horse longs to show you his/her loyality and will offer you a good ride.



What is your view of folks who don't agree with you?.....How do react to silence?....Do you have any interest in the thoughts of American Indians?....Are you a musician?....What do you do to find peace in the middle of tenseness? More later.

Lobo

need to run

 

[Steadygain]

So for me --- what brings the 'ultimate grin' is when I come to find understanding and harmony on entirely new levels; especially those levels that make me feel in unison with what ever animal (including human) we're dealing with.

Dolphins, for instance, are highly engaged with 'rings' they create with their mouths. Many of the aspects of their lives (and the lives of almost any animal) are largely hidden or unknown; mainly because none of us either consider it remotely important or ever bother to take the time to honestly discover what makes them so special.

So often my 'biggest grims' are associated with the purity of LIFE itself and being meshmerized by the beauty and fascination of how marvelous so many things are.

Now by far the GREATEST of ALL -- for me personally is knowing and believeing that GOD Himself made a woman just for me and equally made me for her. There is nothing that supercedes knowing my chemistry and all my attributes and everything about me was wholly and specifically designed to make another complete and that my 'partner' was made for me in the exact same measure. So ultimately it's coming to know that GOD Himself designed 'this woman' and 'me' to be a constant door to discover HIM more fully.

Something close to that is simply finding myself in harmony with my surroundings. The 'woods' to me are like a tranquil ocean and it's easy to lose myself in their quietness. Somehow water all the more adds to this -- especially 'waterfalls'. I've found that waterfalls have a 'music' that Nature provides that is incredibly healing and closing my eyes and drifting to the sound is amazing. Here I would have to say that bonding with 'that woman' and losing myself with her in moments like that ~~ the waterfalls ~~ a sunset on a cliff ~~ and things of that nature

especially when it is just our world -- that's the ultimate and nothing else could ever come close.

The only thing that could remotely come close to that is when I honestly 'recognize' that my efforts to extend my life and love have brought about a wonderful 'Transformation'. I am convinced that's why we are even here -- it is totally to extend ourselves for one another -- to be the vechicle of love and hope that connects in the deepest and most enriching manner - and with that others are transformed from brokeness to wholeness; from darkness to light; from loneliness to being found and totally accepted; from feeling rejected to knowing a genuine acceptance ....

That by far is the most glorious part of my life and why I enjoy the work I do so much.

So the BOTTOM LINE -- what ultimately brings the biggest GRIN is finding GOD in so many different things and acknowledging HIS Wonders and Grace -- and letting that work through me to know HIM more.

 

[Lobo]

I want to get into the S-fund 100%. But, looking at it's bollinger Band and Stochastics this morning, and a few other things, makes me just ever so slightly bearish for a trade today.
Maybe we'll hit the button Monday morning. It's all I can do to not hit it today.....be still emotions and greed!!

Lobo

 

[Lobo]

Great, Steady!! In tune...you know what I mean! I won't say much yet. But, for fun, allow me to copy something here that was attached to the inside of my office door for many years, so that I would see it daily:


As I stumble through this life,
help me to create more laughter than tears,
dispense more happiness than gloom,
and spread more cheer than despair.

Never let me become so indifferent,
that I fail to see the wonder in the eyes of a child,
or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged.

Never let me forget that my total effort is to cheer people,
make them happy, and to forget, at least momentarily,
all the unhappiness in their lives.

And in my final moment,
may I hear You whisper,
“When you made my people smile,
You made me smile.”

Author Unknown


There's the Creation.....marevelous!!! And the Creatures....all "one", in a sense! It is good to ask the Creator each morning to help me treat His Creation and all His Creatures with love and care.

Lobo

 

[Steadygain]

What is your view of folks who don't agree with you?

Well that largely depends on the disagreement.

I am convinced that most disagreements are wholly based on misunderstandings. That we see things 'too much' from our own perspective - from our own eyes and what we desire and when that happens it's almost impossible to see from the other persons' perspective. So any disagreement is simply an unwillingness or inability to harmonize with one another.

I would say Lady is perhaps the best example. She is one of the most genuine friends I've ever had but she touched base with me at a time I could NOT see things from her perspective. She was willing to 'harmonize' but my actions led to friction and I was too stupid to see it. So I pushed harder when in fact I should have stepped back; I was too focused on one thing -- had too much tunnel vision -- to see the whole picture. So for that time there was much disagreement and I had to get to a point where I could see the whole picture before we could be friends. So disagreements can either sever relationships or if people are willing -- over time the harmony can be restored when both honestly appreciate and accept where the other is comming from and they know it's safe to be close -- to let true friendship openly flow.

When I was in the Service then the Integrity of our Unit was everything - and anything that remotely damaged that I pretty much had ZERO tollerance for.


need to run ......


WOW !!! I just read your last post -- it's Beautiful !! Thanks

 

[Steadygain]

When I was in the Service then the Integrity of our Unit was everything - and anything that remotely damaged that I pretty much had ZERO tollerance for.

So if the disagreement was based on something that cut against what we stood for then I was pretty hard. I guess in many ways it's either 'black' or 'white' and once we are known to be the very best then I'm not about to let that get tarnished. All the more equal to that was the understanding that if any person was killed it was to be me before anyone else. So when we went out all of us had that frame of mind and something like that there is no room for disagreement. So at times the harmony may have been something others all the more learned from either their own mistakes or by the mistakes of others.

My work life over the years has been pretty much the same. If I see things are 'screwed up' I don't hesitiate to intervene and change the way things get done. I'm always looking for 'improved quality service' -- effeciency -- and less garbage. So on the whole I've been very fortunate in that pretty much everything I've sought to change was largely appreciated by everyone else and it's rare I had to take much of a stand.

If the disagreement is with 'Phil' for example -- then I usually try to be gentle and friendly. If that doesn't work then I may get a little aggressive ... and if that doesn't work then eventually I simply let it go and ignore it. I will only exert so much energy in any disagreement and in the end I pretty much wipe the slate clean so there is no bad karma lingering on me.

I guess the latest disagreement is when is when someone got upset with me for posting something here -- which apparently bothered them -- and they all the more were outraged that I would do this during work. So unfortunately I am way too inclined to meet aggression and hostility with aggression and hostility and in retrospect I always regret it. Now I wish I'd simply said something like, Sorry man --- I honestly didn't mean to bother you -- because once it blows over (which is usually no time at all with me) then I hate having to reflect on the way I acted. So on the whole I try to avoid that.

I'd say on the whole I deal with disagreements more as 'concept' rather than a specific issue. Tiger Woods for instance fell into an addiction and so I'm able to see beyond that addiction. I know when I hear numerous comments about this person or that -- that the person honestly believes all 'Muslims, Indians, Blacks, Bankers, Dems or Reps'...etc .. etc ... are 'that way' ... and they're too lost in this generalized belief to realize the absurity or insanity of what they're expressing.

Yet I realize also that my attempts to get bridgewaterbetty to interact were probably way off tract. If Alevie (for instance) tells me something -- then I may all the more see something I missed.

So how I respond to disagreements varies widely -- but on the whole I try to 'Keep the PEACE'.

 

[Steadygain]

How do react to silence?

On the whole 'silence' is often something I seek. I respond very well to it. Often meditative... reflective ... simply 'drift' and it's in silence I usually find GOD in the greatest measure.

If the silence is forced then I can react pretty bizarrely.

The first time I went caving -- with just one other person -- we got lost in a room with numerous tunnels and I just met this guy like a few hours prior. So I'm sitting in this room with the carbide lamp on my helmet looking at the rock ceiling above me and all the rock around me. The other guy started going down various tunnels until he found the right one and I'm just waiting. So in that setting I wondered how close I was to the surface above ... and started hearing traffic ... I seriously could hear cars on the road above me.. and some other sounds.

When we got out of the cave ... I realized every sound was entirely my imagination .... there was no road.

In the Service - and on numerous Missions - silence was mostly a means of 'sharpening my senses' and I could hear a thousand times better than ever.

Hmm ... when I was a kid ... home alone at night... and 'scared' the sounds of the wood floors creaking and stuff made the silence pretty bad.

If silence is more a reflection of 'unrest' - 'disharmony' - 'hurt feelings' then I've learned to confront it with the most deligate gentleness and WAIT for a response.

It's rare you have 'real silence' -- usually you can hear insects, birds, bugs, the breeze .... and general nature itself.

 

[wwwtractor]

The sound of the wind through pine trees is agreeable to me.

 

[Steadygain]

Do you have any interest in the thoughts of American Indians?

I would say the following sums it up:
There's the Creation.....marevelous!!! And the Creatures....all "one", in a sense! It is good to ask the Creator each morning to help me treat His Creation and all His Creatures with love and care.

I believe no one could more be in 'Harmony' with Nature and LIFE than the American Indians. They saw the importance of acknowledging GOD in everything and in every way.

When they took bark from the Birchtree -- they gave an offering in return. I don't believe anyone could demonstate a greater respect and reverence for whatever our planet and nature itself provided beyond them.

They saw LIFE on a far greater level than anyone else I've ever heard of. Not only in the plants and trees -- but they all the more were able to see how different animals fit into 'certain groups' so for them there many be 5 classes of animals and hundreds of various animals honestly fit perfectly in 1 of the 5 by their characteristics.

They had a far superior view of women and respected them on an incredible level. More importantly was the 'individual' and the individual's unique abilities -- which they collectively honed in on and reinforced.

Music itself was the fabric of almost everything they did and all the more with that was a FAITH that few ever knew. Their faith allowed them to see the past, present, and future. Their faith was so incredibly grounded in their society that 'names' given them had hugely significant meaning and their powers and healings were living realities --- and not hocus pocus black magic.

So even though most of their customs and beliefs were totally foreign and 'ridiculous' to the white man -- it was not that they were in even the slightest way 'inferior' -- but wholly misunderstood.

The Native Americans lived by the seasons and worked and lived in perfect harmony with the Earth and did not try to force the Earth to do and behave as they wanted in total disregard and abandonment to the Health of Earth and Nature.

Daming all the rivers and destroying the way of Salmon would be the last thing Native Americans would do. Killing buffalo simply to watch them fall by the thousands was never a part of their make up.

So in numerous ways I believe the 'thoughts of Native Americans' are the best possible thoughts mankind could ever have. Had all of us followed their example in regards to our Earth and in keeping in harmony with nature and respecting all LIFE -- the world would be millions of times better off.

Their one downside was the rifts between them -- but this has to be a part of human nature itself because these rifts are all over the world.