Hm … Tesla is the cost for Chinese to buy its popular Model Y in China, while raising them in the U.S. — an interesting business move???
Tesla raised the price of its Model Y rear-wheel drive and long-range vehicles in the U.S. by $1,000 to $43,990 and $48,990, respectively … while Chinese consumers buying a rear-wheel drive Model 3 sedan or a Model Y SUV can qualify for an insurance subsidy of up to 8,000 yuan ($1,100). Tesla will also provide financing plans with discounts on optional paint colors. Although it is not an official price cut, the subsidy will lower the starting price of the two cars to 237,900 yuan ($33,000) and 250,000 yuan ($34,750).
While I really wanted to take the time and archive the great time we had in February with Katelyn, Drew and our granddaughters in Florida, I’ll start with a less time intensive post.
Last week Taylor and Megan made me jealous by going to a Mac McAnally concert in Cincinnati. It definitely looks like they had a great time.
For those who aren’t familiar with Mac (Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band), he is a talented songwriter and musician who has written songs for a bunch of A-listers including Alabama, Sawyer Brown, Shenandoah and of course one of my favorites, Kenny Chesney. 😉
If you are a regular reader, then the answer is “yes” … I’ve been a bit distracted from posting regularly on MDB for the past couple of weeks. I promise to get better in March.
Part of my distraction has been enjoying down time with Brenda in Florida and with my daughter and her family(a wrap up post is coming). For now, I’m taking advantage of an extra final day in February this leap year!
What is leap day? Is 2024 a leap year?
2024 is a leap year, meaning Thursday, Feb. 29 is a once-in-every-four-year event.
Since leap years typically happen every four years (although there are some exceptions), our last leap days were in 2020 and 2016, and the next leap year will happen in 2028.
And since this is a day that doesn’t come around often, people are celebrating in different ways, with businesses offering special deals in commemoration and others finally celebrating their Feb. 29 birthday.
Here’s everything you need to know about leap day, including what is it, why it comes every four years and when it was created.
He’s not really cancelling anything because he’s transferring the debt from the borrowers it benefited to the taxpayers who will finance it with higher taxes or interest payments on the rising national debt.
Student loans are one of the largest types of debt in the U.S., the second largest consumer debt category after home mortgages. This debt stood at nearly $1.8 trillion in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Federal Reserve. Here’s a quick primer on how these loans work.
Ever since Brenda’s shoulder, then spine and replacement hip … sailing for us has been a bit of a “let’s wait and see how her osteoporosis treatment goes.” That said, having Encore out of the water and stored for 3 years hasn’t been one of my better decisions. It is time for me to get serious about letting her go or hoping for a super positive DEXA scan in September. ☹️
Two Grumman F6F Hellcats streaked across the sky above the Philippines. Below them, armadas of ships clashed in an epic battle to control the sea around the island of Luzon, where American and Australian ground forces engaged the Japanese in bitter combat.
It was October 24, 1944, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf—the largest naval engagement in modern history—had just begun. The Hellcat pilots, U.S. Navy Capt. David McCampbell and his wingman Ens. Roy Rushing, were looking for trouble up ahead and they found it—a squadron of 60 Japanese aircraft, including bombers escorted by Zeroes, the feared fighter of the Japanese Imperial Navy.
Despite being overwhelmingly outnumbered, the American pilots never hesitated. Throttling their Hellcats’ powerful 2,000-horsepower engines, they ascended for the attack. From on high, they waded into the enemy on repeated sorties, each blasting away with six .50-caliber machine guns.
“We’d make an attack, keep our altitude advantage and speed, and go down again,” McCampbell recalled in a 1987 interview for the U.S. Naval Institute’s oral history project. “We repeated this over and over till we made about 20 coordinated attacks.”
The American pilots shot down a total of 15 planes—an achievement still unequalled in combat aviation. Both earned “ace in a day” status by downing five or more aircraft each on one mission. That day, McCampbell scored nine “kills”—seven Zeroes, also known as the Mitsubishi A6M Reisin, and two “Oscars,” the Nakajima Ki-43. None of the Japanese bombers reached their targets. With their formation so scattered, the enemy pilots had to abort their mission.
In 2007, our founder Kenton Lee traveled to Nairobi, Kenya after graduating college. He lived and worked at a small orphanage with some incredible kids. One day, he was walking down a dusty road with all the kids when he noticed a little girl in a white dress walking next to him. As he looked down at her feet, he was shocked to see how small her shoes were. They were so small that she had to cut open the front of her shoes to let her toes stick out. That was the day that Kenton thought:
What if there was a shoe that could adjust and expand its size?
As an Apple eater, I’ve personally always wanted a simple way to know which and why I enjoy certain Apples. After seeing this chart, I thought it was worth sharing.
The book is “The Fund” which so far seems to be a less than polite account of famed Wall Street legend Ray Dalio and how he build and ran his business. The author, Rob Copeland, exposes the “intricate workings of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates.” He interviewed people on the inside and reveals the hiring practices, internal conflict and the uncomfortable work environment experienced by many of those who were part of the company. I was particularly attracted to the word “gripping” when it was used to describe the book.
