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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: hummingbird   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: brk, our cash, staying VERY short,
Date: 02/12/25 11:24 AM
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an excellent summary.. I would only add a couple of rapid recent observations.

1, Avian flu has now species jumped to a cat and a human (fatal) it is mutating and its fatality rate is almost 50%. My sister is in this arena and she is very worried. If we deal with this as we delt with Covid here, we will be locked out.
2. last week monday 25% of field workers in salinas were no shows, tuesday it was 75% no show....
3. canadians are beginning to buycott US goods, some local border store numbers are 80% less sold than normal. buycotts can happen on perception, as seems here.
4. reports on X from inside government agencies speak to downloading of data onto disk drives and taking them awy by these "bro;s". where now is government nd personal data, undoubtedly some is already sold on the dark web.

I am genuinely concerned that none of this will end well, and agree WEB may again be ahead of the curve on this, but .....
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This community has written 21,448 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
BRK: Why Not XOM? · 62 recs · 2024
Second quarter comments · 60 recs · 2023
Berkshire's Profit Contributors · 57 recs · 2023
Summary of 2Q 2026 · 54 recs · 2026
3Q Summary · 53 recs · 2024
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