Is the view worth the cost?

2 hours ago

The first time we visited our niece down at university in Radford Virginia, we were given the opportunity to upgrade our room to a "mountain view" for like $10 more per night. It seemed cheap enough, so I figured what the heck. It might be a nice romantic thing for @mrsbozz and I. What I didn't realize is that while there are mountains around Radford, they aren't quite as majestic as what we found in Colorado. Which meant, if you looked past the other buildings and you squinted just right, you could maybe see the outline of a mountain.

Actually, there is an image from our "mountain view" side of the hotel. As you can see, I was exaggerating a bit about squinting, there are mountains there in the distance, but I hardly think it was worth the $10 extra per night. Given that fact, on our more recent trip I just went with whatever room they could give me and though during the day we mostly just saw a parking lot, as you can see from the opening image, on Friday night we got a bit more of a show.

A Spring storm had just passed through the area and as the sun was starting to set the clouds turned a magnificent reddish, purpleish, pink which the photos really don't do justice. I'm glad I was able to capture what I did.

I say all of this because it's a good example of how sometimes we pay a premium for something that ends up being totally not worth it. I've been seeing a lot of that with a lot of things lately. Gas for one. As @galenkp pointed out in a past post, it's one of those things we need, so the price really doesn't impact our demand for it. I still have to get to work every day, so it's not like I can just skip it. On the other hand, it's not like the $4 gas is any different from the $2.50 gas. It's the same gas, they are just gouging the price on us due to good old supply and demand (though I question even that these days).

Realistically, it all comes down to greed, and if we haven't solved that one by now, we likely never will.

@bozz.sports

I wrote a post a while ago about how I was getting really close to hitting 10K HP with my secondary account that I use to post pretty exclusively about sports. The funny thing is, I don't think a lot of people really read the post because they were congratulating me for hitting the milestone. Well, a simple read of the post or a look at my wallet would tell you I'm close, but not quite there. After the most recent Hive Power Up Day, I got even closer to that goal and I am now sitting just about 20 HP away from the 10K mark.

Having grown both my main account and that account from scratch, I can appreciate the amount of work that goes into getting to this point. 10K might not seem like much when you look at my main account, but it is a huge accomplishment for me. I'm thankful that platforms like @sportsblock are around to give us a space to blog about our passions.

Silver Stuff

I've got a couple things on the silver front this week. First off, thanks to the Silver Gold Stackers community for the wealth of knowledge you have. Especially @bulliontools and @silverd510. I had a question about some silver plated dinnerware my mother in law was looking to sell and they have me some great advice on it. I passed it along to her.

Second, I saw a commercial on TV the other day for this fancy new limited edition double eagle coin that was going to be going on sale from the National Collector's Mint. It's a $2 coin with .25 ounces of .999 fine silver. It was minted in collaboration with The Cook Islands, and you can see the link here: https://www.newsilverdoubleeagle.com/

My question is, are things like this really legit? Given the fact that it was basically an infomercial, I am kind of skeptical, but then again, things like flex-seal have proven they are more than just a gimmick. At $30 per coin, I feel it is a bit overpriced, but I am curious what the general consensus is from the silvergoldstackers community on offerings like this.

NuScale

Finally today I wanted to talk a little bit about my favorite nuclear power stock. The price isn't that great right now. In fact, it has fallen back to the same area it was when they initially launched their IPO. Which kind of has me wishing I had sold some shares when it was up around the $50 mark so I could buy back in at this lower price.

That's right, I would definitely buy in at this lower price. This isn't financial advice of course, but I still have pretty high hopes for ticker symbol SMR. Things are kind of rough all over right now and I think all it is going to take is one major contract or one small things for the nuclear sector to blow up even more.

On a side note, I continue to see tons of articles talking about how SMR is a good buy right now. Of course, I know that is partly the algorithm just telling me what I want to hear, but at some level I really do believe it to be true. As I said, I feel like we are just one small shift away from this sector booming again (in a good way, not the Fallout way).

Do your own research of course, there are tons of nuclear companies out there, and likely not all of them can be winners.