Friday Finance 7/28/2023: Officially an Orca (For real this time)

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If you imagine really really hard, you might be able to picture my Orca butt swimming around out there in the depths of Lake Superior. I know I alluded to the fact a while ago that I was close to hitting "Orca" status, and while Peakd may have indicated I was already one, the actual event didn't happen until just the other day.

The loose application of Orca takes place at 56,000 Hive powered up, but the official title doesn't take effect until you have 100 million shares vested.

In my case, I hit that just the other day when I powered up my daily Hive earnings like I do each morning during the week.

Vesting shares 100,259,363.409030 VESTS

It floats a little I think, but the actual number is something like 56,600 Hive powered up. I even got the comment as a system message from that bot on Hive that reminds you of special occasions. It was pretty awesome.

Speaking of pretty awesome, it's time for another Friday Finance post.

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It is time again for another Finance Friday/Friday Finance. This is a series I started where I talk about random bits of financial stuff that I have seen, gathered, or experienced during the week. I hope as a reader you find it informational, entertaining, or both. I also hope it can generate some good discussion and edify the Leo community.

The majority of my finance talk this week is going to be focused on my account. Hitting Orca is a big deal for me. I have been working towards this for over five years now. It took a lot of persistence and hard work, but this is proof that you get what you put into Hive. It's not a free ride, but if you make a commitment and stick to it, anything is possible!

In case you missed it, the FED raised interest rates again in the US yesterday. Despite that fact, the price of crypto seems to be holding pretty steady and even gone up in a few cases. Hive and HBD are perfect examples of that.

I'm also going to make this a #marketfriday post sponsored by @dswigle.

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When we go camping with our friends, it is pretty common that I become the defacto tour guide. This usually means I set a loose itinerary for us and I am typically in charge of selecting places for us to eat.

After we visited Presque Isle park, we were becoming a bit peckish and as I mentioned above, it fell on me to select a place to eat. I took a brief poll and it sounded like everyone was okay with sandwiches so I did a quick map search of the Marquette area and we found ourselves at TOGO's.

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TOGO's touts themselves as Marquette's original submarine sandwich. That, along with the fact that they are in a kind of hole in the wall building told me right away that this lunch was probably going to be pretty amazing.

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In addition to that, they were absolutely packed with a lunch crowd. That should give you a pretty good indication that this place was going to be quite amazing. I was a little intimidated at first to be honest. There were a lot of people in here and not a lot of places to sit.

We quickly staked our claim to a couple of tables (since there was six of us), and then I grabbed a menu so everyone could select what they wanted to eat.

They had a pretty cool counter with all manner of specialty goods that were house made right in the location. Given it was a sandwich shop, it was stuff like sauces and giardiniera's. I think they also had house made pickles and deli salads as well.

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Like any good deli or sandwich shop worth its salt, they had a ton of choices on the menu. It was a bit difficult to figure out what to get, but I ultimately settled on the classic Italian sub. I got it on wheat bread and I only got a half a sub.

It came with salami, mortadella, ham, and pretty much every other wonderful thing you can imagine between two pieces of bread! It was fantastic.

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I've gotta be honest, I don't remember exactly what @mrsbozz got for her sandwich. I do know that she got a half sandwich like me and she also got it on wheat bread. If I had to guess, it was probably some kind of club sandwich with either turkey or chicken and some other yummy stuff. She agreed it was a really great sandwich, but I think the consensus among the group was that the bread was fantastic.

It was truly the star of the show. They make it daily in house at the location and it was like heaven in your mouth. No cap.

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Our nephew continued his quest of having beef for every meal during our trip by getting a custom cheese steak sandwich. It had shaved ribeye, Swiss cheese, bacon, lettuce, and mayonnaise. I got his on white bread because I wasn't sure how he would feel about wheat bread, but I am pretty sure he had his sandwich gone before we had two bites gone of ours.

That growing boy can sure put the food away! He is so active that he easily burns most of it off though.

I didn't get photos of our friends meals, but they all agreed this was a good choice, so my record as the defacto tour guide and event coordinator is still intact.

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One of the things I love about places like this that have been around for a long long time is that they are proud of their history and they often display it for all to see on the walls.

It's pretty typical for hometown joints in tourist towns like Marquette to have frames all over the establishment with photos like this in them. You can definitely see that TOGO's has been a mainstay in Marquette over the years and through the seasons.

It's places like this that make #marketfriday so awesome.

I hope you enjoyed this Friday Finance, #marketfriday mashup. If you are ever up in the Marquette area, I highly recommend you stop in to TOGO's, there is a reason Northern Michigan University grads make it one of their first stops when they are back in town!

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All pictures/screenshots taken by myself or @mrsbozz unless otherwise sourced