u/3C0Geek_

This isn’t really a point of contention in my home; not in this instance anyway.

My [42M] son [17M] was outside doing a chore( sweeping off the sidewalk in front of our home).

He walked in with our broom that we’ve had for about ten years. It’s not a particularly special broom, but a reliable one, and probably had some years left on it.

The broom was busted at the end of the shaft, with the threaded portion still within its receptacle.

He’s a good kid, as upfront and honest. He said “I broke the broom. I was pretending like it was an axe and I hit it in the ground but not hard. I was just goofing off after I finished sweeping.”

There was no outrage, no anger or anything…it’s just a broom. However, I did suggest he should probably be on the hook for replacing it, since it wasn’t broken while using it as designed.

I just want to make sure I’m not being an ass to my kid.

Not pressing the issue, but want to teach responsibility and fairness.

Thoughts?

Good evening,

Last week I posted pics of my stack, and made it known I was using APMEX to track the value. It was made clear to me that APMEX tends to inflate value a bit, based on their current sale price, and I wanted a way to track melt against current spot, only really caring about the intrinsic value of the precious metals.

I started putting together a spreadsheet with forumlas that can break down gold and silver bullion, 90%/Constitutional/Junk by face value, then 925 by gross weight and breaking it down to net silver content. I then ran it through ChatGPT to correct formula errors. It seems to be working well for me so far, but will be making some tweaks here and there too.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cYWfaew0QUHTUZFo7mnzEvFEKTlvHTAc/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108646893736022661605&rtpof=true&sd=true

If you want to try it, I'm sharing it at the following link. Note: This is a Google Drive link.

I am trying to work with GenAI to help me develop an auto updating spot cell, but rightnow, you'll have to input spot manually. If you have all your assets plugged in, and current spot plugged in, it'll update everything else automatically for you on the summary tab.

I've included examples in each tab.