Recent content by gandalf42

Three "double" occurances: 1) We saw my wife's sister that morning and agreed to meet her at the fair. We ran into her double at the fair first. My wife kept calling her name without response and getting increasingly upset until I was able to get her to look at the girl's shoes..the only item...

This really annoys me. Some version of psuedo security. I presume they are checking everyone's shoes due to the goofball that tried to have a bomb in his shoes and (unsuccessfully) detonate it. So if this makes sense, if some bomber sews a bomb into his pants, will they make everyone drop...

Never been able to hug a squirrel. They'll occasionally accept a peanut from me but that's about it.

After a 22 year career at Megacorp, they moved all of the division's work to asia and laid everyone off. I took a job with a very small company and everything was fine until a management change caused everything to turn sour as a working environment. I quit the job for health reasons (to get a...

It can cause a ripple effect. There was a local news story of a lady that had her limit lowered by a credit card. (No payment issues, the change was initiated by the company) This dropped her credit score a few points which triggered her other credit card company (BAC) to jump her interest rate...

RATIONAL MARKET -- An oxymoron HEDGE FUND MANAGER --A professional you pay to lose your money when you can't do it fast enough on your own

Well. since you asked for honest feedback, I would never want to deal with anyone in the funeral business who had off the charts anger management issues indicated by calling everyone in a community names, in just their second post. Better hire someone as customer interface. Soon.

Creamation: preferred burial for dairy workers?

Great link! I sent it to my son in college who's facing paper and project deadlines this week and finals next week. I have told him to keep repeating to himself "Just two more weeks! Just two more weeks!" He has more than one frog (or toad) to "eat" each day. (Helps me enjoy retirement...even in...

Guess it explains why there aren't surviving blond, blue eyed causian hippies of ancient descent in China today...too stoned to defend themselves and too stoned to care. :)

Comment: "You're too young to be retired." Answer: "Hmm, they never told me there was an age requirement."

Tough situation and tough questions. I was/am very heavy in USB. Sold half at $36 which was good. Used it to buy GE and Pfizer which wasn't so good. So I'm going through the shouldas as well..shoulda sold all of USB and held cash. Why are the financials being driven down so hard?? Are we...

At a global warming convention Al Gore will teach Obama the Macarena, causing Obama's popularity polling to drop 20 points As umemployment passes 10%, John McCain will announce that the economy is fundamentally sound. A new ice age will cause ocean levels to drop, confusing both sides...

If I had lost a 10th through gambling of what I am down in the market, I would consider myself a gambling addict and find a clinic to check myself into. yet this is considered "investing" and so much more respectable! I can see myself standing in front of a group of folks... Hello, I'm...

Bad news for you, cause when there's a turn around, you'll still just be looking at the bottom!