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Gold prices plummet!
On Sep 24, 4:42*pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote:
"oly" wrote in message ... On Sep 24, 4:21 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "oly" wrote in message .... On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. -------------------------------------------------------- Drunk again, Oly? Or is it still?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sometimes I'm sober. But you are always stupid, el "Braniac". -------------------------------------------- You must lead a horrible life being both drunk and dense, not to mention the fact you have reading comprehension problems and are seemingly incapable of telling the truth. The signal-to-noise ratio of your drunken missives have gotten to the point where I must bid you adieu. PLONK- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, at least you're no longer in denial about the fact that you advised Hans that his 8,000 GBP coin was only worth 225 USD. You used to whine and whine and whine that you never made that tidbit of excellent advice. oly |
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oly wrote:
On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser |
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On Sep 24, 4:57*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. *Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. *They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. *Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? oly |
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oly wrote:
On Sep 24, 4:57 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? He uses the gold to fill the tub for his bath. The greenbacks are carried to leave a dollar tip for waiters. James the Stiff |
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On Sep 24, 5:10*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:57 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? He uses the gold to fill the tub for his bath. *The greenbacks are carried to leave a dollar tip for waiters. James the Stiff- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge is a Scotsman!!! NO WAY would he be leaving a whole dollar for the waiters!!! Hughey, Dewey and Louie were lucky to get a quarter apiece from the old fart on their birthdays!!! oly Some 19th century American miser (I believe the fellow might have been a lawyer too) issued a token (or something exo-numismatic) that said "Never Trust a Paper Dollar Until Tommorrow". |
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On Sep 24, 5:15*pm, oly wrote:
On Sep 24, 5:10*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:57 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? He uses the gold to fill the tub for his bath. *The greenbacks are carried to leave a dollar tip for waiters. James the Stiff- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge is a Scotsman!!! *NO WAY would he be leaving a whole dollar for the waiters!!! Hughey, Dewey and Louie were lucky to get a quarter apiece from the old fart on their birthdays!!! oly Some 19th century American miser (I believe the fellow might have been a lawyer too) issued a token (or something exo-numismatic) that said "Never Trust a Paper Dollar Until Tommorrow".- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - In all fairness to Scrooge McDuck, that birthday quarter went a lot further back then - maybe as many as five candy bars (or perhaps three candy bars plus some penny candy and Bazooka bubble gum). oly |
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oly wrote:
On Sep 24, 5:10 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:57 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? He uses the gold to fill the tub for his bath. The greenbacks are carried to leave a dollar tip for waiters. James the Stiff- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge is a Scotsman!!! NO WAY would he be leaving a whole dollar for the waiters!!! Hughey, Dewey and Louie were lucky to get a quarter apiece from the old fart on their birthdays!!! oly Some 19th century American miser (I believe the fellow might have been a lawyer too) issued a token (or something exo-numismatic) that said "Never Trust a Paper Dollar Until Tommorrow". That vieux canard (some would say connard) écossais learned his lesson the hard way when Daisy deep-sixed the old flatulence for tipping a quarter one time at Maxim's. Ever since then he's been gazing from afar while his lady love cavorts with his no-good nephew Donald. James the Cartoonist |
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oly wrote:
On Sep 24, 5:15 pm, oly wrote: On Sep 24, 5:10 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:57 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? He uses the gold to fill the tub for his bath. The greenbacks are carried to leave a dollar tip for waiters. James the Stiff- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge is a Scotsman!!! NO WAY would he be leaving a whole dollar for the waiters!!! Hughey, Dewey and Louie were lucky to get a quarter apiece from the old fart on their birthdays!!! oly Some 19th century American miser (I believe the fellow might have been a lawyer too) issued a token (or something exo-numismatic) that said "Never Trust a Paper Dollar Until Tommorrow".- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - In all fairness to Scrooge McDuck, that birthday quarter went a lot further back then - maybe as many as five candy bars (or perhaps three candy bars plus some penny candy and Bazooka bubble gum). No kidding. Just the other day, as I plunked four quarters in a vending machine for a Three Musketeers, I mentioned to a Sweet Young Thing standing there that I used to get one for a nickel. Candy bar, I'm talking about. James the Generous |
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On Sep 24, 5:29*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
oly wrote: On Sep 24, 5:15 pm, oly wrote: On Sep 24, 5:10 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:57 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? He uses the gold to fill the tub for his bath. The greenbacks are carried to leave a dollar tip for waiters. James the Stiff- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge is a Scotsman!!! NO WAY would he be leaving a whole dollar for the waiters!!! Hughey, Dewey and Louie were lucky to get a quarter apiece from the old fart on their birthdays!!! oly Some 19th century American miser (I believe the fellow might have been a lawyer too) issued a token (or something exo-numismatic) that said "Never Trust a Paper Dollar Until Tommorrow".- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - In all fairness to Scrooge McDuck, that birthday quarter went a lot further back then - maybe as many as five candy bars (or perhaps three candy bars plus some penny candy and Bazooka bubble gum). No kidding. *Just the other day, as I plunked four quarters in a vending machine for a Three Musketeers, I mentioned to a Sweet Young Thing standing there that I used to get one for a nickel. *Candy bar, I'm talking about. |
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On Sep 24, 5:35*pm, oly wrote:
On Sep 24, 5:29*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 5:15 pm, oly wrote: On Sep 24, 5:10 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:57 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 4:00 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: oly wrote: On Sep 24, 12:47 pm, "The Giant Brain" wrote: "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in messagenews:raCdnWuJtdO9BybXnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@earth link.com... "j-rod" wrote in message ... September 24, 1869 Gold prices plummet http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...rticle&id=6117 JAM Hello The good news is crude oil also dropped. You can check the spot trade price on Bloomberg at the links below. It is now showing at $998.70. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/com.../cfutures.html Folks, we have a contender for most clueless response to a post. Shall we close the nominations now and all acclaim Arizona Coin Collector the winner?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, it's the stupidest RCC response since the "Giant Brain" expounded with ultimate authority that that nice 1841 British Gold Sovereign was worth melt, or about $225 - not the 8,000 pounds that it catalogs at. So it's the stupidest response in about three weeks. All this argument is meaningless to me, having just lost my entire nest egg due to this latest gold crash. This could be my last post, because I can see someone pounding at my front door, yelling something about how he's going to repo my computer, and he's got a U.S. Marshal with him. James the Homeless- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Jay Gould survived the 1869 debacle for many many years - and died rather old and still rich. You will too, mon vieux. They don't repo computers. Used computer is worth three cents on the dollar to the finance company. They will harass you for the money to the fullest extent they can get away with - but remember, they don't want the computer back, ever. Whew, it was just a couple of my neighbors from down the street pulling a prank. Now I can get back to my Scrooge McDuck roleplay.. James the Miser- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge McDuck had his money bin full of both gold and greenbacks. Wouldn't a real dyed-in-the-wool miser have had only gold??? He uses the gold to fill the tub for his bath. The greenbacks are carried to leave a dollar tip for waiters. James the Stiff- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Scrooge is a Scotsman!!! NO WAY would he be leaving a whole dollar for the waiters!!! Hughey, Dewey and Louie were lucky to get a quarter apiece from the old fart on their birthdays!!! oly Some 19th century American miser (I believe the fellow might have been a lawyer too) issued a token (or something exo-numismatic) that said "Never Trust a Paper Dollar Until Tommorrow".- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - In all fairness to Scrooge McDuck, that birthday quarter went a lot further back then - maybe as many as five candy bars (or perhaps three candy bars plus some penny candy and Bazooka bubble gum). No kidding. *Just the other day, as I plunked four quarters in a vending machine for a Three Musketeers, I mentioned to a Sweet Young Thing standing there that I used to get one for a nickel. *Candy bar, I'm talking about. James the Generous- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sweets for the Sweet. I can remember five cent first class stamps, but I might be stretching it a bit to say that I really remember the five cent candy bar. *Even at age seven or eight (c.1967) we were just a bit past that on the long march of U.S. monetary inflation. I always admired the inventor fellow in the Scrooge McDuck series - Gyro Gearloose or some name like that??? Huey, Dewey and Louie were a little bratty, 'tho basically good boys. They were a little bit like Popeye's "Swee' Pea" - whose the heck kids were they, anyway??? oly- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - And now for something completely different.. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aBG26d6aO25U oly |
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