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"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et: As for me, I'm putting all my money into unobtainium. You just can't touch that stuff. It has a very stable price, too, so you don't have to constantly watch its graph.... http://esto.nasa.gov/conferences/est...apers/b6p1.pdf NASA builds synthetic aperture radar antennas out of it, as seen in this white paper on the subject.... NASA demand for unobtainium may be the reason for its stable prices..... |
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"Larry" wrote in message ... "KLC Lewis" wrote in et: As for me, I'm putting all my money into unobtainium. You just can't touch that stuff. It has a very stable price, too, so you don't have to constantly watch its graph.... http://esto.nasa.gov/conferences/est...apers/b6p1.pdf NASA builds synthetic aperture radar antennas out of it, as seen in this white paper on the subject.... NASA demand for unobtainium may be the reason for its stable prices..... That paper is way over my head. I can't tell if it's funny or not. ;-) |
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"KLC Lewis" wrote in news:K--
: That paper is way over my head. I can't tell if it's funny or not. ;-) Nasa engineers are like that....(c;] http://www.kitco.com/images/live/gold.gif Gold cleared $995/oz TWICE, so far, this morning! Massive inflation caused by government borrowing and money printing with nothing to back it up is happening, now! Prices must soar if this continues....driving us straight into DEPRESSION. |
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"Larry" wrote in message
... "KLC Lewis" wrote in news:K-- : That paper is way over my head. I can't tell if it's funny or not. ;-) Nasa engineers are like that....(c;] http://www.kitco.com/images/live/gold.gif Gold cleared $995/oz TWICE, so far, this morning! Massive inflation caused by government borrowing and money printing with nothing to back it up is happening, now! Prices must soar if this continues....driving us straight into DEPRESSION. I suggest you hoard your gold... quietly. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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"Capt. JG" wrote in
easolutions: I suggest you hoard your gold... quietly. Cleared $1000 easy, in today's bloodbath, but fell back as the dumping started. |
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"Larry" wrote in message
... "Capt. JG" wrote in easolutions: I suggest you hoard your gold... quietly. Cleared $1000 easy, in today's bloodbath, but fell back as the dumping started. I hope you didn't hurt yourself. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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On Feb 20, 7:40*pm, Larry wrote:
"Capt. JG" wrote areasolutions: I suggest you hoard your gold... quietly. Cleared $1000 easy, in today's bloodbath, but fell back as the dumping started. You should get a sailboat and use gold as ballast. A cubic foot weighs over 1200 pounds. Shiney cantering gold keel perhaps. back in the 80's my brother (USCG) rescued a couple who had all of their retirement and savings on the boat in gold coins. Over 250K. They sold everything and were going to enjoy a life of cruising. The boat , a trawler, pitch poled and "exploded" into a thousand chunks of fiberglass when it flopped down off a rolling wave crest. All the gold was lost. They were told a dozen times not to attempt crossing the bar but due to fatique they decided to risk it. Joe |
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Joe wrote:
On Feb 20, 7:40 pm, Larry wrote: "Capt. JG" wrote areasolutions: I suggest you hoard your gold... quietly. Cleared $1000 easy, in today's bloodbath, but fell back as the dumping started. You should get a sailboat and use gold as ballast. A cubic foot weighs over 1200 pounds. Shiney cantering gold keel perhaps. Too high a risk of keel failure ;-( back in the 80's my brother (USCG) rescued a couple who had all of their retirement and savings on the boat in gold coins. Over 250K. They sold everything and were going to enjoy a life of cruising. The boat , a trawler, pitch poled and "exploded" into a thousand chunks of fiberglass when it flopped down off a rolling wave crest. All the gold was lost. They were told a dozen times not to attempt crossing the bar but due to fatique they decided to risk it. Well that's another way to loose everything. It sounds like their gold was poorly stowed. I've contemplated this before. If I was the tax man, I'd take a *very* close look at anyone casting their own keel! -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL: |
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:19:39 +0000, IanM
wrote: Joe wrote: On Feb 20, 7:40 pm, Larry wrote: "Capt. JG" wrote areasolutions: I suggest you hoard your gold... quietly. Cleared $1000 easy, in today's bloodbath, but fell back as the dumping started. You should get a sailboat and use gold as ballast. A cubic foot weighs over 1200 pounds. Shiney cantering gold keel perhaps. Too high a risk of keel failure ;-( back in the 80's my brother (USCG) rescued a couple who had all of their retirement and savings on the boat in gold coins. Over 250K. They sold everything and were going to enjoy a life of cruising. The boat , a trawler, pitch poled and "exploded" into a thousand chunks of fiberglass when it flopped down off a rolling wave crest. All the gold was lost. They were told a dozen times not to attempt crossing the bar but due to fatique they decided to risk it. Well that's another way to loose everything. It sounds like their gold was poorly stowed. I've contemplated this before. If I was the tax man, I'd take a *very* close look at anyone casting their own keel! There was a book written about doing just that. The Golden Keel, Desmond Bagley, is about smuggling gold out of Italy by casting a gold keel for a delivery yacht. Not a bad read. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:26:18 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:19:39 +0000, IanM wrote: Joe wrote: On Feb 20, 7:40 pm, Larry wrote: "Capt. JG" wrote areasolutions: I suggest you hoard your gold... quietly. Cleared $1000 easy, in today's bloodbath, but fell back as the dumping started. You should get a sailboat and use gold as ballast. A cubic foot weighs over 1200 pounds. Shiney cantering gold keel perhaps. Too high a risk of keel failure ;-( back in the 80's my brother (USCG) rescued a couple who had all of their retirement and savings on the boat in gold coins. Over 250K. They sold everything and were going to enjoy a life of cruising. The boat , a trawler, pitch poled and "exploded" into a thousand chunks of fiberglass when it flopped down off a rolling wave crest. All the gold was lost. They were told a dozen times not to attempt crossing the bar but due to fatique they decided to risk it. Well that's another way to loose everything. It sounds like their gold was poorly stowed. I've contemplated this before. If I was the tax man, I'd take a *very* close look at anyone casting their own keel! There was a book written about doing just that. The Golden Keel, Desmond Bagley, is about smuggling gold out of Italy by casting a gold keel for a delivery yacht. Not a bad read. There is a book about that same thing only it was diamonds Smuggled out of Britain to evade currency restrictions and smuggled back inside an engine from a lethal wreck near Tahiti. Trustee From the Toolroom by Nevil Shute is what I sort of remember, so i checked, Suspicion confirmed. Casady |
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