BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in a
post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.

I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of ammo.



What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
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hk wrote:
...and Wachovia drive the DOW down a few hundred points today?

Is it the economy, stupid?
Thanks for reminding me that I have the opportunity to refinance
my mortgage and reduce my monthly payments.

Also, we are in the process of deciding what new car we are going
to buy. We may be able to get a loan from with zero interest from
the dealer/manufacturer.

Gee.. with all the money you continually brag about earning...why
not negotiate a better discount and pay cash for the vehicle?


He's highly leveraged, and hopes to be a dentist in his next life,
when he will stay in high school.

I can certainly understand taking advantage of the rates right now
to refinance a house mortgage, but going into debt for consumer
spending? Nah.

I am retiring in 10 years Harry, 10 years earlier than you will
start collecting your full social security bene's. And, the current
market conditions will not affect my retirement plans. As other have
said if the Dow goes down a couple of thousand points it is a buying
opportunity.



Maybe when you retire in 10 years, you can enroll in high school and
get your GED.

Won't need to, I will have retired 10 years sooner than most my age at
a higher standard of living than I have now.


Leaving you free to pursue intellectual interests, no doubt.

I can't think of many things more useless than being "retired."


I understand Harry, you can't retire, you neglected to invest your money
in the damn corporations and you stuffed it all in a mattress. No, all
you have is about $20,000 in one dollar bills.

hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in a
post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.

I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of ammo.



What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

Your assumption that the pluming will be working is a hoot.

"hk" wrote in message
. ..
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in a
post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.

I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of ammo.



What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

Go take the gold from some dufus with just a small glock.

BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in a
post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.

I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of ammo.



What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

Your assumption that the pluming will be working is a hoot.


The plumbing in my house will work.

Calif Bill wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in a
post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.
I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of ammo.


What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

Go take the gold from some dufus with just a small glock.




Anyone hoarding gold in case of societal collapse will have something
heavier than a GLOCK pointing back at you.

hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:

Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in
a post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.

I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of
ammo.



What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

Your assumption that the pluming will be working is a hoot.


The plumbing in my house will work.

Who's going to supply your electricity? That stuff doesn't come out of
the holding take under the double with without a pump.

hk wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in
a post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.
I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of
ammo.


What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

Go take the gold from some dufus with just a small glock.



Anyone hoarding gold in case of societal collapse will have something
heavier than a GLOCK pointing back at you.

Ok.

"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Calif Bill wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..
BAR wrote:
hk wrote:
Damn right. You can trade gold for goods and services. Try that in a
post-revolutionary future with a piece of paper.
I'd rather have a big mean nasty dog, a couple of sidearms and some
rifles and a few shotguns. And, about 40 to 50 thousands rounds of
ammo.


What are you going to do, force a plumber to work at gunpoint?

Go take the gold from some dufus with just a small glock.


Anyone hoarding gold in case of societal collapse will have something
heavier than a GLOCK pointing back at you.

Read "The Road". And where will you spend the gold?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:33:35 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:

You cannot just look at one year either from a positive or negative
aspect.

One of the more interesting things I became involved with was back
testing - I started doing this about ten years or so ago using 1
month, 6 month, 18 month, 36 month spans.

It's really an interesting way to determine the value of any long term
investment.

Now, I've got programs that will forward test, back test, sideways
test, upside down test... :)

I don't trade as much as invest long term. Every once in a while you
get interested in something or the other and invest in that. Solar
stocks recently have been a winner for me - funds and single
intestments. Probably will be handing those off to the kids.

I've mentioned this before, but I still have IBM stock from thirty
years ago. :)

What a lousy hold that has been. 8-)