WaIIy wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:44:50 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie
is Here wrote:

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy
Or loaded up on oil stocks. :-)


We got out of the scam known as the stock market a long time ago, but
for a couple of stocks we still have. Our gold holdings are on their way
to tripling, at which point we will liquidate some, but not for dollars.
Harry,
A few short months ago, you told us you had all of your investments in
real estate, now that gold is on the upswing, you suddenly have been
investing in gold for awhile now. Do you know how we can tell you are
lying? You fingers are on the keyboard.

He's an evil man, well not much of a man.


It's Dumb Wally! Sorry, Wally, you'll have to fight with Loogy for your
old title of Dumbest Poster in Rec.Boats! No pain, no gain.

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:44:50 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy

Or loaded up on oil stocks. :-)



We got out of the scam known as the stock market a long time ago, but
for a couple of stocks we still have. Our gold holdings are on their way
to tripling, at which point we will liquidate some, but not for dollars.

Harry,
A few short months ago, you told us you had all of your investments in
real estate, now that gold is on the upswing, you suddenly have been
investing in gold for awhile now. Do you know how we can tell you are
lying? You fingers are on the keyboard.

I'm thinking, based on the advice of HK and JimH of investing in
Microsoft.
The performance of Vista, by their accounts, has got to make it a winner.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)
Anything Harry says needs to be scrutinized carefully. If he aint lying he's
"mis speaking" as Billery would say.

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:44:50 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy

Or loaded up on oil stocks. :-)



We got out of the scam known as the stock market a long time ago, but
for a couple of stocks we still have. Our gold holdings are on their way
to tripling, at which point we will liquidate some, but not for dollars.

Harry,
A few short months ago, you told us you had all of your investments in
real estate, now that gold is on the upswing, you suddenly have been
investing in gold for awhile now. Do you know how we can tell you are
lying? You fingers are on the keyboard.

I'm thinking, based on the advice of HK and JimH of investing in Microsoft.
The performance of Vista, by their accounts, has got to make it a winner.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
news
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:09:39 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:49:24 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:



Mind if I ask what business you're in? I'm asking because I think I can
demonstrate how YOUR business could be meddled with by people who are
totally unrelated to your business.

I'm in the retirement business, participating.
And "people" are still in my face!
I just ignore them, though.
Well, not really. The price of Cheerios ****es me off.
Ethanol taking oat acreage out of production.
Probably other factors to complain about too.
I could go on and on.
But go ahead and grind your axe.
I'll comment on the sparks if I can.

--Vic

What was your business before retirement?


IT - analyst.


OK. I'm going to take the right financial industry people and regulators
to lunch a few dozen times, bribe as necessary, and create a new futures
market involving computer hardware. Just like the oil commodities markets,
we will allow people to fiddle in it even if they have absolutely no
connection to the computer industry. They will just be there to gamble.
Within 6 months, computers of all kinds will become so prohibitively
expensive that corporations will not be able to own more than just one or
two, for use by the head honchos. Most of your IT department will be out
of work.

Price fluctuations for computers will be based on such things as:

"fear of renewed violence in Baghdad"

"unseasonal amounts of rain in Korea"

....or just about any other drunken reason which frightens the amateur
traders in the commodity you depend on.

That's what's happening with oil. You don't believe it yet. But, it's
absolutely true. It doesn't ***ALL*** the price swings, but it explains
some of it.

Not entirely true or untrue. But I would also like to point out the
devaluation of value of the greenback to the yuan, yen, euro, loonie, pound
etc. Currency dilution has a lot to do with the energy inflation you are
seeing.

And yes, it affects the importation costs of computer parts from
Taiwan/China. It now takes more green backs. About the same in other
currencies.

Take a world view, not a view that has Washington politics as the pivot
point of the universe.

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:44:50 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy

Or loaded up on oil stocks. :-)



We got out of the scam known as the stock market a long time ago, but
for a couple of stocks we still have. Our gold holdings are on their way
to tripling, at which point we will liquidate some, but not for dollars.

Harry,
A few short months ago, you told us you had all of your investments in
real estate, now that gold is on the upswing, you suddenly have been
investing in gold for awhile now. Do you know how we can tell you are
lying? You fingers are on the keyboard.

I'm thinking, based on the advice of HK and JimH of investing in
Microsoft.
The performance of Vista, by their accounts, has got to make it a winner.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

You would catch me owning MSFT unless I it was a covered short.

Canuck57 wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:44:50 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy
Or loaded up on oil stocks. :-)


We got out of the scam known as the stock market a long time ago, but
for a couple of stocks we still have. Our gold holdings are on their way
to tripling, at which point we will liquidate some, but not for dollars.
Harry,
A few short months ago, you told us you had all of your investments in
real estate, now that gold is on the upswing, you suddenly have been
investing in gold for awhile now. Do you know how we can tell you are
lying? You fingers are on the keyboard.
I'm thinking, based on the advice of HK and JimH of investing in
Microsoft.
The performance of Vista, by their accounts, has got to make it a winner.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

You would catch me owning MSFT unless I it was a covered short.




This is hilarious - the idea of a computer idiot like Herring commenting
on any aspect of the microcomputer world.

"HK" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:28:59 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy
Or loaded up on oil stocks. :-)

Gold has outperformed XOM since 2005 and really kicked ass in the last
year or so.


Don't forget to get out of dollars. The dollar is going down the tubes.

Probably a little late to get into gold, but would stay in if I had it.

That is key. Don't keep too much cash.

Canuck57 wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:28:59 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy
Or loaded up on oil stocks. :-)
Gold has outperformed XOM since 2005 and really kicked ass in the last
year or so.

Don't forget to get out of dollars. The dollar is going down the tubes.

Probably a little late to get into gold, but would stay in if I had it.

That is key. Don't keep too much cash.




There are shops in DC and in NYC that are now taking euros.

It's just wonderful how the last nearly eight years have turned this
once magnificent country into another third world tourist stop for
foreigners with money.

wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:56:19 -0400, HK wrote:

It's just wonderful how the last nearly eight years have turned this
once magnificent country into another third world tourist stop for
foreigners with money.

This has actually been a 25 year process and both parties have been
willing participants.



Nothing compares with the last eight years.

On Mar 29, 6:54*am, HK wrote:
WaIIy wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:44:50 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie
is Here wrote:

hk wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:12:27 -0500, wrote:

The guys who sold their houses
and loaded up on gold at $450 in 2005 are probably happy
Or loaded up on oil stocks. *:-)

We got out of the scam known as the stock market a long time ago, but
for a couple of stocks we still have. Our gold holdings are on their way
to tripling, at which point we will liquidate some, but not for dollars.
Harry,
A few short months ago, you told us you had all of your investments in
real estate, now that gold is on the upswing, you suddenly have been
investing in gold for awhile now. *Do you know how we can tell you are
lying? *You fingers are on the keyboard.

He's an evil man, well not much of a man.

It's Dumb Wally! Sorry, Wally, you'll have to fight with Loogy for your
old title of Dumbest Poster in Rec.Boats! No pain, no gain.- Hide quoted text -

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That's are Harry. Insult people while hiding behind his Bozo's bin.
What a fat, old pussy.