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I suppose "guest" could conjure images of feeling at "home". For instance, pump your own gas, check out your own purchases chump, where are the peas? Find them yourself. Look around make yourself at home. Of course this conflicts with "guest" in the restaurant industry. I do agree...

I went standing in line for the world domino championships but tripped and knocked over the guy in front of me. He then knocked over the guy in front him...

I know for a fact that oriental people are sick to death of us saying they all look alike. I have a Chinese colleague called Kim and he came out with a few of us after work for drinks the other night. I asked him "Are you sick of us westerners saying you Chinese all look the same?". He...

Why did Bernanke cross the road? Cause there's a Boehner in the house.

I've been reading Bernanke battle plan and frankly I think he is on the right track long term. I think we link tarp and misc bailouts in the same strategy as current money matters. The too big to fail is sort of an outlier, gone done kaput overwith old news. (have to be serious once in a...

Obama wants a civilian security force as strong as the military. TSA is a nice start.. I wonder what his ACORN brothers an sista's think about this civilian service.

If you were to buy exactly the same products in 2009 and 1982, they would cost you $1.00 and $0.43 respectively. pretty close. http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

Short story on white collar crime. Going back years ago, I get divorced, we have a 4 yo daughter, ex wife remarries. The guy she married works for a company and the owner is stealing his company blind. Soon he isn't paying his employees, including my ex's new husband. I'm calling this guy...

I hope the bankers win.

So much for our putz constitutional law professor president. Wonder how the rest of the wanks he hired from Harvard are doing.

surprinsly, women are embracing western culture in Iran and have modest success.

Did you ever read "The gift of Fear" or "Blink"? I thought these were two good psych books. Seems we are always trying to understand why we do the things we do and these books offer explanations. The short side is we cannot explain why we trade what we trade and never can pony up a...

Question. Still buying books? Nice reading list. I ended up donating just about all the books I bought. I didn't care for a personal library, the books are reminders like empty beer bottles :eek: who needs them. Although I keep a few to refer to occasionally. Now I just hit up the library...

After 30 years of marriage to Florence, Jim the plumber left his wife. The note on the kitchen table simply read "It's over Flo".

Yannis posted this video, (thanks). Very informative regarding global economy. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jbkSRLYSojo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param...

Read a story about an independent funeral home. The guy wanted to rebuild. 3 years later and many meetings to accomodate the zoning board pffttt.. denied. Off to court now. This scenario plays out over and over across the country. It's a wonder people keep trying. Construction jobs lost...

I hear ya about the investing aisles. Everytime I go in there I have to "re-arrange" the finance books. I have to put security analysis, next to the intelligent investor . I put Cramers books in what I call the "humor" section of finance (rich dad poor dad,) bankrupt section <lower right...

Jesse had purchased some very expensive antique furniture. The floor in the apartment wasn't level. His wife hired a contractor to saw the legs off so the furniture would be level. I think this was the final straw. :cool:

"This teenage girl's father expected to force her into early marriage, but she had been to school and she received a cow, ----------------- First question. Where's the girls mother? I noticed the inflammatory bs about "father" (men). Next up is she addressing the women iin China, the...

Potatoe politics. ---------------- USDA interim rules for the WIC program allow recipients -- usually low-income pregnant women and mothers with young children -- to use vouchers to buy "any variety of fresh whole or cut vegetable, except white potatoes." Orange yams and sweet...