do you believe "Scientist" has "over $100k" in his trading account?

[Scientist]

Quote from Rearden Metal:

Sorry I doubted you, GG ...this guy doesn't even know standard diamond grading.

Oh, coming back to this;
The fact that you are sorry for doubting Gordon Gekko speaks volumes about you, doesn't it?
Not to mention you're supporting GG, who never did anything but troll this place!

It also tells me that the whole plethora of "antagonists" I have on ET has still not managed to prove my whole life as "fake" in any proper way. All they have is the occassional "mistake" of mine to cling onto in their pathetic hopes for "acknowledgment", such as me not knowing if there are diamond grades above D ,but no actual proof. Is that all you got (Gekko?) You know, everybody makes mistakes, and 90% of my success was achieved by making mistakes. If you guys can't come up with anything more decent than that, i.e. actual proof that I don't know what I'm talking about, then you're just wasting your time. I have even posted copyrighted images of my work here - And you're picking up on tidbits? You must be bloody kidding me!

Gekko, you and your boyfriend(s) can go through 1,000 posts of mine if you like - You will bite your teeth out on your "mission" to prove me "fake" or whatever it is you want to prove, because the puzzle solved will reveal nothing but what is. If you still haven't come up with anything even halfway decent by now, then I doubt you ever will.

Come on, GG. Do your deed. Take your weekend to prove I'm a liar. And while you're at it, prove that there's no god! Good Luck!

As for you, Rearden, I am deeply disappointed in your support of GG!

-S

 

[Scientist]

Quote from Rearden Metal:

Ok, Firstly I admit I'm only interrogating you because my once glorious daytrading career fell apart shortly after the tech boom ended, and I have way too much time on my hands. Cracking you is like a (slightly) stimulating game or puzzle.

LOL! How about "cracking" Gekko and his alias-empire instead?

Why would you design and manufacture intricately carved 24K gold jewelry (an almost unheard of practice), which would without question become disfigured with multiple scratches and dents within just a few days of normal wear, and call it an investment for eternity? I'm an expert on gold bullion, and know first hand how easy it is to scratch/dent the stuff.

Check mate?

No, not anywhere near checkmate. I'll gladly answer that. For starters, my JD label is not the usual kind of stuff you see around. I do, or did very different things. Love working with fine silver, 22 & 24ct gold. If you look at the image of rings I just posted - Can you tell which ones are 22ct and which are 24ct? If you're an "expert" at gold bullion, you should be able to answer this, because the color of 24ct is infallible. I can look at any piece of gold and tell it's caratage immediately.

The big question: HOW can the rings on the image not bend?

I'll tell you: I've beaten them. Beating, also known as forging or "Silversmithing" is one of the most difficult, yet most qualitatively rewarding techniques in the metal craft industry. The advantage gained is incredible hardness through compression, which surprisingly works even for 24ct Au. By starting with a tiny 24ct ring blank (fuse-joined!) and beating it until it hardens more and more, you can get an extremely hardened product, which is relatively bend-and-scratch-resistant and proudly wear pure gold (which is also very negotiable!) This is why some of my work is so "outstanding".

Yet I don't claim to be the first guy to use 22/24ct Gold - Those caratages are quite more frequently used In India and Asia (China) - One Chinese Restaurant owner here has a massive 24ct gold bar chain! :eek:

Another advantage is the fact that 24ct gold will not look ugly when scratched - It will be just as shiny, grooves look nice, kind of "burnished" on it! On the "Heart Bracelet", you see the 24ct hearts as applique (sweat-soldered on) - Which is indeed easy to scratch - Yet it will not make it look bad - Rather "record" a scratch for every "memory" gone through in a lifetime. It may not be for you, but for some, this is a phenomenal concept. Another advantage was of course not having to worry about firescale using both pure gold and silver, since the alloys will stain (copper etc), while the pure ones won't! So, no extra "grinding" was required, which left the item almost "untouched" from the initial fine-filed pre-design! It's not easy to copy - But it's worth looking at!

Oh by the way - Don't worry, I have some gold bullion & granules at home, too... It's amazingly soft indeed...

So, Rearden... Hmm... White Queen is threatening your King, my other Knight is taking the opposing liberty, and your own pawn (GG?) is blocking you from moving... Your only choice is to cover sacrificing your queen... What do you do?

-S

 

[Scientist]

Dum-di-dum... GG is already check mate, his new boyfriend Rearden is gardé (dame threatened/dead).

Rearden, it's your last move. Any more questions, or passé? If it was my game, I'd pass...

Gee, I' being a bit entertained today, though. At least Rearden knows something, unlike GG. Give me some more smarter enemies, please!

-S

 

[Rearden Metal]

Not your enemy dude, it's just a challenge to try and catch you in a lie. The two rings which are lying flat on the right side of the picture are of darker hue than any 24K gold I've ever seen. I believe they're an alloy, but you must admit, it's hard to tell 100% from a picture, where lighting is a factor. Your metalworking explaination is above my head, so I'll have to conceed that point. I'm tired now...we can play a bit more later...

 

[Scientist]

Quote from Rearden Metal:

Not your enemy dude, it's just a challenge to try and catch you in a lie. The two rings which are lying flat on the right side of the picture are of darker hue than any 24K gold I've ever seen. I believe they're an alloy, but you must admit, it's hard to tell 100% from a picture, where lighting is a factor. Your metalworking explaination is above my head, so I'll have to conceed that point. I'm tired now...we can play a bit more later...

Very good observation! The one in the back is a single ring made of two "rings" of 18ct Yellow and 18ct Red Gold, thus "2-tone". The one in front of it is 18ct Y as well. The two extremely golden rings in the middle are 24ct, the Sapphire ring is 22ct (admitted, 24ct is a little bit soft for setting valuable stones, at least for rings!), and all the other rings are either white gold or 950/970 platinum (extre-hemely heavy & expensive)

So where is Gekko gone? Given up the battle?

Shall those restless doubters relinquish their last weak pawns, already so ungraciously fallen in battle. It seems now that my pathetic enemies are marked and curtailed by the disgrace that is their own words, while I delve in victory over the fallen trollish creatures that dangled like dwarves from my collar. The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.

Or, as Shakespeare said so much better than me, in King Richard III (not that I had so cruelly murdered my way to the throne the way Kind Richard did, though);

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York,
And all the clouds that loured upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths,
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments,
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front;
And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
He capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.

As for Gordon Gekko, more applicable would be the following passage:

But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;
I, that am rudely stamped, and want love’s majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them,—
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun.
I am Gordon Gekko the lifeless freak,
Know not for what I know nor what I seek.

Scientist.


P.S: Anybody watching the ES? How was the volume push upon touching that 5m trendline just then? :eek:

 

[TM_Direct]

I feel like im reading Lord of the Rings........You guys are funny!
sex, lies and metallurgy tapes!!!!

What was the point of this thread again?

 

[Scientist]

Quote from TM_Direct:

I feel like im reading Lord of the Rings........You guys are funny!
sex, lies and metallurgy tapes!!!!

What was the point of this thread again?

ROFL!
Oh man, you just crack me up man...

I am subscribed to so many threads now that I just do an Outlook-scan for the word "TM_Direct" on the whole Inbox folder at the end of each day. I click the links in the "TM_Direct has just replied..." emails and delete most of the others...

Check this recent one out:

Quote from TM_Direct:

Gordo get's like this from time to time...you see he still breast feeds from mom and every couple of weeks she has to take a break due to nipple cracking so he gets a little irritable when he has to drink soy....Gordo...Tell your mom she needs to use lanolin in between your feedings

LMAO!

-S


P.S: But honestly now : We know why Gordy loves ET - Because it's the only place where gets at least some attention!
Where else would anyone waste so much time to talk to / discuss such a notoriously stupid teenager???

http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=1377922

 

[Gordon Gekko]

in case you're wondering, Scientist, your joke "explanation" didn't fly with me at all. that was a WEAK attempt to recover from the lie you were caught in.

you've been busted.

 

[Scientist]

Quote from Gordon Gekko:

in case you're wondering, Scientist, your joke "explanation" didn't fly with me at all. that was a WEAK attempt to recover from the lie you were caught in.

you've been busted.

Bullshit, Gekko. Which lie??? And how have I been "busted"?

I think you ain't exactly in the position to keep mouthing now, GG. That apart from the fact that I'm confident I've never told a lie here anyway, so I can just sit here and laugh, waiting for whatever happens. I have nothing to worry about. You on the other hand do...

You're basically check mate. Better shut up, or put up some "evidence" before you embarrass yourself any more! Good Luck!

 

[Gordon Gekko]

for some reason, Scientist likes to announce when he hasn't been on ET for a while (or so he claims).

Quote from Scientist:

So I'm away for a few days and what must I see?

Quote from Scientist:

Here I am, coming back from a long interesting, no-ET weekend...

Quote from Scientist:

Oops - Sorry Fast, I was just about to reply to yours. Hadn't been to ET for ages, plus I've got so muchPM, I don't know why. I just got notified that my inbox is full again! I will reply to you in a minute, priority is priority.

you even need to brag about your inbox being full. lmao