Guest Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 The following end-of-week spiritual nourishment comes from tech-sol.net/humor/true.htm: "In retrospect, lighting the match was my mistake. But I was only trying to retrieve my son's rat," a man told doctors in the severe burns unit of San Francisco City Hospital. Admitted for emergency treatment after an attempt to retrieve the rat had gone seriously wrong, "My son left the cage door open so his rat, Vermin, escaped into the garage," he explained. "As usual, it looked for a good place to hide and ran up the exhaust pipe of my motorcycle. I tried to retrieve Vermin by offering him food attached to a string, but he wouldn't come out again, so I peered into the pipe and struck a match, thinking the light might attract him." At a hushed press conference, a hospital spokesman described what had happened next. "The flame ignited a pocket of residual gas and a flame shot out the pipe igniting Mr. Stone's mustache and severely burned his face. It also set fire to the pet rat's fur and whiskers which, in turn, ignited a larger pocket of gas further up the exhaust pipe which propelled the rodent out like a cannonball." Stone suffered second-degree burns and a broken nose from the impact of the pet rat. His son was grounded for 6 weeks. Nobody knows the fate of Vermin. With that, I wish you all a safe and sane weekend and . . . . . be careful where you light that match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregFokker Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Glad, I heard the exact same story about two boyz and a gerbil, one with burns all around his legs and wedding tackle, the other with a bruise on his temple and a concussion to the back of his skull. The header on the email was "Imagine how fast it was flying". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drano Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 If someone's really bored they can check it out on urbanlegends.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wndysrf Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 650 million shares at half time. Need some volume acceleration ASAP.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdymouth Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 sorry for off topic... but... *salivate* http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3400427080 [see pic] :shocked ---------------------------------------- couple of golds sitting on trend picked up GFI & HL not investment advice, of course... gold is loopy right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metamucil Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 AMGN and EBAY are concrete enemas.......not real stocks. This AMGN nonsense of defying gravity will soon end. Over 55 and I'll eat this monitor. monthly fibs Last short on BBH was 88. 84 is the final line in the sand for BBH. daily shport/resistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchaikofsky Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Goldman Sachs to Cut 20% of its Option Traders As trading volume growth slowed over the past year - particularly from " retail" or individual investors whose orders are most coveted by floor traders - many specialist firms have also begun pulling back their operations at the option exchanges. Played out over time, traders say this could leave more option classes, especially the less heavily traded names, listed at fewer exchanges. Nice to know how one is regarded by the Borkers, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Mark- Take a look at the summer of 74. I remeber the market going down day after day, and the tape barely moved at times. The 29-32 bear market also went down on declining volume. Volume only increased around the interim, and final lows. I do not understand the thought that volume is necessary for a market decline. It just doesn't compute with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 It's a tough life down here in the trackless wastes of the Permanently Low Plateau. Every day, just like the day before it. Reckon we'll ever make it to them purple mountains on the horizon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHanky Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 this is one stubborn ass market.should have sliced through support days ago and this sucker is still hangin on by a thread. I can only assume the longer it holds,the worse it will be when it breaks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 cRAPVISON How to ask for a rise too funny productivy was best 1930-2 How bout begging for a job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drano Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Goldman Sachs to Cut 20% of its Option Traders As trading volume growth slowed over the past year - particularly from " retail" or individual investors whose orders are most coveted by floor traders - many specialist firms have also begun pulling back their operations at the option exchanges. Played out over time, traders say this could leave more option classes, especially the less heavily traded names, listed at fewer exchanges. Nice to know how one is regarded by the Borkers, eh? I've had several instances where I placed an order for a very small number of options -- like 4 -- and placed it at the ask. Immediately the ask was moved up, even though the stock price stayed the same. I moved my bid up, same thing. Just gotta assume they get bored and/or just enjoy screwing around with the retail investor. May they rot you know where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregFokker Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Maybe if we all put our collective energy together we can will this thing to crack. It's worked here before. OHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeedFool Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Meta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SideshowBob Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 If this breaks I'm thinking total collapse. Support keeps dropping a few points every day, one big break down will trigger a flood of stop losses... SB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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