Guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 US praises Pakistan's action on militants By Victoria Burnett in Islamabad Published: March 18 2004 4:00 | Last Updated: March 18 2004 4:00 Pakistan's efforts to oust Islamic militants from its rugged borderlands won cautious praise from Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, yesterday as the death toll in bloody clashes between the army and tribesmen rose to almost 40. General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, is under tremendous pressure as the US quest to find Osama bin Laden gains urgency and as he grapples with a scandal involving the sale of the country's nuclear secrets to other countries. http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?p...d=1079419736672 "Binnie and the Jets" http://www.bobrivers.com/asx/TT_811_4.asx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zensmoke Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Thursday: ECONOMIC INDICATORS: Labor Department releases first-time claims for jobless benefits for the week ended March 13, 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast a median total of 345,000 new filings compared with 341,000 in the prior week. Labor Department releases the January Producer Price Index (PPI), 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast a median 0.4 percent rise compared to a 0.3 percent rise in December. Excluding volatile food and energy items, PPI is seen rising 0.1 percent compared with a 0.1 percent decrease in the prior month. The Conference Board releases its report on February leading economic indicators, 10 a.m. (1500 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast a median 0.1 percent increase compared with a 0.5 percent increase in the prior month. Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank releases March business activity survey, noon. (1700 GMT). Economists in a Reuters survey forecast a median reading of 30.0 versus 31.4 in February. Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International releases its book-to-bill ratio for February, 6 p.m. (2300 GMT.) In the previous month the book-to-bill ratio was 1.18 in January. http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle....storyID=4591146 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Hey Plunger, Isn't it about time for the love bugs to come out in Fl? http://www.bobrivers.com/asx/TT_594_4.asx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian4 Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 NazQuack has slipped below the waves and the $ is being beaten with truncheons it would not surprise me to see today disappear at the open-after all da boyz have cleared the decks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. plans to lay off another 70 employees from its Melville and Raleigh, N.C., offices by month's end, and outsource nearly half of companywide computer-systems jobs by early next year, the product safety testing giant confirmed Wednesday. http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzul031...iness-headlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Wrecked Him Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Economists in a Reuters survey forecast a median 0.4 percent rise compared to a 0.3 percent rise in December. Excluding volatile food and energy items, PPI is seen rising 0.1 percent compared with a 0.1 percent decrease in the prior month. Those expectations don't leave much margin for error. If the number excluding food and energy comes in any lower, I don't see how anybody could deny the existence of deflation. If it comes in higher than expected, they're going to have to explain why a higher PPI and a tame CPI don't result in producers being squeezed on their margins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dharmaeye Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Starting averaging into some gold coin bullion. Placed an order with Tulving just after 2 PM Pacific time. Never got a confirmation??? Anyone have bought from Tulving? My only experience is with CNI> Tanks Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 According to the Journal of Commerce price index, industrial prices are up something like 42% year to year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 And for the wee bit of Irish in all of us. Paddy and Seamus landed themselves a job at the local sawmill. Just before morning tea Paddy yelped, "Seamus, I've lost me bleedin finger!!!" "Have you now?" says Seamus, "And how did you do it?" "Well, I just touched this big spinning thing here like thi...God damn it, there goes another one!!!" What's Irish diplomacy? The ability to tell a man to go to hell so that he'll look forward to making the trip. Why'd God invent Whisky? So the Irish would never rule the world. "So, have you figured what to buy the Missus for Christmas?" asked Brady. "I, sure have, she decided it for me," answered Paddy. "She said she wanted something with diamonds in it, so I've bought her a pack of cards." What's the difference between an Irish wedding and a Irish wake? One less drinker! Two old drunks on their way home from the pub, were stumblin up the country road in near darkness, "Seamus, I think we've stumbled into the graveyard - look, I can see a stone here that says a man lived to 105!" "Glory be Malarki, was it anybody we knew?" "No, twas somebody named 'Miles from Dublin'" How do you tell the Irish pirate? He's the one with patches over both eyes. How is it that we know Christ was Irish? Well, he was 33, still lived at home with his Mother, whom he thought was still a virgin and she thought he was the son of God. How can you tell the Irish fella in the hospital ward? He's the one blowing the foam off of his bed pan. How can you tell if an Irishman is having a good time? A: He's Dublin over with laughter!! Did you hear about the Irish business man who got his name printed on the front and back of his business card? - Just in case he lost it... There's a German, Scotsman and Irishman at a bar after work. Each has a full pint. 3 flies buzz into the bar and all of a sudden land in each of their beers. The German is fuming mad - "No way I drink this! Disgusting!" as he pushes the pint away. The Scotsman thinks for a minute, "ach, it ain't that bad. Ye jist pull oot the wee nipper like this...there ya go, fine as dandy." and proceeds to take a swig. The Irishmen is also mad, he plucks the fly out by its wings, holds it over the pint and yells, "Spit it out ya Bastard, spit it out!!!" An American was boasting to O'Leary that back in the US, they can erect skyscrapers in 4 weeks. O'Leary replied that in Ireland they can start a row of houses in the morning and on the way home from work the bailiffs will be putting the tenants out for being behind with the rent. How many Irishmen does it take to change a lightbulb? Five - One to change the bulb and four to comment on how grand the old bulb was. Q: Why can't you borrow money from a leprechaun? A: Cos they're always a little short An Irishman living in Devon goes for a job on a construction site. The foreman says, "Can you brew tea?" The Irishman says, "Yes." "Good. Can you drive a fork lift?" The Irishman looks at him and says, "Why, just how big is the teapot?" How do you get a 1-armed Irishman down from a tree? Wave to him Q: Where does an Irish family go on vacation? A: A different bar. Two lil leprechauns went off to St Mary's convent and begged an audience with the mother superior. "well, how can I help you little folk?" asked the Mother Superior. The larger and more intelligent looking of the leprechauns asked "Well, mother superior, would you be a knowing any midget nuns here at the convent?" "Afraid not," replies Mother Superior, "there are no midget nuns here" "all right then, would you be knowing of any midget nuns in all of Ireland then?" "Well, no," replied Mother Superior, "none that I know of." "Well then, in the whole world of nuns, would you know of any Midget nuns?" "No, I would'nt - there are no midget nuns in the whole of the world!" said Mother Superior, "and would you please tell me what this is all about?" The asking leprechaun turned sadly to the stupid leprechaun and said "well, I told you so...you've been dating a Penguin." First Irish Farmer: "My cow fell down a hole and I had to shoot it." Second Irish Farmer: "Did you shoot it in the hole?" First Irish Farmer: " Nope...in the head." Q: How many Irishmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: 11 - One to hold the lightbulb, and 10 to drink until the room spins! How do you sink an Irish submarine? Knock on the hatch. There's this new Irish restaraunt being built in downtown Boston. They're going to serve 7-course gourmet Irish meals. Everyone coming in the door gets a potato and a six pack... Did you hear about the Irishman who sued the local baker for forging his signature on a hot cross bun? A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink. "Why of course," comes the reply. The first man then asks: "Where are you from?" "I'm from Ireland," replies the second man. The first man responds: "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland." "Of Course," replies the second man. Curious, the first man then asks: "Where in Ireland are you from?" "Dublin," comes the reply. "I can't believe it," says the first man. "I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin." "Of course," replies the second man. Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: "What school did you go to?" "Saint Mary's," replies the second man. "I graduated in '65." "This is unbelievable!," the first man says. "I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '65, too!" About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's been going on?," he asks the bartender. "Nothing much," replies the bartender. "The O'Malley twins are drunk again." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Icky Twerp Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 What do you call a skeleton in the closet? The 1957 Irish Hide-and-Seek Champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 More Irish Mike and his pregnant wife live on a farm in the distant rural regions. No running water, no electricity, etc. One night, Mikes' wife is begins to deliver the baby. The local doctor is there in attendance. "What d'ya want me to do, Doctor?" "Hold the lantern, Mikey. Here it comes!" the doctor delivers the child and holds it up for the proud father to see. "Mike, you're the proud father of a fine strapping boy." "Saints be praised, I..." Before Mike can finish the Doctor interrupts, "Wait a minute. Hold the lantern, Mikey." Soon the doctor delivers the next child. "You've a full set now, Mikey. A beautiful baby daughter." "Thanks be to..." Again the Doctor cuts in, "Hold the lantern, Mikey, Hold the lantern!" Soon the Doctor delivers a third child. The doctor holds up the baby for Mike's inspection. "Doctor," asks Mike, "Do you think it's the light that's attracting them?" A young Irish girl goes into her priest on Saturday morning for confession. "Father, forgive me for I have Thinned." "You've Thinnned?" "Yes, I went out with me boyfriend Friday night. He held me hand twice, kissed me three times, and made love to me two times." "Daughter! I want you to go straight home, squeeze seven lemons into a glass, and drink it straight down." "Will that wash away me Thin?" "No, but it will get the silly smile off your face." Pat and Mike were doing some street repairs in front of a known house of ill repute in Boston. A Jewish Rabbi came walking down the street, looked the left, looked to right, and ducked into the house. Pat paused a bit from swinging his pick and said "Mike...will you look at that! A man of the cloth, and going into a place like that in broad daylight!". A bit later, a Baptist minister came down the street, looked to the left, looked to the right, and scurried into the house. Mike layed down his shovel, turned to Pat and said "Pat! Are you seeing what I'm seeing? A man of the Church, and he's giving that place his custom!" Just then, a Catholic Priest came down the street, looked to the left, looked to the right, and slipped into the bawdy house. Pat and Mike straightened up, removed their hats, and Mike says "Faith, and there must be somebody sick in there." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrecked him Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 What do you call a skeleton in the closet? The 1957 Irish Hide-and-Seek Champion. An Englishman, A Scotsman, and an Irishman are in a plane flying to Dublin. The captain announces that one engine (of 4) has stopped and they will be delayed by 2 hours getting into Dublin. The Englishman says, "Bother, I'm going to be late for my meeting". A little while later the captain announces that a second engine has stopped working and the flight will now take 4 extra hours. The Scotsman says, "Damm I was going to meet my bonny lass at the airport and now I'll be late". A while later, the captain says,,,, blah blah blah, you know what he says. The Irishman says " If one more engine stops we'll be up here all day" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Icky Twerp Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 We all can see the Invisible Hand, now. How much longer can it work its will in the open? Doesn't matter. . .not long, I bet. . . I can wait, I feel great. . . whether I can play the whipsaw I see coming, hyper-inflation to hyper-deflation, I don't know. Turn out the lights! I don't care! "He be dead, an' jus' don' know it yet!" The page has turned. The die is cast. Events have their own momentum, and cannot be swayed. . . How much of our funny-money will the Matrix let us have back? I still think some of it, but then I'm kind of an eternally optimistic person, prone to looking on the bright side of this "Beautiful Life". That doesn't change what I see. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Wrecked Him Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 According to the Journal of Commerce price index, industrial prices are up something like 42% year to year. Doc, I am sure the number you are quoting is right. However, WH informs me that the Bureau of Confabulation's analytical rodents have determined that this number is simply not acceptable and to that end, have decided to eliminate all reporting of numbers with two or more digits. Henceforth, the correct number is 2% and it can be taken to the bank, as it has been approved by the Department of Numerical Security. You may not have heard of this department. Nobody else has, either. :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The End Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I just got home from listening to the greatest "BAR band" I ever heard. They played a rendition of Jimi's "red House" that I Got a hard on over. No Joke. The name of the band was "the house band". HAPPY ST. PAT'S EVERYONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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