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QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 12:35 PM) I bought 500 shares of SIRI (SiriusXM) in early 1999 at .13 cents per share. It's up 998.97% since. Woulda, coulda, shoulda. I wish I had bought 50000 shares. I bought Ford at the same time at $2.23. It's up 645% since. There were so many things you could have bought when the market tanked and made huge multiples off of, that were WAY cheaper than gold or things of the sort. Citibank comes to mind too.

Camel meat would be interesting

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 10:09 AM) I wouldn't mind going to work up at a resort up north just so I could hide out and make some money while the economy gets better. My question to anyone on this board is, can anyone do sales? What makes someone good at it? What traits makes you successful in it? Do you actually like your job or do you like that you excel at something to bring in a return? Just a bit curious because as someone who doesn't believe he could do it, I would like to know a bit more about it before I close the door. #1 is being able to be told "no" all of the time.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Jan 3, 2011 -> 08:47 PM) What if the dealer made a scene when a customer lowballed them? That would be unprofessional. The big difference is one guy is trying to sell something.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 09:57 AM) No, there never really is an argument when other person yells "Are you an idiot... are you stupid?" and things like that like Bernstein does to some of the callers of his show who happen to have an opinion different than his. That is what I hate most about that show. It is the radio version of a crappy message board.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 02:06 AM) I'll be receiving a degree in Broadcasting this December with an emphasis in Broadcast News. It's a lot more specific than most degrees, but certainly a field in which you don't really have a shot unless you have some sort of degree in communication or the likes. It's also a consistently competitive field. I'd ultimately like to be a play by play guy one day but I know it's going to be ridiculously hard. The unpredictability is the hardest thing for me to deal with, personally. I have no idea what I'll be doing after I graduate, and its only about 11 months away. It's scary. Through internships I've done and talking to people in the industry, there's really only one thing that you can do, and this applies to any job market really: make yourself an asset. When I finished my internship last summer and was told I was one of the better interns they've had from one person and called a go-to-guy by another person, it gave me a ton of confidence. If you really want the radio angle, search out small stations and start to make your name.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 09:20 AM) The only problem with investing in the S&P500 is you will never "outperform" the market, but stay [mostly] even with it, which is the good side of the risk equation. The biggest advantage of the s&p500 indexes is they cost almost nothing to hold (cost basis). You could have pumped 5 grand or so into just about anything in 2008 and you would have made money. IE, if it had been something like Copper or Gold, it would have been multiples.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 09:17 AM) Is that tickets sold or actual attendance? I still see empty seats in Miami and assume people bought tickets to scalp. Its tickets sold. It is also a "capacity" number that isn't really capacity, or they wouldn't be over 100% of capacity.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 02:43 AM) Doesn't Tommy John surgery take two years to recover from? Plus, Nathan is in his mid-30's. I think the days of Joe Nathan striking fear into the AL are long over. Plus, Capps wasn't that solid last year for them, so its not like they have a good BP right now. While the Twins core of Mauer-Morneau-Young-Liriano-Duensing is still intact, it's a big question mark after those 6. The rotation is suspect after Liriano-Duensing, the lineup still has Mauer-Morenau-Young, but Cuddyer-Kubel-Span all had down years last year from 2009 and who knows about Valencia-Nishioka-Casilla. It sure will be interesting to watch. Its usually a year to heal, and then a year of getting back strength and accuracy it seems.

Barney Frank. I would knock the Elmer Fudd out of him.

Quiet old man.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 3, 2011 -> 05:34 PM) It is if it happens in a place of or in the context of employment and is unwelcome. That's pretty much the definition of sexual harassment. Not to mention wrongful terminiation.

Oh yeah, you forget us right-wingers like to hang out in armed militias...

Kids your age... you know nothin

ICQ is all I need.

Gotta tell me what a facebook is? Is that some left wing cataloging program?

Eventually I will use up all of those thousand hour disks.

Better be, dial up is now in again.

Zygotes better not be involved on Friday.

Why would it be a problem?

That's no problem

Really there is no need to insult queens or p****s in that manner

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 3, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) Or even better, take the rather simple steps the private company took and start making money? Oh, and they DID raise taxes again, anyway, not to mention the increased sticker fees, license plate fees, drivers license fees, etc. Show me one government that runs those things like a business.

JMHO

X-rays could be cool