XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   John Fleming wrote:   
   > On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:53:14 -0700, while chained to a desk   
   > in the scriptorium "merlin!"  wrote:   
   >> $Canuck57 wrote:   
   >> $> On 11/07/2011 6:39 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >> $>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:04:25 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   >> $>> in the scriptorium Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> $>>> $On 10/07/2011 2:34 PM, merlin! wrote:   
   >> $>>> $   
   >> $>>> $>  So, when you talk dirty does it involve sub-prime   
   >> mortgages, or $>>> your HP $>  and RIM shares that are tanking?   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>> [snip]   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>> $RIM, never owned, it will do a NorTel someday.  HP, owned them   
   >> a $>>> while $back making some money but sold them.  I no longer   
   >> hold any $>>> business not $tied to gold, energy or food.  That is,   
   >> must haves $>>> where costs, taxes, $labour strife costs can be   
   >> passed on. $>>   
   >> $>> The problem with a company like RIM is this.  You'll do fine   
   >> $>> as long as it's a stock market darling.  But the first time   
   >> $>> it misses an earnings target, the share price will tank   
   >> $>> taking your net worth with it.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>> Throw in the fact it is a technology company, and that means   
   >> $>> it has to stay one step ahead of the competition.  The day   
   >> $>> someone comes out with a better product, it's in trouble.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>> Lululemon is another company I wouldn't touch for the   
   >> $>> similar reasons.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>> $>>  And when it comes to people, well, some things you can see   
   >> $>>> $>>  from a country mile.  If you keep your eyes open and think   
   >> $>>> $>>  with your head instead of your gonads, you can avoid a lot   
   >> $>>> $>>  of problems.   
   >> $>>> $>   
   >> $>>> $>  And miss a lot of fun. ;-)   
   >> $>>> $   
   >> $>>> $Not at all.  When you are seriously self made or on the way to   
   >> it, $>>> the $quality of the babes is awesome.  The best women know   
   >> to find $>>> men that $can support them when having babies.  I   
   >> married one and $>>> she is a real lady.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>> I guess merlin just wants a cute bombshell between the   
   >> $>> sheets.   
   >> $>   
   >> $> Trouble is he wants what he can't provide.  What does the loser   
   >> have $> to offer a woman?   
   >> $   
   >> $I told you: Integrity, good looks and an Irish sense of humour. No   
   >> money, $alas, your government goons took it all and destroyed my   
   >> career because I $dared to criticise their ideology.   
   >   
   > Good looks won't last you into your 80s.  So you have to   
   > have something better than that.   
      
   If my looks ever go then I'll still have my charm and sense of humor. I   
   don't want a woman who is after my money. I leave that sort of thing to   
   fools like you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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