Jnene, Randy, Badrish, and others who have been hit hard by these troubling economic times,
I am really sorry to hear about your difficulties. Jnene, I was envious about your husband’s job at the Union. I had thought about doing something like that when I retire. No raises for that long has to be stressing the family budget. Badrish, that is a big pay cut, but I guess the alternative might be Randy’s situation. Someone told me recently that companies were cutting back on their IT but I did not believe it. I guess I was wrong. I serve a the treasurer for a multiple county community foundation where we manage a significant amount of money. Today I had a meeting of the investment committee and we met with our three different account managers. It was not pretty. I had anticipated the bad news in our equity portfolio, but some of the fixed has experienced losses as well. I could not imagine A bond portfolios losing money, but there were some companies that went bankrupt and some barely on life support (AIG).. Go figure. I thought thing were horrible until I realized that they were reporting on December 31 year end totals. Since then we have probably lost another 7-9%. Unfortunately, there will be a lot less scholarships awarded this year. There was a consensus from all three experts (perhaps I should say so called experts since they did not adequately hedge protect the portfolio) that the market should level out at the end of the first quarter with the economy showing positive GNP growth by the third quarter. I pray they are correct. By the way, for those of you who have fled the equity market and are holding bonds, I instructed our fund managers to shorten the average maturities of the fixed markets to target no more than two – three years. I am very worried that our national debt will come home to roost and we could see some significant inflation in 2-3 years. If I am correct, the bond market will be hit hard. Jerry From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes Ouch! My pay has been frozen for 3 years. The husband's has been frozen for 2 years. This too shall pass... On Thu 26/02/09 6:39 PM , "[email protected]" [email protected] sent: Me too...we just took a 20% pay cut...across the company. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: Me too. I’m going to run 20 miles on Sunday. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Halo Realty, LLC 700 E. Main St. Hendersonville TN 37075 [email protected] office: 615-822-3509 fax: 615-822-7741 mobile: 615-972-4239 ---,==,< _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes I’m really looking forward to sculling this weekend. I need a break. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ford Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes DARN, Jay! I can't wait that long........ We've been waiting to hear about the F$U sanctions for..... well.... I can't remember, but I'm sure it's been a LONG time. :-) -------------- Original message from "Jay Cicone" : -------------- It’s imminent. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ford Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:16 PM To: [email protected]; Gatortalk Cc: Oliver Barry Subject: Re: FW: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes No NEW word on the Gainesville Sun's website about it. Shane GO GATORS!! -------------- Original message from "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]>: -------------- According to Gatorcountry the charges were supposed to be dropped in court yesterday. I don't know if that's what happened because I haven't been near a computer yet today to find out. Oliver -----Original Message----- From: Rob Alexander <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:45 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes I really don't understand how someone would be date-raped three times. Isn't a date-rape that you voluntarily went on a date with someone and then were raped by the person you were on a date with? So, after that happened, she went out on another date with the same guy who had raped her on the first date? Why would any woman do that? And then, after being raped again on the second date, she went out yet a third time with a guy who had raped her twice before? That would be stupid beyond belief. Rob From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vega Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] AJC.com: Florida lineman facing accusation of multiple date rapes On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Steve McKibben wrote: Remember that he is being accused, but has not been charged - nor has the girl even pressed charges on the alleged date rapes. The hearing is a civil matter on whether or not to continue a restraining order she had taken out on him. I'd say typical spin from a poodle paper, but our local rag has been almost as sensational, and just as misleading with their headlines. I'm not sure where I read this, but I recall that the restraining order was asked for months after their relationship had ended and in response to Johnson dating another woman. While that does not invalidate the allegations, it sure makes me skeptical. I'm also a little puzzled as to the likelihood of a woman being susceptible to date rape on three separate occasions. I'd wager that Johnson comes out looking pretty good once all the facts are known. -Zeb </HTML --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
