Dear Jim, The man on the 21st floor was Busybee's invisible friend. It was just a character he created. He also created a dog, Bolshoi the Boxer.
Eugene On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Jim Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > Duh - you may be wondering what the subject line really means. > > Well, it’s my short for “Miscellaneous Crap” and I am going to use it by > appending a running number for most of my future crappy posts. If you don't > like my crap, please hit del button. > > When I briefly lived in Bombay several years ago, there used to be a > column by BusyBee in one of the smaller newspapers. I am not sure if the > column still exists, but the writer had a very rich friend living on the > 21st floor. > > Not to be outdone, I got an even wealthier friend and my friend lives a > good 10 floors above that - right here, in New York. I am looking forward > to writing about him in my future postings. > > Now that you know that the visibility of the dong is directly proportional > to your well-being, let's move onto another health topic. The New Year is > barely 8 days old and investors around the world have already been > complaining of acid reflux. > > Acid reflux? What the hell is that - you might ask. > > Well, it’s what them doctors say when HCl in your stomach, backs up into > your food pipe, it gives you the heart burn and sour taste in your mouth. > My cure for that is simple. The fact that the acid goes against gravity > (which is why it comes up - duh!), you simply hang yourself upside down and > the reflux goes away! > > See? How difficult could that be? > > Just a few weeks ago, I remember telling you guys to keep some money on > the side. I also said when you see blood in the marketplace, all you need > to do is swoop in and grab the low hanging fruit. Remember? Well, the two > top indices are already down 5% in the US. But don’t let that fool you into > jumping in. Even if the markets go up a little bit, it's what they call the > suckers rally. I would wait a few more days to see what other surprises > show up. > > So what else happened this week? > > Oh, the Billy Joel concert at MSG. My wife and I checked it out last > night. So how was it Jim? > > I'd say ... meh ... make that sound similar to the cry of a goat :( . > Billy's growing old. He was much better when I saw him live several times > years ago. A big surprise though was when Jimmy Fallon from the Tonight > Show came on and belted out Rolling Stones' Start Me Up. I don't like > Fallon Gong as much as I liked Jay Leno and his singing skills are so-so. > Mick Jagger is still the top dog when it comes to Rolling Stones songs. > > And then suddenly about midway into the concert, Billy dedicates a song, > amongst all people ... to Donald Trump! Can you believe that? What's up > America? > > It's like Americans are going crazy about this Trump guy. Don't get me > wrong ... he's an awesome entertainer and I love his gems such as building > a wall separating Mexico and the US to prevent illegals jumping over. But > if does become the next president, I'd rather want him to build a wall to > the North of the border, separating the US from Canada. > > But why Jim? Don’t you like Canada? > > Hmmm ... I Love Canada ... But I don't like the polar blasts them > Canadians send to my side of the world. A Donald Trump built 'High' wall > would certainly help this poor warm blooded Goan. Hopefully, the Canadians > will pay for it! > > > Jim Fernandes > Colva / New York. >
