Oops! I must have struck the gold "expert's" raw nerve by asking about the collapsing US economy, the global flight from the US Dollar and the rising gold prices. It won't be long before that that entity talks about the teetering Deutschland economy, the imminent downfall of Europe and asks us to buy gold again.
Serves me right for not heeding the sage's advice: Anpad aur pagalon se kabhi gyaan ke baaton karna nahin, sirf daru ke... Oh Mervyn, you fountain of youth (a few years short of the big sixty), why do you so fear getting old. Nothing need change for you, not even alcohol abuse. As the famous Goan general said to his Indian troops in 1971 when advancing victorious on Pakistan territory "bash on regardless". Roland. Mervyn wrote: I have started to realise that Goanet is probably the best place to go to when you want to be entertained by old men who insist on turning errors into blunders. Whenever an error is pointed out, the usual response is to take it to a lower level. Instead of accepting the light, they seek the familiarity of muck.
