Re: $10

2008-09-29 Thread Charlie Bell
On 27/09/2008, at 4:17 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: In this case, Jon claims that John Williams is channeling erstwhile list-member Eric Rueter with his gruff posts. Dave i guess eric was before my time, but i am not the one who accused jw of channeling eric, i doubt jw is on that level.

RE: $10

2008-09-29 Thread Curtis Burisch
Zimbabwe dollars? That's about ZWD$2,000 in today's money, or ZWD$20,000,000,000,000,000 (twenty quadrillion dollars) as it would have been had the currency not been devalued twice, chopping off 13 zeros in the process. Regards, Curtis. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: $10

2008-09-29 Thread Charlie Bell
On 29/09/2008, at 7:37 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote: Zimbabwe dollars? Was changing too fast for me to give you a number. Charlie. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: $10

2008-09-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:37 AM Monday 9/29/2008, Curtis Burisch wrote: Zimbabwe dollars? That's about ZWD$2,000 in today's money, or ZWD$20,000,000,000,000,000 (twenty quadrillion dollars) as it would have been had the currency not been devalued twice, chopping off 13 zeros in the process. That may change once we

Re: More on the meltdown

2008-09-29 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:22 PM, xponentrob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/09/kron-4-5-pm-sun.html Former brinneller Brad speaks up. One should not assume that just because somebody hasn't posted in a while, he is no longer a subscriber. One should also assume

Dollars and sense...

2008-09-29 Thread Jon Louis Mann
AU$11.05, US$9.14, S$13.07, BD3.45, BND13.26 Any other dollars you need to know about? Charlie. it was a rhetorical question... here's another. if america produced enough items worth buying on the international market, with the decreasing in value dollar, you would think it would boost

Channeling...

2008-09-29 Thread Jon Louis Mann
In this case, Jon claims that John Williams is channeling erstwhile list-member Eric Rueter with his gruff posts. I don't recall a list member of that name, but there was an Erik Reuter. OK, Mr. Spelling Person, I stand corrected :-). Dave as i said before it was not i... jon

Hubble telescope fails

2008-09-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
NASA said Monday it is delaying its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/09/29/shuttle.hubble.ap/index.html . . . ronn! :) ___

It's Snowing on Mars . . .

2008-09-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080929.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Hubble telescope fails

2008-09-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
NASA said Monday it is delaying its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/09/29/shuttle.hubble.ap/index.html . . . ronn! :) ___

It's Snowing on Mars . . .

2008-09-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080929.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: More on the meltdown

2008-09-29 Thread Rceeberger
On 9/29/2008 10:43:07 AM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:22 PM, xponentrob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/09/kron-4-5-pm-sun.html Former brinneller Brad speaks up. One should not assume that just because somebody hasn't

Economic Recovery Plan

2008-09-29 Thread Jon Louis Mann
We need to solve our economic problems by adopting an economic model that puts the government on the side of the people. American workers need a new New Deal that will revive our economy and provide productive green jobs that will preserve the environment and implement energy independence.

Re: Channeling...

2008-09-29 Thread Dave Land
\On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: In this case, Jon claims that John Williams is channeling erstwhile list-member Eric Rueter with his gruff posts. I don't recall a list member of that name, but there was an Erik Reuter. OK, Mr. Spelling Person, I stand corrected :-).

Re: Channeling...

2008-09-29 Thread Rceeberger
On 9/29/2008 7:08:34 PM, Dave Land ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: \On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: In this case, Jon claims that John Williams is channeling erstwhile list-member Eric Rueter with his gruff posts. I don't recall a list member of that name, but

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-29 Thread John Williams
John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alberto Monteiro Now suppose that some smart guy _knows_ that there's a 50% chance that tomorrow's price will raise by 100% and there's a 50% chance that tomorrow's price will get back to 0%, and that whenever he puts money in that, the g*vernment

RE: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-29 Thread Dan M
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Williams Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:27 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: My contribution to the bail-out John Williams wrote: About the only other people

Re: My contribution to the bail-out

2008-09-29 Thread John Williams
Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED] Once told to me, the reason is obvious: flight to quality during a panic. Do you differ? Do I disagree that this was once told to you? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l