Monday, April 27, 2009

London

Mrs. B and I go to London tomorrow for about a week. There will be no new blog post until Tuesday, May 5. I need some culture and have planned visits to the British Museum, National Gallery, Tate Gallery and Wallace Collection, among others. The British Museum is easily worth two days or more to see the antiquities, which will complement my recent CD courses on the ancient cultures of Egypt, Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria, Greece and Rome.

I see we get to travel while the world panics on this swine flu fears. What is it about modern society that seeks to panic ? We lived through SARS, bird flu and now a reprise of swine flu. Of course precautions should be taken. But a panic ?

Beefers are slinging around preplanned shorts to try to create some more fear and bag a few dollars for their pockets.

Maybe I'll get the pullback I've been awaiting to deploy my new capital.

Word of the Day

"Enclitic" - adjective & noun [$10] Grammatical, from by language studies
Enclititc means (adjective, of a word) pronounced with so little emphasis that it forms part of the preceeding word; (noun) such a word, as the 'not' in 'cannot'.
Sentence: Grammatical endings in many languages arise from separate words indicating grammar becoming enclitics over long periods of time.

Le Mot du Jour

"Pagaille" - noun, feminine (variant spelling pagaïe)
Pagaille means mess, shambles; chaos. This is a polite alternative to the word in Friday's translation of FUBAR - see comments. Pagaille complète means screw-up.
La Phrase: Cette panique de grippe porscine sera une pagaille complète.
Sentence: This swine flu panic will be a screw-up.

69 comments:

Frosty said...

Bunky you and Mrs B have a great time...can aazzhead guest blog...bunkerboyz would dig that...as would fat al.

mfl59 said...

are you going to hop over to France and test your new skills Bunkerman?

Bunkerman said...

not going to France - just a week. I'd like to first test my skills in Quebec later this year.

Bunkerman said...

the problem with guest blogging is I'd have to give out my password - you can imagine the problems that might cause if someone could impersonate me.

Bunkerman said...

looks like I don't get my dip today. Oh well.

Spin-em said...

ROFLMAOOOOOO..I wouldnt trust azzhead either......

Frosty said...

uh Bunky...certain he had a body cavity search down at the blue oyster this weekend...besides, he may have access to nukes by the time you return....just sayen.

Bud said...

have a good time Bman...........your pontifications and rants every morning will be missed



but i surely won't miss the whining and crying by the sore losers.....aka....the triplets

Bud said...

Hank spent 400million plus on players?????


uhhhhh.......hank .....you forgot the bullpen


LET'S GO YANKEES !!!!!!!!

Spin-em said...

lmaoooooooooooooooooooo

congrats sally

Frosty said...

Bunky...you booking any sugar in the niggafund before take off.

Spin-em said...

if your lucky maybe the British Museum has a 3 day pass package...

Bunkerman said...

no frosty - already did that last couple weeks.

Waiting for a pullback to deploy new skim

Bunkerman said...

fwiw, Obama Fund is +20% ytd. Should have been better but I barged in in early Jan.

Frosty said...

bunky...did you put the M18A1 feild on motion sensors...double the razor wire and poooop on the punchee sticks.

Bunkerman said...

yes, plus a few extras ;)

with four dogs, I have plenty of poop.

Got a small squad of ex-Blackwater mercenaries, too, in case the passive measures don't keep 'em out.

Bud said...

huh ?? you hired mercenaries to protect the bunker ? from what..........no one is gonna be there


how do you feed the dogs ?

Bunkerman said...

What fool would leave his armory & base unguarded ? Sheesh ...


Kelpies go to sheep herding school; terriers to a private home - friend of Mrs. B.

Bunkerman said...

Enjoy the fun this week.

Spin-em said...

Live long and prosper Marko!!

Frosty said...

AAZZHEAD...where are you...can I go a week without stomping on your sack.

I don't think so

mfl59 said...

Bud you must be next in line for marko's gig son...you are very similar to Kent from the movie Real Genius...

Spin-em said...

Bud being "Mr Adult" in bunker til a stage callup is official..if its not him..the F's and douchebags will be flyin again....lmaooooooo

a azzkisser "le aquarium de requiens c'est en fue !!!!"......couldnt hurt could it?...I dont think so

Frosty said...

Bud MIA...him and his paki friends spreading the pigflu and shorting futures...nonono time for bs...die westworld die.

Spin wants to know your yhoo hcp on the monkey bars

mern said...

all i have to say is this being sober crap is BORING!!!!!!!

with that said, if i continue to live like this, i wont even need to go back to work.

my nut is a grand maybe less. LOL

i dont eat much. all vices gone. cable and dog food r my biggest expenses.

im looking into some popular franchises, its a maybe. at least ive owned my own business and know what i liked and didnt.

i may just become a modern day sam malone and buy a beef o bradys. hell i practically kept one in business all by myself for 3 years. i dont know though. young waitresses and beer. i dont know if i cud handle on that and not go down the shitter.

the job market is basically horrific. i cant even get an interview. still not a bid on my house, not 1.

been playing NVAX (yes i hit the ole crack pipe). took a mark at the open, will look to add, stop near mondays low.

DNDN going to 10, but will it hit 50 first?

time to buy SLV in the IRA? i think so, for the long term, ie years.

Frosty said...

atta boy mern...I knew you would be back...welcome home bro.

Mikey said...

hi mern

"just when i thought i was out...they pull me back in"

Spin-em said...

good luck merny!!!...no Sam Malone...its real work

mern said...

its not the work im afraid of. i dont think i should be around beer for moons..........

dont really miss it, but ive taken myself out of the element.

sixers and phillies arent nearly as fun to watch.

maybe i can apply to be in the starting rotation. u just need an ERA of 8, with those bats, and you could win 20 games.

i love watching guys trip over a blade of grass and get hurt, like hamels.

mern said...

i forget do i add to the NVAX here?

Frosty said...

Mern I thought you were a big old bear...your confusing me.

Frosty said...

ooohhh...pitch in the dirt...I got it...strike one.

mern said...

what does being bullish or bearish have to do with POS high beta hype deals?

u put any DNDN out yet?

Frosty said...

DNDN long from buys 16.50 and 17...sold most near 22, still have a marker on the sheets.

mern said...

do u know what percentage is short?

can u even get a borrow.

im just flipping an IRA.

my munis ripped this past month, now im green since i put the money there, 13 months ago. up about 2.3% net, but that includes the dividends.

Frosty said...

no current stats DNDN short, was 19.75 short ratio, but that is long gone...everyone that covers has upgraded range 25-38...could pick up some new coverage...wouldn't want to see it trade under 19.75.

Mikey said...

does anyone have the T2108 number, please ?

maverick said...

T2108 91.68

Mikey said...

thanks mav

Frosty said...

aazzhead where are you...get the job down at the carh wash...packing the shinebox out at the airport...homeland in search of nukes.

Please come out and play...xoxoxoxo...I'll call off the dogs...we'll just trade stocks with Mern...he's a bull like you ya know.

GS 200...I think so

Bud said...

listen you prick

mern asked if you shorted any DNDN.........nobody gives a F if you were long....or at what price ( long from 16.50.......pfffffffffft )

what is this ?? a f'ng histroy lesson ??? no one cares what you bought yesterday or at what price ?? NO ONE !!!


what a f'ng douche


PS....still wanna be friends ??

Bud said...

anyway.......i thought you were going salmon fishing


what exactly is salmon fishing......is that code for hangin outside the local elementary school lookin for young boys.....f'ng pervert


shud i 'call off the dogs'



PS.....still wanna be friends ??

Bud said...

mern why you askin bob about trades anyway ?? did you not learn your lesson in that QID debacle.........he's a f'ng bullshit artist


do yourself a favor.....join l'aquarium de requeins if you want winners

DNDN

ATLS

COIN

DDRX

PEET

CBOU

SMSI

STP

TSL



i can go on and on and on....



'merci jim'



PS.....uh frosty.....still wanna be friends ???

Bud said...

nuthin pisses me of more than that stupid retroactive trade garbage


what's the f'ng point in telling us what you bought last week bob ??? do you need some attention?......does it make you feel better ?? ok......here goes


'helluva call bob '


douchebag



PS......still wanna be friends ????

mfl59 said...

do yourself a favor.....join l'aquarium de requeins if you want winners

DNDN

ATLS

COIN

DDRX

PEET

CBOU

SMSI

STP

TSL

nuthin pisses me of more than that stupid retroactive trade garbage


what's the f'ng point in telling us what you bought last week


indeed sir....

"pot calling a kettle black"

Spin-em said...

ROFLMAOOOOOOOO....oh maaan

Buddee' with the late paki water pipe post...merny style

Spin-em said...

...and you wanna be "jim's" latex salesman

mern said...

what exactly is salmon fishing......is that code for hangin outside the local elementary school lookin for young boys.....f'ng pervert


lmao

Frosty said...

aazzhead excited indeed...save that energy...do I feel a new monkey bar speed record coming...I think so.

Frosty said...

shutty mark...fishing indeed...swinging that lil worm around the hood trolling for black mouth...why eat salmon when ya can have porch monkey.

Bud said...

'trollin for black mouth'

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


ok....that was funny .........i call off the dogs


gonna go resume my assault on the yhoo hcp index....thanks to......well



l'aquarium de requiens est en feu !!!!!!!!!



'merci jim'

maverick said...

enough with the french ...he's friggin gone!!!!

mern said...

bob just becuase u r a white racist, distorts your vision.

the dark meat is hotter! its way way hotter!

sex has changed a lot since u were kissing dean wermers azz.

they were smacking u with that QID paddle and u had to say "thank u sir, may i have another......."

i guess eventually all the ass pounding paid off. but now the fur burger isnt just tight enough, is it?

Frosty said...

fur burger...LMAOOO...I think you meant brillo pad....how do you get those corkscrew pubs out of the choppers.

mern said...

no one under 40 has pubs, dude.

NO ONE!

we keep that shit tizight!

nothin says home cookin like a taint sandwhich...........

Bud said...

holy smokes bob


you gettin smacked around pretty good...........are you ok ??

you want me to 'protect' you ?? oh wait......you already have those 2 lil bitches who defend you.......ace and that yankee douchebag



come on mern...........i called off the dogs.........leave him alone



PS....still wanna be friends ???

Frosty said...

aazzz shaving, oh man...Sal you shave the sack too...man that is funny...LMAOOOOO

Frosty said...

you boyz would be perfect for a miro razor commercial...take turns grooming each other...just like the old sleep over days...denny crane.

Frosty said...

need some advice...feel a need to scrap the ballsack...lil hlep.

mern said...

holy crap CNBC used to be really bad. what the fuck is this?

how can anyone watch this?

mfl59 said...

a lot of chatter in the local papers about Plaxico going to the Jets....well done aazzhead...

Spin-em said...

only team Plax playing for in the next 3 years is the "Mean Machine" against the guards....lol

mfl59 said...

ARod book due out today....get in line Bud...

2 for 1 deal...autographed copy of "Invest Like a Shark" being given away....

Spin-em said...

Arod??? who cares...We've got Ramiro Pena

Spin-em said...

Der---ek....Geeetrr must be on the juice again... 4 HR's....Hall of Famer....well done indeed.....

Frosty said...

aazzhead stuck in the sand...needs to add a shovel to the bag...perhaps she can bounce out of the trap on her cammel toe.

Frosty said...

listen u fing prick...I'm white and won't be ignored.

Bunkerman said...

back. I read in London that "Warren" reads this blog - à propos stock buybacks being a waste of money.

I guess I can call him Warren now that he's a reader.

;)

Nice to see market up - Obama Fund must be roaring.

Hmmm .... maybe revisit "buy & hold" ? Perhaps it will work for a few years now.

Frosty said...

hey Mrs B...hope ya had a good time...bunky pop for the 5 star I assume...hope his rep didn't keep you from tea with the queen...welcome home.