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I don't know... can you? lol
Make it a big stiff one... er....
Maybe I better have a beer! :p
HEY!
I resemble that remark!!
Not me, I prefer to cover my eyes and let someone else be responsible....
That way I won't ever know what hit me! lol
I love Roller coasters! Weeeeeee.....
Hahahahaha, I wish!
Is that what they say about me? "Money bags?" :p
Sure wish it were true....
CARLOOOOS!!!
I've been better.... but I've been worse so I guess it pretty much evens out!
How are you?? I sure have missed everybody!
(Well, almost everybody.. hehe)
How could I forget the "Hot Chicks"!?!
Still have my hands full a bit. Watching a friends little girl lately while she works to help her out....
(shhhh, she's napping now, or I wouldn't be able to chat!)
Good afternoon Phil sweetie!
I should have guessed it was Carloos!
Me? Not back in the market (yet), that's for sure!
Psssst......
WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU PEOPLE DONE!??!
I disappear for a few months and you guys let the market completely go to chit!! lol
You have a big pencil?
That was going to be my next guess! lol
Nice one Larry!!
Nooo... what Do they say??? huuuuh?? lol
But it took me so long to find this one!!
I think that was HORRIBLE how she was acting!
Did you see that monk(?) keep slapping her hands to try
and get her to act right???
That blond bimbo was very insulting at the welcoming ceremony in the temple!
Where are we going?!?! :p
Well, "if the SHOE fits".... ROFLMAO!!
Good morning TREE!!!! :p
Shhhhhh....
I tink I had one too many beers last night -
have any Ibuprofen for me? I think I'm out....
CARLOS!!!!! :p
Good morning Phil! I found it>>>>>
I have another one, but it's a little, er, "ris-kay"... lol
If you think that's bad, look at Larry's feet!>>>
Sounds like a REALLY good idea to me!! lol
Can't find my weekend outfit... but I found Phil's underwear!
OH, hey... it is a weekend coming up....
hang on, let me find my weekend outfit!
Weeeeeeeeeeee..... why, want a date?
Don't you know it?!?! Outta sight.... outta mind!
I MUST be outta my mind to be hanging around here.... lol
Sounds good to me.....
I would gnaw on an old shoe right now!! lol
Have tuna done up for lunch sammiches later - want one?
Good morning Bear... I'm looking for some breakfast and nobody has offered even a cup of coffee...
Noooooooooo..... I can't take it any longer!!
Who's in charge of breakfast today?? I'm HONGRY!!
Forecasters Warn of Possible Tropical Storm
The low pressure weather system which Thursday morning moved across Florida into the Gulf of Mexico is expected to transform into a tropical system over the next couple of days, several forecasters warned. The National Hurricane Center dispatched a reconnaissance aircraft to investigate, which found a broad circulation centered about 115 miles west-southwest of St. Petersburg, Florida but which doesn't yet have tropical characteristics.
However, things are likely to change fast over the next days as it moves west-northwestward over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and away from the Bay area. The National Weather Service said that current conditions favor the low-pressure system becoming a subtropical or tropical cyclone today before making landfall. The storm might move across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, although areas such as the Florida Panhandle will be affected as well.
“We’re certainly continuing to watch it and hoping it moves west before it fully develops,” said Mr. Mark Bowen, chief of Bay County emergency services. “It’s still not too late for folks to prepare,” he added.
It seems unlikely the storm could be stronger than a Category 1 hurricane, with top winds of 95 mph. However, flooding and wind damage can occur even at much lower wind speeds. The federal Minerals Management Service announced that oil industry workers have left five production platforms in the gulf, and three drilling rigs have been evacuated. However, there has been no known decrease in the production of oil and natural gas in the Gulf. A typical tropical storm carries sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph. Katrina, which killed hundreds of people and flooded most of New Orleans, entered land as a Category 3 storm, with sustained winds of more than 111 mph.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami advised people with interests along the northern Gulf coast to monitor the system.
"With Louisiana still suffering from the ravages of Katrina and having so many residents living in travel trailers and mobile homes, we feel it's prudent at this time less than 36 hours out from the onset of landfall, to recommend the governor make the declaration," Mark Smith, a spokesman for the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said. The state's governor, Kathleen Blanco, declared a state of emergency late Thursday, putting the National Guard on alert and school buses, ambulances and evacuation shelter workers on standby.
In Mississippi, officials handed out sandbags Thursday in coastal areas, as Gov. Haley Barbour warned residents in a telephone message not to panic but to be prepared.
Dubai exchange in deal for 20% stake in Nasdaq
TheStar.com
September 21, 2007
STOCKHOLM/DUBAI–Nasdaq and Dubai's stock exchange struck a deal yesterday that shakes up ownership of some of the world's top share markets and takes the Nasdaq brand into the Middle East and Asia.
Under the agreement, U.S.-based Nasdaq and state-owned Borse Dubai ended their tussle to buy Nordic markets operator OMX AB. Nasdaq gets to buy OMX, while Borse Dubai takes on Nasdaq's 28 per cent stake in the London Stock Exchange for £14.14 a share and buys 20 per cent of Nasdaq itself, leaving Nasdaq with 3.5 per cent of the London market operator.
Under the complex deal, Dubai gets a 20 per cent stake in Nasdaq, making it the single largest owner of the U.S. exchange.
Shares of Nasdaq were up more than 1 per cent following the news.
The moves, which highlight the increasing influence of Gulf Arab states in global takeover deals, brought a swift response from Dubai's regional financial rival Qatar.
Qatar said it had bought a 20 per cent stake in LSE through the Qatar Investment Authority, or QIA, and urged OMX shareholders to take no action on the Dubai/Nasdaq offer. Sources later said the QIA was buying OMX shares.
Nasdaq will also take a 33 per cent stake in the Dubai International Financial Exchange, to be renamed Nasdaq DIFX. Borse Dubai will use this name in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
"The combination will create the largest global network of exchanges and exchange customers linked by technology," Nasdaq CEO Bob Greifeld said.
But U.S. President George W. Bush said a national security review will be conducted on Nasdaq's plan to swap stakes with Borse Dubai.
"We are going to take a good look at it as to whether it has any national security implications involved in the transaction," Bush said in response to a question about the deal during a news conference.
Greifeld told analysts during a conference call that he does not anticipate regulatory hurdles to the deal because Borse Dubai's voting rights in Nasdaq will be "severely restricted."
Good morning Gary, Larry & Suesue!!!