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Gotta' tell it like it is, no?
I just spoke with Brian at Ameritrade Apex customer service about BCIT.
All he could tell me was that Ameritrade is not accepting orders for that stock because of something (he didn't know/wouldn't tell me) that came to Ameritrade from the DTC.
Nice guy, he just wouldn't tell me another thing. And I'm pretty manipulative.
The message from the DTC probably said, "Hey, we don't have a single legit share!"
Broward County getting pounded ... 5" of rain per hour. Gusts to 82 miles per hour. Also northern Miami Dade county getting it.
I noticed that. However, I'm in love with the Beta so far, & unless I want to post a chart, the beta where I'm doing my charting.
From what I've read about the Karakuduk field in the Kazakhstan, this has the potential to be pretty big.
The government is relatively stable and they seem to be really happy with the arrangement of KazakhOil and Chaparral together developing the resources.
If you study the Subsidiary/JV Structure on Chaparral's web site, you can see that if the wheels start coming off for some reason, it'll be a nighmare to unravel who gets what.
OilVoice http://www.oilvoice.com/m/viewLink.asp?id=112 didn't really have much to say about the company other than some boilerplate from the website.
Considering the pop this thing has done the past 4 days I'm prone to wait a bit. Of course, if I do sit it out, it'll go to the damn moon!
LOL, for all of your sakes, I certainly hope so!! I'll be the first one to buy at 10.01 that's for sure.
Bob, I've been really good. I've been spending my time running oil trusts, just got off a big one with SJT. Looking real hard now at BPT and CHK, but nothing yet until oil goes back up (and it WILL go back up). These things will scare you to death because they'll swing 2-3 dollars during the day, but I'm having fun anyway.
Just thought I'd drop by and say Hi. Been hearing a lot of buzz about Biscuit and wanted to see what the board was up to. I must say, it looks like you guys have got hold of a winner here!!! I have to stay out, because I swore a solemn oath to stay the hell out of anything under $10.00 :=))
And how have you been?
No Dusty, I don't pay any attention to CMKX these days, nor QBID. I'll start watching it again if it is going to rise from the dead, just as a point of interest, but I'll probably never put another dime into it.
Some people just refuse to believe when the evidence is smack in front of their faces.
I think I became a believer by watching CMKX go to .0010.
I know. I almost hate myself for having laughed at it for a solid 15 minutes.
Some hidden evil in me is making me post this picture. I laughed my fanny off for 15 minutes when I saw this:
Actually, the first time the books from the apostles were transcribed was on GP 20lb. copy paper, 87 brightness. Hard to get good paper back then... the supply chain, you know.
No, Greek. They're the ones started the big papryus craze.
Georgia Pacific couldn't get a foot in the door of the big publishing houses until around the 4th century B.C. By then, Hammerhill had the 8½x11 plain white bond market pretty well sewed up, so the out of work paper sales reps went to work selling used chariots.
"The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists "
http://www.papyrology.org/Publications/BASP/BASPGen.htm
Complete List of Greek NT Papyri
http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/%7Ewie/texte/Papyri-list.html
The first two Alien movies were the bomb, but I didn't much care for any after that. Ms Weaver was a serious threat, no doubt about that.
Paprys? No, papryus. Yeah, that's it. Plural is papyri.
Thanks, Suz. Movie, Music, and TV Movies huh? Anyone seen the new Batman movie?
My teenage granddaughters said it was really good, FWIW.
Man, you show up late here, you miss ALL the fun. Oh well...
Wow, what am I doing here?? Took a little nap, now I'm in the Land of Oz. Some of you look familiar... scoot over, make some room for me on the couch. That popcorn have butter on it?
There was an interesting article and picture in this morning's paper. Two guys running a trotline in Boone Lake caught a 3 pound piranha. Boone being one of our local TVA lakes, and not normally home to these South American fishies.
All righty, then.
Tomorrow's headline: Thousands To Sell Water Skis.
I suspect that the recent draft S4 was in response to this, and other similar actions:
More Seat Holders Sue NYSE Over Archipelago Merger
Jun 24, 2005, 09:37
NEW YORK_Two more New York Stock Exchange seat holders filed suit against the Big Board Thursday, seeking the release of documents and records of the exchange's merger agreement with all-electronic rival Archipelago Holdings Inc.
http://www.investing-news.com/artman/publish/article_979.shtml
These are funny... I guess because I'm so old these days.
30 years makes a difference
1970: Long hair.
2000: Longing for hair.
1970: The perfect high.
2000: The perfect high yield mutual fund.
1970: Keg.
2000: EKG.
1970: Acid Rock.
2000: Acid Reflux.
1970: Moving to California because it's cool.
2000: Moving to California because it's warm.
1970: Growing pot.
2000: Growing pot belly.
1970: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents.
2000: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your children.
1970: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor.
2000: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor.
1970: Popping pills, smoking joints.
2000: Popping joints, taking pills.
1970: President struggles with Fidel.
2000: President struggles with fidelity.
1970: The Grateful Dead.
2000: Dr. Kervorkian.
1970: Getting out to a hip new joint.
2000: Getting a new hip joint.
1970: Rolling Stones.
2000: Kidney stones.
1970: Being called into the principal's office.
2000: Calling the principal's office.
1970: Screw the system.
2000: Upgrade the system.
1970: Peace sign.
2000: Mercedes logo.
1970: Parents begging you to get your hair cut.
2000: Children begging you to get their heads shaved.
1970: Take acid.
2000: Take antacid.
I have had a great experience with XM radio. I bought a Delphi Roady and installed it in my Pontiac Grand Prix in about 30 minutes.
It will send the audio to my car system two different ways: 1) It will broadcast an FM signal on a frequency unused in my area, or, 2) it has a casette adapter, which is what I used.
I also get to listen to XM radio over the Web anytime I'm near a PC with a broadband connection, and this is a free service to subscribers. That pretty much eliminates the need for an in-home kit.
The Roady is now on sale at XMradio dot com for $49. That's an ouchie for me, I paid $99 for mine three months ago.
Obviously, I don't care for every station available over XM. But there are about 15 that I love, and that's enough to keep me entertained.
If you pull under an awning, such as the drive-thru at your bank, you will lose the satellite signal. Your antenna has to be able to "see" the satelitte in the southern sky, so if you spend a lot of time driving eastbound beside tall trees you'll get signal loss from time to time.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
From the Darwin Awards Web Site
2002 Personal Account: Bridge Over Frozen Water
"One spring day, I witnessed a series of colossal blunders in a small South Dakota town I lived in as a child. I dare not mention the name, because I still have relatives there. The town is situated on the banks of the Big Sioux river, and of course, the river freezes solid in the winter, being as it's in South Dakota and all. Naturally enough, we had annual attempts at Darwin Awards as people drove their cars onto the ice, and the like. But this episode really took the cake.
That particular spring was late in coming after a particularly vicious winter, and the river was still frozen thick with ice. By early April, the town officials were being pressured by various transport companies and irate fisherman to clear the river of ice. The town officials turned to the biggest local employer, a quartz quarry that used dynamite to blast the rock.
Word got around that they were going to use the quarry's dynamite to clear the ice from the river. Sensing a free show and a good laugh, most town residents turned up to watch, including yours truly with my parents.
The officials -- a police chief, fire chief, and mayor -- had no experience with explosives. They arrived at the riverside with the head of the quarry, who. it turned out, had only slight experience in handling explosives. It was cold, and we observed them taking generous nips from the fire chief's hip. Rumors of brandy were later confirmed by the local bar owner, who had filled it. So the men were nicely warmed up, and armed with a crate of dynamite, fuses, and matches.
The idiots, er, I mean, officials, with great show, walked carefully onto the ice, bundled several sticks of dynamite with a fuse, laid it on the ice, and lit the fuse.
Perhaps you have already noticed the problem: they were standing on sheet ice. When they attempted to run away, they just fell over. They got up, ran, fell, got up, ran, fell, and so on, while the fuse merrily burnt away. It was like a Road Runner cartoon come to life.
One of the officials finally discovered that crawling was more effective, and the others began to do the same. The trio had just managed to get to the riverbank when BLAM! went the dynamite.
Nothing. No impact. River still frozen solid. Frightened officials and lots of noise, but no effect. Shaken but undeterred, and still a bit drunk, they decided to try again from a safer position.
This time, they decided to walk to the protection of the nearby stone bridge that spanned the river, use the remaining crate dynamite, suspend one man from a rope to light the fuse, then pull him back up onto the bridge with a rope tied around his waist.
Once again, the brighter reader will notice the problem: dynamite under a bridge.
The officials were admiring their handiwork and watching the fuse burn from their position on the bridge above, when one of them sobered up sufficiently to hear the shouts of the crowd. "Get off the bridge!" Putting two and two together, they started to run for it. But it was too late. KABLAM! went the dynamite, and the ice was instantly cleared under the bridge. Unfortunately, so was the main bridge support, and the bridge promptly collapsed into the river, sending our heroes into the icy cold waters below.
Sadly, because the bridge was only about ten feet above the river height, they survived the fall and were saved within minutes. They suffered only shock, hypothermia, cuts and bruises. We can only hope their gonads were frozen, and perhaps it was so, as none of the gentlemen had any more children.
The broken bridge blocked river traffic completely for three months while it was dredged out, and several homes were rocked from their foundations by the force of the blast. Many windows within a half-mile radius were blown in. All in all, the damage ran into the millions. The mayor, police chief, and fire chief all lost their jobs, while the head of the quarry took early retirement.
All in all, it was quite a show. But it shouldn't have been too surprising, as the fire chief had all ready destroyed a brand new fire engine by driving to a barn fire with the parking brake on. While they were putting out the fire, they noticed the water pressure from the pump was dropping... because the vehicle was on fire! Both the barn and the fire engine were total losses."
http://www.darwinawards.com/personal/personal2002-23.html
Po-leece say they don't believe the man is armed.
"We found his rifle."
Somebody is going to get a Darwin award out of this, wait and see.
If this doesn't make you laugh, you should check to see if you're still breathing: =)
Who's On First? Takeoff
http://www.freewebs.com/lfriedma/funny.html
Don't put any mood-altering drugs into your system before you watch it, alcohol or the like. You won't realize what the movie is doing to you otherwise. The movie itself will make you feel stoned as a monkey!
I found it a Block Buster. I was telling my wife the other day that I'd like to see it again.
A real mind teaser. And with Maria Bonnevie (below) playing two different roles in the movie... well, you get the point.
It just kills me that there are people in Tennessee with no more brains than this:
Couple Sentenced for Hiring Son a Stripper - Yahoo! News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A couple pleaded guilty Thursday to hiring a stripper for their son's 16th birthday party and were sentenced to two years probation.
Landon and Anette Pharris, who were charged with contributing the delinquency of a minor, also were ordered to take parenting classes.
The parents hired the stripper to perform at a September party attended by about a dozen young people.
Cassandra Joyce Park, 29, who police say used the stage name "Sassy," danced for a few hours before partygoers took up a collection and paid her $150 more to fully disrobe, Anette Pharris said.
The stripper and the man she was with were also granted probation.
Police were tipped off to the party by a photo developer at a drug store who saw pictures of the occasion.
Pharris said after being arrested that she tried to do something special for her son.
"We even had grandpa there," she said."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&e=2&u=/ap/20050708/ap_on_fe_st/birthday_st...
I wonder if Nair is still on the market.
ROFL! Good one.
Nair = nary a hair. Hey Buzz, didn't you do a rant about Ameriturd about 4 or 5 weeks ago?
I keep forgetting to click the link that says GO TO OLD SITE. I now have it tattooed on the back of my hand.
Now if I can just remember to look at the back of my hand........
Hell, I'm not surprised. Most anything, regardless of how well written, will crash once I either log in, spend all day finding it, or am in the middle of a credit card transaction.
Freakin' Ameriturd's new site sucks so bad it'll probably consume the Missouri River by the end of August.
And then start on the Mississippi. Now that really sucks! And so does their new web "interface".
Interface my big hairy butt.
*set rant mode=off*
OK, now I want to be buried in my 1980 Malibu LOL.
PITTSBURGH - James Henry Smith was a zealous
Pittsburgh Steelers fan in life, and even death could not keep him from his favorite spot: in a recliner, in front of a TV showing his beloved team in action.
Smith, 55, of Pittsburgh, died of prostate cancer Thursday. Because his death wasn't unexpected, his family was able to plan for an unusual viewing Tuesday night.
The Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home erected a small stage in a viewing room, and arranged furniture on it much as it was in Smith's home on game day Sundays.
Smith's body was on the recliner, his feet crossed and a remote in his hand. He wore black and gold silk pajamas, slippers and a robe. A pack of cigarettes and a beer were at his side, while a high-definition TV played a continuous loop of Steelers highlights.
"I couldn't stop crying after looking at the Steeler blanket in his lap," said his sister, MaryAnn Nails, 58. "He loved football and nobody did (anything) until the game went off. It was just like he was at home."
Longtime friend Mary Jones called the viewing "a celebration."
His sister couldn't stop crying. I couldn't stop laughing.
Everybody get your shorts on... em
D/a radio stunt backfires, LOL
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A woman who won a radio contest has sued after the station tried to award her a candy bar instead of cash.
Norreasha Gill filed a complaint Wednesday in Fayette District Court against Atlanta-based Cumulus Media Inc., which owns WLTO-102.5 FM in Lexington. Gill says the station and its parent company breached a contract to pay $100,000 after a contest prize was revealed to be a Nestle's 100 Grand.
Gill said in the suit that night host DJ Slick sponsored a contest to "win 100 grand." Gill, 28, won the contest by listening to the radio show throughout the night and being the 10th caller.
Before the family went to bed, Gill promised her children — ages 1, 5 and 11 — that they'd have a minivan, a shopping spree, a savings account and a home with a back yard.
She went to the radio station the next morning to pick up her prize, but was asked to return later when DJ Slick would be in the office. When she got home, though, the station manager had left a message explaining that she had won a 100 Grand candy bar, not money. Later, he offered her $5,000, Gill said.
"I said I wanted $95,000 more," she said. "Nobody would watch and listen for two hours for a candy bar.
Please make sure you see Reconstruction, staring Maria Bonnevie in both the female leads. It's a strange movie, but I loved it for its tinge of dark mystery combined with a mind-blowing plot. Not to mention a brief but beautiful love story.
I think it is spoken in Swedish with English subtitles. Maybe Dutch.
Wadcha' get?!