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Oh, what an adorable baby! How old is he?
Well, now he's 3. That picture is a bit dated.
He was 3 months old when the picture was taken. Here's his baby brother.
http://www.mindspring.com/~smchan/photos/P0001101.JPG
since I'm a Yankee, I'm more apt to be found relaxing with grilled cherrystones and a Sam Adams beer.
Then you are cordially invited to my next annual Memorial Day seafood cookout. (We typically do it on Saturday before.) We have steamed little necks, oysters, snow crab, and shrimp, fried shrimp and oysters, hush puppies, corn on the cob, and cole slaw. We have plenty of Yankees in North Carolina, so one more for one day won't hurt! (To be sure, can you talk like maybe you're from Alabama?)
Unfortunately, I spend the whole day cookin' and shuckin', so I rely on nice folks to feed me while I work.
Now, give me a great options play, and I'll pay for your plane ticket next year. Seriously, I'm looking to play some spreads against my long positions and am developing my thoughts on these... Would like to start talking them out on your other thread in the near future.
Sam
You know, I feel a bit out of place here. As a redneck, I never felt I plugged in very well to those coffee-house type places... but I'll knock the mud off my boots and park my truck 'round back where no one will notice, and maybe I can blend in. Eventually, flannel and CAT caps WILL be back in style.
Rather than lemonade and a warm ginger cookie, do you mind if I have a cold RC and a moon pie? (A little Debbie will do in a pinch if you ain't got no moon pies.)
For those that don't know me, let me introduce myself..
http://www.mindspring.com/~smchan/photos/wdw09.jpg
Sam
LOL! An after the fact call. Trying to think of someone else that does that... <grin>
Got your new thread bookmarked.
Sam
just ask her to post one weeks worth of chat logs....names changed to protect the innocent....
I did ask for 1 week of public calls. In exchange for a positive show, I'd go away. The challenge wasn't answered.
Sam
TRP... are you the real poet (as in plain-vanilla "poet") on SI? I'm trying to get my poet's straight here... I think you can understand my confusion.
If you are, give me a sign please... A nice double-my-money overnight option play will do nicely.
Sam
I know this might be a bad time to ask...
but do you mind if I have a week free trial to your chat room?
Sam
I hereby accused you of degrading the morals of certain tender cyberminds with those darned bikini shots. :)
She's innocent. It was the 1 piece and lingerie shots that got me.
I know Lola has asked for us to no longer talk about the pictures, but I couldn't resist. Forgive me Lola.
Gosh... when will the Playboy "Women of Trading" issue roll out? LOL!
Sam
Since you're smart AND good lookin', maybe Bob will give you preferential treatment and not shoot your thread like he did mine.
Sam
then she may be paying out huge sums of money.....
Well, if her trading claims are true, that ought not be a problem.
Sam
Yep, Bob's on the ball. No one will acuse him of sleeping on the job; that much is certain.
However, it is troubling that Jenna uses are thread as a personal soapbox from time to time, yet I'm not allowed to create my own. I have legitimate questions about Pristine and MarketGems but am not really allowed to raise them in the MG thread. (I asked and Jenna specifically said I should share picks when I asked if I could accept her invitation.)
Bob said my thread smacked of one that was going to be used for personal attacks. I understand and accept his point (I have no choice on the later, do I?) despite the fact that I said I would not tolerate personal attacks. I wanted a legitimate place to discuss the picks being posted on iHub given Jenna's history of slamming the door on ANY criticism of her picks.
I follow several threads, and even through earnings season there's been little to no posting activity. I have tried to give Jenna a legitimate chance but I don't have a time machine, and I can't play those calls that are posted at noon that say things like 'we sold into the gap this morning'. That's not useful to me, and I don't intend to subscribe. Clearly, she's using a public forum to implicitly advertise Pristine and will stop at nothing to protest that income stream. (Who can blame her?) She has her own web resources and certainly the financial resources to have a private area but chooses to use a public area - one that allows her to squelch her critics; the biggest reason she moved from SI (besides being repeatedly suspended for creating multiple id's, spamming, and advertising).
Sam
Quick question...
You issued a public invitation for on-topic criticism in this thread. If I challenge any of your calls or posts, will you delete those posts or block me from posting as you did on SI? Or do you intend to let those posts stand?
Thanks,
Sam
No, Bob killed my thread.
oh boy did you open a can of worms...........
Well, you might say I've always enjoyed a good "fishing" expedition.
I would've probably not done such a thing here (on ihub) but I was feeling sociable and couldn't resist the public invitation.
Sam
Since we've been invited to criticize the MG thread (read http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=91067) and since you've been asked to take this elsewhere....
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/board.asp?board_id=605
Sam
Cool, thanks.
Bob, would you please change (or tell me how to change) the ticker symbol of these thread? I suggest MOTOR.
Thanks,
Sam
Yeah, I agree... it was meant as a temporary poke at Bob and CoB... I guess the joke was too subtle.
Anyway, I figured I could edit it later but now see I can't. Will have to ask Bob to fix it for me.
Sam
Ahem. I caused a big argument too.. So don't leave me out..<ggg>
Start a paid stock picking service with dubious results and I'll be all over you.
Sam
Can I say here that GM products suck?
Normally, I might wield my CoB powers, but since you know what I think of CoB, I won't.
My Camaro wants to be a Corvette when it grows up... more on that later.
Sam
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/board.asp?board_id=599
I'm waiting for someone to come out of the wood and b***h about this being off-topic and not stock related.
Seriously, I'm enjoying these posts. I'd really like to get into racing but know so little about it. I just know I really appreciate performance... Perhaps you experienced race drivers can hand out some tips to a autocross, drag-racing, and SCCA wanna-be.
Sam
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, how do you know nothing has happened......Care to make a small wager on
that belief?
LOL! I'd take that bet too. (That is, I'll wager there's been action.)
Sam
could it be......I dunno....SELLING????
I think you hit the nail on the head.
Sam
I'm watching for similar developments on IH. Posting activity is way up, but I don't see a great deal of content yet.
The stock specific threads I watch here seem to be all but dead. Though I will check from time to time to see if the activity picks up.
The bulk of the posting activity seems to be either everyone sniping at each other, and Jenna talking to her subscribers which, to the rest of us, is useless without her service.
Sam
It's a good point you make about an investment chat site vs. general chat site. However, I think good investing tips can be derived from our personal interests in hobbies. If one wishes to invest in F or GM, a thorough product knowledge is useful information. I can imagine in SI's history, a lot of good technology plays were brought up by geeks like you and me and that understand and appreciate the technologies and how they may affect our everyday lives.
As for me, I am anxiously awaiting the 5th generation Camaro and saving my pennies for a Z06. By the time I have enough saved, I should be able to pick up one that's a beater for $3,000-$4,000!
Sam
LOL! Am I going to have to create a Chevy vs Ford thread? If so, keep in mind that I have a strong Chevy bias.
Sam
My mother used to say that if I didn't gain weight I would never find a husband.
LOL! Yeah, I thought that myself... "Boy, that Lola sure needs to eat a few more Big Macs." NOT!
Speaking of blondes... my neighbor is also East Indian but was raised in Canada and married a native Canadian. He wants a blonde child very badly but had been blessed with 3 dark skinned, black headed kids: 2 girls and a boy. Since I can't seem to get the daughter I want (I have 2 boys - one sandy blonde and the other strawberry blonde), I've offered to trade one of mine for one of his girls. As yet, he's not taken me up on it! He's going to have his hands full when those girls are teens.
I personally think whatever people see the least of is what they consider beautiful.
I'll disagree with you on that. I appreciate lots of forms of beauty, but one of my favorites is smooth, fair skin which describes my wife. 12 years I've know her and I'm still crazy about her. A simple "come hither" look from her, and I'm toast.
I do think life memories play a role as well. I had one favorite girlfriend who had thick, full lips (that's lips with an L; not hips - just so we're clear on that!) and dark eyes. When I saw your picture, it reminded me of her and struck a chord.
Sam
Personally, it was a toss up between the 1-piece and lingerie shot for me too. I really like the hairstyle in both of those - and those full pouty lips. Man! You could stick that lower lip out, ask a beggar for the Hope Diamond, and he'd find a way to get it for you...
I bet your husband spoils you rotten.
I'm thinking maybe we should start an SI thread to discuss your pictures? I'd do it here, but since no one would ever have anything bad to say ('cept maybe a certain jealous bottle blonde - and she's suspended from SI anyway), we don't need the CoB feature.
Sam
Join SI ... open you (sic) own wed (sic) site with silver, gold and platinum memberships
Um, nobody on SI offers such memberships... that's strictly the domain of a certain ihub thread.
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/board.asp?board_id=460
Sam
You didn't miss much...
http://www.mindspring.com/~smchan/si/jenna-2001-04-16a.gif
Sam
"you are lola, tim luke, sam, the ring leader, my you are a busy girl"
So you're saying I'm Lola, you, and me? Sheesh... talk about a gender bender. I think I need therapy. LOL!
Sam
Bob, a common theme runs thru all the 3 or 4 (who's counting? ) reasons you list for immediate deletions with the CoB model: all benefit of doubt is taken from the posters' hands and placed squarely in the CoB's which insinuates an element of distrust on the part of your community of posters. It also empowers the CoB to use their thread as a personal soapbox as Jenna as so aptly demonstrated - as recently as a couple hours ago by canning innocent posts (albeit probably off topic) by bob_john while NOT deleting her own off-topic pokes at him.
The timeliness issue cuts both ways. What if there is important news regarding a stock pick that cuts against the CoB's position (ie bullish news on a bearish position)? I can imagine many other scenarios as I'm sure you could w/ respect to deleting posts right away or not, so in my mind it boils down to trusting your community or not and (right now) my perception is that you do not.
Sam
The censor has been censored for spam and advertising...
http://www.mindspring.com/~smchan/si/jenna-2001-04-16a.gif
Sam
"I have been accused of being all kinds of people with Jenna STATING IT AS FACT "
I feel left out. I've only been referred to as a "jerk".
http://www.mindspring.com/~smchan/si/Jenna-2001-03-13_pmtomw.gif
Sam
Now you see why Jenna was run off SI. She used it to advertise pristine.com while offering nothing of value to those who weren't pristine subscribers.
Thread heads leaving en masse? I can think of 2; one of whom was Jenna. BTW, her real name is Barbara.
Sam
For your convenience, here are a few bashing posts that probably ought to be deleted (if you wish to be fair anyway):
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=61141
This is the post where Jenna claims one of her associates was kicked off SI. She later admitted the id was her alter ego.
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=61236
Refers to SI members as FUNGUS. Directly harrasses Tim Luke and David Smith. (We all know little lamb Tim probably had it coming from the Big Bad Wolf, but even he deserves equal protection under your authoritie, Bob!)
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=61243
More of the same.
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=61422
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=61545
Picking on Teresa Lo, Lola, David Smith, and Parker Meridian.
And that's only the first 10 percent of the posts in that thread. So... are you going to take out the trash? Or do the rules only apply going forward and not cover March?
Sam
"There might be some more confusion in terminology."
No confusion here. I think you're just being legalistic to protect the guilty! But I digress... I'm just busting your chops of course. You wouldn't want an easy job, would you?
I fully understand the difference between "header" and "post" though I see little reason that content rules should be different (however subtle) between them, but I ain't the one funding this site.
Sam
"I am going to delete Jenna's in which she made the derogatory comments about the people on Silicon Investor in general. "
Nice to see fairness, Bob. You going to can the other 258 off-topic derogatory posts towards SI and the little lamb Tim Luke she's made in her thread? You know, the ones where she proclaims that it's nice to be on a board that doesn't attack people and stays on-topic whilst belittling SI and those who choose to use it? (Speaking of on-topic, I'm holding my breath for the next issue of "Highs and Woes". LOL!)
BTW, Bob, congratulations on your new job, dude. Aren't ya glad we're here helping you earn your pay?
Sam
Bob, you said "If I write a post asking readers to check out a newsletter I'm offering, it's advertising." From http://www.investorshub.com/beta/board.asp?board_id=460, "My FREE weekly column The "Earnings Play" Trader http://www.pristine.com/eptrader/"
You didn't say anything about it being commercial or not.
Sam
Do you consider links to articles that talk about techno-fundamentalist analysis using The Pristine Method (which, of course, cost $$) to be advertising? How about links to "previous" watch lists (and you have to subscribe if you want the current ones)? And let's not forget links to a free weekly column (which of course further advertises the service)?
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/board.asp?board_id=460
Sam
"Did she call anyone in particular a loser?"
Yep. Basically everyone on SI. If search were working, I could show you even more specific examples.
Sam