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Got the time? Here's a good link for setting your (computer) clock, and for easily knowing other time zones.
http://www.time.gov/
Poet, you've been cooking for two days now. What time we all supposed to show up for Happy Hour?
AK
Koi,
We have a misunderstanding, I think (g). I had assumed you had read my profile, thus your use of the word "being". As to Descartes, I'm very much with you on the level of understanding, never having studied philosophy, so I was merely bluffing on the quote, all meant in jest of course.
On more serious matters, I paid good money for my psychic reading, and we are only 20 minutes away from the predicted market turn...he better be right or I'm getting my $$$ back. If this guy can't call a bottom, who can?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20020709/od_n...
AK
To Whom It May Concern: My psychic suggests the market will turn promptly at 3:21 EST. You may want to wait until the appointed time before asking for referrals.
AK
Thanks Koi. My use of the word being was in the context of the first part of the following definition. I didn't understand the rest, but your latest "snappy" doggerel indicates you do.
being: To exist in actuality; have life or reality: I think, therefore I am.
--lifted from some web dictionary
Uhh, just what was the Descartes quote you were referring to? (g)
AK
You are better at spelling than I am. I usually write "sediments". AK
Thanks for petting my doggerel.
I wasn't trying to encourage you--I just have noticed that if you reach down and pet a strange dog, then tend not to jump on you. AK
p.s. How goes the knowledge search? (g)
Alexed, forget the DOW--rally the Nas! Ah, I've been heard, whew! AK
Koi, if Poet thinks we have "similarities" we're both in deep doo-doo...AK
Koikaze, doggerel is U; I sure can't write this stuff, but I can edit. May I suggest a change?
What am I to do?
Must I guess which are you?
For surely I have more to do
Than try to pick between the two.
For the line "Must I guess if you are you?", the answer is in my Job Title (see my updated Profile).
If you don't understand "kvetch" and "A.K." it would be helpful to consult with someone who speaks Yiddish. Unfortunately I don't, so I cannot be of assistance to you in your pursuit of this knowledge.
Best,
AK
p.s. You noticed how we both seem to want to avoid watching the markets today?
Koikaze, I don't think "A.K." is a gender neutral term, but please, ask around and tell me what you find out. (G) AK (who is not really an "A.K."--well, depends upon who you ask)
p.s. No fair asking Poet!
Koikaze, I don't have your talent(?) for doggerel so I'm forced to use plagiarized material. I see by your profile you are a "consultant". (I was one too, in a former life.) I found a story reminiscent of my childhood. Wonder if this strikes a chord for you? (g) AK
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Business is business
The teacher said, "I'll give $2 to the child who can tell me who was the most famous man who ever lived."
An Irish boy put up his hand and said, "It was Saint Patrick." The teacher said, "Sorry Sean, that's not correct."
Then a French boy put up his hand and said, "It was Napoleon." The teacher replied, "I'm sorry, Pierre, that's not right either."
Finally, a Jewish boy raised his hand and said, "It was Jesus Christ."
The teacher said, "That's absolutely right, Daniel, come up here and I'll give you the $2."
As the teacher was giving Daniel his money, she said, "You know, Daniel, you being Jewish, I was very surprised you said Jesus Christ."
Daniel replied, "Yeah. In my heart I knew it was Moses, but business is business."
Ode to an A.K.; Koikaze, you have a talent. Thanks. Give me time to find out about you. I'll return the favor (G).
Poet, I try to stay away from politics, but as long as you mentioned GWB, I pass on this unattributed item, and, naturally, I will not vouch for its veracity (g):
President Bush, President Chirac & Prime Minister Blair were at the summit discussing economics. When the subject turned to the weak French economy President Bush explained their plight by saying, "The problem with the French is they don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'."
Thank you, Poet. I was trying to be polite, so I did not put #4 in bold. < AK
Poet,
I'm new in these here parts (iHub), but I like a good joke and bad puns, and this seems like a friendly place. Let me gift your thread with the following gems, and after the groans, tell me if I should take the pearls of wisdom dripping off my lips elsewhere. [p.s. I cribbed this stuff too, but not from SI <g>]. AK
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1. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.
2. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway).
3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backwards poet writes inverse.
5. In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
6. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.
7. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
8. If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.
9. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
10. Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.
11. When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.
12. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
13. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
14. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
15. Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
16. He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
17. Every calendar's days are numbered.
18. A lot of money is tainted. It taint yours and it taint mine.
19. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
20. He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
21. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
22. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
23. Those who get too big for their britches will be
exposed in the end.
24. Once you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
25. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
26. When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she thought
she'd dye.
27. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
28. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
29. Acupuncture is a jab well done.
30. Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.
NOVN: British scientists say HRT trial should continue
July 19, 2002 06:23:00 AM ET
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - British scientists recommended on Friday that a major trial of hormone replacement therapy set to involve 22,000 women should continue despite a U.S. study showing the therapy can increase the risk of breast cancer, stroke, blood clots and heart disease.
The American Women's Health Initiative trial of 16,000 women taking combined HRT was stopped earlier this month after early analysis showed the therapy raised the risk of strokes by 41 percent, heart attacks by 29 percent and breast cancer cases by 26 percent.
The UK study, called "WISDOM", which is not due to end until 2012, is trying to find out if HRT -- whether given as oestrogen combined with progestogen or oestrogen alone -- lowers or increases the chances of developing diseases and conditions such as heart attacks, breast cancer, osteoporosis and dementia.
Britain's Medical Research Council said the committee in charge of the WISDOM trial believed there were no strong ethical or scientific reasons to stop.
The recommendation will be considered next week by the MRC's governing body, which will decide on the future of the trial, the MRC added in a statement.
WISDOM, which stands for the Women's International Study of Long Duration Oestrogen after Menopause, began in 1999 and has already recruited 5,000 British women. Eventually over 16,000 post-menopausal women aged 50-69 in the UK and 6,000 from Australia and New Zealand will be involved.
Shares in leading HRT companies including Wyeth (WYE) and Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc (NOVN) of the U.S. and Germany's Schering AG have fallen sharply recently on concerns over the potential risks of hormone treatment. REUTERS
© 2002 Reuters
Bob's not in Kansas, is he Dorothy?
Henry Ford
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It was a sweltering August day in 1937 when the 3 Cohen brothers entered the posh Dearborn, Michigan, offices of Henry Ford, the car maker (an infamous anti-Semite).
"Mr.Ford", announced Norman Cohen, the eldest of the three. "We have a remarkable invention that will revolutionize the automobile industry." Ford looked skeptical, but their threat to offer it to the competition kept his interest piqued. "We would like to demonstrate it to you in person",
said Norman.
After a little cajoling, they brought Mr. Ford outside and asked him to enter a black automobile parked in front of the building. Hyman Cohen, the middle brother, opened the door of the car. "Please step inside, Mr. Ford."
"What!", shouted the tycoon, "Are you crazy? It's over a hundred degrees in that car!" "It is", smiled the youngest brother, Max.; but sit down Mr.Ford, and push the white button. Intrigued, Ford pushed the button. All of a sudden a whoosh of freezing air started blowing from vents all around the car, and within seconds the automobile was not only comfortable, it was quite cool.
"This is amazing!" exclaimed Ford. "How much do you want for the patent?' One of the brothers spoke up: "The price is One Million Dollars." Then he paused. "And there is something else. The name 'Cohen Brothers Air Conditioning' must be stamped right next to the Ford logo on the dash board!"
"Money is no problem," retorted Ford," but there is no way I will have a Jewish name next to my logo on my cars!"
They haggled back and forth for a while and finally they settled. Five Million Dollars, and the Cohens' name would be left off. However, the first names of the Cohen brothers would be forever emblazoned upon the console of every Ford air conditioning system.
And that is why even today, whenever you enter a Ford vehicle, you see those three names clearly printed on the air conditioning control panel..................................
NORM, HI and MAX
Hi Chas, the edit thingie didn't work consistently for me, but, FWIW, I did find a quick fix. Use (g) instead of <g.
(VBG) AK
Poet, here is the Shaw piece:
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Hints on pronunciation for foreigners
George Bernard Shaw
I take it you already know
of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead-it's said like bed, not bead.
For goodness sake, don't call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat.
They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother,
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for pear and bear.
And then there's dose and rose and lose
Just look them up--and goose and choose.
And cork and work and card and ward.
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go, then thwart and cart.
Come, come I've hardly made a start.
A dreadful language? Man alive,
I'd mastered it when I was five!
Signs of Wear: "Old" is when . . .
. . . your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and make love," and you answer, "Pick one--I can't do both." . . . your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.
. . . a sexy babe catches your fancy, and your pacemaker opens the garage door.
. . . going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
. . . you don't care where your spouse goes just as long as you don't have to go along. . . . you are cautioned to slow down by your doctor instead of by the police.
. . . "getting a little action" means you don't need to take any fiber today.
. . . "getting lucky" means you find your car in the lot.
. . . an "all-nighter" means not getting up to pee.
Poet, this "wordplay" is just for you (g). AK
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A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Dijon vu -- the same mustard as before.
Practice safe eating -- always use condiments.
I fired my masseuse today. She just rubbed me the wrong way.
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
Reading whilst sunbathing makes you well-red.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I
This is a re-post of joke (see #997 below). The re-post has the punch line, which was cut off.
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The woman entered the room, and with a knowing smile
teasing her full lips, she sank into the comfort of the
plush chair in the corner. The handsome stranger turned,
having sensed her approach. Locking his steely gray
eyes on hers, he moved slowly toward her, his experienced
gaze measuring her, hypnotizing her with his soft murmurs
of assurance. He sank to his knees before her and without a
word, smoothly released her from her constraining attire.
With a sigh of surrender, she allowed his foreign hands to
unleash her bare flesh. He expertly guided her through
this tender, new territory, boldly taking her to heights she
had never dared to dream of, his movements deliberate,
confident in his ability to satisfy her every need.
Her senses swam. She was overcome with an aching desire
that had gone unfulfilled for so long. And, just as it seemed
that ecstasy was within her grasp, he paused, and for
one heart-stopping moment, she thought, "It's too big! -it will never fit!"
Then, with a sudden rush, it slid into place as if it had been
made only for her. As pleasure and contentment washed
over her, she met his steady gaze, tears of gratitude shining in her eyes.
And he knew it wouldn't be long before she returned.
Oh, yes, this woman would want more.
She would want to do it again and again and again............
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DON'T YA JUST LOVE SHOPPING FOR SHOES?
Whoops! The punch line was cut off!! I'll re-post it.
Hey, without the punch line, what's so funny Poet? (g)
AK
Matt, re Auto-Refresh feature, does that only work while showing Favorites, or is it supposed to work when viewing an individual board directly?
p.s. I sent KKD donuts to you Priority Mail--you should have them within 3 weeks.
NOVN is off 25 cents on the day. Having anxiety? (g) See this post from last night. It might help. AK
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=420331
Let me go heat up some ice-cold beer; I'll get back to you. AK
It's 5:20 a.m. here, and FedEx has not come with my KK donuts. Have you tried carrot sticks with your coffee?
Maybe the KKD stay fresh overnight because of all the sugar? I wouldn't know, because a dozen of them never lasted more than two hours at our house. AK
Would you please provide a reference to that rule? Thanks. AK
I don't believe you can get a cash call in a retirement account. I think the trade is reversed (and you get your knuckles rapped with a rular). Talk to your broker in advance! AK
Ragman has the answer. You need to keep enough cash around. I ran into this same problem when I inadvertently ran afoul of the rules by selling a stock that I bought earlier that day, then using the proceeds, including the profit, to buy another stock.
In my case, the account went on "restriction", and I could then only trade with "settled" funds. As I understand the rules, on a given day you can trade with funds (settled and unsettled) at the start of the day, plus sales made during the day.
I strongly suggest you discuss the application of this rule with your broker so you don't run afoul of it, especially if you intend to trade in an IRA. I did find out at my broker the "flag" for them is the sale of the same (shares of a) stock on the same day, but if you hold them overnight, the account is not flagged. In other words, you can trade with unsettled funds (g), not that I'm recommending that.
I'm speaking from experience only. I'm no expert here, but the rules apply to all brokers.
Good luck!
AK
Knowing the rules about KK donuts would be important before you lay in the long term supplies. Forgot the name of that bluberous creature in Star Wars, but I'll bet Speilberg had a dream about what he'd look like if he was on a KKD diet!
Being on the Left Coast I didn't know anything about KKD until my daughter and her friends would cut school to stand in line when KKD opened out here. Then she started bringing them home for overweight Dad. I couldn't figure out if this was really a passive-agressive behavior.
No question they are good. They melt in your mouth. Well, all sugar in a fat and chlosteral base, they definitely are "feel good" food, but...pass the steamed veggies please...
AK
Matt, see you've got gotmilk doing your dirty work. Now, please look at the prior post, and see how the closing carat in my <g doesn't show up. This happens for lots of other posters too. Hey, this is important to us a--l retentive types. Put this on Bob's To-Do list please! AK
p.s. FedEx delivered the donuts--should I save any for you?
p.p.s. Gads, the closing carat got dropped off in this post too!
gotmilk got the answer, so let's get Bob!
The "settings" don't take effect until you log off the web site. I was just so happy here I never logged off. So Matt otta get on Bob's case to make a little note to that effect in the Settings Box. Gee, life's so simple when you know the rules. <g
NOVN: Noven Comments On National Cancer Institute HRT Study
July 17, 2002 3:00:00 PM ET
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2002--Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NOVN, a leading developer of transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, today commented on the reported results of an observational study recently presented by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
"The main finding of the NCI study was that postmenopausal women who used estrogen replacement therapy for 10 or more years had a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than women who never used hormone replacement therapy," said Robert C. Strauss, Noven's President, CEO & Chairman. "Most women begin HRT to treat disruptive menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness and sleep disturbances, and in most cases they terminate therapy when symptoms subside. As a result, the average use of our Vivelle-Dot(R) and CombiPatch(R) products, like most HRT products, is well under one year."
Vivelle-Dot is a transdermal delivery system containing estradiol, which is identical to the estrogen produced naturally by a woman's ovaries. CombiPatch is a transdermal system containing the same estradiol as in Vivelle-Dot, and the progestin norethindrone acetate (NETA). CombiPatch is the only combination HRT patch approved in the U.S. Both patches are indicated for the treatment of the symptoms of menopause, and deliver drug through the skin and into the bloodstream, avoiding first-pass liver metabolism.
Strauss continued: "We remain hopeful that the recent studies, which primarily have examined the risks of oral HRT therapy, will lead to increased interest in the benefits of transdermal HRT products. As always, we strongly encourage women to consult with their physicians about the treatment options available to them. HRT is the only therapy proven to relieve the symptoms of menopause, and our HRT patches, when used as indicated, remain safe and effective therapies for these symptoms."
About Noven
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I was early at 10.90, and late at 10.50, but at 12ish who am I to complain? Looks like your cup runneth over with AMGN. It would have been nice to keep that one for a while but you can't do it all. Good thought on the Brewski--you have one too! AK
Zeev, congrats on your AMGN call. I took the money and ran this morning <g>, but put it into NOVN <ggg>. Thanks for mentioning them. AK
Sylvestor, I'm not spread everywhere; I'm here. It sounds like you are the one who is spread everywhere. Seems like there is an attempt to make this board constructive--I hope you will join us by keeping your posts that way. (Now you know why I'm A Kvetch<g>)
Nice move Sylvester--congrats. Maybe next time you'll post your entry too? After-the-fact posting does not help anyone does it? AK
Yes as to the settings. Using IE 5.5... AK