Hi all!
Just got back from New Orleans! Nice to see that the webcam is up!
About New Orleans....everybody needs to go visit it...to see the true triumph of the human spirit over tragedy...most incredible city I think that I've ever been to.
And although I met so many people and have probably about 50 stories to tell my friends and family....one of the stories is one that PHGI longs will appreciate.
I had just come from Mass at St Louis Cathedral on Saturday evening....and as I exited...I saw several fortune tellers sitting in chairs. Now normally I don't spend my money on such things...but one lady...looked to be about 75 years old caught my eye. So...what the heck, why not?
After giving me the obligatory "you'll have a long life, etc etc." and after endearing herself to me by calling me a "young lady", she looked directly at me and said in a very firm voice..."YOU GAMBLE!!!" I said quickly,...."no I don't". She said, "yes you do! I said..."NO I don't". She said again, "YES YOU DO! I can see it. You've put your money into something high-risk...so you gamble!" So, I said..."I've got money in the stock market." She said, "Aha! I told you! You gamble!"
She was so adamant about it that I was prepared for her to chew me out! Imagine my surprise....(and this is what all longs will LOVE)....when she said...."Money is going to start pouring in from your investment. I see lots and lots of money...lots of money. You're going to make lots of money."
Is that a cool story or what? And 100% true...now then...if her prediction would just come true....she definitely had Indian blood...so maybe hers is never wrong?
UPDATE: One more story....I gotta tell this story in case there are any investors on here from Canada. If there are, you all will LOVE this one. St Bernard's Parish was completely destroyed by Katrina. First and only time that an entire American parish (or county) has been destroyed. So the county administrator was surprised when some men showed up and said, "We're from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and we're here to help!" Now the Mounties arrived before any of the U.S. National Guardsmen. (In all fairness, the Louisiana National Guard was in Iraq at the time). But do you think that the people of St Bernard love the Canadians? You betcha! They LOVE the Canadians! Once again...thanks Canada!
