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I am currently on the sidelines for gold. I understand that our short term environment supports deflation, but believe inflation is around the corner. In most cases the FED seems to have direct influence on inflation, but thats not the case when banks won't lend. I'd guess fractional reserve...

I was a valet through college, this sorta thing is extremely common. Give them your car key and nothing else. They especially love using your speedpass to fill gas up in their cars. I even knew a valet couple who would enjoy each others company in some of the bigger nicer customer cars. I myself...

Surprised I haven't got anyone to play me a tiny violin yet...

I got $2.2k... The thing is neither me nor anyone in my department could fetch that $25k extra pay level anywhere else. So techincally I'm not worth it, it's just the double standard that pisses me off. In fact, if not for the fact that others in my department made so much more on less work...

Haha what did they expect!?! The people making the decisions at the banks are the ones that would get the pay cut... hilarious!

The good news is that my manager(director of engineering) is sticking up for me, taking the issue even to the pres. However, he up against the VP of HR/Finance (talk about moral hazard, our HR VP is also our finance VP). The VP outranks him and my boss admits my chances are low. And I...

What a monday, I just got rejected on a $25,000 pay increase. I am the first one in my department (engineering) to not receive this increase after their first evaluation. Mind you this eval was supposed to happen last year, but was 11 months late so its just happening now. I was informed that...

As we get closer and closer to having our gov. buy bad mortgages and reduce principles I got to thinking. Maybe I should buy an overpriced house now with the minimal downpayment at a high DTI ratio. Later tell the bank I can't afford due to high DTI and have them sell to the gov for principle...

OMG 9981!!

It seems impossible to gage what "really bearish" is lately. Really bearish can turn to really really bearish. Now at 3x really bearish... consider the bottom called.

"My friend wants me to play World of Warcraft on the web. 15 dollars a month times infinity. I tryed it no thanks." Dude it sounds expensive, but the time you spend playing it is cheaper entertainment than most alternatives. You may use electricity, but its alot cheaper than gas to go...