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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7697 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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12.5 % of my IT department laid-off last Friday. 2 of them were members of MC.  Very sad to hear of this. Hope they find new jobs in a short time. It is a tough time to be looking for employment. Not that it might do any good, but I'll keep my ear to the ground and let you know if anything shakes out.
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Sgt.Joe
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Ouh, sorry about your friends 8/ About macro economics, prime minister of Iceland just announce on TV that Iceland could go to bankruptcy. Edit: Iceland, not Island. Accumulated Points: 13,427,957 Things look grim all over.
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Things look grim all over. True and I fear the worst is yet to come.  I see the Great North is cooling off ... ya'all ready for winter?  Cheers MC!   |
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Gollumer
Senior Cruncher Joined: Mar 23, 2006 Post Count: 194 Status: Offline |
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ultimaThule
Veteran Cruncher Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 825 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I need to explain this
---------------------------------------- Here in investment slang is expression: "tehdä turskaa/get cod". It literally means fish, not c.o.d. It means that if somebody looses lot money on market,slang saying would be: he/she get cod(fish). Icelanders did buy shares from Finish insure company last year may, and now when they need to sell like h*ll, they lost attest 1 000 000 000€ for this very short market operation. On that news, text says: "cod on image". And this is main economic newspaper here, so funny. I lol this for five minutes. http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/talous/uutiset/...2008/10/15175&ext=msn Accumulated Points: 13,489,226  [Edit 1 times, last edit by ultimaThule at Oct 7, 2008 7:59:49 PM] |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7697 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I need to explain this Here in investment slang is expression: "tehdä turskaa/get cod". It literally means fish, not c.o.d. It means that if somebody looses lot money on market,slang saying would be: he/she get cod(fish). Icelanders did buy shares from Finish insure company last year may, and now when they need to sell like h*ll, they lost attest 1 000 000 000€ for this very short market operation. On that news, text says: "cod on image". And this is main economic newspaper here, so funny. I lol this for five minutes. http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/talous/uutiset/...2008/10/15175&ext=msn Accumulated Points: 13,489,226 Interesting expression. I see today the premier of Iceland is going to Russia to ask for a 5,000,000,000 euro loan to help it bail out its banking system. Today was even worse than yesterday in the markets. Two items rule in markets: fear and greed. Today it was fear's turn. Maybe for a few days yet. Most in Minnesota know what cod is. There will be much lutefisk (ludefisk) eaten here in the next few months. I think the main maker of it in Minneapolis is the world's largest producer. It was even featured in a song called "Lutefisk Lament" http://www.oldlutheran.com/page.php?page=humor&id=20
Sgt. Joe
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I need to explain this Here in investment slang is expression: "tehdä turskaa/get cod". It literally means fish, not c.o.d. It means that if somebody looses lot money on market,slang saying would be: he/she get cod(fish). Icelanders did buy shares from Finish insure company last year may, and now when they need to sell like h*ll, they lost attest 1 000 000 000€ for this very short market operation. On that news, text says: "cod on image". And this is main economic newspaper here, so funny. I lol this for five minutes. http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/talous/uutiset/...2008/10/15175&ext=msn Accumulated Points: 13,489,226 Interesting expression. I see today the premier of Iceland is going to Russia to ask for a 5,000,000,000 euro loan to help it bail out its banking system. Today was even worse than yesterday in the markets. Two items rule in markets: fear and greed. Today it was fear's turn. Maybe for a few days yet. Most in Minnesota know what cod is. There will be much lutefisk (ludefisk) eaten here in the next few months. I think the main maker of it in Minneapolis is the world's largest producer. It was even featured in a song called "Lutefisk Lament" http://www.oldlutheran.com/page.php?page=humor&id=20 The smell of lutefisk creeped down the hall and wilted a plant in a pot on the wall. The others reacted as though they were smitten, while the aroma laid low my small helpless kitten. I tasted it only once ... that was enough.  It is not for the faint of heart ... or the weak of stomach. |
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ultimaThule
Veteran Cruncher Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 825 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Interesting expression. Here is some more: Good fish (deal that make profit) is salmon. Buyin stock's is called "jig fishing (icefishing)". Here the biggest fish are on bottom of lake, so everybody try get their lure deep as possible. Same goes with stock market, everybody try get their offer so low as they think somebody is going to bite it. Lower it goes, bigger the fish (cheaper price=more stock same money). Those Icelanders has get a lot cod lately So funny, better them than us, jaadi jaadi jaa... Please, do not even try to understand this. This is something like USA vs Canada stuff. Accumulated Points: 13,546,789 |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7697 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I need to explain this Here in investment slang is expression: "tehdä turskaa/get cod". It literally means fish, not c.o.d. It means that if somebody looses lot money on market,slang saying would be: he/she get cod(fish). Icelanders did buy shares from Finish insure company last year may, and now when they need to sell like h*ll, they lost attest 1 000 000 000€ for this very short market operation. On that news, text says: "cod on image". And this is main economic newspaper here, so funny. I lol this for five minutes. http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/talous/uutiset/...2008/10/15175&ext=msn Accumulated Points: 13,489,226 Interesting expression. I see today the premier of Iceland is going to Russia to ask for a 5,000,000,000 euro loan to help it bail out its banking system. Today was even worse than yesterday in the markets. Two items rule in markets: fear and greed. Today it was fear's turn. Maybe for a few days yet. Most in Minnesota know what cod is. There will be much lutefisk (ludefisk) eaten here in the next few months. I think the main maker of it in Minneapolis is the world's largest producer. It was even featured in a song called "Lutefisk Lament" http://www.oldlutheran.com/page.php?page=humor&id=20 The smell of lutefisk creeped down the hall and wilted a plant in a pot on the wall. The others reacted as though they were smitten, while the aroma laid low my small helpless kitten. I tasted it only once ... that was enough. It is not for the faint of heart ... or the weak of stomach. If I can find the audio of it I will post the link. You really need to hear it in a scandanavian accent. It is one of those items which you either like or hate, there is no in between. It is a staple of quite a number of Lutheran church dinners in Minnesota. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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Sgt.Joe
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Interesting expression. Here is some more: Good fish (deal that make profit) is salmon. Buyin stock's is called "jig fishing (icefishing)". Here the biggest fish are on bottom of lake, so everybody try get their lure deep as possible. Same goes with stock market, everybody try get their offer so low as they think somebody is going to bite it. Lower it goes, bigger the fish (cheaper price=more stock same money). Those Icelanders has get a lot cod lately So funny, better them than us, jaadi jaadi jaa... Please, do not even try to understand this. This is something like USA vs Canada stuff. Accumulated Points: 13,546,789 Just remember it is not how deep you fish, its how you wiggle the bait. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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