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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gary H who wrote (16222)	11/9/2002 1:01:46 AM
From: ubetcha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81972

Gary H, That is the gold price monitor thread, not the dutch thread. Does not count. Here is another approach thanks to Long Gone at the gold thread: "The best analogy I can think of is "a watched pot never boils". Now we know this isn't true but it brings up a good point. People watch the pot because they are anxious to get the hot water. Their expectations are very high and it seems like it takes forever to get their desired return; boiling water. BUT, if they aren't thinking about the water boiling and simply put it on the stove and then go do other things it seems like it boils in no time. Their expectations are very low and because of this their perception is that they received their desired return much more quickly. Patience is a virtue and can be rewarding as well." And More: " It reminds me of the movie "The Right Stuff". The movie is about when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1. As he approached the sound barrier there was a lot of violent shaking in the aircraft as it was being buffeted by the physical forces of air putting drag on the plane. So the faster the plane went the greater the forces of drag trying to slow the plane down. But, once the plane got through the sound barrier it actually surged forward. A portion of the physical drag elements actually decreased as the plane went through the sound barrier. You can think of $350 in gold as the sound barrier for gold. Some actually estimate it as low as $335 and as high as $375. I use $350 as a ball park." Here on this thread, we must leave the room and come back later. We must also wait for the shake before the sound barrier hits. There are those who say this will never happen. There is no sound barrier. Maybe the earth is flat too! Terry