To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (57220 ) 10/31/2009 9:08:49 PM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217752 just pondering the meaning of paper money (i) buy view at asian financial crisis low on borrowed hk paper money, 1998 december (closing february 1999) when the japanese pulled their yen money out of the only liquid market in asia and hk suffered minus 70% tora tora tora, and i liberated previous view owner and now panicked speculator of her goods (ii) investing own surplus savings in a fluff known as softbank in january 1999, the equivalent of current united states fiat money 'value' of two of the french gold roller ball pens (iii) selling out of softbank mostly in november 1999 through march 2000, pay off mortgage and plow surplus into newmont mining, impala platinum, zimbabwe platinum, pandas, eagles, nuggests, koalas, and maples, etc etc various other gold wagers and canadian energy bets, and kept on plowing, year after year, but making sure to exit canadian energy and mining gambles for the most part in november 2007 even as the physicals were kept and added to (iv) piling deserving rewards on top of just gifts (v) then started with unwanted industrial real estate of old hk, 3 years ago, and very specifically focusing on the wang chuk hang area google.com , that which is now subject of common conversation, top of mind, front of lobe when reflecting on the past, i scare myself ;0) when pondering on the future, i wet myself :0) tout ou rien p.s. compounding bubbles is wonderful, mathematically speaking, not over-staying when pop is important, 0/1 bolean logically meaningful; lesson note to self: turning fluff into gold and bubbles into real estate are good ideas, i.e. mineralize and mortarize, or m&m, mnnn mnnnn good :0)