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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ggersh who wrote (37193)	4/15/2011 2:36:25 PM
From: John	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71407

In the immortal sentiments of Jack Nicholson as the Joker, "this market needs an enema." -g-

To: ggersh who wrote (37193)	4/15/2011 2:58:30 PM
From: Real Man	1 Recommendation Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 71407

No, it looked like this. Prices were FIXED, but money was printed, so whenever there was SOMETHING, there was a line. Then there was a long period when there was literally nothing. I remember you had to wait a day to get into McDonald's in Moscow. Based mainly on curiosity, of course. Russians waited a day, went in, spit the food, and said they tried "American stuff" -vbg- There was a line culture - you had to know places where certain things were sold, and stand in a line. Weekly grocery shopping took a day, and that was during better times. When times got worse, food simply disappeared altogether (right before SU collapsed). We grew our own food. -g- And then, when people saw a line, they often joined without knowing what's up, cause a line meant something good on the other end. Talk about herds, a prime example. -g- When the fix was lifted, stuff reappeared, but prices shot up to da moon.