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Re: [sharechat] Gold


From: nickk@quicksilver.net.nz
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 00:48:11 GMT



Women John?  Is there more than one?

Tell me how you do it!

Nk

John Wedde writes:

> Like the humorous touch Snoopy but arn't we talking here about buying
> and selling shares? Apart from perhaps buying a bit of jewellery for the
> women in my life I'm not remotely interested personally in the physical
> stuff [gold that is!]
> I'll leave the hoarding of the actual yellow mineral, in whatever form,
> to those unfortunate folk in other parts of the world who need to look
> for new stores of value when the greenback finally bites the dust. If
> their demand for gold goes through the roof then my shares should look
> pretty sweet!
> Cheers,
> John  
> 
> 
> >>> tennyson@caverock.net.nz Friday, 31 May 2002 12:09:02 a.m. >>>
> Hi tonysw,
>  
> >
> >
> >Slanging match....why not!
> >
> >
> 
> Nothing like a bit of pot stirring is there tony?  I reproduce below 
> the comment from the main author of the aus.invest FAQ, Travis 
> Morien, when he got into a similar exchange on the future prospects 
> of holding gold:
> 
> "I'm not flaming you but you probably will get offended anyway."
> 
> "I have always found goldbugs nutty and paranoid, with their constant
> talk of the complete collapse of commerce."
> 
> "I have this image in my head of some guy with tissue boxes on his
> feet, latex gloves and a face mask going down to the local post
> apocalyptic store and trying to chip little flakes of gold off his bar
> in order to buy bread."
>  
> "After anarchy sets in a ravenous mob of looters would just pinch 
> your bullion anyway."
> 
> "I suggest if you are this way inclined you invest in an air raid
> shelter and fill it up with more useful things, like non perishable
> food, warm clothing, advanced weaponry plus plenty of ammo, maps, a
> kayak, petrol and some hardy survival gear.  This will be more useful
> under these economic conditions than a few bars of gold."
> 
> 
> SNOOPY
> 
> 
> 
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