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August 2, 2009 at 2:36 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440254
LesBaer45
Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball][quote=LesBaer45]
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.[/quote]
Man that sounds awfully familiar but it’s probably tech exec speak learned at the same place the secret handshakes are divulged. So are you predicting a layoff at your place of work or is it a definite? I always check the tracking thread in economics and investing.[/quote]
Oh no, it’s a definite. We’ve been laying off people for the last two years. Different parts of the company do it at different times of the year. The part I work for it was December, but they are pushing it up this year since they didn’t ‘make budget’ and need to get it done before the ’09 books close. Presumably we find out in Aug, don’t think they can wait any longer and still get it done in time.
We’re not based in CA, so it doesn’t affect the CA numbers or tracking. East coast. Big pharma.
August 2, 2009 at 2:36 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440454Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball][quote=LesBaer45]
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.[/quote]
Man that sounds awfully familiar but it’s probably tech exec speak learned at the same place the secret handshakes are divulged. So are you predicting a layoff at your place of work or is it a definite? I always check the tracking thread in economics and investing.[/quote]
Oh no, it’s a definite. We’ve been laying off people for the last two years. Different parts of the company do it at different times of the year. The part I work for it was December, but they are pushing it up this year since they didn’t ‘make budget’ and need to get it done before the ’09 books close. Presumably we find out in Aug, don’t think they can wait any longer and still get it done in time.
We’re not based in CA, so it doesn’t affect the CA numbers or tracking. East coast. Big pharma.
August 2, 2009 at 2:36 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440785Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball][quote=LesBaer45]
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.[/quote]
Man that sounds awfully familiar but it’s probably tech exec speak learned at the same place the secret handshakes are divulged. So are you predicting a layoff at your place of work or is it a definite? I always check the tracking thread in economics and investing.[/quote]
Oh no, it’s a definite. We’ve been laying off people for the last two years. Different parts of the company do it at different times of the year. The part I work for it was December, but they are pushing it up this year since they didn’t ‘make budget’ and need to get it done before the ’09 books close. Presumably we find out in Aug, don’t think they can wait any longer and still get it done in time.
We’re not based in CA, so it doesn’t affect the CA numbers or tracking. East coast. Big pharma.
August 2, 2009 at 2:36 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440856Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball][quote=LesBaer45]
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.[/quote]
Man that sounds awfully familiar but it’s probably tech exec speak learned at the same place the secret handshakes are divulged. So are you predicting a layoff at your place of work or is it a definite? I always check the tracking thread in economics and investing.[/quote]
Oh no, it’s a definite. We’ve been laying off people for the last two years. Different parts of the company do it at different times of the year. The part I work for it was December, but they are pushing it up this year since they didn’t ‘make budget’ and need to get it done before the ’09 books close. Presumably we find out in Aug, don’t think they can wait any longer and still get it done in time.
We’re not based in CA, so it doesn’t affect the CA numbers or tracking. East coast. Big pharma.
August 2, 2009 at 2:36 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #441029Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball][quote=LesBaer45]
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.[/quote]
Man that sounds awfully familiar but it’s probably tech exec speak learned at the same place the secret handshakes are divulged. So are you predicting a layoff at your place of work or is it a definite? I always check the tracking thread in economics and investing.[/quote]
Oh no, it’s a definite. We’ve been laying off people for the last two years. Different parts of the company do it at different times of the year. The part I work for it was December, but they are pushing it up this year since they didn’t ‘make budget’ and need to get it done before the ’09 books close. Presumably we find out in Aug, don’t think they can wait any longer and still get it done in time.
We’re not based in CA, so it doesn’t affect the CA numbers or tracking. East coast. Big pharma.
August 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440085Participant[quote=flu][quote=Portlock]It’s more than that.
With these tools, you have an opportunity to be published as the lead story of your own personal tabloid – every day. You may as well have your photo published in the supermarket checkout line – right next to Brad and Angie.
People want to be loved and admired. And facebook, twitter, myspace….heck, you could even argue our beloved Piggington’s….are the enabler for that projection.
Why would this be surprising?[/quote]
Well, to me it is a big difference between a blog and these social media mentioned above. For instance, here on piggington, most people don’t really know who I am. And most certainly, most people don’t know who my wife/kid is, when we’re not home, when we’re out of town, what we’re doing at a particular instance in time.
Again, maybe just paranoid me, but I think just about everyone has a skeleton or two in the closet, and somehow the if complete strangers know too much intricate details about your personal life, those skeletons have a way of rearing it’s ugly head when one least expects it.[/quote]
No it’s not just you. I don’t have even a fake account on any of those services. Guess I’m just not with it either.
I’m 100% behind your security reasons for not even beginning to sign up on one of those. I’ve seen people post things and the first thing that pops in my head is “Now’s the time to rip them off”.
Maybe I should consider burglary as an option after the layoff?
Even my daughters are starting to use Facebook less and less. They abandoned MySpace a while back. They’ve learned on their own that sometimes it’s best not to tell everyone everything about your life.
One of our fearless leaders at work thinks ‘twitter’ is going to revolutionize the economy along with ‘cloud’ services. He’s busy trying to ‘virtualize’ the company.
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.
August 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440287Participant[quote=flu][quote=Portlock]It’s more than that.
With these tools, you have an opportunity to be published as the lead story of your own personal tabloid – every day. You may as well have your photo published in the supermarket checkout line – right next to Brad and Angie.
People want to be loved and admired. And facebook, twitter, myspace….heck, you could even argue our beloved Piggington’s….are the enabler for that projection.
Why would this be surprising?[/quote]
Well, to me it is a big difference between a blog and these social media mentioned above. For instance, here on piggington, most people don’t really know who I am. And most certainly, most people don’t know who my wife/kid is, when we’re not home, when we’re out of town, what we’re doing at a particular instance in time.
Again, maybe just paranoid me, but I think just about everyone has a skeleton or two in the closet, and somehow the if complete strangers know too much intricate details about your personal life, those skeletons have a way of rearing it’s ugly head when one least expects it.[/quote]
No it’s not just you. I don’t have even a fake account on any of those services. Guess I’m just not with it either.
I’m 100% behind your security reasons for not even beginning to sign up on one of those. I’ve seen people post things and the first thing that pops in my head is “Now’s the time to rip them off”.
Maybe I should consider burglary as an option after the layoff?
Even my daughters are starting to use Facebook less and less. They abandoned MySpace a while back. They’ve learned on their own that sometimes it’s best not to tell everyone everything about your life.
One of our fearless leaders at work thinks ‘twitter’ is going to revolutionize the economy along with ‘cloud’ services. He’s busy trying to ‘virtualize’ the company.
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.
August 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440615Participant[quote=flu][quote=Portlock]It’s more than that.
With these tools, you have an opportunity to be published as the lead story of your own personal tabloid – every day. You may as well have your photo published in the supermarket checkout line – right next to Brad and Angie.
People want to be loved and admired. And facebook, twitter, myspace….heck, you could even argue our beloved Piggington’s….are the enabler for that projection.
Why would this be surprising?[/quote]
Well, to me it is a big difference between a blog and these social media mentioned above. For instance, here on piggington, most people don’t really know who I am. And most certainly, most people don’t know who my wife/kid is, when we’re not home, when we’re out of town, what we’re doing at a particular instance in time.
Again, maybe just paranoid me, but I think just about everyone has a skeleton or two in the closet, and somehow the if complete strangers know too much intricate details about your personal life, those skeletons have a way of rearing it’s ugly head when one least expects it.[/quote]
No it’s not just you. I don’t have even a fake account on any of those services. Guess I’m just not with it either.
I’m 100% behind your security reasons for not even beginning to sign up on one of those. I’ve seen people post things and the first thing that pops in my head is “Now’s the time to rip them off”.
Maybe I should consider burglary as an option after the layoff?
Even my daughters are starting to use Facebook less and less. They abandoned MySpace a while back. They’ve learned on their own that sometimes it’s best not to tell everyone everything about your life.
One of our fearless leaders at work thinks ‘twitter’ is going to revolutionize the economy along with ‘cloud’ services. He’s busy trying to ‘virtualize’ the company.
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.
August 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440686Participant[quote=flu][quote=Portlock]It’s more than that.
With these tools, you have an opportunity to be published as the lead story of your own personal tabloid – every day. You may as well have your photo published in the supermarket checkout line – right next to Brad and Angie.
People want to be loved and admired. And facebook, twitter, myspace….heck, you could even argue our beloved Piggington’s….are the enabler for that projection.
Why would this be surprising?[/quote]
Well, to me it is a big difference between a blog and these social media mentioned above. For instance, here on piggington, most people don’t really know who I am. And most certainly, most people don’t know who my wife/kid is, when we’re not home, when we’re out of town, what we’re doing at a particular instance in time.
Again, maybe just paranoid me, but I think just about everyone has a skeleton or two in the closet, and somehow the if complete strangers know too much intricate details about your personal life, those skeletons have a way of rearing it’s ugly head when one least expects it.[/quote]
No it’s not just you. I don’t have even a fake account on any of those services. Guess I’m just not with it either.
I’m 100% behind your security reasons for not even beginning to sign up on one of those. I’ve seen people post things and the first thing that pops in my head is “Now’s the time to rip them off”.
Maybe I should consider burglary as an option after the layoff?
Even my daughters are starting to use Facebook less and less. They abandoned MySpace a while back. They’ve learned on their own that sometimes it’s best not to tell everyone everything about your life.
One of our fearless leaders at work thinks ‘twitter’ is going to revolutionize the economy along with ‘cloud’ services. He’s busy trying to ‘virtualize’ the company.
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.
August 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM in reply to: OT: Ok, someone please explain to me the fascination behind Myspace, Facebook, Twitter,etc…. #440859Participant[quote=flu][quote=Portlock]It’s more than that.
With these tools, you have an opportunity to be published as the lead story of your own personal tabloid – every day. You may as well have your photo published in the supermarket checkout line – right next to Brad and Angie.
People want to be loved and admired. And facebook, twitter, myspace….heck, you could even argue our beloved Piggington’s….are the enabler for that projection.
Why would this be surprising?[/quote]
Well, to me it is a big difference between a blog and these social media mentioned above. For instance, here on piggington, most people don’t really know who I am. And most certainly, most people don’t know who my wife/kid is, when we’re not home, when we’re out of town, what we’re doing at a particular instance in time.
Again, maybe just paranoid me, but I think just about everyone has a skeleton or two in the closet, and somehow the if complete strangers know too much intricate details about your personal life, those skeletons have a way of rearing it’s ugly head when one least expects it.[/quote]
No it’s not just you. I don’t have even a fake account on any of those services. Guess I’m just not with it either.
I’m 100% behind your security reasons for not even beginning to sign up on one of those. I’ve seen people post things and the first thing that pops in my head is “Now’s the time to rip them off”.
Maybe I should consider burglary as an option after the layoff?
Even my daughters are starting to use Facebook less and less. They abandoned MySpace a while back. They’ve learned on their own that sometimes it’s best not to tell everyone everything about your life.
One of our fearless leaders at work thinks ‘twitter’ is going to revolutionize the economy along with ‘cloud’ services. He’s busy trying to ‘virtualize’ the company.
I think I made “the list” when after one of his rambling speeches in a meeting I pointed out that a cloud constantly changes shape at the 20K ft view. Thus it’s hard to define. Once it’s at the 1ft level, you find out it’s nothing but fog.
This whole working for a living is overrated anyway.
Participant[quote=temeculaguy][quote=flu]I’m so pissed right now.
I sold Ford and Chevron yesterday think Chevron who miss earnings and Ford’s runup would end.Chevron did miss earnings, but it’s up and Ford is $8 now…Goddamn. (had a tiny holding in Ford though anyway).
Still waiting for Shittybank to hit $10. ha ha.
Crawzy[/quote]
You are pissed, what about me? I failed to buy it when it was under $2 even though I talked about it daily, I believe people warned me about giving investment advice to others as much as I talked about it. HOG is 22+ now, so it has tripled and Ford hase gone 4x plus. I am so done with this bear crap, I’s switching sides altogether before I miss more opportunities to 3x, 4x, 5x, or 6x my money in a matter if months
Everyone is gonna get their panties in a bunch with this next comment, so without further ado:
The recession is nearing the end. There, I said it. Over the next six months we will see signs of life, by spring unemployment will turn the corner but the stock market will have already done so. Housing has this winter and early spring left for bargain hunting, this time next year, the low and high end will have converged a tad and while it wont shoot up, it will be done going down.
While I’m prognosticating, the Chargers win the division and The Lakers repeat, now I can go back to bed and mail it in since I just figured out how the next twelve months will go.[/quote]
I’ve moved my stops up just in case. I’ve already picked “targets” and have convinced myself I’m bailing when they hit, short term capital gains tax bite or not!
I didn’t jump on F, AA or MTW like I wanted to. Ran out of cash. No guts, no glory.
I’m still waiting for my WYNN and LVS to jump back to insane levels. Then I’ll know for sure it’s time to bail. 🙂
*Chargers take AFC in a squeaker when Pats fall apart after Brady is distracted by new baby + age creeping up on him.
Participant[quote=temeculaguy][quote=flu]I’m so pissed right now.
I sold Ford and Chevron yesterday think Chevron who miss earnings and Ford’s runup would end.Chevron did miss earnings, but it’s up and Ford is $8 now…Goddamn. (had a tiny holding in Ford though anyway).
Still waiting for Shittybank to hit $10. ha ha.
Crawzy[/quote]
You are pissed, what about me? I failed to buy it when it was under $2 even though I talked about it daily, I believe people warned me about giving investment advice to others as much as I talked about it. HOG is 22+ now, so it has tripled and Ford hase gone 4x plus. I am so done with this bear crap, I’s switching sides altogether before I miss more opportunities to 3x, 4x, 5x, or 6x my money in a matter if months
Everyone is gonna get their panties in a bunch with this next comment, so without further ado:
The recession is nearing the end. There, I said it. Over the next six months we will see signs of life, by spring unemployment will turn the corner but the stock market will have already done so. Housing has this winter and early spring left for bargain hunting, this time next year, the low and high end will have converged a tad and while it wont shoot up, it will be done going down.
While I’m prognosticating, the Chargers win the division and The Lakers repeat, now I can go back to bed and mail it in since I just figured out how the next twelve months will go.[/quote]
I’ve moved my stops up just in case. I’ve already picked “targets” and have convinced myself I’m bailing when they hit, short term capital gains tax bite or not!
I didn’t jump on F, AA or MTW like I wanted to. Ran out of cash. No guts, no glory.
I’m still waiting for my WYNN and LVS to jump back to insane levels. Then I’ll know for sure it’s time to bail. 🙂
*Chargers take AFC in a squeaker when Pats fall apart after Brady is distracted by new baby + age creeping up on him.
Participant[quote=temeculaguy][quote=flu]I’m so pissed right now.
I sold Ford and Chevron yesterday think Chevron who miss earnings and Ford’s runup would end.Chevron did miss earnings, but it’s up and Ford is $8 now…Goddamn. (had a tiny holding in Ford though anyway).
Still waiting for Shittybank to hit $10. ha ha.
Crawzy[/quote]
You are pissed, what about me? I failed to buy it when it was under $2 even though I talked about it daily, I believe people warned me about giving investment advice to others as much as I talked about it. HOG is 22+ now, so it has tripled and Ford hase gone 4x plus. I am so done with this bear crap, I’s switching sides altogether before I miss more opportunities to 3x, 4x, 5x, or 6x my money in a matter if months
Everyone is gonna get their panties in a bunch with this next comment, so without further ado:
The recession is nearing the end. There, I said it. Over the next six months we will see signs of life, by spring unemployment will turn the corner but the stock market will have already done so. Housing has this winter and early spring left for bargain hunting, this time next year, the low and high end will have converged a tad and while it wont shoot up, it will be done going down.
While I’m prognosticating, the Chargers win the division and The Lakers repeat, now I can go back to bed and mail it in since I just figured out how the next twelve months will go.[/quote]
I’ve moved my stops up just in case. I’ve already picked “targets” and have convinced myself I’m bailing when they hit, short term capital gains tax bite or not!
I didn’t jump on F, AA or MTW like I wanted to. Ran out of cash. No guts, no glory.
I’m still waiting for my WYNN and LVS to jump back to insane levels. Then I’ll know for sure it’s time to bail. 🙂
*Chargers take AFC in a squeaker when Pats fall apart after Brady is distracted by new baby + age creeping up on him.
Participant[quote=temeculaguy][quote=flu]I’m so pissed right now.
I sold Ford and Chevron yesterday think Chevron who miss earnings and Ford’s runup would end.Chevron did miss earnings, but it’s up and Ford is $8 now…Goddamn. (had a tiny holding in Ford though anyway).
Still waiting for Shittybank to hit $10. ha ha.
Crawzy[/quote]
You are pissed, what about me? I failed to buy it when it was under $2 even though I talked about it daily, I believe people warned me about giving investment advice to others as much as I talked about it. HOG is 22+ now, so it has tripled and Ford hase gone 4x plus. I am so done with this bear crap, I’s switching sides altogether before I miss more opportunities to 3x, 4x, 5x, or 6x my money in a matter if months
Everyone is gonna get their panties in a bunch with this next comment, so without further ado:
The recession is nearing the end. There, I said it. Over the next six months we will see signs of life, by spring unemployment will turn the corner but the stock market will have already done so. Housing has this winter and early spring left for bargain hunting, this time next year, the low and high end will have converged a tad and while it wont shoot up, it will be done going down.
While I’m prognosticating, the Chargers win the division and The Lakers repeat, now I can go back to bed and mail it in since I just figured out how the next twelve months will go.[/quote]
I’ve moved my stops up just in case. I’ve already picked “targets” and have convinced myself I’m bailing when they hit, short term capital gains tax bite or not!
I didn’t jump on F, AA or MTW like I wanted to. Ran out of cash. No guts, no glory.
I’m still waiting for my WYNN and LVS to jump back to insane levels. Then I’ll know for sure it’s time to bail. 🙂
*Chargers take AFC in a squeaker when Pats fall apart after Brady is distracted by new baby + age creeping up on him.
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