Comments on: When the Bubbles Burst http://exit78.com/when-the-bubbles-burst/ Sharing photos, videos, vintage images I've discovered, and -- occasionally -- commentary and thoughts from retired life and travels. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://exit78.com/when-the-bubbles-burst/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Mike Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:55:54 +0000 http://exit78.com/?p=1765#comment-1225 Ramana, Thank you! I know that there is something lost in translation and in the difference in cultures, but I think I know where you are coming from and I appreciate the thought. Ramana,

Thank you!

I know that there is something lost in translation and in the difference in cultures, but I think I know where you are coming from and I appreciate the thought.

]]> By: rummuser http://exit78.com/when-the-bubbles-burst/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 rummuser Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:07:28 +0000 http://exit78.com/?p=1765#comment-1218 Mike, there is a Sanskrit saying "Thathaasthu" that means, "So be it". It is actually an invocation to make it so. Another saw is "Aapkey moohn mein ghee shakkar" meaning, I wish you lots of clarified butter and sugar on your tongue! Clarified butter is offered as an oblation in our fire ceremonies and is used in cooking as well as just an add on in our meals just like you do with butter. I wish you both. <abbr><em>rummuser’s last blog post..<a href="http://rummuser.com/?p=879">Zardari’s Admission</a></abbr></em> Mike, there is a Sanskrit saying “Thathaasthu” that means, “So be it”.
It is actually an invocation to make it so. Another saw is “Aapkey moohn mein ghee shakkar” meaning, I wish you lots of clarified butter and sugar on your tongue! Clarified butter is offered as an oblation in our fire ceremonies and is used in cooking as well as just an add on in our meals just like you do with butter.

I wish you both.

rummuser’s last blog post..Zardari’s Admission

]]> By: Mike http://exit78.com/when-the-bubbles-burst/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Mike Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:59:00 +0000 http://exit78.com/?p=1765#comment-1201 Jean - Well, I certainly plan to be around that long. Vered - I'm actually more confident on my climate forecast than I am on my economic forecast. XUP - I don't think it was deliberately manipulated. I think it was a whole lot of investors who were all trying to make money on the same things that pushed prices for homes and oil ever higher - unsustainably high. The only handle I really have on this is that my retirement savings were NOT affected by the economic downturn. I was VERY conservative when I rolled my 401K over. Jean – Well, I certainly plan to be around that long.

Vered – I’m actually more confident on my climate forecast than I am on my economic forecast.

XUP – I don’t think it was deliberately manipulated. I think it was a whole lot of investors who were all trying to make money on the same things that pushed prices for homes and oil ever higher – unsustainably high. The only handle I really have on this is that my retirement savings were NOT affected by the economic downturn. I was VERY conservative when I rolled my 401K over.

]]> By: XUP http://exit78.com/when-the-bubbles-burst/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 XUP Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:37:33 +0000 http://exit78.com/?p=1765#comment-1200 I'm glad someone has a handle on this stuff. So are you actually saying that much of this is deliberately manipulated? (except the weather, of course... right?) I’m glad someone has a handle on this stuff. So are you actually saying that much of this is deliberately manipulated? (except the weather, of course… right?)

]]> By: Vered - MomGrind http://exit78.com/when-the-bubbles-burst/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Vered - MomGrind Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:53:23 +0000 http://exit78.com/?p=1765#comment-1197 "The economy will begin recovering by the middle to the end of 2010." I hope so. I sometimes worry that it's going to take as long as the Great Depression. “The economy will begin recovering by the middle to the end of 2010.” I hope so. I sometimes worry that it’s going to take as long as the Great Depression.

]]> By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk http://exit78.com/when-the-bubbles-burst/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:27:45 +0000 http://exit78.com/?p=1765#comment-1194 Let's hope we're all around to check out your predictions for global temperatures. :) <abbr><em>Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk’s last blog post..<a href="http://cheerfulmonk.com/2009/02/09/the-joys-of-procrastination/">The Joys of Procrastination</a></abbr></em> Let’s hope we’re all around to check out your predictions for global temperatures. :)

Jean Browman–Cheerful Monk’s last blog post..The Joys of Procrastination

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