Comments on: Popular Mechanics

By: baked

baked — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:21:18 +0000

my favorite story of the week was the lehman ceo who got punched out cold while he was on a treadmill.
instead of slitting our wrists, lets target these guys and beat the shit out of them. that guy who cold cocked him is The Hero of My Week.

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:29:15 +0000

@SanFranLefty: I have a 403(b) from my old job and haven't rolled it over under the new one. It's only supplemental to the defined-benefit pension I have and have kept from the old job (universities are wonderful like that), but I haven't even investigated moving what 3 pennies which are left in it over to the new place.

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:46:00 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: Yeah, I just got my quarterly statement for my retirement account. I actually lost more than I invested in the last quarter. Oof. Can't wait to be saying "Do you want fries with that?" in Cantonese to my overlords in 2047.

By: Tommmcatt Yet Again

Tommmcatt Yet Again — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:04:20 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: Yeah, I can't deal with it either. I knew I should have blown all that 401k money on XTC and circuit parties instead of prudently socking it away every week, and now I am paying for it.

By: Mistress Cynica

Mistress Cynica — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:54:44 +0000

@Tommmcatt Yet Again: It's horrifying. And I'm afraid we'll see more like it. Hell, I made the mistake of looking at my "investment" account today and almost slit my wrists.

By: Tommmcatt Yet Again

Tommmcatt Yet Again — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:45:39 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: Yeah. Strange days, right? So sad...

By: Mistress Cynica

Mistress Cynica — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:43:26 +0000

@Tommmcatt Yet Again: I assume you saw the article in the LA Times about the man who killed himself and his entire family because of economic woes ( and being crazy obvs).

By: redmanlaw

redmanlaw — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:50:37 +0000

When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing.

Pulled four pan-sized brown trout out of the Pecos River today on dry flies after I was done tromping around the slopes there with a client looking for survey markers and getting the lay of the land for a sacred lands recovery operation.

By: BRB

BRB — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:33:55 +0000

@Tommmcatt Yet Again: Indeed. And what does America have to turn to in these difficult times that Japan didn't? Evangelical Christianity and a whole hell of a lot more guns! Whee!

By: Tommmcatt Yet Again

Tommmcatt Yet Again — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:19:19 +0000

@BRB: That really gives me the shivers. You hear absolutely HORRIBLE things about Japan- men killing themselves for life insurance for the family, for example, because they get fired, or teenagers boarding themselves in their rooms and cutting themselves off from the world completely because they believe they have no hope for a future. Thanks George! Thanks Alan! Thanks Benny! Thanks Hank! Heckuva Job, all of you!