Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer
Bobbie
Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer
This is a song to celebrate banks,
Because they are full of money and you go into them and all
you hear is clinks and clanks,
Or maybe a sound like the wind in the trees on the hills,
Which is the rustling of the thousand dollar bills.
Most bankers dwell in marble halls,
Which they get to dwell in because they encourage deposits
and discourage withdrawals,
And particularly because they all observe one rule which woe
betides the banker who fails to heed it,
Which is you must never lend any money to anybody unless
they don't need it.
I know you, you cautious conservative banks!
If people are worried about their rent it is your duty to deny
them the loan of one nickel, yes, even one copper engraving
of the martyred son of the late Nancy Hanks;
Yes, if they request fifty dollars to pay for a baby you must
look at them like Tarzan looking at an uppity ape in the
jungle,
And tell them what do they think a bank is, anyhow, they had
better go get the money from their wife's aunt or uncle.
But suppose people come in and they have a million and they
want another million to pile on top of it,
Why, you brim with the milk of human kindness and you
urge them to accept every drop of it,
And you lend them the million so then they have two million
and this gives them the idea that they would be better off
with four,
So they already have two million as security so you have no
hesitation in lending them two more,
And all the vice-presidents nod their heads in rhythm,
And the only question asked is do the borrowers want the
money sent or do they want to take it withm.
Because I think they deserve our appreciation and thanks,
the jackasses who go around saying that health and happi-
ness are everything and money isn't essential,
Because as soon as they have to borrow some unimportant
money to maintain their health and happiness they starve
to death so they can't go around any more sneering at good
old money, which is nothing short of providential.
~ Ogden Nash ~
Bobbie
--
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it.
~ George Bernard Shaw ~
Marian
Excellent!
Marian~:-)
Lyndon
"Bobbie" <weescott...@myhoosie.com> wrote in message
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> Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer
> This is a song to celebrate banks,
> Because they are full of money and you go into them and all
> you hear is clinks and clanks,
> Or maybe a sound like the wind in the trees on the hills,
> Which is the rustling of the thousand dollar bills.
I just love Ogden Nash. He also wrote:
The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can't
cure,
Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.
Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy, but it's
very funny --
Have you ever tried to buy them without money?
--
Lyndon
Gordon H
I went out and bought some Emulsion paint and two rolls of wallpaper and
a set of paint pads. My daughters are in shock!
The wallpaper to be replaced is top quality vinyl, and has been in place
for Umm, Err, over 20 years!
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Gordon H
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Crusher
"Lyndon" <lyndontmail...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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A week or so ago WSJ reported that the five or so major investment bankers
were writing down their mortgage backed assets by a total of $19billion, and
that was *before* Merrill Lynch, BOA and other large banks, including some
overseas like the Bank of Scotland, announced their write downs on these
assets- and the writedowns are expected to continue for some time.
--Bob--
Wolfie
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> >"Bobbie" <weescottishlas...@myhoosie.com> wrote in message
Have you stripped wallpaper before, Gordon? Do you plan to steam it?
Messy, messy job. And a bit more difficult due to the vinyl finish as
the steam won't penetrate without it being scratched first. Good
luck.
Randi worked in a bank when we met. I thought she had a lot of
money. It just wasn't true at all.
Wolfie, et al
Normandy
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> A week or so ago WSJ reported that the five or so major investment bankers
> were writing down their mortgage backed assets by a total of $19billion,
> and that was *before* Merrill Lynch, BOA and other large banks, including
> some overseas like the Bank of Scotland, announced their write downs on
> these assets- and the writedowns are expected to continue for some time.
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> --Bob--
Sub prime lending has created a world wide credit crunch. So far over $80
billion in write downs have been taken
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Gordon H
>On Oct 19, 11:35 am, Gordon H <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid>
>wrote:
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>> a set of paint pads. My daughters are in shock!
>>
>> The wallpaper to be replaced is top quality vinyl, and has been in place
>> for Umm, Err, over 20 years!
>
>Messy, messy job. And a bit more difficult due to the vinyl finish as
>the steam won't penetrate without it being scratched first. Good
>luck.
>
kitchen. She is a whizz at decorating, and had all the paper off
except an area above the cooker which was really stuck due to the heat,
and her strength gave out. The steamer loosened it ok, although it
needed some scratching, and bit of extra muscle. ;-)
Last evening my widow-next-door invited herself round, and while she was
here I showed her how to peel off.
The wallpaper I mean! It has an integral backing paper, and the top
layer peels straight off. I could hang new paper on top of it, that is
the theory, but it could bubble, and the paper we chose has a nice
slippery backing which will be easy to slide into place on a plaster
wall, so I'll be steaming the backing off, I think.
>Randi worked in a bank when we met. I thought she had a lot of
>money. It just wasn't true at all.
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>Wolfie, et al
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No ambition, eh? Never brought her work home. ;-)
Suze
I'm not sure if this applies to heavier vinyl wallpaper
Gordon, but in some cases you can paint sizing over the old
wall-paper and then apply a new layer without getting
bubbles. Good luck with it.
Suze
Gordon H
>Gordon H wrote:
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>I'm not sure if this applies to heavier vinyl wallpaper Gordon, but in
>some cases you can paint sizing over the old wall-paper and then apply
>a new layer without getting bubbles. Good luck with it.
>Suze
I started using a steam stripper, but soon realised it was overkill,
because a wipe with a wet brush loosened it enough to scrape off easily.
Mavis popped round this afternoon and we worked together, so that saved
some time.
Now I have the prep work to do, scraping, filling and sanding down,
ceiling first, then I can prep the walls whilst she uses a roller to
paint the ceiling.
Confession! :
Removing the paper revealed my notes from 34 years ago:
Decorated 1973
Gordon Harris (39)
Patricia (37)
Children 11, 9 and 6
Plus of course the number of rolls used, very useful!
The plumb lines are still there, too. :-)
Suze
I'm imagining you've finished the wallpapering by now
Gordon. I'm sorry to be so long in responding. Glad to hear
it came off so easily and it's really neat that you found
that bit of history underneath. That's a great idea, having
the plumb-lines, date and all. Did you do new ones for this
time?
Suze
Gordon H
Nope. When I set a plumb line it stays vertical, <g>, and they were
carefully placed to give a neat join at the edges of the alcoves.
Suze
<G> I meant to ask, did you leave a history such as date
inhabitant and so forth. Must watch my wording I see. :-)
Suze
dae
That is neat you finding those notes. I bet it brought back a lot of
memories to you.
Don and his Devil
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Gordon H
Yes I did, I pencilled the date and my name again, plus Mavis as main
assistant and that my daughter helped a little. Also that the other
children now lived in Ca and Australia.
Unfortunately I wasn't as clever as the first time, because I wrote it
before sizing the wall with paste, and it was partly washed out!
Mavis said "What the hell, anyway? Who's going to care"!
;-)
Jean B.
I think it's really neat for future residents to find such
notes, Gordon. I still recall that there were some in the
antique house I grew up in--even from the 1800s. I smile when
I see such notes here.... So, even if the original meaning
won't be there, I think future generations may very well care.
--
Jean B.
Bobbie
I think it a lovely idea, I know what a lovely surprise it was to find
little cartoons and very early drawings from Steve and Kerry, plus the
marks we made to measure them at the time, when we removed paper in the
old place. Takes you back, makes you ponder.
I hope you continue in good health my friend, and that your little
Graffiti will be a reminder in the future of the preparations for a much
awaited family gathering, 2007.
Bobbie:-)
--
I find it very difficult to enthuse
Over the current news.
Just when you think that at least the outlook is so black that it can
grow no blacker, it worsens,
And that is why I do not like the news, because there has never been an
era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong
persons.
Ogden Nash
Gordon H
>Gordon,
>
>That is neat you finding those notes. I bet it brought back a lot of
>memories to you.
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>Don and his Devil
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only 11 at the time. She knew the type of paper I had used,
Ready-Pasted. You bought it with a waxed cardboard trough which you
filled with water.
Then, after cutting the paper to length, you rolled it, dropped it in
the trough for a minute or so, and then got hold of the top edge and
drew it out and offered it up to the wall. Easier than slapping
paste on with a brush, and it was even throughout...
Gordon H
>Gordon H wrote:
>> Yes I did, I pencilled the date and my name again, plus Mavis as
>>main assistant and that my daughter helped a little. Also that the
>>other children now lived in Ca and Australia.
>> Unfortunately I wasn't as clever as the first time, because I wrote
>>it before sizing the wall with paste, and it was partly washed out!
>> Mavis said "What the hell, anyway? Who's going to care"!
>> ;-)
>
>I think it a lovely idea, I know what a lovely surprise it was to find
>little cartoons and very early drawings from Steve and Kerry, plus the
>marks we made to measure them at the time, when we removed paper in the
>old place. Takes you back, makes you ponder.
>I hope you continue in good health my friend, and that your little
>Graffiti will be a reminder in the future of the preparations for a
>much awaited family gathering, 2007.
>
>Bobbie:-)
>
quill, and the anaglypta could do with a coat of emulsion. ;-)
I wonder if I just washed the ceiling it could be done without leaving
marks?
I painted it with three coats when I last decorated in here, all brushed
on, no rollers in those days. I did it while I was on strike for the
only time in my 42 years working life. I have a vague recollection
that it was a two day token demonstration about the way those in
manufacturing engineering were being treated, and I think Arthur Scanlon
was the leader at that time.
Thanks for your kind remarks, peeples like you make it worth dropping in
from time to time... :)
Toddy
"Gordon H" <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
Arthur Scanlon has a brother who lives in Perth ... an eye specialist who
insists he is no relation!!
Toddy<g>
dae
"Gordon H" <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
Gordon H.,
Well, that brings back memories to me. I used the same type of wallpaper
and application several times. Small world isn't it?
Don
Gordon H
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>"Gordon H" <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote
>>>
>> I'm sitting here looking at the walls in the dining room as I wield the
>> quill, and the anaglypta could do with a coat of emulsion. ;-)
>>
>> I wonder if I just washed the ceiling it could be done without leaving
>> marks?
>> I painted it with three coats when I last decorated in here, all brushed
>> on, no rollers in those days. I did it while I was on strike for the
>> only time in my 42 years working life. I have a vague recollection
>> that it was a two day token demonstration about the way those in
>> manufacturing engineering were being treated, and I think Arthur Scanlon
>> was the leader at that time.
>> Thanks for your kind remarks, peeples like you make it worth dropping in
>> from time to time... :)
>> --
>> Gordon H
>
>insists he is no relation!!
>Toddy<g>
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Arthur Scargill; - now there's a different story. :)
Suze
She'd be surprised. A hundred years from now...if
civilization still exists, someone will uncover that wall,
planning to recover it, probably with a robot by then, find
that historic information and turn it into a tourist site. ;-))
Suze
judith.lea
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Suze, last year, the then British Prime Minister came to my hospital,
my depatment, which has an open space called the East Atrium. He came
to insert a time capsule into that area. The police and their dogs
were taken by me through the route that Tony Blair would take. I gave
them the time capsule encased in a big plastic, cylindrical white
case. The police checked it, the dogs smelled it and I sealed it.
They then gave it back to me. I took it to my office and turning it
upside down, I wrote JL was here and the date. I wonder if anybody
will say in years to come "JL? who was he or she".
Judith
Toddy
"Gordon H" <Gor...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
You're right, it is Scargill!
Toddy
Gordon H
She may have said something slightly different, like the fact that we
wouldn't be around to know, anyway . . .
Normandy
"Aries" <no...@privacy.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
keethhng4420$.8zano089f7ts$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:02:06 -0000, judith.lea wrote:
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>> On Oct 30, 6:54 pm, Suze <mi...@telus.net> wrote:
>>
>> Suze, last year, the then British Prime Minister came to my hospital,
>> my depatment, which has an open space called the East Atrium. He came
>> to insert a time capsule into that area. The police and their dogs
>> were taken by me through the route that Tony Blair would take. I gave
>> them the time capsule encased in a big plastic, cylindrical white
>> case. The police checked it, the dogs smelled it and I sealed it.
>> They then gave it back to me. I took it to my office and turning it
>> upside down, I wrote JL was here and the date. I wonder if anybody
>> will say in years to come "JL? who was he or she".
>>
>> Judith
>
> --
> Motivation is what gets you started
> habit is what keeps you going - Jim Ryun
> http://tinyurl.com/2k6sj3
JL John Lennon?
judith.lea
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:02:06 -0000, judith.lea wrote:
>
> > Suze, last year, the then British Prime Minister came to my hospital,
> > my depatment, which has an open space called the East Atrium. He came
> > to insert a time capsule into that area. The police and their dogs
> > were taken by me through the route that Tony Blair would take. I gave
> > them the time capsule encased in a big plastic, cylindrical white
> > case. The police checked it, the dogs smelled it and I sealed it.
> > They then gave it back to me. I took it to my office and turning it
> > upside down, I wrote JL was here and the date. I wonder if anybody
> > will say in years to come "JL? who was he or she".
>
> > Judith
>
> --
> Motivation is what gets you started
> habit is what keeps you going - Jim Ryunhttp://tinyurl.com/2k6sj3
Maybe <G>
Judith
judith.lea
> "Aries" <no...@privacy.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yes, he was there too that day, he popped in with Elvis :-)
Suze
What an opportunity! :-) I can imagine the speculation in
years to come. Hmmm...JL...now what does that add up to in
roman numerals? <G>
Suze
Suze
She's probably more in touch with reality than myself. ;-)
Suze