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What happened to these men?

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by oz_media

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The year is 1923, in 1923, do you know who was:

1. President of the largest steel company?

2. President of the largest gas company?

3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?

4. Great wheat speculator?

5. President of the Bank International Settlement?

6. Great Bear of Wall Street?

Now, these men should have been considered some of the world's most successful men. At least,
they found the secret of making bundles of money.

Almost 80 years later, the history book asks us, do we know what actually became of these men?

ANSWERS:

1. The president of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, died a pauper.

2. The president of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, went insane.

3. The president of the NYSE, Richard Whitney, was released from prison to die at home.

4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.

5. The president of the Bank of International Settlement, shot himself.

6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Livemore, committed suicide.

However, in that same year, 1923, the winner of the most important golf championship, Gene
Sarazan, won both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.

What became of him, you ask?

Well, he played golf until hewas 92, died in 1999 at the age of 95, and was extremely financially
secure at the time of his death.

CONCLUSION: STOP WORRYING ABOUT BUSINESS AND OTHER BULLSHIT AND
START PLAYING GOLF!

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by cactus pete

You really are bored, aren't you, Oz?

Doesn't your cell phone work at the course? Or would that just be against golf etiquette?

by oz_media

My GSM cell phone works anywhere, UK, Germany, US, Canada, "wherever I may roam". As for he golf course, button your lip ratbag, that's blasphemy!
Bands Abroad? I still manage a network, wish something would go wrong.
Actually, someone sent it to me and I thought Max would find it amusing, instead of sending him a personal email, I figure he'll read it here, whether he posts or not.

Even the Q&A's are boring today, no new interesting discussions or anything!

I dunno, Ghost Recon itis I guess.

by jardinier

Hi Oz. I think that there have been so many non technical dicussions recently that we are all dried up of ideas.
Now I KNOW that you could think up a discussion topic that would start TR's version of World War III.
So stir them up, laddie!, and stop beating about the Bush.

by oz_media

Hi Julian, as you know, I get quite active in war related discyssions with US members.
The reason is simply due to the lack of accurate information that is provided to US students while in school. I feel that they are mislead and come up with someof the most retarded and idiotic reasonings behind their inability to live in peace by thenselves, and then slag other countries for not seeing it their way.

Normally, I have always refused to get into ANY political debates with my friends or peers. Being a British Citizen living in Canada, I was unable to vote for several years after moving here. The result of this was that I decided to never get into a political debate, I don't vote so how can I bitch about the state of affairs.

I just live and camp and do my thing, the government does theirs and that's that. For this reason, I really don't want to start these types of discussion, however I get really riled when I see someone say that if it wasn't for the US, English people would be speaking German. This is soooooo far from the truth it makes me ill. Hitker had neither the resources OR the airforce/navy to infiltrate England. The luftwaffe was badly beaten to the ground by the RAF and Royal Navy. The arrogance just kills me, so I rant and rave about it.

As for starting such a debate, it just doesn't do anything for me, no matter how right someone may be, American peers will never agree that it was a World war and not just America saving the world, as they seem to do quite often.

The IT industry is too starched more often than not, for this reason, I like to include a little fun to get away from the sterile, boring world of IT.

You don't have to like my posts, you don't have to participate if you're not interested. They are simply there if you are interested.

Thanks for your input, when are you gonna release you Erotic Sci-fi to the world? Or at least TR.

OM

by jardinier

that's why I put you at the top of my list for a peer discussion.
I exchange emails daily with Colin Luck. He has an extraordinary general knowledge, and is anything but the idiot Max likes to think he is.
By the way: how does heavy metal mix with classical cello?
My sister is a violinist, and I was raised on classical music (there was only one radio in the house which was permanently tuned to the ABC's classical station.)
It was only when I started building my own equipment that I becameaware of pop and jazz.

by oz_media

"By the way: how does heavy metal mix with classical cello?"

It doesn't! No way, no how, don't even go there!
I don't like being pigeon holed as ANYTHING mechanic, IT guy, writer, nice guy, ass*&@e.
I'm just me. I wouldn't say Heavy Metal is better than Bruckner, I wouldn't say Elton John is better than Eminem (OK, that one maybe)but I open myself up to anything, try almost anything once, eat anything once etc.

Having a nasty car accident (hit by a firetruck and pushed off a cliff) that left me in a coma for 6 1/2 weeks followed by 2 years of rehab, learning to walk, write etc. opened my eyes a bit and showed me that life is just too short to worry about. I just go out and enjoy it as much as possible. :-)
I think it was Shakespeare who said:
"If music be the food of love, play on"

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