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Al Brunswick

Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA


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I always wanted to be a Lion cos they have more girls grrr

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Real or made up Rollercoaster

October 17th 2008 04:04
Novice Stock market investor (NT) :
So what is my objective when investing in shares ?

Experienced Trader (ET):
Well if you can turn a capital profit over a reasonable time of somewhere between 5 & 10 percent and each stock you invest in that would be a good average.

NT : So you mean if the stock I buy rises by 7% say then i should maybe consider selling and if one I am looking at buying falls by 7% I should buy as long as its a safe company of course.

ET : Exactly, it does get more complicated when you do more trades but thats the basic

NT : and what time frame a mont, a year ?

ET : Those figures would be averaged out over a year so your portfolio should increase by capital value by 7% each year minimum. Less than that really isn't worth it.

NT : So if I could do that each day I guess I could make a lot of money

ET : Yes but the stock market doesnt do that, it as a much more conservative flow either up or down.

NT : In recent weeks it has gone up following a Governement annoucement and then fallen back the following day by that magnitude.

ET : Yes but these are uncertain times and everyone is worried.

NT : About what exactly, the world isn't about to close. It seems to me that as a result of the market dropping dramatically the governements around the world responded by putting up lots of money and protections.

ET : Yes well they cant afford for the eccomony to collaspe so have a lot more to lose than they are investing.

NT : This has inspired big investors to buy stocks wholesale at the lower prices thus restoring the market by upto 10 %

ET : Yes

NT : and then they are selling the following day wholesale and the market collaspes again

ET : umm yes

NT : and so the net effect of this investment is a 10% capital gain in one day

ET : Yes I suppose

NT : but then the governments see their actions have not solved the problem and put up more protection and invest in capital works to stimulate the ecconomy

ET : Yes as this is kind of another way to help

NT : which in term inspires the big investors to buy stocks and raise the market to the same level as the previous rise ie another 10% rise but the actual price is the same

ET : Yes I see where you are heading with this

NT : and then they sell making another 10 % capital gain in one day. Does this mean they can retire for 12 months having made 2 years worth of above average gains in 2 days of trade without actually increasing the price of their stocks beyond their normal price.

ET : So what are you saying ?

NT : I think the current market rollercoaster will continue on until governments realise they are creating a new problem rather than solving an exisiting one if they continue and that big investors are much smarter than the governements given them credit for.

ET : Are you sure you are a Novice Investor ?



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Some dogs have all the fun

October 15th 2008 07:35
The message was prominently displayed on a post that everyone passed, it was obviously designed to attract as many passers by as possible.



Dad, in one of his famous parenting lectures about growing up, had told me I’d come across these sorts of things. I can remember his words.. 'your not bad looking so you won’t have a problem with the girls, just gotta watch out for those that try too hard to get noticed'



He didn’t say why but then he never elaborated about anything much 'cept the football of course. I guess this was one of those situations, the message was pretty explicit…



‘Young and exciting girl seeks fun and good times with a strong and versatile male. Interests include keeping fit, going to beach and picnics, love meeting new people. Not looking for anything serious unless you are the one! Meet me in the park, I am an open minded bitch !’

Just begining to imagine how much fun could be had with someone like that started the blood pumping, a close inspection would give me away. Even the thought that such free and open advertising might deliver a regular stream of suitors wasn't enough to clear the imagines in my mind.



Then a niggling thought entered my head and wouldn't leave as I wandered off. Just how many others would have remembered what their father had said and ignored the advert?



What if everyone ignored the message for the same reason and no-one checked her out. How would that make her feel, might she interpret the lack of response to the simplest of messages in the most prominent places, as the biggest rejection of all?



By the time we arrived at the park I had decided what I would, if I could find her I would trust my instincts. No plans, no expectations just a simple introduction exercise and see what happens....



Some say its a dogs life.... I tend to agree
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I met a girl - Pt 1

October 15th 2008 07:31
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The best sex therapy money can buy

June 25th 2008 06:18
My advice guys, send your women out to see ‘Sex in the City’ not once, not twice but at least three times !

At last a film that tells women it is okay to be sexy over the age of 50, its good to actually want to have sex more than once a year and yes it is damn good fun to be confident in your own skin


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Simpson's Law

May 30th 2008 04:45
Location – A local church confessional

The proponents – The local priest and a Sinner


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The Great Divide

May 23rd 2008 02:57
How long will it be before big business sponsors 'professional' criminals as a justifiable business activity and will it then become tax deductable ?

It might seem a little far fetched at first but are we really that far away from the comercial next step. Ask yourself this, if you were offered $3m to perpetrate a crime that would result in a minimum of 5 years jail would you do it


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Is money losing its control over us

February 28th 2008 02:42
For many years now I have harboured a desire not to allow money to control my life. Its grubby little paws are everywhere I go, in everything I do and dictates a fair amount of what lies ahead. Of course you can do things that don’t cost money, the beach is amazing for its naked beauty and emotional impact, but the reality is getting there costs money, living there costs money and eating there costs money.

An older brother told me once to remember money is just a facility to make things happen, it should be used accordingly. Decoding this as pre-teen took a few years but he was spot on and that describes life right now


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Oiling the shotguns

February 28th 2008 02:05
The problem with engineers is that they can’t accept anything but a complete answer.

Engineers know perfection is just an impossible dream because the methodology and technical aspects behind an end product designed in compromise. Compromise is not a problem where it is necessary for the end product to work, there is no point having a perfect product that no one likes the look of as many many many carmakers will attest


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OMG scary thought #2

January 15th 2008 22:55
I must escape the green debate before I am labelled a skeptic of any sort. I'm not in case anyone has already reached that junction and needs guidance, I am a realist and a logical one at that, yes the worst kind, but its a bit late to request spots instead of the stripes.

In reading about TV energy consumption(See : Plasma-Greenhouse-Effect ) I saw a startling fact, we in Australia (and we aren't that odd that the figure is likely to be similar in the western world) have an average of 2.4 cars per household. I will leave it to another post to discuss the benefits of this figure being greater than the average number of kids, in terms of the greenhouse soap I am not sure which would be better - do kids or cars issue more polution over their life span and are which are fully biodegradable


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Plasma greenhouse effect

January 15th 2008 06:16
Don't you just hate it when something niggles in the back of your head, a little voice tells you the planets are not alligned, but the cogs aren't jammed so much as struggling to keep turning.

The worse of it is when you don't remember what it was that upset your train of thought, the thing that overheated the grease just won't show itself. Days or weeks can pass by and eventually your mind learns to deal with it, accept the thought is gone and try to reinvent the lubrication system to get round whatever it was


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Comment by Al Brunswick
on Simpson's Law

May 30th 2008 08:20
thank you, I started out with the idea this was a SImpson's moment ie Doh ! but then it grew into something a little more serious LOL.

Glad you liked

Comment by Al Brunswick
on OMG scary thought #2

January 30th 2008 07:21
Thx Arun

Your comments raise further intrigue in new directions...

1 - What happens when all these obvious underdeveloped countries meet our standards, what happens when there is no more places to find such dramatic growth. The US appears headed for a recession now because of the lack of growth what would happen if the world had no growth ?

2 - I am a firm believer that everyone in the world is entitled to to social benefits and a healthy standard of living, but some might argue that the Western world contains overwhelming proof that these things are detrimental to the happiness of a society.

Both of these arguments of course however far you take them only serve to underline the point of my blog though, that being the idealogy that everyday people changing their behaviour to a more sustainable manner will not solve the problems of the planet. It might make governments feel useful for a year or so.

Ps not sure mobile phone were ever a sign of status LOL I recall them going from nerdwear to latest must haves as their size deminished.

Comment by Al Brunswick
on OMG scary thought #2

January 17th 2008 05:59
Thanks Lilla I hope you manage to get the imagination back in gear to finish your research.

Just as Live Aid brought the plight of the third world to our living rooms in the 80s, the greenhouse experience brings us the planet in destress in 2000s.

The manipulation of the human race by News and Government organisations is almost worthy of a Monty Python episode, not talking grand conspiracy or anything just another way to get money out of our pockets to waste

Comment by Al Brunswick
on Crisis who says it’s a crisis ?

November 16th 2007 09:16
Critical comment is generally what writers seek missing the point of a simple acknowledgement.
For that I thank you.

Comment by Al Brunswick
on Crisis who says it’s a crisis ?

November 15th 2007 22:46
Well thank you for visiting anyway. If you liked the photo you may well enjoy reading this and other posts, I look forward to your return visit.


Comment by Al Brunswick
on Knowing you're sexy

November 15th 2007 10:47
Sexyness for want of a better word is a two way street, one person alone in a room without an audience can not be sexy to anyone other than themselves. In most cases women will not personally find themsleves sexy as they can see their own flaws glaring back at them.

It therefore requires the receptor to be understanding the sexyness projected, we all have generalisations of classic sexyness (Lara Croft LOL) but we also have descreet subtle differences, I might find a slim petite body more sexy than a well shaped figure with ample facilties.

I feel maybe you have morphed this basic theory into another concept altogether, the audacity of the sexy. Sexy guys won't feel guilty or blush for being discovered, rather they will be proud of displaying their admiration for the efforts of the subject in presenting herself in such a stimulating manner.

And for their part, Sexy females will soak up such admiration as reinforment that they are projecting their sensual feelings adequetly.

Wow too long for a comment sorry LOL

Comment by Al Brunswick
on I only like it when it's served with ketchup

November 14th 2007 05:59
A friend of a friend of a friend told me you had a fetish for tomato ketchup but all I see here is a desire to be covered from head to toe in messages from dead email drop, it this a spy saga I have uncovered ? LOL

I can see the humour seeping out from under your carefully controlled demeanor as you crash the phone onto its base. You tell me you don't need 'sex pills' or a 'penis extension', you ask a rhetorical question which for obvious reasons I desperately want you to avoid answering "If only she could see me, she would know what it's like to be loved, truly loved."

The poor teenager at the other end suffers her 35th rejection this week, each one had had the same negative aggresive tone, each one had sapped more and more of her energy. Now she felt like an empty shell, her student loan wouldn't be paid this week, her prospects of finding another more fullfilling job dealt a savage blow by her continued failure to communicate.

Even her dreams let her down, she pictured herself a beautful untouched rose discarded by a jilted lover and left to wilt in a puddle of a passing shower.

Comment by Al Brunswick
on The Cowardly Hypocrisy of Bigots that claim that they are not Bigots.

October 19th 2007 05:43
now here is an interesting thought .... does it not follow from what you are saying that the bigot must always be in the minority to succeed in creating a retaliation ?

In which case can't we all go home happy knowing that although their views are not our own and probably quite dispictable, they will not be able to translate into the majority by simple genetic make up ?