Miscellany
Last words...
"The (Australian) share-market reversed early losses...with morning news of a US Republican Party draft bill to repeal and replace Obamacare sparking a 50-point rally..."
- the Australian Financial Review, Wed-8-Mar.
Run that past W&D again! The entire Australian stock market rallied because of the possibility of the repeal of health care legislation in another country.
W&D wonders what other doozies are in the standby 'reasons-to-give-for-a-rally-when-you-cannot-get-an-answer-from-your-market-contacts' box.
First Samuel client events calendar
Date |
Event |
Description |
Venue |
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Tue-9-May-17 |
Charity Event |
Eat StreetThis is Melbourne's most amazing food and wine fest. All the proceeds of the event go to a charity. |
Sofitel, Collins Street. Invitations upcoming. |
|
Tue-30-May-17 |
Art Series |
NGV Winter Exhibition - First Samuel Private Viewing |
NGV, St Kilda Road. Invitations upcoming. |
|
?-August-17 |
Education Series |
Annual ForumThis is our annual 'food for the brain' event. Guest speaker to be confirmed. |
Leonda, Hawthorn Invitations upcoming. |
Some lightly salted absurdities from all over...
At the extreme left-hand of the bell curve
Alvin Neal, 56, is merely the most recent bank robber to begin the robbery sequence, at a Wells Fargo branch in San Diego, after identifying himself to a teller.
He swiped his ATM card through a machine at the counter. The teller handed him all she had: $565. He fled, but was soon caught.
(Los Angeles Times)
He was sentenced to three years and 10 months. Bonus: he also had to pay back the $565.
Orange light district
The city of Fremont (pop. 214,000, just north of San Jose, California) reported earning an additional $190,000 more each month last year by shortening the time the orange light was on in traffic lights by two-thirds of a second, at just two intersections.
Tickets issued went up 445% at one and 883% at the other.
(KPIX-TV San Franscisco)
Guns don't kill people...
Hunter Richardson, 19, Orange, Massachusetts, December - testing an iced-over lake with the butt end of his muzzle-loader.
Suspected convenience store robber, Cleveland, Ohio, July - the old waistband-for-a-holster mishap, shot to the groin.
James Short, 72, New Carlisle, Ohio, September - reached for his ringing phone in his dentist's waiting room but instead yanked out his gun.
Andrew Abellanosa, 30, Anchorage, Alaska - shot himself in the leg in a bar, twice in the same sequence.
A 50-year-old man, Oshawa, Ontario, February - making a Valentine's necklace out of a bullet by pulling it apart with vice grips.
(Various)
Have a wry and dry weekend
Anthony