Archive for October 9th, 2007

Oct 09 2007

Can not la

Published by The Kibbitzer under Sports

Simon suddenly decided to skip town for 3 weeks, leaving tomorrow morning for home, Singapore.  I’m devastated, who’s going to take care of me on court?  And can I actually play without his nagging?  This Saturday I played with Steve and Sunday I played with Jeff, all gone well, until against Simon and company.  “I [...]

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Oct 09 2007

IRA

Published by The Kibbitzer under View from Bottom

It stands for International Recovery Associates, Inc. located in Nesconset NY.  I received a letter dated 10/1 today from them, demanding $97.30 on behave of my radiologist.  Saying that I have 30 days to respond.  How coincident that I just blog about it yesterday!  It just reinforced my point that doctors are losing control and too [...]

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Oct 09 2007

A begger

Published by The Kibbitzer under View from Bottom

Walking home one day last week, passed by this lady in the pic.  She looked weighted down by her bags and tilt her face upon seeing me.  “Yes?”  Thought she needed direction or something.  “Do you have a quarter?”  What?  Need for the meter?  “Quarters or dollar?”  I saw her white canvas bag was full [...]

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Oct 09 2007

Typhoon

Published by The Kibbitzer under Finances

FXI is up 4 points at the moment, representing a 2.25% surge.  What’s going on there?  Ferocious Krosa kicked the market up another notch?  Nintendo is doing fine too, up 55% since May 31.

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Oct 09 2007

Free money

My 6-month CD at 5.12% matured today, netting a profit that amply covers a dinner for four at Masa or Le Bernardin.  It doesn’t take a genius to figure out this spread, but shows how Americans deal with finances: credit, credit and more credit.  I don’t think the credit card industry is betting on the cc holders taking their line of credit running [...]

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