“The biting of the nose and the fights, sure, when you’re throwing around that kind of money, people tend to lose it sometimes,” said Doug Pringle, 42, who traded corn, soybeans, 10- year Treasury notes and 30-year bonds for 17 years. “I miss the excitement.”
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Here Are Some Thoughts On Men And Wall Street
Jerk Running Ferry To Fire Island Not Up On The Celebs Of Financial Reform
kind of a turn on.
-PTJ
Stuff like that happens at D. E. Shaw all the time. It’s no big deal.
I’m getting excited just hearing about this.
-you know who
Looks really exciting. When will “SFAS 157, Is it Fair, Is it Valuable” be coming out?
something like this happened once at SAC, except it wasn’t a nose that got bit off…
CFA or MBA?
@5 you’re a sick fuck
who says that’s taking it too far?
-biff basness
@7 to each his/her own.
-PJ/5
Anybody hear anything about a protest at 85 Broad?
@10 no, are you?
My college roomate forgot to put a stop under my Lucent while I was in class one day. That night I had this a legendary white head that I popped in his mouth while he was sleeping.
No “Sell Mortimer” comments yet? Too passe?
Constance Fry, Constance Fry,
Anytime you’d call;
Constance would fulfill your needs,
Winter, Spring or Fall.
Boy the way Glen Miller played,
songs that made the hit parade,
guys like us we had it made,
those were the days,
and you know where you were then,
girls were girls and men were men,
mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again,
didn’t need no welfare states everybody pulled his weight,
gee our old Lasalle ran great,
those were the days!
@12, Hope your roommate gave you a Gilbert Arenas shoe shine.
In my day i bit off dicks. It’s such a good memory i’ll say this twice courtesy of Db.
In my day i bit off dicks. It’s such a good memory i’ll say this twice courtesy of Db.
CBOT traders = Mouth breathers