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40's not the benchmark.

I'm 32 and I remember Black Tuesday very well.

"The womb that spawned that thing is fertile yet"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:17:33 AM EST
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So do I, but we were too young to be traders in 1987, weren't we?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:19:31 AM EST
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Indeed.

But it is a pity if people are only influenced by their work experience.
It would mean a total inability to learn from history, for a start.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Sat Oct 11th, 2008 at 12:52:44 PM EST
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