Subj : Re: Money
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed Nov 27 2019 21:08:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 11-21-19  06:17 <=-

 >  JM> (*There are stories of people deliberately dumping stocks to
 >  JM> make the value fall ("everyone's selling, there mu
 > (You chopped again.. "must be something wrong with that stock"?) 
 JM> Pretty much.  
 > I've heard of such.... I suppose it's technically legal, but it seems
 > somewhat wrong to me... :)
 JM> There's probably a law against it, but not sure.
 JM> The buyer could also have it in others names but have access to it.

There's a lot of high-falutin business deals that I really can't quite
wrap the head around... Probably is some sort of law against
deliberately dumping stock to make the price drop, but I imagine that it
might be hard to prove it being deliberate...

 >  JM>  A lot of times in crime/drama/mysteries someone has two
 >  JM> sets of books, dummy companies, etc.
 > That just seems like so much extra unnecessary work to me... 
 JM> Same here.  
 JM> I sometimes have trouble keeping one set of books in balance.  :)

I can handle one set of books ok... so far, at least... ;)
 
 >  JM> legend.  But I do remember when there were shortages.  Not empty
 >  JM> shelves but stores low on supply from a sudden large demand.
 > Probably happened once, anyway... but probably also not a regular
 > recurrence... A lot of things could play into low on supply... including
 > rumors of storms.... :) 
 JM> I vividly remember the mid '70s and early '80s when inflation was
 JM> raging (remember WIN: Whip Inflation Now?).  
 
Yeah... too bad it takes more than just catchy slogans to fix things...

 JM> Prices were going up faster than pay and people were stocking up on
 JM> all sorts of things, which only caused more shortages, because if you
 JM> don't buy it now, it'll cost more later. 
 JM> That was one reason for rationing during the war.  To keep people
 JM> from hoarding and such.
 
 > We do use paper towels a bit more often... not like some people,
 > though... I don't buy paper napkins, as we'll use the paper towels
 > instead... My sister made lots of cloth napkins and she just washes them
 > over and over, but that's another choice that can cost in other ways...  
 JM> At work when I wash my hands I reuse that paper towel at my desk at
 JM> lunch, or for other reasons I might need a paper towel. 

We do reuse the paper towels... One used as a napkin will be used for
days, until it is getting too soiled, then it will be used for some mess
before being tossed... :)

 JM> I can't see using some then to dry my hands and later more as a
 JM> towel. I use cloth towels for all sorts of things and those can be
 JM> used many times.
 JM> Paper towels are only for the messiest clean ups.

We each make our choices as to how to do things like that....  :)

ttyl        neb

.... Me, indecisive?  I'm not sure about that.

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