Posts by "montmorency"

So, you guys don't think this presages a new breakthrough in gold?

Patience.

There's an old joke about a Frenchman visiting NYC for the first time. He is taken to see the Empire State Building. "It's great; it makes me think about sex". He goes to the Statue of Liberty. "I love it; makes me think about sex". They take him to Times Square. "Fantastique - makes me think about sex". They ask him: "Why does it make you think about sex?". "Mais oui, because everything makes me think about sex".

Some people are like that about buying gold.

:-)

We were supposed to have seen the bottom at 1.34....1.32....

To support what Catnip said about Belgium, recent election results look good for Flemish separatists: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/14/belgium-flemish-separatist-election-win

I first visited Belgium late 60s/early 70s, and the linguistic struggles were in evidence then, sometimes breaking out into fisticuffs. It has not gone away and has been simmering. I suppose the language thing is really a surrogate for economic issues, as the old heavy industries of the Walloon south have given way to the more modern ones of the north, and the prosperity has shifted from south to north. In some ways it is a microcosm of Europe. It is not quite fair to say they have no production. They are hard-working, as well as fun-loving, people. A bit chaotic sometimes, perhaps :)