Portfolio of the Week

[Gary611]

Hello everyone!!

Boy! I gotta lot of catchin' up to do!!

More to follow,
Bar none,
except me,
NYUK,NYUK!!!!!


CSCO long for next week, whomever!!!!!

[skiracer]

Ski, honest, I think you're a wonderful human being, and I like you just the way you are! Sorry I even brought up the subject.

Maybe too much time on my hands! I'm procrastinating to avoid having to clean my house today!

Love, Riverbabe

River,
I didn't have a problem with any of it in the first place. I was just trying to start some more conversation about anything and I figured that as long as we were on that topic but in retrospect I have to wonder why I ever made that last post.

[peanuts]

POTW week 2

Tefron Ltd. (TFR)

They make intimate apparel and all kinds of other apparel. They sell it primarily in Israel. They also make heathcare related apparel. From all the sector watching I've been doing over this weekend, I see that these groups have been performing well, lately. TFR has some catching up to do, and while it currently sets on some key moving averages, I am assuming that the catching up will happen soon.

How many men use the default nighty/teddy/baby doll for their wife for the holidays? Valentine's Day is also right around the corner...

LONG TFR

and ski, don't change, camel sack

[riverbabe]

Please don't change

Ski, honest, I think you're a wonderful human being, and I like you just the way you are! Sorry I even brought up the subject.

Maybe too much time on my hands! I'm procrastinating to avoid having to clean my house today!

Love, Riverbabe

[skiracer]

Lets take a concensus to see if it would be more comfortable for everyone else if I were to discontinue using "an" or "and" as I have in the past and to start using it in the more conventional way everyone else seems to use them. Sister Mary Francis will be turning over in her casket on this one.

[skiracer]

It was in the "outrageous predictions for 2007" thread

The difference between a vowel and a consonant is your tongue. It is impossible to make a vowel sound using your tongue against your teeth. You can only use the shape of your lips and inflection in voice tone to make a vowel sound. In order to make consonant sounds, you need to press your tongue against your teeth or bring your lips together to make the sound.

The rule that is applying to your construction of English sentences actually has very little to do with 'and'. 'And' is 'and', is 'and', and it will never be anything other than 'and'. It is a link between 2 objects. ie. My friend "and" I... Dogs like bones "and" treats... You are comparing apples 'and' oranges

"a" is not a link, but instead describes subjects as singular, ie. "a dog" or "an elephant", whereas a pluralization of these subjects would become "some dogs", or "many elephants". The key is the sound of first part of word which is the subject. If the word begins with vowel sound, then proper English is to place an "n" at the end of "a" to form "an". .

There are no English rules which state to drop the "d" from "and" when it is followed by a word with a vowel sound. There is no backwards integration of the rule for singular subjects on the rules for using "and". It is simply, "and"

However, skiracer, I like the way you write, right now. It was hard to get used to at first, but I would miss it if you did it any other way. It's part of your personallity. The message that you are trying to get across still comes through clearly, so really, whats the big deal?

Now, if you started to write like a 4th grader, I'd have to break your fingers.

And spank me too please. I attended Catholic schools thru the 8th grade and that was the way it was taught. The capture above is from the Purdue University dictionary an I think it would be considered correct. It was drilled into me by several Nuns over the course of my early education an has stuck out of habit I guess. If you were caught talking in line, chewing gum, or using and instead of an before a vowel there were two things that you could expect. The first was to hold your hands out and get a good crack across the knuckles with the metal edge of the ruler or if you were persistent in your actions they would bend you over and give you a good crack or two across the lower back with a yardstick. In the 8th grade I had to be removed from the parochial school system because I got tired of constantly being hit and took the liberty of smacking one back. The hitting stopped at that point but the use of an vs. and stuck. I've always thought it was the correct usage but it is no big deal with me one way or another as long as no one tries to crack me across the knuckles because of it except for Riverbabe of course.

Doug,
Use "an" instead of "and" only if "an" is followed by a word beginning in a vowel otherwise use "and" or "a" as is suitable and phonetically correct sounding for that circumstance. Doug I can see that you never attended Catholic school. One specific thing about the Catholic schooling that I can remember was that from around 5th grade the girls started taking an unusually higher degree of interest in playing doctor.

[skiracer]

I use VBA all the time in excel and access. Its a powerful tool, and quite easy to pick up. I also use it a lot with my stock spreadsheets: exporting multiple graphs as one picture, automatically downloading historical data from yahoo, custom formulas, general automation, stuff like that. PM me if you ever run into a problem.

I've been teaching myself the fundamental basics of using Excel an am trying to learn to write code for a number of applications. I'm coming along quite well with both but the time element is a hardship with the businesses, family, and trading all requiring my time. Thanks for the offer of help an you can count on me asking for your help. I appreciate the offer.

[scifos]

CHRW long please.

[IIC]

So Ski...You telling me that if you catch a cold
you might sneeze a cough???

[Rob]

"a" is not a link, but instead describes subjects as singular, ie. "a dog" or "an elephant", whereas a pluralization of these subjects would become "some dogs", or "many elephants".

To be precise, "a" and "an" are indefinite articles, as opposed to "the," which is a definite article.

For example, if I say, "Hand me a book," the "a" is indefinite because it could be any old book. But if I say, "Hand me the book," then I'm referring to one particular book; therefore "the" is a definite article.

While the conjunctive word "and" links two items in a sentence and is always spelled with a d nowadays, there is apparently an archaic usage af "an" in which it may be either synonymous with "and" or mean "and if." It also has an' as a spelling variation. The only exceptions I know of today would be where someone is writing in such a manner as to express a colloquialism and spells it an' with an apostrophe in place of the d; or in some cases it might be spelled 'n' replacing both the a and the d with apostrophes.

[riverbabe]

However, skiracer, I like the way you write, right now. It was hard to get used to at first, but I would miss it if you did it any other way. It's part of your personallity. The message that you are trying to get across still comes through clearly, so really, whats the big deal?

Okay, an now I've learned something too. An I think I can probably get used to it. Your just you an I can learn to live with you just as you're.

[peanuts]

River,
I hope this explains the usage. Alot less expensive than plane tickets but that's another story. This definition is from the Purdue University Press dictionary from a Google search. Somewhere in these posts is another definition and conversation I had with Peanuts about the same topic but I can't seem to bring it up.

It was in the "outrageous predictions for 2007" thread

The difference between a vowel and a consonant is your tongue. It is impossible to make a vowel sound using your tongue against your teeth. You can only use the shape of your lips and inflection in voice tone to make a vowel sound. In order to make consonant sounds, you need to press your tongue against your teeth or bring your lips together to make the sound.

The rule that is applying to your construction of English sentences actually has very little to do with 'and'. 'And' is 'and', is 'and', and it will never be anything other than 'and'. It is a link between 2 objects. ie. My friend "and" I... Dogs like bones "and" treats... You are comparing apples 'and' oranges

"a" is not a link, but instead describes subjects as singular, ie. "a dog" or "an elephant", whereas a pluralization of these subjects would become "some dogs", or "many elephants". The key is the sound of first part of word which is the subject. If the word begins with vowel sound, then proper English is to place an "n" at the end of "a" to form "an". .

There are no English rules which state to drop the "d" from "and" when it is followed by a word with a vowel sound. There is no backwards integration of the rule for singular subjects on the rules for using "and". It is simply, "and"

However, skiracer, I like the way you write, right now. It was hard to get used to at first, but I would miss it if you did it any other way. It's part of your personallity. The message that you are trying to get across still comes through clearly, so really, whats the big deal?

Now, if you started to write like a 4th grader, I'd have to break your fingers.

[peanuts]

peanuts, Sorry, I was going by the original Portfolio rules (shows how long I've been gone), rather than the newer Pick rules. "I'll take SCLD for $1000, please, Alex."

Great!

I've got you for SCLD long to start the week. You'll get the opening price on Monday. You can trade out of that anytime you want during the week, and choose one more pick. The sum of your percentage change for the each position taken during the week will be your 'score' for the week. The score for the week will affect your $970 starting balance. (Since you've missed the first week of the year, and the beginning of the yearly contest, you are automatically penalized 3% for each week that you did not or do not play.) You will begin the yearly contest with $970 rather than $1000. To avoid such a penalty in the future, place a stock pick each week, or just say CA$H (be sure to use the $ symbol, so I don't get all confuzzled and put you in Meta Financial Group, ticker CASH)

Looking forward to your performance!!!!

Anyone else want in? Come children, all are welcome, step into the light, all are welcome, all are welcome...

[skiracer]

River,
I hope this explains the usage. Alot less expensive than plane tickets but that's another story. This definition is from the Purdue University Press dictionary from a Google search. Somewhere in these posts is another definition and conversation I had with Peanuts about the same topic but I can't seem to bring it up.

[scifos]

Does that also come under heading of: It's-tough-to-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks?

With a little persistence, Ski, I have little doubt that you will accomplish a great deal in learning some cool VBA tricks, and I congratulate you for your willingness to submit yourself to a little brain torture in order to achieve your goal.

I use VBA all the time in excel and access. Its a powerful tool, and quite easy to pick up. I also use it a lot with my stock spreadsheets: exporting multiple graphs as one picture, automatically downloading historical data from yahoo, custom formulas, general automation, stuff like that. PM me if you ever run into a problem.