Portfolio of the Week

[skiracer]

Congratulations Ski (= Dude = Camel's Gonads!)

Yeah, I thought I finally would get the GOLD! But you skied by with barely a track in the snow (rain)! So, the CAMEL "ate" my FISH, while the APE just sat there and laughed! Let the WARS begin!!! You shall NOT prevail!!!

(PS. The language in this post has been tremendously cleaned up to pass PG13 standards!)

(PPS. I already belong to the Mile High Club! jejejejeje!)

Riverbabe

And I love it when you talk implied dirty! Well there is still 51 weeks left River. One of the things I can't say I've done is the mile high club an I'm running out of time.

[skiracer]

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."

And I thought I was the only one using the Yerba around here. Go Stenz!

[riverbabe]

And I love it when you talk implied dirty! Well there is still 51 weeks left River. One of the things I can't say I've done is the mile high club an I'm running out of time.

Hey, call me...

[jiesen]

Alright, Bronze! Finally, AMLN starts to gain a little traction again...

Congrats Ski and River for winning the week. FORG was a spectacular play! Hope this one takes you a mile high, Ski.

Peanuts, please put me in $$CASH$$ for next week. Thanks!

[spikefader]

Grats to ski, river and jiesen. Huge win there ski, you're in fine form as per usual, and pretty to watch.

[Karel]

Congratulations to Ski, River and Jiesen, and a heartfelt thanks to you, Doug! That was not a pretty start for me. But we may have lost a battle, etc.

Regards,

Karel

[riverbabe]

An(d) Ski!

How come you don't like the "d" at the end of "an(d)"? It's both on this thread and the Real Estate thread and driving me crazy! Kind of like the curse of "perfect pitch." LOL

[skiracer]

How come you don't like the "d" at the end of "an(d)"? It's both on this thread and the Real Estate thread and driving me crazy! Kind of like the curse of "perfect pitch." LOL

I would be willing to comply but I could never explain the logic behind that usage unless I'm in a plane cruising above 5280 ft. Catch my drift?

[riverbabe]

I would be willing to comply but I could never explain the logic behind that usage unless I'm in a plane cruising above 5280 ft. Catch my drift?

Hmmm. Is that what they call it now?

[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.

[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.

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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.