Sound Financial Advise

At dinners and other occasions we've been serving wine from Tenuta Tre Cancelli, a vineyard that I visited back in November on a day long tour of vine producers here in the Lazio region. This one particular vintner struck me as having a very good white, a fine rose and an exceptional red. So I ordered a case of each. So far my initial judgment has proved right they are very fine wines at reasonable prices. And according to a financial plan sent me by my old friend Charlie it looks like this may be prove to be a wise investment move.

Charlie tells me that:

If I had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.

With Enron, I would have had $16.50 left of the original $1000.00.

With WorldCom, I would have had less than $5.00 left.

If I had purchased $1000 of Delta Air Lines stock I would have $49.00 left.

But, if I had purchased $1,000.00 worth of wine one year ago, drank all the
wine, then turned in the bottles for the recycling REFUND, I would have had $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to Drink heavily and recycle.

Now that's financial planning I like! Charlie you have a second career ahead of you - or is this a third or fourth I don't remember?


16 gennaio - San Furseo

Advice For ...

the Lovelorn:

I read this on a chat profile today and as romantic advice it makes perfect sense:

Never make someone a priority in your life when you're merely an option in theirs.

the Technically Challenged:

Copy & Paste (Inspirational)
A popular motivational speaker was entertaining his Audience. He Said: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!" The audience was in silence and shock. The speaker added: "And that woman was my mother!"Laughter and Applause!!!

A week later a manager, who had heard the speaker, tried to crack this very effective joke at home. He was a bit foggy after a drink. He said loudly to his wife who was preparing dinner, "The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my wife!" The wife went speechless with shock and rage.

Standing there for 20 seconds trying to recall the second Half of the joke, he finally blurted out "...and I can't remember who she was!"

By the time the manager regained consciousness, he was in a hospital bed nursing burns from boiling water.

Moral of the story: Don't Copy if you can't PASTE

Thanks to Bev in Islamabad for that one.

16 settembre - Santi Cornelio e Cipriano