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woodster

posted on 21/5/09 at 08:56 AM Reply With Quote
piston broke

I thought that was just another day in the city

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violentblue

posted on 21/5/09 at 04:28 PM Reply With Quote
have a close friend who used to trade in the london stock exchange (hope I got the name right)
apparently the 3 martini lunch was quite common, the 6 martini lunch even more so.





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iank

posted on 21/5/09 at 04:48 PM Reply With Quote
Back in the 80's there were apparently traders making money off the 'cocaine' blips introduced by other less cautious traders who'd had a little too much nose candy and were getting a even more overconfident than usual.





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