Remember those heady days of the summer of 2011? So much hope, and it all flushed down the toilet.
With the death of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, the question arises: what next? Will this trigger other changes in the Arab world? My guess is maybe, but don’t hold your breath either. Will it mean much lower oil and gas prices? Not very likely; we have all gotten used to these high prices, so we’ll keep getting gouged, even if more oil is flowing (for now). Interesting that Gaddafi came in to sweep away the King and other “corrupt power icons” and now he has been swept away under the same broom? I think that is at least ironic.
I spent much of this week playing silly banking games, but I think I have finally straightened most of it out (and hopefully signed the last form needed as well). One interesting thing I did learn is that because my branch of the TD is open on Sunday but many others are still not opening, my branch is actually overrun during the 5 hours they are open (i.e. folks who can’t get the services on Sunday at their branch are coming to my branch to get them). Interesting customer herding by the folks at TD.
Tweets of October 23rd Week 2011
As for my Tweets this week, a diverse cross-section of some of my favourite Oldie But Goodies (OBG):
- I am actually living through this again at my Church so it is very topical Charity and Stewardship , looking forward to it being over too.
- Asking the question Quick what is your Credit Card Interest Rate is a trick, since if you know it, you most likely have bitten by it.
- Always important to learn from previous experiences hence my article RESP: Lessons Learned.
- In the early days of my kids going to University I had to vent with University Costs: Holy Crap!
- Another Pet Peeve or mine about Buying Lottery Tickets and Going to Casinos
- One of my favorite fun stories Up on The Roof makes me smile (since my Dad told me it first).
