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My collateralized debt obligation? I hate those things. Tom Send a noteboard - 17/07/2012 08:15:30 PM
I drafted principal documentation for about 12 of them in 2 years. It was enough to never want to see another CDO.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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/Survey: the changing face of home libraries Tom - 12/07/2012 12:27:26 AM 2162 Views
Well... jh - 12/07/2012 10:08:20 AM 808 Views
The obsessive compulsive in me won't let me stack books in corners. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:53:57 PM 677 Views
Not even if you stack them in really neat piles? You need to get your C.D.O. checked. *NM* jh - 17/07/2012 08:07:42 PM 295 Views
My collateralized debt obligation? I hate those things. Tom - 17/07/2012 08:15:30 PM 691 Views
No, no... CDO is just... jh - 18/07/2012 11:19:20 AM 674 Views
Ah...see I'm not quite that bad in that respect. Tom - 18/07/2012 01:19:06 PM 1049 Views
And neat piles are still clutter. *NM* Tom - 17/07/2012 10:29:00 PM 323 Views
Um nossy - 12/07/2012 02:05:17 PM 806 Views
You had a free bookshelf above the headboard of the bed in a spare room? Lucky you Tom - 15/07/2012 01:52:42 PM 730 Views
Maybe if we constructed some kind of spatial distortion device? nossy - 16/07/2012 02:55:50 AM 766 Views
we just keep buying more bookshelves... and putting books in different rooms *NM* temeraire - 12/07/2012 04:26:56 PM 305 Views
That worked for the first ten years in this home... *NM* Tom - 15/07/2012 01:48:35 PM 311 Views
Karl May? Interesting. Legolas - 12/07/2012 07:36:42 PM 718 Views
The Führer loved him, so I'm sure I will too. Tom - 13/07/2012 04:46:10 AM 705 Views
Heh. Legolas - 13/07/2012 11:00:41 PM 766 Views
You people are wussies Larry - 12/07/2012 07:56:20 PM 989 Views
I got the BUR edition in a little box. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:48:04 PM 653 Views
That is odd Larry - 17/07/2012 02:56:52 PM 791 Views
Well, you know my opinion of used books Tom - 17/07/2012 05:00:13 PM 746 Views
I must not be very sensitive to those smells Larry - 17/07/2012 05:57:35 PM 787 Views
When I run out of space on my bookshelves... HyogaRott - 12/07/2012 08:50:13 PM 831 Views
And what will you do when you run out of space for bookshelves? Tom - 15/07/2012 01:42:18 PM 735 Views
I take books I haven't read in several years to Half Priced Books... a tiny refund on my purchases. *NM* Macharius - 13/07/2012 01:44:18 AM 300 Views
Books from paper ? How peculiar. Orange - 13/07/2012 09:48:50 AM 687 Views
Some of us hate eBooks. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:40:27 PM 679 Views
Thankfully I haven't had to make such hard decisions yet A Deathwatch Guard - 15/07/2012 08:11:57 AM 746 Views
Yeah, I can't go and buy a 21st bookcase. Tom - 15/07/2012 01:38:56 PM 632 Views
*snorts* We'll see how long that lasts this time. *NM* Legolas - 17/07/2012 10:56:16 PM 274 Views
A long, long time this time. *NM* Tom - 18/07/2012 03:50:45 AM 318 Views
I could have sworn I saw a hardcover Lovecraft omnibus. Ghavrel - 18/07/2012 01:25:00 AM 1015 Views
I have it. It doesn't have lots of things. Tom - 18/07/2012 03:50:28 AM 672 Views
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