seshnath

Bridge hype. I come from a blue collar small town type of family and my grandfather's brother brought the game along when he moved back after retiring from a senior job at a large Canadian bank. I remember my dad, uncle, granddad and granddad's brother playing til 5 am every other weekend. Good times. Their wives and kids got in on it too, and the uncle's wife was probably the best player of them all, by my estimation. The grandpa brother taught everyone the basics of how to bid based off some popular system, and the others quickly became beasts. My dad, mom, brother and I still get together from time to time to play some games, have a drink and enjoy some time together. Our bidding is pretty much nonsense, but we make some alright plays and have tons of fun. I started with office poker games and soon migrated to bridge following WEB. I have been an ACBL member since 2005 and make it a point to play in at least one regional/sectional when I am in the US. Other times I play online at BBO with the same handle seshnath. I am enjoying it so far. - Nathan

You can invest directly in Indian stocks as a foreigner. Only question is - are you willing to take the currency risk? I can assist in setting up an account.

What did they mean by the Omni Channel short? I'm betting baby clothes will work well too... I believe they are talking about the fact that brick and mortar is moving towards e-commerce and vice versa and hence, retail short becomes Omni Channel Short now. Essentially when you short a brick and mortar retailer, you are shorting their omni channel short as well, no? Baby clothes is interesting. I read recently on Kitex Garments in India, second largest capacity wise in infant wear - the CEO was saying about how babies grow fast between birth and two years of age and the birth rate is pretty much constant in the US and back up to the almost pre-2008 levels.

I started buying on 24th September into JK Bank as a 5% position and now a 10% position. Looks like I have good company!!! ;D

Would love to join at bridgebase - am seshnath - these days I play infrequently - expecting it to change by jan middle.

I play on bridgebase - seshnath is my handle there as well. I have tried okbridge - didn't like it - poor customer service as well. I use Bridge Baron to learn - highly recommend that. Buffett recommended book I have read is Why you lose in bridge? - it is an exercise in inversion - would recommend reading that after you feel comfortable with the game. I also try to play MABC regional held around the 4th of July.

Netnet - I had registered last winter as well. Didn't get a chance to go through - am doing it now. A synthesis of Dawkins' writings and cellular automata rule throws up interesting explanations for me.

It's not that he doesn't like Jack Welch. He's just interjecting in a debate and trying to enlighten...kind of like how everyone on here does! ;D Cheers! Anyone hear of the "Alwaleed of Omaha" story? It seems when Al-Waleed, the Saudi owner of Kingdom Holdings told WEB that he was especially proud when called "Warren Buffett of the Gulf", WEB replied that he was proud when he was called "Al Waleed of Omaha". To me, that is the take downs of all take downs from WEB with all its subtlety and humor. (I read this story in some Middle East newspaper a year or so ago)

There is also the choice of voting for your guy and finding another job in the next three years.

I have been following this guy and better place for some time since I heard a TED talk - concept is interesting.

Interestingly, the good ones cost about $17, while the inferior Dulles ones were $30. I thought so - I had only bought before at Omaha and probably, once at a store in west coast. So I didn't have a good way to compare. My choice was go back to India with See's (old or not) or without them. Shipping costs to India are high enough to justify the price, though.

It was a besides all this - he is talking about probabilities, was the point I was making. I have never read about a POTUS doing this after Eisenhower - I have read Reagan, Ike and Bush memoirs/biographies. Don't know about Clinton (more like, don't care to know) The guy got the popular vote and electoral college once should tel you the obvious.

I am with you, Sanjeev. Though, I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised to see their store in DC's Dulles Airport this July and glad that I was flying home with something better than bling-blings for my wife.

Thanks for posting. Am reading it now. Love Michael Lewis writing style. Obama talking risk management and probabilities - No wonder WEB said that the country is in good hands or something similar to that effect during the elections four years ago.

I picked HLTOY when it went below a buck. Doubled the money just now - sold a half of my position recently to redeploy funds in other opportunities. I am holding on to the other half. I liked it at that price for the cash flow and non-greece portion of the business. I see the debt over hang and a share dilution can't possibly be that bad, again at my buy price.