Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[engineergurl]

^^ yup, and if no one wants the tulips...

 

[cdcengineer]

^ They wilt and die?

 

[Judowolf PE]

I was just wondering, if you pay for tulips, where do you put them?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

What guy doesn't like tulips?

 

[MA_PE]

I was just wondering, if you pay for tulips, where do you put them?

you put them on your organ, or your piano

 

[Flyer_PE]

A little history lesson from Investopedia.com:

One of the most famous market bubbles of all time, which occurred in Holland during the early 1600s when speculation drove the value of tulip bulbs to extremes. At the height of the market, the rarest tulip bulbs traded for as much as six times the average person's annual salary.

The tulip was brought to Europe in the middle of the sixteenth century from the Ottoman Empire. Holland's upper classes soon competed for the rarest bulbs as tulips became a status symbol.

By 1636, tulip bulbs were traded on the stock exchanges of numerous Dutch towns and cities, encouraging all members of society to speculate in the markets. Many people traded or sold possessions to participate in the tulip market mania. Like any bubble, it all came to an end in 1637, when prices dropped and panic selling began. Bulbs were soon trading at a fraction of what they once had, leaving many people in financial ruin.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

A little history lesson from Investopedia.com:

One of the most famous market bubbles of all time, which occurred in Holland during the early 1600s when speculation drove the value of tulip bulbs to extremes. At the height of the market, the rarest tulip bulbs traded for as much as six times the average person's annual salary.

The tulip was brought to Europe in the middle of the sixteenth century from the Ottoman Empire. Holland's upper classes soon competed for the rarest bulbs as tulips became a status symbol.

By 1636, tulip bulbs were traded on the stock exchanges of numerous Dutch towns and cities, encouraging all members of society to speculate in the markets. Many people traded or sold possessions to participate in the tulip market mania. Like any bubble, it all came to an end in 1637, when prices dropped and panic selling began. Bulbs were soon trading at a fraction of what they once had, leaving many people in financial ruin.

Same thing happened in 1929 with stocks. Everybody got into it because everybody was getting rich with them.

 

[MA_PE]

what about the big Beanie Baby surge of the early-mid 90's

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Or the cabbage Patch Kid craziness of, what was it, 1982?

 

[Flyer_PE]

Tech Stocks Late 90's vs. early 2000s.

Real Estate after that.

 

[engineergurl]

A little history lesson from Investopedia.com:

One of the most famous market bubbles of all time, which occurred in Holland during the early 1600s when speculation drove the value of tulip bulbs to extremes. At the height of the market, the rarest tulip bulbs traded for as much as six times the average person's annual salary.

The tulip was brought to Europe in the middle of the sixteenth century from the Ottoman Empire. Holland's upper classes soon competed for the rarest bulbs as tulips became a status symbol.

By 1636, tulip bulbs were traded on the stock exchanges of numerous Dutch towns and cities, encouraging all members of society to speculate in the markets. Many people traded or sold possessions to participate in the tulip market mania. Like any bubble, it all came to an end in 1637, when prices dropped and panic selling began. Bulbs were soon trading at a fraction of what they once had, leaving many people in financial ruin.

I was begining to think I was the only one who was going to understand my reference...

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Tech Stocks Late 90's vs. early 2000s.

Real Estate after that.

Exactly.

People who don't know what they are doing trying to strike it rich.

 

[knight1fox3]

Or the cabbage Patch Garbage Pail Kid craziness of, what was it, 1982?

Fixt.

 

[mudpuppy]

^ I saw those on Pawn Stars a few weeks ago. Apparently they can bring some decent money now. I'll have to see if I can dig up my collection.

 

[blybrook PE]

Office gives away old computers to be reused by employees, then IT gets upset when we format and rebuild them with the proper OS (Vista sucks) cause the automatic updates make our network crawl to a snails pace. Can't get my bosses computer updated during work hours, so now I gotta stick around after hours to babysit the friggin thing...

 

[knight1fox3]

Office gives away old computers to be reused by employees, then IT gets upset when we format and rebuild them with the proper OS (Vista sucks) cause the automatic updates make our network crawl to a snails pace. Can't get my bosses computer updated during work hours, so now I gotta stick around after hours to babysit the friggin thing...

That sounds quite familiar. It's amazing what few tweaks can be done to have a business PC run "properly". I just got an upgraded PC and the IT people installed the OS on the non-SSD. <face-palm>

 

[blybrook PE]

Yep; his was formatted and brought down to WinXP Pro; I took mine and put Win 7 Pro on it. Already running better than the Vista crap they had on it. The MS Updates were what killed the network. Oh well; the boss came back from his meeting, I told him what was said from IT, his response was F* it and plugged it back into the network to get the updates finished.

Am waiting for the next phone call from IT...

 

[cdcengineer]

^ I saw those on Pawn Stars a few weeks ago. Apparently they can bring some decent money now. I'll have to see if I can dig up my collection.

You played with dolls that weren't GI Joe? Wow.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[mudpuppy]

^ I saw those on Pawn Stars a few weeks ago. Apparently they can bring some decent money now. I'll have to see if I can dig up my collection.

You played with dolls that weren't GI Joe? Wow.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

LOL, Garbage Pail were not actual dolls, they were trading cards. Like baseball cards. With disgusting themes. Very appropriate for boys.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Wacky Packages >> Garbage Pail Kids