Oct

31

 Nothing says Vegas like swinging by safeway at midnight for a quart of milk and seeing three grandmas feed their social security checks into the slots as if they were reverse ATMs. I was reminded of my favorite (apocryphal) Vegas anecdote: "the city has passed a law prohibiting the pawning of false teeth."

What other field do we know that acts as a reverse ATM besides day trading, non-exchange trading derivatives, and penny stocks?

Kim Zussman writes:

Having children.

Gary Rogan writes:

Death and taxes.


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  1. vic on October 31, 2010 9:51 am

    the quote above is from jr. Moehringer,’s excellent article in the Smithsonian( always worth reading ) of October 2010. vic

  2. Andre Wallin on October 31, 2010 7:52 pm

    golf, women, and pop culture

  3. Russell Sears on November 1, 2010 9:08 am

    Traveling sports for kids below Junior High.
    Chasing Olympic Gold
    Rodeo Circuit
    Horse Showing
    High matainence women
    Start-ups with slow sales or low profit margin
    Declining businesses with bureaucratic managment and out dated products.
    Under reserved insurance-Mis-priced term life, Long term care or some other insurance where premium is up front, but risk/liability is long dated. (see mortgage insurance and underwriting)

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