Portfolio of the week - 2007

[New-born baby]

Congratulations to Spike, and runners-up Doug, and Pete this week. And congratulations too to the top three of the overall competition: Stenz, Spike and Riverbabe!

Regards,

Karel

I echo that sentiment! Congrats to you all!

[skiracer]

Congratulations on another fine pick and win this week Spike and to Doug and Pete on your place and show finishes. A fitting end to another year. Stenzrob, it must have been a very subtle thing but your consistency has shown through with your year end totals and taking the top spot over the course of the year. Congratulations on a fine year Stenzrob and I look forward to competing against you again this year. And of course everyone else.

Rob,except for Ernie and Karel no one has put more time into this site, work wise with the POTW, than yourself. We all owe you a debt of gratitude for sticking with running the game seemingly against all the profanity which we all know rubs against your moral fiber and beliefs. Good luck with the new site and your search for those utopian ideals that you are looking for in life. I sincerely mean that and wish you only the best and your total success in any endeavor.

Although I fail to see the problem myself in our conduct and our troubling use of profanity, I would love to see some numbers or percentages of the specific use of profanity per post totals. Perhaps Karel or anyone could do some backtracking on all the posts to define those numbers for everyone. Perhaps you could do that to support your reasoning.

What bothers me to some degree, enough for me to mention it, is the prime reasoning for your leaving being as you put it, our use of profanity. It makes it seem like the people using Ernie's forum and posting here are a pretty foul group of people who have driven you away because of the high level use of profanity. It also casts a shadow on the moral values of Ernie and especially Karel, who administers the forum and is basically responsible for keeping the use of foul language down to a minimun. Plus the rest of us. Are we as a group to be considered a bunch of foul mouthed individuals who seemingly drove you away because of the high use of profanity? By making that statement to anyone anytime in the future as the reasoning behind the move doesn't do us justice and in my opinion is very unfair and completely off base. So I have to take exception with that statement/accusation. Other than that I wish you only the best and a safe and Happy New Year and success with your new site.

[riverbabe]

Congratulations from Rocky River to all contestants in the POTW this year! What a brave (and brazen?) bunch of characters we are to let it all hang out there! Special pats on the back to Spike, Doug & Pete for wrapping up the year with customary flourish!

And to STENZ, WOW! To SPIKE, double WOW. To stand on the podium with the likes of you two is an honor I will not soon forget!

Rob, have to admit your writing ain't all that bad after all. Would love to have a limerick-writing contest with you sometime! A BIG THANKYOU for making it so much fun. Funny thing, I haven't noticed very much objectionable language here. Must be blind to it I guess, or maybe I just interpret the ***'s in the nicest way possible! So, I'm kind of surprised, but certainly respect your decision.

PEANUTS, for Heaven's Sake, where are you off to??? What did you DO???? Surely you didn't take a day job!!! Did you get married??? Please keep sending me those pictures, 'cause I'm really gonna miss you handsome honey.

Well, I guess that about says it, except to thank all of you, especially Ernie and Karel, for a wonderful year here. And a Happy and Prosperous 2008 to All!

-----The Babe by the River

[peanuts]

Out of the country doing what?

You had to know that I would ask

...PEANUTS, for Heaven's Sake, where are you off to??? What did you DO???? Surely you didn't take a day job!!! Did you get married??? Please keep sending me those pictures, 'cause I'm really gonna miss you handsome honey.

Believe it or not, I got a real job-type-job. There is no more stressful day trading from the house in my underwear. My new job takes me to every country between S. Korea and Australia and includes S. Africa as well. I am setting up agencies and distributorships as well as doing direct sales for my company that supplies to the power and energy industries. I'll be out of the country for half of the year, at least.

I'll be going to Malaysia and Singapore in January, probably China in February, and then to India in March. My second office is in Australia, so I'll be making at a minimum 4, 1-week long trips there every year.

A friend suggested that I begin a blog that shows pictures of all the places that I'll be going. When I get that up and running, I'll post a link to it.

[IIC]

A friend suggested that I begin a blog that shows pictures of all the places that I'll be going. When I get that up and running, I'll post a link to it.

That's a very good idea.

BTW...who's gonna take care of your dog?

[riverbabe]

Believe it or not, I got a real job-type-job. There is no more stressful day trading from the house in my underwear. My new job takes me to every country between S. Korea and Australia and includes S. Africa as well. I am setting up agencies and distributorships as well as doing direct sales for my company that supplies to the power and energy industries. I'll be out of the country for half of the year, at least.

I'll be going to Malaysia and Singapore in January, probably China in February, and then to India in March. My second office is in Australia, so I'll be making at a minimum 4, 1-week long trips there every year.

A friend suggested that I begin a blog that shows pictures of all the places that I'll be going. When I get that up and running, I'll post a link to it.

WOW that's impressive! Does your company have a stock ticker that you can PM to me?? Please..?? Any company expanding that quickly, and smart enough to hire you, has to be a winner! All the best to you Sweet Pea. Will be looking forward to hearing from you lots! Riverbabe

[IIC]

Congrats to all the YTD winners...at least I didn't come in last...Obviously I'm not much of a contest guy because I actually had a very nice year in real life.

[jiesen]

Believe it or not, I got a real job-type-job. There is no more stressful day trading from the house in my underwear. My new job takes me to every country between S. Korea and Australia and includes S. Africa as well. I am setting up agencies and distributorships as well as doing direct sales for my company that supplies to the power and energy industries. I'll be out of the country for half of the year, at least.

I'll be going to Malaysia and Singapore in January, probably China in February, and then to India in March. My second office is in Australia, so I'll be making at a minimum 4, 1-week long trips there every year.

A friend suggested that I begin a blog that shows pictures of all the places that I'll be going. When I get that up and running, I'll post a link to it.

Congrats on the new job, Peanuts! Sounds like it's going to be a blast!

[Karel]

Continued as POTW 2008

Regards,

Karel