Monday, September 15, 2008

Things that make you go "Hmmm" (AIG; LEH)

Watching Lehman crossing on the tape at two bits. The world's largest property casualty insurer in the $5's. Hmmm.
There's something wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield.*
*Comment of Admiral Beatty after seeing 2200 of his sailors disintegrate. Idiot.
He was, of course, promoted, appointed First Sea Lord and granted an Earldom.
We had a couple posts where the Admiral made an appearance:
The Stock Market and the Battle of Jutland