Comments on: The Drunk at the Dentist Office http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-drunk-at-the-dentist-office/2009/05/22/ An independent perspective on the Australian and global investment markets Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:39:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Biker Pete http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-drunk-at-the-dentist-office/2009/05/22/comment-page-1/#comment-79156 Biker Pete Sat, 23 May 2009 03:52:58 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6070#comment-79156 We may in fact be confusing mere anecdotes with parables. Bill often provides snapshots of his travel experiences and family life. This _may_ indeed be one, Greg. I've found his snippets about his daughter's film career very interesting... and his life in rural France enviable (can't wait to get re-immersed...). Likewise his Argentinan adventures, but it has been easy to interpret the two latter recount forms as comparisons to the US economic scene. The stress of writing a daily 'reckoning' may require some light anecdotal relief, as you say. I put out a weekly newsletter for over thirty years... and at times it sartred a little... ! We may in fact be confusing mere anecdotes with parables. Bill often provides snapshots of his travel experiences and family life. This _may_ indeed be one, Greg. I've found his snippets about his daughter's film career very interesting... and his life in rural France enviable (can't wait to get re-immersed...). Likewise his Argentinan adventures, but it has been easy to interpret the two latter recount forms as comparisons to the US economic scene. The stress of writing a daily 'reckoning' may require some light anecdotal relief, as you say. I put out a weekly newsletter for over thirty years... and at times it sartred a little... !

]]> By: Greg Atkinson http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-drunk-at-the-dentist-office/2009/05/22/comment-page-1/#comment-79151 Greg Atkinson Sat, 23 May 2009 03:16:15 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6070#comment-79151 Perhaps Bill has just gone a little Jean-Paul Sartre on us? This is what happens when you think too much. Perhaps Bill has just gone a little Jean-Paul Sartre on us? This is what happens when you think too much.

]]> By: Biker Pete http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-drunk-at-the-dentist-office/2009/05/22/comment-page-1/#comment-79115 Biker Pete Sat, 23 May 2009 00:42:50 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6070#comment-79115 Interesting interpretations. I wondered if the 40 yo, now homeless, has moved back in with mom. He's lost his car, too. He's wearing a hunting jacket. Why? Is the metaphor a prediction of where we're headed, fast.... a comment on housing, Detroit, cost of living... ? But I appreciate your interpretations, Gino and John. Both are highly appropriate... ! Interesting interpretations. I wondered if the 40 yo, now homeless, has moved back in with mom. He's lost his car, too. He's wearing a hunting jacket. Why? Is the metaphor a prediction of where we're headed, fast.... a comment on housing, Detroit, cost of living... ? But I appreciate your interpretations, Gino and John. Both are highly appropriate... !

]]> By: John http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-drunk-at-the-dentist-office/2009/05/22/comment-page-1/#comment-79005 John Fri, 22 May 2009 16:21:17 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6070#comment-79005 I'm reading the metaphor as it relates to the US being "drunk" on borrowing and spending and believing that it can fix its economy before it "sobers" up. I'm reading the metaphor as it relates to the US being "drunk" on borrowing and spending and believing that it can fix its economy before it "sobers" up.

]]> By: Gino http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-drunk-at-the-dentist-office/2009/05/22/comment-page-1/#comment-78991 Gino Fri, 22 May 2009 15:17:48 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6070#comment-78991 Now I could be wrong, but I see the story as a metaphor describing the developing Chinese relationship with the USA. The US (Henry) being drunk on easy credit, fronting up (at the dentist) for service, only to be shown the door by the blond woman (China) while she points out that being drunk in public is inappropriate behaviour and will not be tolerated in the business environment she controls. But who's the older woman of this little drama? Now I could be wrong, but I see the story as a metaphor describing the developing Chinese relationship with the USA. The US (Henry) being drunk on easy credit, fronting up (at the dentist) for service, only to be shown the door by the blond woman (China) while she points out that being drunk in public is inappropriate behaviour and will not be tolerated in the business environment she controls.

But who's the older woman of this little drama?

]]> By: Biker Pete http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-drunk-at-the-dentist-office/2009/05/22/comment-page-1/#comment-78953 Biker Pete Fri, 22 May 2009 06:21:28 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6070#comment-78953 I always enjoy reading Bill's anecdotes, but wondered about its relevance early this morning when DR (the US version) arrived. I figure that my first conclusion (things-are-getting-bad-in-the-US) was probably just a little imprecise. Anyone help with this one...?! I always enjoy reading Bill's anecdotes, but wondered about its relevance early this morning when DR (the US version) arrived. I figure that my first conclusion (things-are-getting-bad-in-the-US) was probably just a little imprecise. Anyone help with this one...?!

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