The Off Topic Topic

[garbon]

Lenders' business is lending, garbon.  They don't have a personal relationship with you based on a love and understanding of your soul.  They made you an offer, its exact terms based on mathematical models, the same way they did approximately two billion other people yesterday.

I just don't know why you think it's super-weird that a company is mass-mailing for bidness.

Well this is the first time they have ever offered me personal loan on the basis that I've been a customer in good standing for 10 years. They've offered me loans before but never with that wrapping. Perhaps you are right and it is all some blind marketing thing but then I'd say that this new "tailored but not" attempt is worse as it makes no sense.

[CountDeMoney]

You're a windup toy.

The monkey with the drums, or one of those cars that change direction when they hit the walls?

[Admiral Yi]

The monkey with the drums, or one of those cars that change direction when they hit the walls?

That's not even a serious question.

[garbon]

The monkey with the drums, or one of those cars that change direction when they hit the walls?

That's not even a serious question.

Why so serious?

[CountDeMoney]

Here you go, Ed.  For next Father's Day.

[Jacob]

The monkey with the drums, or one of those cars that change direction when they hit the walls?

That's not even a serious question.

Why so serious?

Econometrics.

[Habbaku]

I make nearly all of my purchases with plastic. Collect my rewards points and pay off the balance at the end of the month.

No kidding.  I buy just about everything with a Discover or Amazon rewards card.  Why leave money on the table?

[Syt]

Lots of police today around my workplace's subway station. Seems John Kerry and Catherine Ashton are meeting the Iranians at the IAEA today.

[Syt]

The crash of the bank Hypo Alpe Adria costs taxpayers €19 billion.

The Technical University Vienna started a project where they planned a fictional city on that budget, calling it "Hypotopia".

A model of the city, scale 1/100, can be seen at Karlsplatz this week.

[The Larch]

The geography of that city looks a bit like Belgrade's.

[Syt]

I was thinking Pittsburgh, actually.

[The Larch]

I was thinking Pittsburgh, actually.

Actually, yes. How come are you familiar with Pittsburgh's layout? 

[DGuller]

I was thinking Pittsburgh, actually.

Actually, yes. How come are you familiar with Pittsburgh's layout? 

Syt has a sister in every American city.

[Syt]

I have family there.

[Syt]

I was thinking Pittsburgh, actually.

Actually, yes. How come are you familiar with Pittsburgh's layout? 

Syt has a sister in every American city.