The Trading Business

The art of ownership...tinkertoys...the fat cats owning an NBA team for their personal pleasure...why not?...some of us, the elders on a fixed income...dabble with the price of eggs...plan trips on a dime...whatever that is...and these blokes, spend billions of dollars to get their best value in a hoops team...trading like these human beings are no more than basketball cards in a set...they got it and that's the game they play...

Nowadays, the players get outrageous amounts of money...as they play for pay...so the movement, is not so bad...when they get traded from one rich cat to another...and we, the fan, probably have to absorb a bigger price tag to the seat (s) we sit in...to watch these guys play the game...fair enough, I reckon...as the stadiums, er arenas, are filled with adoring patrons...'MVP' is the chant...sure enough...

We want our team to be the champion....so does the owner...especially the owner...the fat cat will get bigger...richer, and thus, happier...sure, we all want to be happier...

So, the Brooklyn Nets dismembered their team of the decade...the fat cat bought, er brought in Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Hardin...to make up the super team in the City...failed miserably...and now...they are all gone...Hardin to the 76ers, Irving to the Mavs, and now, Durant to the Suns...it's just a game...money...no problem, they got it and the next phase sets in...

I mentioned a trip on a dime...for us, the rest of us...as Cosmo will take us on a trip up the coastline for gasp...15 days...!...a fact-finding one that is very similar to what Chris Columbus did in the 1400's...venturing out to lands we are unfamiliar with...ending up in Half Moon Bay, where the locals will be scurrying about much like what Columbus found in his trek...he found the West Indies, thus we savages are now forever termed 'Indians'...thanks Chris...well, we expect to find the people at Half Moon Bay, equally as wild and untamed, as we shall name them the 'moonies'...fair is fair...I digress...

These numbers of death in the Turkey/Syria earthquake are unfathomable...over 17,000 now!...the pain and sorrow is unprecedented...lord, now over 19,000!!!

Money...I ventured out to Sycuan to fill me tank up of petrol...$4.05 for a gallon...anywhere else I see it is $4.49 for the same gallon...that is the cheapest price...many of the Shell/Chevron/Mobil is much much higher...these gas companies rip us off, kids...all of us...

LIV golf...you know, Greg Normans' tour...who gave out humongous amounts of cash for pro golfers to join in...according to the LIV attorneys, generated 'virtually Zero' revenue in 2022...no money...ha ha ha...some of their tourneys are on trumps golf courses...I bet he makes money on them...

The word around the compound is that there is growing interest in an animal...er, pet...the Horse, says one animal is enough...and you are reading him right now...but, my vote counts less than the Boss's...

Passing of another great one...Burt Bacharach...94 yrs young...'Walk on By'...'I'll Never Fall in Love Again'...'What the World Needs Now is Love'...'I Say a Little Prayer'...'Baby It's You'...'Only Love Can Break a Heart'...'Don't Make Me Over'...'Blue on Blue'...'Close to You'...'What's New Pussycat?'...'The Look of Love'...'One Less Bell to Answer'...'This Guy's in Love With You'...'Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head'...to just name a few...many many hits, for many many singers...unbelievable musician...with a matching historical past...

There are more pet cats than pet dogs in the USA...from Uber facts...

More fat cat news...ha ha...today is trading deadline day...in the NBA...will the Dubs stand pat?...

OK, today I pack...