so, adolf, petermac... as I recall, one or both of you promised me faithfully that silver was going to balloon. Sell the house and buy silver you said. I remember $150 an ounce by October being mentioned:
There's just days left and so far - nada! What HAPPENED? Surely you... couldn't... be... WRONG??? 
The way it used to be done was that Howard would phone up Lawsy or Jonsey and organize to sit down for an hour every couple of week and take questions which "strangely" were always polite and inoffensive. The rest of the press seemed to accept that that was how things were done.
Its all a bit more feral now, but good I think. Its good to see the leaders looking a little uncomfortable, no one is going to nod off at the wheel.
"Who thinks we are heading for a recession?"
Europe are in one
USA are in one [ even tho they haven't admitted it yet ]
Japan just got hit by a typhoon [ poor buggers , they are well and truly rooted ]
come on people just keep building houses in cranganistan east and brisy south and that will save us ! its worked before
What recession ?
Didn't Swan just get voted best treasurer in the world.
We're sweet.
