https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=a25jc54YFzo

Pretty cool video...narrated by Janet Davies

HawaiiYou vibe

I forgot what a hot little number Janet Davies was back in the day.

Giangreco?

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most of the people I know didn't continue on when they went electronic, which leads me to believe the whole industry was fixed.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

A classmate' s dad said exactly that in the early eighties when they were hiring ex Bears (like him) to muscle up in the pits where half of the traders worshipped them nonetheless.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.

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"There came into Egypt a Pharaoh who did not know."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAROtBTd4dg

Exhibit A

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A young Les Grobstein at 56 seconds

Looked about the same in January of 96 except my day started freezing my ass if in the Noyes platform at 6am.

the early bs in that video was that they had to be on every minute of work. The guys I know, and some were very big, told me the fucked around a good portion of the time until everyone decided to get drunk at Ceres sometime in the early afternoon

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I worked for a small firm on the bond floor. One day we got 23 calls. I read three newspapers a day on slow days. Front to back. On busy days it was pretty intense.

I knew some guys that had some serious coke problems. I think Rick or RFDC or someone worked there in the hey day? I can’t remember.

Dated a girl for a while that was an assistant at some place down there. Anyway wasn’t a big thing but several fridays she missed a train and I had to grab her out of Alcoxx (sp?).

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Elections have consequences.

I was there Bob, I was there.

A Friend of mine from HS made a nice amount of money doing it for a few years. Not wealthy, but well off and he made enough cash to turn that into a successful real estate practice.

He's told me the lifestyle was way too punishing to stay in long-term.

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Lots of my former customers in that video. Tony Saliba for one. Jack Sandner looked good...now he's dead.

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You went from trading bonds to farming?

It was definitely a young man's game. I have a lot of respect for the women who entered that world.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

Clerked when I was 20 years old. It taught me enough about myself to change my life course.

That said I do know a trader who quit to become an herb and veggie farmer who sold at farmers markets. He did have some heart issues though.

You sold coke?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014