Congratulations to Jim Crandell, who made page A1 of today's New York Times...and he didn't even mention baseball cards! Good show, Jim

Is he dating Madonna now?

He's either dating Madonna or analyzing the high price of oil...I forget which one.

Our Engine Co's photo was on the front page of the CCTimes online ed this AM. And I'm catching a ration of sh*t for it -good natured of course. For "appearing as if..." I'm standing around doing nothing at a crash scene (minor)!

I was defending myself like George was to 'Eric' the clown.



my apologies to JC.

AS we all know oil is used in the production of plastic....and as the biggest plastic collector in the hobby Jim does have a vested interest in the price of oil....Them slabs ain't gettin' no cheaper .....




Steve posted link already...

A quick estimate shows that melting and refining the petroleum from 25,000 PSA slabs would drop the price of gas $2.50 per gallon.

Well so much for Jim's recent request to not have his employer's name posted on this board. At least this time it was due to the actions of a fellow New Yorker.

Jay Z's and A-Rods party after the All Star Game..........with Madonna in tow. Or is it toe?

Somehow I think Lehman is having bigger problems these days than one of their analysts appearing on a baseball card board.

I think it was generous of Jim to lend his expertise to so liberal a newspaper as the New York Times.

This just in...the price of oil is hurting our economy. Seriously though, I thought I read an article recently in which Jim was predicting oil would come down to $70 a barrel.

Jeff,

My post was about respecting another board member's wishes.

Greg

Greg- I just saw your post and never made that connection. I didn't even remember Jim ever saying that.

is being thrown around by many as the incremental cost of production these days. Take out the geopolitical risk and speculative premiums and that's where you'd be...in theory, perhaps, I suppose, on Monday.

Hi guys--was just made aware of this.

I would cordially ask all of you not to publish anything on this board with my employer's name in it. Greg is correct--I had asked this once.

I know there was no malice intended and Barry, Jeff and Greg are either people I consider to be hobby friends and/or people I respect because of what they have done for the hobby.

Lastly, this is not me anyway--it's my son. My son is a 24-year old Dartmouth grad who began working here about a year ago. He is a fine young man and I am enormously proud of him. For the golfers among you, he and I this past weekend did a 4-day trip together to Whistling Straights/Blackwolf Run about an hour north of Milwaukee. If you are in a foursome, he is a guy you want on your team!

Jim

Milwaukee has some great courses, also if you're in the area Wisconsin Dells has a few.

Jim- if you would like me to delete the main body of the thread please let me know and I will do so. I unfortunately did not remember you said that.

Jim, that's very cool about your son, I'm impressed. I'm guessing you are a whole hell of a lot prouder having your son quoted in the NYT than yourself. Very very cool.

And Greg, I'm starting to think you don't care yourself about the wishes of board members. And that just makes me sad.

On the front page, no less, about an issue that has everyone's concern these days. I would imagine that more than a few people read that quote with great interest.

When I was 24 I had not yet been quoted on the front page of the New York Times.

I am 38, and I have still not yet been quoted on the front page of the New York Times.

I would certainly be very proud.

-Al

I'm still unclear on the story. It's Jim's son who is dating Madonna?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/business/17econ.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=crandell&st=cse&oref=slogin

Bruce - yes; and Jim is very proud of him for that.

Yes Jeff this is true.

Jim was quoted in the NY Times, Wall St. Journal and I believe Washington Post today.

Jeff,

Not sure to which board members you are referring but just in case





Greg

all I get quoted on is this damn chat board....and for that I am not that proud.....however, Jim should be, and I am sure is, very proud of his son. Any dad would be......congrats Jim....

No offense to Jim or his son(I would be very proud too), but why is the NYT quoting a 24 year old with one year experience in the industry for a front page article on the state of the economy? Is he a boy genius or something?

I'm pretty sure a 24 year old Dartmouth grad who works for that company which can not be named on this chatboard is able to comment on the state of the economy.

Paul, Age means squat... My preschool granddaughter is far more eloquent than myself!

True enough. No disrespect intended. Just seems like an odd choice to me. More power to him.

I understood your question and had the same question. If Jim's son is a Dartmouth graduate and has a great job I am sure he is a smart guy. That's not the question.... It would be like someone that has collected type cards for a yr explaining them to me. No doubt they would know something I don't but they don't have the experience...and I think that is all you were saying and it's a valid point, imo.....again, no disrespect at all meant. Actually, to me, the elder Jim's remarks would hold more weight with me due to "time in", but that's just my reasoning.........best regards

Yes, that is what I was trying to say. My issue was with the NYT and not Jim or his son.

Mark Zuckerberg is 24, I bet he is qualified to discuss a few things.

I can think of two young collectors that visit this forum that know more about vintage prewar cards than I do and I've been collecting them longer than they've been alive.

asking Jim's son about it when you could Jim hisownself seems kinda odd.
- I would suspect that Jim is pulling our collective leg here, because I didn't see a "Jr." in the article.

I would think picking a 24 yr old undergrad for such a quote means that elder Jim directed the reporter to him, or junior has a friendly contact at NYT.

And keep in mind, this is coming from someone who has been quoted countless times across several media outlets - anytime you see "from an anonymous source" or "this according to sources close to the situation" ....those are all me.



obviously, this is neat stuff for Jim. -however many of him there may be.

Bruce?

Well yes, if I wanted to write an article about how to develop a website I would recommend Mark Zuckerberg and sure Zach definitely knows his pre-war cards so he would be great there, but I think our economy has a little more depth than those subjects.

Have you ever read interviews with Mark Zuckerberg? He knows just a little bit more than how to develop a website.

I just had to go to Wikipedia since I did not know who Mark Zuckerberg was. Now I do.

24 years old, founder of Facebook, net worth $1.5 billion. Not bad for two years out of college.

He dropped out of college.

I think the story was originally an NYU piece that got picked up by the Times.

Well, we're not talking about rocket surgery...the economy is a complicated issue, but anyone working as an analyst at the company whose name shall not be uttered in this chatroom is qualified IMO to comment on it.

I'd take golf tips from Tiger Woods too.

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I was kind of glossing over his resume Peter, I'm sure he knows more than all of us combined about every subject known to man. It's easy to take the smartest kid in the country and then make an argument that age doesn't matter. If they would have quoted him maybe the article would be more credible. Just my opinion.

He dropped out of college...if you don't get a good education you'll never make anything of yourself!

Jason,

I am not pulling anyones leg here. My son and I have different middle initials so he is not a junior. Also I do not work in his area so I cannot steer calls to him. Lastly, he is representing the views of the firm and his team and is boss is kind enough to share the spotlight so to speak with the younger people on the team.

I have four young people(under 30) working for me--all went to top schools and all are super smart. The quality of some of the "kids" in the business world today is amazing....and Wall St.is for the young anyway which makes me wonder what I am still doing here.

I just filled my tank (5000 gallons) @ $3.659/gallon today. Pump around here is right at $4.00, with wholesale typcially a dime behind that. Amazing it dropped so quickly...makes you wonder where it's headed....

Anonymous Crazysc: What are you driving? A 747?

"I just filled my tank (5000 gallons) @ $3.659/gallon today."

If you got 5 miles to the gallon you could make it around the equator once without refueling, what exactly are you carrying that much fuel in?

In ground tank for fleet refueling...actually a 6000 gallon tank, most cost effective to buy 5000 at a time (tankerload).

"I have four young people(under 30) working for me--all went to top schools and all are super smart. The quality of some of the "kids" in the business world today is amazing....and Wall St.is for the young anyway which makes me wonder what I am still doing here."

Jim is right. i have a ton of friends (around 30 and even younger) who work in finance, and are UBER-SMART...

NYC is the nexus for finance (among other things) and there is such a high concentration of amazing minds...after college everyone flocks here...

so i find the fact that Jim's son (who's 24), was quoted in the paper, very believable.

there ya go Jim, that should make up for anytime i've busted your chops...

what is his handicap?
In sunny California most people hit a 7 or 6.
That's pretty common.

BcD

What is you mean by UbeR SMArt! oNly the mosT smartest can do jUdge that, WE are vary territorial.