Rant 685 / I Should Really Get A Pair Of Rubber Gloves

Visited the website of Beeconomics recently. It's the Singapore version of Groupon and probably works the same way. Basically it gets some company to offer really cheap deals on the condition that a certain minimum number of people must buy it within 24 hours, which is the length of time at which each deal is offered.

So everyday there is a new deal displayed on the front page of the website and there is a counter and timer to show how many people have bought it and how long there is before the offer can no longer be bought.

Here's my referral link. If you're going to sign up, using this link to do so won't cost you anything.

http://www.beeconomic.com/?r=7sYyrE%2bDRDSKN64N5s63Yg%3d%3d&v=fyI290lvL01EANA9dXWcsA%3d%3d

The website looks interesting but there isn't anything I'm particularly keen on getting. Maybe the ones for restaurants, but who knows what they're going to offer in the future. Still, no harm keeping an eye on the daily deals.

Maybe someday they'll offer coupons for restaurants at Holland V.







Holy crap! Berkshire Hathaway A class shares cost US$120k each! I never knew stocks could be that expensive! I'm quite serious and definitely not mistaken!

According to Wikipedia, this is because Berkshire Hathaway A class shares have never been split before. As far as I can tell, shares are usually split into multiple cheaper units when their prices are high enough.

In the case of BRK.A, this has never happened before because Warren Buffett wants to attract long term investment instead of speculation. However, Class B shares were created some time ago that were basically like mini-Class-A-shares that are kept at 1500th of the price of Class A shares and 10,000th of the voting right. Class A shares can be converted to Class B shares, but not vice versa. Hence Class A shares can only get rarer.

At the moment,

Still aren't cheap, but definitely doesn't create a frickin black hole in anyone's pockets with a single trade the way Class A shares do.








Apparently bodybuilders can't run, or at least it isn't a good form of cardio exercise for them because of it's high-impact, which is bad for their legs, eg knees. This is mainly because of the weight of their upper body. Instead they are supposed to swim or walk. According to one of the PTIs, his CO does bodybuilding and walks on the threadmill everyday for his cardio.

Other than cycling and swimming, that's probably the least damaging to the legs. Compared to those 2, walking is most definitely the simplest.

Another strange thing is how none of the bodybuilders he knew cycles. The theory is that because of their huge thighs and their shapes, they're more likely to get abrasions when cycling. Nobody really knows. Maybe he's just unlucky enough to know no bodybuilder who favour the bike.

But this news article and this say that cycling hurts your sperm quantity.








Whoa! Something happened last week that made my stocks' prices drop significantly. Now I'm back in the red and the net loss of the stocks are at -$1200. Wtf? Mostly it's due to the Chinese companies but Nvidia fell too.

EDIT: Oh wait, it rose back to +$74 again last night (Tuesday in the US). Again it was the Chinese companies that gained a few %.








Decided not to open the bottle of port till the Christmas dinner. Doesn't feel nice to bring an opened bottle.