(07-12-2012, 03:37 AM)efi426hemi Wrote: My friends,
Is it wrong that I am following this election closer than I followed the Canadian election last year? Perhaps that is one of the top 10 signs that I have an IOC problem.
Top 10 signs you have an IOC problem:
1 - You know the names of the PNG MP's running for reelection, but don't know the name of your own constituent.
2 - When going on vacation you spend more $$$ to get internet access than you spend on hotel rooms, just so you can check the IOC stock price.
3 - You are going to name your first born son Phil.
4 - When meeting someone for the first time, you discover their name is Eric, and you need to be restrained.
5 - Your birthday present to your significant other is the Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling, and Production.
6 - You fly 3000+ miles and take 2 days off work so you can drink VO's and speak IOC for 18 consecutive hours at the Spinnaker Lounge.
7 - You refuse to refuel your car at Shell stations.
8 - You listen to IOC CC calls to help you fall asleep.
9 - You call Wayne more often than your parents.
10 - You have contacted IOC to set up wedding plans at Ant #1, so they can flare the well after it is pronounced "You are now man and wife".
11 - Your kids hero's aren't sports athletes, musicians or movie stars, but a man named PetEngineer
Hmmm, 8 out of 11, not bad......no way I have a problem.
Health and Happiness,
hemi
Hemi -
Good news here.
You are not over the top yet on IOC buddy. Per Investopedia, the traits you and others have are simply symptoms of a classic profile of a '21st century neo-traditionalist MB age unilateral investor'.
This personality type typically had a deep admiration for Harry Houdini, beyond childhood.
My research indicates this investor type would prefer not, but is willing, to work an additional 30 yrs. and take ownership of his self guided investment scheme. Very rare in todays 'all reward/no risk' world. Some even guide family, friends and clients into this strategy.
The four classic symptoms of one losing the fine balance tween savvy/sanity necessitating professional help are:
1) Spousal accusations that you spend too much IOC time on the computer, while hiding in the bathroom to avoid spousal accusations of spending too much time on IOC on the computer.
2) Inviting MB buddies to your honeymoon in a foreign country.
3) Significant other needs immediate help if she's ok with sharing the honeymoon suite for a couple of days with a pasty white dude.
4) Developing an intolerance for ignorance and disdain of whining to the point of starting a members only MB.
Yup, we're good.........right??
Gotta go, driving my daughters Phyllis and Henrietta to 1st day of charm school and they hate while I drive and post.