# Buy buy buy buy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726 "2015-08-24T14:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/1 "2015-08-24T14:28:25Z")
What a lovely market-correction Monday. What are you buying? I am supplementing my current holdings in Disney, Tesla Motors, Con. Edison, and Kinder Morgan. And acquiring another large chunk of my Vanguard S&P 500 index. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/2 "2015-08-24T14:33:22Z")
I’m buying “Market losers guide to welfare and poaching.” 2015 edition. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/3 "2015-08-24T14:36:59Z")
I’m buying milk and Walmart rice krispies this afternoon. And a Snickers bar. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/4 "2015-08-24T14:41:22Z")
In my office we get Snickerses for free! I’m really rollin’ in it. [sub]ETA: They’re only fun-size tho. ☹ [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/5 "2015-08-24T14:52:42Z")
I’m buying pork bellies, which are used to make _bacon_, which you might find in a _bacon_, lettuce and tomato sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/6 "2015-08-24T14:57:06Z")
^ With a melted Snickers on top? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/7 "2015-08-24T15:01:59Z")
The turnaround will come when Chinese banks start buying US stocks-that would be a good way for them to recycle their enormous surpluses. Plus, give them a better return than Treasuries. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/8 "2015-08-24T15:14:58Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > I’m buying pork bellies, which are used to make _bacon_, which you might find in a _bacon_, lettuce and tomato sandwich. _Turns to face camera_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/9 "2015-08-24T15:18:48Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > I’m buying pork bellies, which are used to make _bacon_, which you might find in a _bacon_, lettuce and tomato sandwich. I’m watching the BLT futures market and believe they’ve drifted into positive territory. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/10 "2015-08-24T15:48:13Z")
I am buying Mexican pesos. Today they are 17.10 to one dollar. But, I live in Mexico. Been here 10 years. I have never seen that high of an exchange. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/11 "2015-08-24T21:00:55Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I’m watching the BLT futures market and believe they’ve drifted into positive territory. In a move designed to bolster the BLT futures market, I hereby announce that I am planning to eat a BLT sandwich for supper this evening. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/12 "2015-08-24T21:28:18Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > I’m buying pork bellies, which are used to make _bacon_, which you might find in a _bacon_, lettuce and tomato sandwich. Regrettably, there’s no longer futures trading in pork bellies ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/13 "2015-08-24T21:56:20Z")
liue: > [@](#): > > I’m watching the BLT futures market and believe they’ve drifted into positive territory. Once again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/14 "2015-08-24T21:58:14Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > liue: > > Once again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor! Indeed, I’m definitely moving my ratings for any pork-based sandwich from “Hold” to “Buy and eat”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/15 "2015-08-24T22:03:26Z")
I consider the stock market to be immoral exploitation of the working class, so I’ll take the chicken. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/16 "2015-08-24T22:10:00Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > In a move designed to bolster the BLT futures market, I hereby announce that I am planning to eat a BLT sandwich for supper this evening. Ah, artificially influencing the market, That’s the spirit! ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/17 "2015-08-24T22:50:18Z")
Frozen concentrated orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/18 "2015-08-24T22:54:51Z")
HA! I bought THREE Snickers bars and have eaten them! I’m the backbone of the economy; I am CONSUMING! I’m creating a DEMAND! I DEMAND more Snickers! That money is back in circulation! _burp_ Time for a nap. Hotter than a snake’s ass in a wheel rut, today. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/19 "2015-08-24T23:58:13Z")
We actually picked up some Ventas (VTR) and Merge Healthcare (MRGE) stock. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-buy-buy-buy/728726/20 "2015-08-27T04:31:51Z")
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