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The GS thing opens old wounds. I am so disgusted by what happened during the meltdown. Lost major money in MER (where I used to work), coworkers with a lot of deferred comp lost way more. I look around when people talk about greedy financial industry types – we got so screwed as shareholders. Classaction lawsuit/settlement was a pittance.
I still use “Aunt” and “Uncle”. Sounds very weird when my brother calls them by their first names (and I don’t recall that they ever gave him permission).
When I was a child, we always had to call adults Mr./Mrs./Miss, for much the reasons Snappy gave. When I became an adult, I still called them that, it was just habit, and if it was someone I was extremely fond of, that was just their name, that’s all. Being that they were my parents’ peers, it would be like addressing my parents by their first names. Now they are mostly gone. I guess no matter how old I got, they were still the real “adults”. Since we’re talking rare social occassions, as we moved out and had our own lives, it wasn’t that hard to do.
I know we’ve lost some of the formality that society had, but sometimes too much informality does not breed the proper amount of respect. Of course situation has a lot to do with that as well. I don’t think kids should ever address their teachers by their first names, or even as Ms Susan, or something. But, it’s up to you, Biff, of course.
“since biff never gives investment advice, maybe he knows something :-)”
ET reminded me in her post that one of the only other times I gave advice was recommending buying Citi at $1. However, given my history of investing during the tech and housing bubbles, I should be putting a disclaimer at the end of every investment-related comment I make.
The GS thing opens old wounds. I am so disgusted by what happened during the meltdown. Lost major money in MER (where I used to work), coworkers with a lot of deferred comp lost way more. I look around when people talk about greedy financial industry types – we got so screwed as shareholders. Classaction lawsuit/settlement was a pittance.
I Call Your Name
But you’re not There
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrtiHBTGBL0
I still use “Aunt” and “Uncle”. Sounds very weird when my brother calls them by their first names (and I don’t recall that they ever gave him permission).
When I was a child, we always had to call adults Mr./Mrs./Miss, for much the reasons Snappy gave. When I became an adult, I still called them that, it was just habit, and if it was someone I was extremely fond of, that was just their name, that’s all. Being that they were my parents’ peers, it would be like addressing my parents by their first names. Now they are mostly gone. I guess no matter how old I got, they were still the real “adults”. Since we’re talking rare social occassions, as we moved out and had our own lives, it wasn’t that hard to do.
I know we’ve lost some of the formality that society had, but sometimes too much informality does not breed the proper amount of respect. Of course situation has a lot to do with that as well. I don’t think kids should ever address their teachers by their first names, or even as Ms Susan, or something. But, it’s up to you, Biff, of course.
“But I like Fedoras and went to 12 years of Catholic school, so these conventions were beaten into me.”
Donatella = female, more classy version of Benson.
When I was a kid we called adults Aunt or Uncle – just a courtesy thing.
In corporate life, I Mister or Ms until invited to do differently.
They Call Me MISTER Biff.
As one of my friend’s father used to say: You can call me whatever you like as long as you don’t call me late for dinner.
Call me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3Q_CZy968
“since biff never gives investment advice, maybe he knows something :-)”
ET reminded me in her post that one of the only other times I gave advice was recommending buying Citi at $1. However, given my history of investing during the tech and housing bubbles, I should be putting a disclaimer at the end of every investment-related comment I make.