Because he's in the business of insuring catastrophes, Buffett expects to get tagged now and then by a large event. It sounds like things were pretty good if you take out the insurance loss.
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The combination of additional law enforcement, increased education and a boating public that has become more aware have made this a pretty safe area, ... We have had a few minor boating accidents, including one after the Jimmy Buffett concert (at Riverbend Music Center Aug. 21), but nothing serious.
Buffett has made timely purchases of STRIPS in the past, so people pay attention.
Buffett connected with Goodman through their shared sense of humor and love of baseball. They were folk music's version of the Gas House Gang. When I saw him perform, it struck a chord with me that not only was he a better guitar player than I was, but he was a solo act with a sense of humor, ... Singer-songwriter Gamble Rogers was another guy back in those days we both loved. A lot of times you see people who are funny onstage and don't care to be funny offstage. It's part of their act. Stevie was funny on or off the stage. And he's the first one who took me to a Cubs game.
We could walk 3 minutes and be on the beach. I think the music kind of suffered because of it. It kind of smelled like Jimmy Buffett, which is a bad thing.
Warren Buffett has shown the ability to endure. He hasn't lost his touch.
Bridge is this game that opens the mind up and fosters communication and partnership skills. That's why Bill Gates and Warren Buffett want to encourage kids to play. Now, if I can just get in there and get them excited about it.
Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them.