Mustnt Grumble eh!

and now I cant delete it So I try again ! In the beginning. Heres a little song I wrote, you might want to learn it note for note... ( all through this debate I have highlighted important dates or points of interest ). 296CE Roman Emp. Diocletian ordered the burning of alchemical manuscripts for fear their discoveries would debase his coinage. This may have set back the science of distillation. 269BC The Roman system of coinage was established. Not a lot happened until man got greedy , 1720 Jan-Aug, Speculators in London bid up the price of the South Sea Co., which had been granted a trading monopoly with South America and the Pacific. The South Sea Bubble burst and London markets crashed. Speculation in government chartered trading companies had led to artificially inflated equity prices with high leverage. The average stock dropped 98.5%. It reportedly took 100 years for markets to recover. In 1999 Edward Chancellor published "Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Spec...

So where did it start 1929 following word that Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower had suffered a heart attack. Here we go , again . We need help....... 1957 Oct 1, The motto "In God We Trust" began appearing on US paper currency. 1957 Alex Guinness, William Holden and Jack Hawkins starred in the film "Bridge on the River Kwai." Carl Foreman was the screenwriter. It premiered at the RKO Palace Theater in New York City on Dec 18 and later won multiple Oscars. It was rated #13 by the Amer. Film Inst. in 1998. Holden was the 1st Hollywood actor to earn a $ 1 million for a film. Hey feeling good ? Lets hit the town .......( this is where it starts .....) 1958 Oct 1, American Express launched its first credit card. 1962 Milton Friedman and his wife Rose published "Capitalism and Freedom," a good summary of Friedman’s economic thinking. This might hurt, but some light entertainment to keep the masses happy ...... 1963 The film "Cleopatra" starred Elizabeth Tayl...