My first question is how does one acquire a mises.com email address? I recently heard that if one has a mises.org community account and posts in the forums, they can somehow acquire a nifty @mises.com attached to their name.
Also...
Dear Jeffery Tucker,
As you have the best music as introductions to your youtube videos, I assume you are the de facto artistic director of the LvMI. As such, I believe this request should be directed towards you. Make LvMI cufflinks and sell them to me.
Sincerely,
Jackson
it's 3:43 AM Central. I'm staring at 15 pages of a research proposal. I have no will to finish the last three or four pages and fix the formatting. In stead, I wrote this:
*ahem* Damn it feels good to be a gangsta Automatin' orange accounts to milk t-bills Although once I was a social-libertarian Now I'm on kitco makin' deals Damn it feels good to be a gangsta I mean one that you don't really know Browsin' with my broker, sniping bailout assets And turnin' all my loot into gold Now gangsta-praxeologists come in all shapes and colors Some got ridiculed in the past But these gangstas here are the smart ones Studied marginal utility and they'll last And all I gotta say to you Wannabe, gonnabe, rent-seeking', bailout-takin' prankstas Cuz when dollar takes a dive what the fuck you gonna do Damn it feels good to be a gangsta .
I wanna watch Office Space again.
Cuff links sound nice but hardly anyone wears those things anymore.
Write me for an email address
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as I'm not getting exactly what I want, when I want it, I'm going to call this a market failure and petition the government for free mises cuff links.
haha we're ENTITLED to free Mises cuff links.
jtucker: Cuff links sound nice but hardly anyone wears those things anymore.
How about some Mises bow ties...???
I just bought some cuff links today. I would buy Mises.org cuff links too but I admit that I would only buy one pair.
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I also support cuff links. Ones as big as jay bird eggs. They would go nicely with my alligator hide shoes.
Jeff says his email is tucker@mises.com. Is that a mistake? I thought it was a .org address. Then again, mises.com directs you to the community page. I never know what to think.
It's really both.
Now, you folks can't really be serious about cuff links. I mean, it takes like 2 minutes to put on a shirt with cuff links. It taks 5 seconds to button a cuff. I just cannot believe that there is any real future to cuff links. It seems like a self-conscious anarchronism, like sock garters or pocketwatches.
Please tell me you aren't serious!
But then again, what do I know about fashion!
Hey, if one is going to take on the state, they might as well look good doing it....
Jeffrey, I sent you an email about getting an email address a week or so ago. I never did hear back.
oh I made that. I guess it means that I forgot to notify you. I'll do that now
jtucker: It's really both. Now, you folks can't really be serious about cuff links. I mean, it takes like 2 minutes to put on a shirt with cuff links. It taks 5 seconds to button a cuff. I just cannot believe that there is any real future to cuff links. It seems like a self-conscious anarchronism, like sock garters or pocketwatches. Please tell me you aren't serious! But then again, what do I know about fashion!
I am as serious as a pointless bauble.
About 1/2 the shirts I get now require cuff links. I spent $40 on an emergency pair last night because I had to get something to match a tie I had and the second hand ones I bought years ago were too "flashy" and the free ones they give you that look like little pom poms just did not cut it.
The company I am contracting for is throwing a Christmas party tonight and I am certain I will not be the only one there with over-priced cufflinks that match his tie.
And now, a word from the auto man
Damn it feels good to be a gangstaGettin' voted to the head of the placeEverything lookin' horrid to the people of the worldBut I'm bankin' on some lobbying' graceWell every now and then I have to beg and plead and crySo their tough rhetoric rings trueThey add conditions to my aid demandsSo they can tax you-know-whoSo voters of the world keep supporting meThough I don't plan to change my carsCompetition better not upset meOr I'll get a tarriff to stop 'em at the shoreTo all you union boys who're making the noise I'd sincerely like to thank you'Cause it's a matter of time until they bail us outAnd damn it feels good to be a gangsta
Wow, ok. Maybe I'm out of touch. Can anyone else help with field research in this area? We need cufflink sightings, including shirts in stores.
Thanks Jeffrey!
jtucker: Wow, ok. Maybe I'm out of touch. Can anyone else help with field research in this area? We need cufflink sightings, including shirts in stores.
About half the shirts I wear require cufflinks. In the young GQ crowd, cufflinks are all the rage now, they've replaced ties as the accessory to wear. Ties are pointless (why do I need to cover my buttons?) Cufflinks are a way to make your shirt personal without shoving it in people's face. I know a button is easier, but you cannot deny that when you see a guy with his cufflinks just showing below his jacket sleeve, you think that he looks good.
ok, this is really out of hand. But now that I think about it, Doug French wears cufflinks. I'll send this thread to him.
Misesians should be making the case to Jeffrey beyond individual cries for market demand.
Who has sourced short run cufflinks with an acceptable markup (say 25%) that they would be willing to buy?
We can't expect Jeffrey to stock custom cufflinks if the price and demand are not where they should be in order to make this a success for the Mises Institute.
I think you may be surprised. I'm not going to say it'll be as popular as liberty bracelet, but I bet they'll outshine the Mises Christmas ornament.
Oh, the christmas ornament is pretty but I'm not a big fan of that media in general.
The bracelet of course is my heart's devotion.
You might be right about the cufflinks. In any case, the calculator is now gone and so is the money clip. We thought of a flask but wondered whether that sends the wrong message
so maybe cufflinks are the thing after all.
The flask does not send the wrong message. Although a cigarette case would be very cool. Herr President-Elect is a smoker you know.
The money clip went under? Glad I got mine last Christmas.
And as I was just invited to a facebook group asking to support a federal bailout of student loans...I would buy the flask as well.
To be clear, I wasnt asking for have cufflinks made, just saying that they are worn. But I doubt you could turn a profit on a short-run of cufflinks for us. They're not exactly cheap to make I'd imagine. And a flask sends the right message... we all need an escape from the new Fuher. And hopefully soon we will be able to drink a toast to the memory of the US auto industry. And celebrate the death of the UAW (and therefore much of the radical left's power base). See, a flask has so many great uses. Oh, and they're cheap to source, so you probably won't lose money on them.
I am in full support of a flask.
Perhaps the flask could sport something along the lines of a Defending the Undefendable theme?
jtucker: so maybe cufflinks are the thing after all.
I just got back from a party here in New York (woo hoo! open bar!) and I was the only person wearing cufflinks. I'd have to say that though I would like them I could see why Mises.org wouldn't want to bother with them. They are just not popular enough and would likely be too expensive to be worth just a few of us buying them.
The open bar gave me the idea of a proper Mises beer stien. Like a 1/2 liter or a whole liter one.
I realise that I like beer more than I do cufflinks.
The flask/stein idea is ace. I would buy both.
Wow...I just checked back after a short hiatus in Italy (and a longer one from this site).
Cufflinks...you have them now and I am going to get a pair. They will go nicely with that flask and the flask will go well with the bow tie (I really have no idea if I am going to wear the bow tie but I might as well get a Mises one to learn how to tie them.)
All that is needed now is a Mises watch fob, collar pin, beaver hat and walking stick for hailing Hansom cabs.
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