Charlie Munger
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I'm going to party. Where's the party going to be? The California Globe. But I've totally maxed out the room. I can't squeeze another room.
I'm going to party. Where's the party going to be? The California Globe. But I've totally maxed out the room. I can't squeeze another room.
Well, practically everything is. Even politics, bad as it is, is kind of interesting.
Well, practically everything is. Even politics, bad as it is, is kind of interesting.
We had about the same amount of fun all the way through. We're having fun now.
We had about the same amount of fun all the way through. We're having fun now.
Well, we remember we were sweating blood in some of those good old days.
Well, we remember we were sweating blood in some of those good old days.
Yeah, yeah. There were a lot of close misses. We got out with a big problem in Solomon. We could have had a big loss.
Yeah, yeah. There were a lot of close misses. We got out with a big problem in Solomon. We could have had a big loss.
Not so much. We would have survived it. If you had let the whole investment in Solomon go to zero, it would have been... If it had all blown up and went to zero, we would have written it off and gone on and done pretty well.
Not so much. We would have survived it. If you had let the whole investment in Solomon go to zero, it would have been... If it had all blown up and went to zero, we would have written it off and gone on and done pretty well.
Well, we like to remember the close misses. We had real terrible problems. We had a terrible problem with the Buffalo News.
Well, we like to remember the close misses. We had real terrible problems. We had a terrible problem with the Buffalo News.
Yeah, there were two newspapers in that town, and we started a Sunday edition, and that started a holy war, and the other guy went broke. Well, we could have had a lot of bad publicity over that.
Yeah, there were two newspapers in that town, and we started a Sunday edition, and that started a holy war, and the other guy went broke. Well, we could have had a lot of bad publicity over that.
I mean, you weren't the Warren and Charlie of... No, but I was very aggressive about wanting to have a good Sunday edition. I didn't want to own the paper for 50 years. There was no Sunday edition when the other guy had one.
I mean, you weren't the Warren and Charlie of... No, but I was very aggressive about wanting to have a good Sunday edition. I didn't want to own the paper for 50 years. There was no Sunday edition when the other guy had one.