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English As A First Language

Ever wonder why the English language is so hard to learn?

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4)  We must polish the Polish furniture.

5)  He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6)  The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7)  Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

9)  When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail

18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

By the way...

• There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
• English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
• Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads aren't sweet nor breads.
• Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
• If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
• One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?
• Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?
• If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
• How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
• English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.
• That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
• P.S. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?

Some words of wisdom from Stephen Wright

• I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.
• Half the people you know are below average.
• 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
• A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
• A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
• If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
• All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand.
• The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
• OK, so what's the speed of dark?
• How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
• If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
• Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
• When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
• Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
• Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now.
• Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
• The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

Teamwork

As transaction sizes get larger and larger, and consolidation impacts the number of participants available to take part in deals, the amount of leveraged loan syndications continues to grow as lenders seek the necessary players to complete the deal. According to the Loan Pricing Corporation, the total amount of loan syndications grew 20 percent in 2002.

One key aspect of the trend toward syndication is the need to put together an
experienced and well-respected "deal team" to complete the transaction. With non-traditional ABL's, such as insurance companies and mutual funds participating, syndications need to be structured to meet the needs of a diverse lender base, while simultaneously satisfying their particular credit requirements and standards.

During the course of our 30 year history, Daley-Hodkin has been a major player in appraising assets for asset-based lenders, investment bankers and others, and in recent years has had a major role in the appraisal of the assets which form the backbone of many syndicated transactions.

Our professionals have appraised everything, including steel mills, inventories of large catalog retailers, oil and gas assets, machine tools, construction equipment, transportation and storage and mobile structures, to name just a few.

Daley-Hodkin's professional staff is well versed in the requirements of syndicated transactions, including the need for rapid response and strict confidentiality. Over the years, our senior staff has participated in an extensive number of loan syndication meetings, presenting our appraisals and addressing the many questions and comments of potential participants.

At Daley-Hodkin, we understand the value of teamwork and stand ready to assist our clients in all facets of their valuation needs. Our team of dedicated professionals is structured to respond to our clients' requests expeditiously, and with particular emphasis on the needs of the large syndicated lender.

Daley-Hodkin Leads the Way

• President: James F. Tonkinson IV, ASA, CEA, Vice President
• Vice President: Kevin E. Boland, ASA, CEA
• Membership Chair: Andrea E. Wasserman, CEA
• Program Chair/ Recording Secretary: Joseph DiCapua

These individuals will be serving for the next year providing ASA members and the Long Island area with a series of programs and meetings designed to provide professional development and to allow professionals of all the appraisal disciplines to come together, share ideas and experiences and network.

For further information regarding the Chapter's programs, officers and members; please visit the Long Island Chapter web site at: www.longislandappraisers.com.