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Life, as far as I have ever been able to deduce, is much like that old quote about war: "Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror."

Certainly, working in the finance game, there is little I do on a daily basis that could be remotely deemed exciting and so the boredom part is apt. But, on the other hand, as we reflect on Armistice day, our modern notion of "sheer terror" is but a feeble f...