ZK translation: the pit of finance

[rich]

what's also quaint is the idea of a trading pit nowadays with actual humans

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, doesn't it?
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 12:38 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "NP" seems such a quaint concept these days...
>>
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>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
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>>> P178.7-13   The taxi stopped on a near empty street just below the pit
>>> of finance and Stak angled his body out the door and jiggled a hand behind
>>> him in an ironic farewell. We watched him enter a loft building where he
>>> would spend the next two hours in a room choked with dust and stink,
>>> learning the principles of jujitsu, a method of artful self-defense
>>> predating the current practice of judo.
>>>
>>> It obviously refers to the financial district on Wall Street. In what
>>> sense is the word "pit" used here?
>>>
>>>
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