A farewell to arms waving at the Merc

The closing bell will ring one last time Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which will move the last of its open-outcry trading over the weekend to new quarters at the Chicago Board of Trade .

[Insider 2]

Honest trading at the Merc at last.

[Jay D]

A darn shame to see another Chicago institution go the way of "Bozo's Circus" and Marshall Field's...my friend's dad always said you haven't lived until you've spent a workday screaming and sweating in the trading pit, which he did until his heart attack at age 39 gave him a good reason to find other work

[Tim from Canada]

Jay D wrote:

A darn shame to see another Chicago institution go the way of "Bozo's Circus" and Marshall Field's...my friend's dad always said you haven't lived until you've spent a workday screaming and sweating in the trading pit, which he did until his heart attack at age 39 gave him a good reason to find other work

It was one of the last places to shoot someone the bird and get away with it saying you were indicating a higher bid