Gary -- Kudos on an awesome post. That information, along with a graph of it, needs to be sent to IR asap.......along with the suggestion that there will be plenty of interest in discussing it at the shareholders' meeting.
re: the response about the stock splits from SS........ reminded me a bit of an expeience I had with a crusty old landlady many years ago...................
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When we moved into a ramshakle old farm house way back when, the landlady couldn't have been kinder and sweeter about how great it was for us to clean and fix it up for her. She really wanted to do something for us, since it had been her childhood home and all, and she just couldn't bear to see it in such sad shape---- and now that we had fixed it up so nice and pretty, well...... she'd do something for us just as soon as she was able. About a year went by all nice and sweet with promises of doing something "soon" heard with the writing of every monthly rent check.
Then, one day the phone rang and I recognized it to be our sweet old landlady, but...... I did not recognize the tone in her voice. Her message was severe and succinct, "Ever since you fixed-up the place last year, I could have been charging you $25 more a month in rent. And, I haven't done that. That's like paying you $300 dollars for your work and that's more than fair. Starting this month your rent is increased the $25" (remember, this was a long time ago and these dollar amounts need to be adjusted for inflation!)
I was taken back a bit by her tone and caught offguard by the content. But, after a slight hesitation, I managed a reply. "Well," I said, "Why don't you say you could have gotten $50 more a month in rent for it, and that would be like paying me $600 for my work. You know, I really could use the extra money."
There was a long pause. I think my response caught her offguard, too. Finally, she snapped, "Young man, don't be a smart ass with me!"
Don't know exactly why, but Stilling's comments about the stocksplits reminded me of my old landlady. |
