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Green already, huh ? Allow me a few moments to torment you then.<g>
Spain is nice, some day I must go there. In the meantime, I occasionally make time to do what I dearly love and have all my life. Basically I go all the way back to long thongs and bear trap binding days. Still crazy about it after all these years and 2 or 3 leg breaks.
For instance tomorrow morning my lifetime skiing buddy from Salinas and I will be rendez-vousing at Sierra Ski Ranch to catch the first chair at 9 AM, I can only go for the day, he (the dog) insists on staying thru Friday, never mind I'll get at least one day in this weekend too. Temps are supposed to drop tonight and snowing will commence shortly dropping in elevation during the day. Hoping for some powder...I have a week planned in Jan for Snowbird, and another in Feb. We, wife is now addicted too, bought a timeshare out there last year.
Speaking of internet stocks, I noticed a new one today. A company I once bought and sold suddenly awoke, with multiple announcements. EGHT (8X8, Inc. of Santa Clara) makes video compression technology for videophone over telephone lines. I've even bought their product last year. Works so so. Anyway today at cable conference in Anaheim they announced a cable adaptation and some other things. Basically video phone / telephone interface through the house cable, thence into internet to corresponding equipment at remote end. Goodby Baby Bells, AT&T, MCI, and the rest, hello cable. Their in-home unit multiplexes 4 separate phone lines simultaneously on one cable.
Stock propelled from high 3s today to 17 at peak, settled at 9ish at close. Up 154% on the day, 23 million shares trading. Stock was in the 2s earlier this week. This could get big(ger). |
