Blue, and mea culpa me too - I'm glad I held onto enough AOL....
Proud Of Ya fer fessin' up, I know it wasn't easy, but heeding the siren call of them 909 Buckaroos is the only thing you could have done under the circumstances! And the bigger it gets, the more the share price goes up, the more it S#CKS, the more it bullies, the bigger it screws up... the more folks are drawn to it like a magnet! Like Microsoft, Mc Donalds, Kraft (bleech velveeta, mayo, and salad dressing), Wendy's (bleech food also they'll give ya a baked potato without a fork if you don't watch 'em), Dennys, IHOP ("Bu-Wep"), Campbells, American Express, P & G, etc...Now AOL joins The Blue Chip Consumer Product Big Leagues for sure, It Dares To S#CK And More Than Getting Away With It - now that it's Goliath. But using it as a provider and putting up with its abuse, and then complaining about that Buckaroo all the way to the bank, is IMHO half the fun.
Speaking Of....CPQ... If/when they spinoff AltaVista do you think it's a fair bet the shareholders won't get the shaft on the IPO? I bought more too, knowing it's a win/win even if they "Do It To It" because the thing would fly for a 3 day wonder at least before and at the news, before the details sink in, like Netscape did, even when/if they give the investors the ole baccala. The Baccala is what BLUE thinks he should get for buying AOL, not to mention CPQ (let's go after both those boils at once, whaddya say)... Nah, Blue, you did what you had to do....and so did I.
("The Baccala") - Italian expression for "a whack upside the head with a dead codfish". AND NOW FOR YOUR PENANCE MY SON...MANDATORY FOR CLOSURE... New Movie Five-Star Recommendation ***** - 4 EVERYONE A MUST-SEE "Analyze This" - It's one of those to go see in the Theatre to laugh along with the crowd - and just buy your bonbons, buttered popcorn, and soda after a big dinner, then laugh and say "Bu-Wep" and leave the mess, don't bother wondering why!!! Just like buying AOL and CPQ, knowing you'll be rewarded for putting up with knowing you own it...It's knowing you'll ROFL at Robert De Niro's Mafia Don being shrunk by The Terrified Doc that's a no-brainer - "Trust Me!"
Abracadabra and Open Sez Me, You're In No-Guilt Land Once Again, Blue...
I resemble that remark, feel your pain, come a'running...
Hey, What are pals for?
Joanie |
