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To: levy who wrote (8627)	6/27/1999 9:59:00 AM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 28311

Hi. Yes, I saw that. Puna's brother is probably quite young and, in addition to his IRA, has a 401K plan or pension plan at work. The latter would be larger, and more diversified. The manager of the pension fund would have limited (15% max?) exposure to the "volatile" internet sector. His IRA, on the other hand, would be smaller, under his direct control, and right now more fun to play with! I turned one of my IRAs into tech stocks, and the broker about died! (I did it when he was out of town.) But, I paid no attention, will do what I want, and, since I can't touch it, it has great opportunity! I'll show him! <ggg>

To: levy who wrote (8627)	6/27/1999 11:22:00 AM
From: Toni Wheeler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

<<<Danny the reason you do not care about broadband at home is your kids but lots of people do not have little kids..when they grow up you will have plenty of time at home and then you'll want it..I know I have 4 kids under 10 and if I try to go online at home it is like almost impossible unless of course they are asleep like right now>>> Another consideration that others may have pointed out and that I will add to... My grown kids are the ones that 'turned me on' to the net...we 'baby boomers' have more free time on our hands and discretionary money to spend (thank you, Lord, for helpin' me get them educated and married off!! -gg-) (plus the ability to control our growing IRAs and Pension Plans). Moreover, I was becoming bored with my former career and eager to expand my horizons...learning new skills and about new technology has been fascinating and invigorating...this 'ole dog' CAN learn new tricks!! My point is...(I think I have thrown in many points!) the more I learn, the faster I want to get to the next step/level...to learn even more and at a faster pace (if my brain can/will absorb it!!) I am now becoming impatient with my access and loading at 56K...I WANT IT FASTER and I am willing to pay for it!! jestmy.02... My best, ~T.

To: levy who wrote (8627)	6/27/1999 11:28:00 AM
From: Blue Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28311

levy, You are a person of your word, sure enough I have a PM asking why I'm not on the GNET long list. I was holding out for #7777, since the list will be cut off at 100, that leaves me out. Since I won't get #7777, I'll be an unlisted long but as you will see, a long time GNET team member. I do not work for GNET but this is what I've done for our team, (all of this is in print and many members of Techride posted with me then, so this is easy to check out). 1) First internet investor to come out and state on AOL's busiest PF board, who GNET was, why they were going to the top, and that I'd checked them out and I'd sank my money into the company. I forget the exact date of this, as it was a long time ago. It is easy to find out. Go back and look at when GNET was a baby and it had its very first spike in VOLUME (on no news), the two events happened at the same time. 2) Shamelessly promoted GNET on AOL's busiest PF board. I told all that the then pocket change stock, was going to make anyone who invested in it rich. Several members of Techride know exactly what I am talking about (we left AOL to come to SI at the same time). 3) Asked the Motley Fools to start a message board for GNET, there was no GNET board then. MPed the Fools about who GNET was (most people had never heard of GNET back then). 4) Asked AOL to start a GNET message board, there was no GNET board then. ( again most people had never heard of GNET back then). 5) Recently got AOL to list GNET as an "internet company", until a few months ago, GNET was not listed by AOL as an internet company. There is little PR when a company is not listed with all other internet companies. 6) Since you read "Techride" you know, I still own many shares of GNET. I still shamelessly promote GNET as I like all the e-mail I get saying "thank you" from rich people, GNETaires. 7) Anyone who bad mouths Russell or GNET like Mark Haines did gets ripped a new one (eg Jed interviews Mark- Techride). So as you can see I'm a GNET long, have been since I joined the "team" shortly after GNET came public. I just wanted that #7777, there will be that many longs on the list one day. Perhaps a better solution to this long list thing is what a person with a very low number on the long list and who used to post here said to me in a e-mail, start a "GNET long thread." It may not be a bad idea as people can join when they like, it frees up this thread for more news, opinions, etc. about the company (GNET), and I could wait and grub four BLUE sevens, #7777. It is only fitting IMO that a person who has been on the team for so long and helped the team, gets the number they want or at least has a chance to grub it, that is just my opinion. One of the original longs, GoGNETGo BLUE