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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (34228)	8/6/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<EVerything else is cash.>> I've got some good gains in a few things but I'm selling nothing. Not even the grain off my farm. Bank interest I can't decline or I should say won't as it would be a pain. Screw the government, I'm tired of paying taxes. I'm hoping for a 95% drop in taxable income. Let them audit, it'll be a hoot. I'll be going in 100% legal.

To: Rambi who wrote (34228)	8/6/1999 6:03:00 PM
From: PCModem	Respond to of 71178

"EVerything else is cash." hard to know just what to do but IMHO when the smelly brown stuff hits the whirling propeller best to own commodities if history has any relation to the future. I've been out of town on biz (palm springs again). So am not up-to-date on the conversations on the thread. But I felt a mysterious, though not unpleasant, need to report in, even though I've nothing to report (that is, nothing I can discuss publicly. Yet.) I take that back. I guess I could tell you about the people I met. Two couples from England on a two week vacation. The flew into San Francisco, drove to Yosemite, then to Las Vegas then to Palm Springs. Were headed for San Diego, then to Disneyland, Universal Studios, and the beach at Santa Monica then up the coast to Carmel and Big Sur, then finally back to San Francisco and home. We met in the jacuzzi about 11:30 p.m. They asked if the pool was open this late and I explained that it was, but after midnight it was clothing optional. We became instant friends. Delightful folks! They think the country is too big. I told them that's why we divided it up into states, reminded them Texas can leave the union anytime it wants to, and pointed out the California Republic on our flag. (IMHO much more sensible arrangement than they have -- think what things would have been like if California had not had a state legislature as long as Scotland did not have a parliment! I did not mention any of this, wanting to be a proper host.) They were stunned by the heat in Las Vegas and P.S. and equally as stunned that due to the low humidity they were not that uncomfortable. There were also stunned that there wasn't non-stop rioting in the streets of both places based on their experiences back home. (I let that one slide too. I did not tell them about the four seasons we have in California: Flood, Fire, Earthquake and Riot). We talked for a couple of hours. I gave them pointers on avoiding rush hour in their drive from San Diego to L.A. They were very appreciative. My only regret is that I did not ask them what kind of car they had rented. That, and the fact that I forgot to enforce the pool rules. PCM