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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Plaything who wrote (2060)	10/14/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: Scarecrow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3543

Reminds me of the Discover Brokerage ads with the tow-truck driver who owns his own island ("Well, technically, it's a country..."). An interesting sign of a market top. Some in the Boston area were saying the over-the-top opulence at the Ryder Cup was another interesting signal...

To: Plaything who wrote (2060)	10/17/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: MXS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3543

I had a much more subtle (but telling) experience just yesterday. I was discussing where the market is going and how to avoid being trampled with an uncle of mine who is planning retirement. Man's and engineer with a graduate degree. What he could not get past was his argument - "eventually the whole thing will go up" and he was unable to acknowledge the risk for someone who is a year or two from retirement.