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Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RockyBalboa who wrote (4180)	11/13/1999 10:02:00 PM
From: Druss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

InfoStream.com--I have shorted some internets with questionable business models. I just closed a short of PPOD with some fine results. Some of the others are still Golden Girls and IMHO should be treated as such. I wouldn't touch a Pokemon related short right now. I don't think it will die until a replacement comes along. I have a nine year old nephew who travels with a binder loaded with the cards and kids come out of the woodwork to trade and talk those cards. He at this age views himself as a Pokemon trader for life, and all he wants for presents are the cards. They are a potent market force. However like most adults who have any contact with the stuff I hate it. I would give a great deal to have my fingers on the throat of the inventor of the damned things. Since that is not likely I will bide my time. When my nephew is about 10 years older I will wait until he is with a girl friend and ask him if he remembers when all he seemed to be able to say was "Picachu!" Maybe by that time I will have shorted a pound of flesh out of the companies vending the stuff too. All the Best Druss