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To: Sarkie who wrote (234)	11/20/1999 1:52:00 PM
From: linsol	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 640

Good article but, to be fair CNBC knows you can get in depth news from MSNBC or CNN. Like most special interest programs i.e. Sports, Cooking, etc.They stay focused on the main interest of the viewers MONEY. When something awful like this happens I keep one T.V. near the computer on CNBC and the other one in my bedroom on CNN. No matter how much you love your family, God or neighbor we all need money to get things done.

To: Sarkie who wrote (234)	11/20/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: Puna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 640

<<Do You Invest to Live or Live to Invest? >> Thanks for posting that Sarkie, it is so true that we need to sometimes be reminded of the value of our families and friends. Quality sharing today. can be muted by too much intent and focus on tomorrow and money. These things, in the end, will seem worldly and of relative unimportance, where the opportunity to spend a few more minutes with those we love will loom large. How true! I have passed up a number of chances to spend quality time with my friends or family under the guise "no I can't do that with you today, I'm working". When in reality I was just looking up one more stock quote or one more new post. The thing is I have actually felt resentful to my family and friends at times for "losing a great buying opportunity"-because I spent time with them last summer away from phones when in August prices bottomed out on I-net stocks. I almost blamed them for it, mostly to myself. It is more like "losing a great living opportunity" when we place more value to having and making money, than on our children, partners, friends and family. Puna PS-Sarkie, nice overview post you did on CHTR this morning.

To: Sarkie who wrote (234)	11/20/1999 7:11:00 PM
From: PatiBob	Respond to of 640

It's truly been a long weekend for all Aggies. A 12th student died of his injuries today. Very ironic, because of the 12th man legend. God needed some good people and he chose Aggies, only the best. That's the only way for me to get through this. Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck! Gig 'em Aggies PB

To: Sarkie who wrote (234)	11/20/1999 10:21:00 PM
From: Roger Sherman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 640

Sarkie, great article...Puna, great response! As we all go along the strange twists and turns of our own "pathroad of life," sometimes something, or someone, changes us forever. That article you posted reminded me of something I once heard which had such a profound effect on me, making me stop and reflect on my own life more than just a little bit. Making me reflect on the things which I want to spend the rest of my life focused on. Making me stop and think about love, kindness, and the people I cherish. Making me think that perhaps I might be able to make some small positive contribution to the world, leaving it a slightly better place then when I arrived. And perhaps someone someday might say of me after I'm gone, "I'm glad he passed this way." I believe each and every person changes the history of the world just a little bit (like a pebble dropped in a pond. . .with the ripples going on forever). ........................................ Anyway, late one night several years ago I was alone during a fairly lonely period in my life, watching a 1983 movie called "Rumble Fish." It was a strange movie, but there was one thing said in it that has really stayed with me. Tom Waites was playing a bartender. Near the movie's end he was all alone in his bar, and he says something like the following: "When you're young...you throw a year or two away, and don't think about it. A year or two. The older you get...you think about it. You got maybe thirty-five (pick a number) summers left. Think about it. Thirty-five summers. . . . . . .maybe. Life is so short ("poof" and it's gone). What's REALLY important to me. . .and to the people I care about? Roger :)