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To: Ian@SI who wrote (2227)	11/24/1999 4:18:00 PM
From: Doug B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3661

Does this take effect in the current tax year? If so, it bodes well for MTSN, given the investment in growth they have put in on the front end of this cycle. No mention of cars in this post. Regards, Doug

To: Ian@SI who wrote (2227)	11/24/1999 8:40:00 PM
From: Alan Gallaspy	Respond to of 3661

I sold my '88 Nissan pickup a while back. It was a great truck, hardly ever broke down, barely had 100,000 miles on the odometer and cost next to nothing to fill up. I finally relented and bought a gas guzzling sport utility to haul the kids around, etc. Anyway, I was wondering if while you were loading up on MTSN down at $3, if any of that was due to selling puts and then having to buy the stock as the put went in the money? I have heard you say that you have sold DELL puts, do you find that you are often obligated to actually buy the underlying stock? I like selling covered calls, but I am too chicken to do it now with MTSN because I am sure that I will get assigned just as MTSN rockets upward.