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To: Poet who wrote (63449)	1/22/2000 8:44:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

>> You're free to put me on ignore. I don't use the <ignore> function, Poet. It's a matter of personal choice on my part. >> I'm free to disagree with your personal opinion about short term options. You certainly may disagree with me about anything, Poet, and you often have, but you may not put <GG>s in my posts to suit you. Actually, all of this is free for me, since I joined SI before they started charging for the service. You, otoh, have to pay to disagree with me <GG>. >> As for sexism charges, take it with me by PM and leave the task of this thread to QCOM. I'd prefer not to have dialog with you at all, Poet, at least until you stop your much too frequent practice of accusing folks of sexism, but if I do need to remind you that your accusations are unfair, I would prefer to do it on the public threads. As far as short term options are concerned, they represent wonderful leverage if applied judiciously, but when done as a regular diet and combined with the use of margin, they represent an incredibly risky approach to making money. This last year has provided unprecedented success to options players, as some tech stocks went straight up, but I would hate to see anyone enter that arena with the expectation that it will continue to do so. Frank

To: Poet who wrote (63449)	1/22/2000 10:09:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

Poet, << As for sexism charges, take it with me by PM and leave the task of this thread to QCOM >> N'était-ce pas vous qui a présenté des frais de sexism à cet amorçage et a attaqué revered Maurice? La tâche de cet amorçage a toujours été Qualcomm. Quelle est votre tâche? Avez-vous lu les 25.000 premiers poteaux dans cet amorçage? Avez-vous lu l'hommage à Maurice écrit par son adversaire, Tero? Peut-être vous devriez lire le message de Tero et penser cela: Message 12635725 Comprenez-vous que Teo a capturé l'essence et le caractère de l'homme? Que contribuez-vous à cet amorçage au sujet de Qualcomm? SI Bob a reçu beaucoup de messages au sujet de vous et votre tendance de présenter le genre comme calomnie. Maurice n'a pas été coupé pour être un Nazi? Pouvons-nous avoir un volontaire pour le substituer pour satisfaire? J'apoligize pour cette traduction faible. le français est mon deuxième langage, non mon premier. - EriQ -

To: Poet who wrote (63449)	1/22/2000 11:09:00 PM
From: Didi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Hi Poet, You're free to put me on ignore. I'm free to disagree with your personal opinion about short term options. As for sexism charges, take it with me by PM and leave the task of this thread to QCOM. Hats off to you, my dear friend, for maintaining your calmness, rationality, professionalism, and sound judgement. Truly a class act! Please keep it up, smartie. di :-)

To: Poet who wrote (63449)	1/22/2000 11:58:00 PM
From: Jill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Just when the thread was quiet & postable again...darn...if Frank really wanted you to leave him alone he wouldn't keep responding with hostile, provocative posts. Your original post was simply a genuine, polite, and friendly reminder that options are not the road to disaster (who knows why he even brought that up on Qualcomm thread, in response to a question about acronyms), but a marvelous way in this volatile, premium-rich market to leverage core holdings by many multiples. As concerned as Frank seems to spontaneously be about who might be risking their portfolios on options, I'm concerned that he is giving people the wrong impression of the use of options. Many veteran traders use them. Not just buying calls on QCOM in an amazing year, but selling puts, buying puts, etc, on many different stocks. This is a unique market in a unique time and many people are thrilled with the additional power that options pack in their portfolio. I think advice on options trading belongs on the thread you and I started, which has been thriving nicely. I don't know why Frank brought it up over here out of the blue, and it's even more mystifying why he diverted the discussion to Maurice Winn. What in the heck does that have to do with your original post earlier this eve to Frank? Strange goings on, and you handled yourself with aplomb.