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To: GraceZ who wrote (22475)	5/20/2000 12:38:00 AM
From: Solid	Respond to of 29970

Hi Grace, so I'm not alone in trying to hide my ATHM habit! The terrible thing is I've been able to put it down for months at a time. Hey, after that 40 million share day you have to think there are a lot of us out there. No, you are not alone. My Dad use to say, laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry...and you have a lot of company too. I heard from Ron that the Fortune Magazine folks want to do a story on athm investors for the Montel Show. They topic 'How many of your friends are stuck @home?' Presently I feel like Horton the elephant sitting on the nest for lazy mazzy bird, week, after month, after now a year, waiting for athm to hatch. I guess like Horton, I said what I meant and I meant what I said and I am faithful 100%. Funny the age we live though. Even as I write I think back several years, when a year was nothing in the market for the average joe, or even for the pro's. Those steady 10% returns that have averaged were considered great and to have your money double in seven years was quite a prideful accomplishment. In that light, this 'brief' period of consolidation and construction will prove well worth the effort and time. Good things due often take time. Enjoy your time @home. Solid

To: GraceZ who wrote (22475)	5/21/2000 9:13:00 PM
From: renard fox	Respond to of 29970

Hi! You mentioned habit and I think you hit the nail on the head. Sorry for the late response but here is what I think. When terrorists kidnap people and hold them hostage under terrible conditions often the victims and the terrorists develop a bond after a while, almost like a family who together are joined by the dysfunctional situation they find themselves in, and they eventually may even support eachother. The same is true of ATHM shareholders on this thread. While management and the street has been holding us hostage to this horrible situation, we have begun to enjoy it and have begun to identify with the " unfortunate situations faced by management" which naturally keeps the stock going down. It is almost addictive. The fact is this company has bad management and bad execution. I am an addict myself holding 700 shares in my IRA and afraid to admit my mistake and sell it and move on. I need help, like AA>