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To: Voltaire who wrote (25791)	7/18/2000 1:55:45 PM
From: im a survivor	Respond to of 35685

<<Just pulling your string Keith,>> I know Tom, and I appreciate it too. Sometimes those strings need to be pulled just to help keep things in perspective. What's ironic about all this is I am really not the type of negative and pessimistic person I have portrayed as of late. I am very outgoing, very aggressive....and most of all, very confident about my abilities. I am 35, have started several succesful businesses, and as i said, been very succesful in the market as well...until this year. I guess what yall are seing now is what happens when one turns $350k into $50k in a very short time period. I went from being able to pay off every penny of debt I have and still have plenty of $$'s left over, to being further in debt with faaaaaaar less money. But, I guess with my aggressive nature, this really is no surprise. My attitude of late is very similar to taking a big fall while climbing. Your attitude changes. You become alittle more fearful, a little more reserved, alittle more doubtful. All you can do is go hard at it and regain that edge. Investing is no different. We have had corrections every year that hit me hard. I was smart enough to know this is a short term dilema and a long term opportunity. I would use the correction to my advantage. Buy low after all, right. Well, I thought this time was the same. We corrected from over 5000 on naz, down to the 4100 - 4200 level. I mean, I thought that was it, and I went on a full fledged margin buying spree...only to see the market go down to like 3200 or so. So yes, in retrospect, this correction was very different then any I experienced, but I can take solace in the fact, that I do not believe I am alone. There are many people out there in the same boat. May people sharing the same feelings. So, I dont take it personally, and will come out of this just fine in the long run. I was down...and I am down...but I certainly am not out. I will do my best to make the right decisions and will continue to be aggressive, and in the long run, hopefully this will be just another blip on the screen. Thanks for your thoughts and everybody else as well. The porch is really an amazing place. Keith one more thing...it wouldnt be proper if I didnt bitch about something so here goes......what the hell is elon doing in the green !!<ggg>.....Hope I havet spoken too soon.