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To: LindyBill who wrote (39425)	2/17/2001 12:13:39 AM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 54805

As we set here after a another bad week Not a bad week, actually, just a bad day. Fridays have been unpleasant lately. But, think about it. Sure it unpleasant to drop 5% in a day, but then it was less than 2% for the week for the NAZ, so on reflection we actually had four days of stumbling forward and a day of panic. Been like that for a while. Not pleasant, to be sure, but it feels to me like a market that wants to go forward, if it would just stop having nasty surprises. It will happen.

To: LindyBill who wrote (39425)	2/17/2001 12:40:56 AM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

The week was looking swell until NT reported, Bill, and the Iraq action was the icing on the cake. Some good survived today's debacle. There were reports about Q which I think may provoke very positive reaction once the market has had a chance to settle down and digest them, and both sebl and ntap showed distinct signs of life. I think we're headed in the right direction, though I haven't a clue as to when we'll see meaningful results. But I remain convinced that a patient stance is appropriate for the situation. uf

To: LindyBill who wrote (39425)	2/17/2001 9:57:10 PM
From: Apollo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Hi lindy......good to see you're still kickin'. Late last year, LindyBill gave us a great book recommendation, written by Stephen Ambrose, "Nothing Like It in the World", about the making of the transcontinental railroad here in the USA. Since I'm a history buff, and minored in AmCiv, and really liked "Undaunted Courage" by the same author, I immediately bought and read the former. Great book. Highly recommend. Plenty of cross fertilization between those financial times & lessons, and now. OK, payback time. Just got back from the Museum of Science watching the Omni film presentation of "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure". Great piece about the British expedition to Antarctica in 1914 that went haywire, whereby 28 men were forced to live on the icepack without help or outside contact for almost 24 months. They were all rescued; none died. Great heroism and an astonishing tale. True. Go see it if you can. best to the thread, Apollo