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To: schrodingers_cat who wrote (121854)	3/27/2001 2:12:12 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

cat: "And if they lost their retirement savings in 2000...well, 5% returns aren't going to do it for them...only one option to get their money back ...go back to the casino." Yes, it is called "escalation of commitment to a bad decision".

To: schrodingers_cat who wrote (121854)	3/27/2001 2:15:50 AM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

>Btw have you noticed KREM lately... speculation lives!!! The big fat donut reminds me of Amazon.com in 98/99.

To: schrodingers_cat who wrote (121854)	4/2/2001 1:27:00 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

"Seeing friends and neighbors getting laid off and then being bankrupted by mortgages and credit card bills and ending up in some crummy apartment down the road from Charlie's Crack Emporium ... that might do it. Then stock market participation and debt levels will gradually fall. Only then will people see the value of safe, conservative investments." Last year I heard Charlie's Crack Emporium was in line to do an IPO -- they were feeling left out of the real action <g>