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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (41111)3/28/2001 11:46:42 PM
From: BDR  Respond to of 54805
 
<<The second thing is that remembering the old saw about how the companies selling picks and shovels to build the railroad made more money than the railroads, it's clear that things today have probably pretty much remained the same>>

Right, just so the pick and shovel makers don't get the urge to make loans to their customers so they in turn can afford to buy the picks and shovels.