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To: stockman_scott who wrote (35772)	4/13/2001 8:47:29 AM
From: Venkie	Read Replies (8) \| Respond to of 65232

Happy Easter I didn't sleep well last night...I kept feeling weird about taking profits yesterday..I said I bot bottom and would hold long term...got a 25 % profit on a basket of stocks and got an overwhelming feeling yesterday to sell the rally.Now I am feeling greedy that I will miss a gap up monday morning. I use to be a good trader but this past yr has damaged my confidence and I am having a struggle getting it back.Bieng too cocky has killed me but being to nervous has also done damage in the past. There is so much noise that it's difficult to remain calm. I have so many loss's to offset any gains that I have a green light to take any profit I can get which is a factor to deal with on it's on.I spend a lot of time trying to get the bull edge from the porch and try to get a reasonable bearish point of view from the weird bunch on the doom thread. I figure somewhere in the middle is where I am suppose to be.Allan A is a good one to help from from getting to greedy which is easy to do but it's hard to listen to him since he is embedded in the doom and gloom from hell in the black hole. How he hangs out with such negative people that it is beyond my understanding. I will probably get a post for that statement but I hv always called a duck...a duck. If it walks ..quacks...and had feathers like a duck then it's most likely a duck.Anyway I am going to try and figure out what I need to do in this turkey shoot to invest/trade my money. I know I haven't missed the big picture and 1 rally isn't the whole ball game..that I did learn from Allan...finding somewhere in the middle is fine.I am trying feel good about breaking my loosing streak with my recent gains.It has kinda thrown me off that these tech companies that miss and warn big are not getting killed. I guess that is what happens when the mkt may hv bottomed. Trying to evaluate these tech companies is useless..guess it's all about if they are being bot or sold on which way they will go. I am going to learn how to short w/o becoming a mid evil monk...and...how to take a risk w/o becoming a sheep led to slaughter.I am a bull and believe the world is just beginning to unfold the prospects of all this wonderful technology.I would like to thank you for being such a nice guy thru all these most difficult times. I know a nice person when I meet 1 and you are that. How you act on these threads shows your good character and that tells me what you must mean to your friends. I hv to work in the yard today and spend some time with my old sick Beagle=Buddie.I will make his last days in this world as comfortable as I can..he is priceless.Guess there is more to life than money=eh.Guess the bears must be worried..I got banned from the black hole for saying"my turn"<gg< Luc must be on edge<gg<hahha. Hv a great wknd.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (35772)	4/14/2001 12:48:56 PM
From: RR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

Hi Scott: Fine on the skiing. Hey, someday maybe when you have more time and that deal goes through you're working on, you can work on starting that family you mentioned and get back to skiing. I hope so. Good to keep thoughts like that in your dreams for something to work towards. I have watched OCPI off and on for a couple of months. I believe it was Hank (McNabb Brothers) that told me about it. I started to enter a position when it pulled back to 15 but held off. It's options are thinly traded, and that's all I do are options. Still watch it periodically. One that some have mentioned along with OCPI is FBCE. I've not watched it closely, however. Hope you have a great Easter weekend, Scott. Little spring rain here this morning, cool, no wind. Everything has turned green. Was out on the deck with a cup of coffee taking in the morning awhile ago, looking at the view through the mist and light rain, listening to the noises the rain makes down in the woods. Wonderful.... Rick