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Technology Stocks : Aahh...iNEXTV (AXC) The NEXT Thing! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bootsup1 who wrote (3619)	5/4/2001 9:41:15 AM
From: Alan Cassaro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4169

Good news, bad news, always frustrating. Trying to put a positive spin on going back to the pink sheets is kind of like suggesting that being homeless can build character. My dad razzes me for being in Ampex at this point, "Al, you had the world by the balls when you sold off, why did you ever get back in so deep?" So, here I yam. Fortunately, let's keep it all in perspective, as compared to the following article from the newspaper. All things are relative. (This was, in fact, sent by a relative) al > > A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the > > kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle when it > > accidentally > > slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handle bars, was > dragged > > through the glass patio doors and along with the motorcycle dumped onto > the > > floor inside the house. > > The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room and found her > husband > > lying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle lying next to him, > and > > the shattered patio door. The wife ran to the phone and summoned the > > ambulance. Because they lived on a fairly largehill, the wife went down > the > > several flights of stairs to the street to escort the paramedics to her > > husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported the man to the > > hospital, > > the wife uprights the motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas > was > > spilled on the floor, the wife got some paper towels, blotted up the > > gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet. > > The man was treated and released to come home. Upon arriving home, he > > looked > > at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. > > He became despondent, went to the bathroom, sat down on the toilet and > > smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between > > his > > legs into the toilet bowl while seated. The wife, who was in the kitchen, > > heard the loud explosion and her husband screaming. She ran into the > > bathroom > > and found her husband lying on the floor. His trousers had been blown > away > > and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of his legs, and his > > groin. The wife again ran to the phone to call the ambulance. The very > same > > paramedic crew was dispatched and the wife met them at the street. The > > paramedics loaded the husband on to the stretcher and began carrying him > to > > the street. While they were going down the > > stairs to the street accompanied by the wife, one of the paramedics asked > > the wife how the husband had burned himself. She told them and the > > paramedics > > started laughing so hard, one of them slipped and tipped the stretcher, > > dumping the husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs and broke his > > arm. > > Taken from a Florida Newspaper. > > > > Still having a bad day?