To: goldsheet who wrote (74387 ) 8/3/2001 3:30:39 AM From: d:oug Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116758 Yes, I agree Bob that my gata crusade has gone over the top and is causing others an unpleasant situation, something like when one uses a public restroom and the person in the stall next to you loads up too much in the bowl and upon the flush the drain pipe clogs and the over the top of the bowl like my posts hits the floor and moves to all areas of the room/thread. Tom has just posted what can be described as a Period or Exclamation Point or simple the sound Amen to what I just said. Lets end this and move on and let the future tell us in history what the present really is about. Surprised that Tom did not complete his on-target post. From: Abner Hosmer Friday, Aug 3, 2001 1:44 AM [start.] The swings in gold sentiment... it's all total and complete crap. ... [I]don't pay heed to... perma-bulls or... hairy-chest-thumpers on this board... a complete waste of time. I value the input of those... [that] leave their boorish and inhospitable ego's someplace else, preferably somewhere in the past. Happily, there's still a few of them left. [end.] To:gold_tutor From: Abner Hosmer Friday, Aug 3, 2001 2:23 AM [start.] ... My Dear Lady, I haven't words after reading your original post, and the subsequent exchange. I truly thank you for posting your views. your's sincerely - Tom [end.] Its quite clear that Tom's reference was towards me, as "a complete waste of time", "boorish and inhospitable ego" is also gold_tutor's description of me. What surprised me was not his reference to me, as I stated upfront above in this post that he has every reason to view me that way, but the fact that he uses the name Abner Hosmer which I understand is the name of a soldier that fought in the war to free America from England. Not sure the actual reference, but that "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes." for sure was a display of courage for the man Abner Hosmer, just like those men that signed their name to a declaration so that there was no doubt those of Great Britain would know by name each such person fighting with their life on the line for independence, and not hide or just hope others get the job done so that can tag along if they win, or play a song and get along with England if they lose. So here I'm surprised, in that Tom was unable to name me in person in his post, as why not I'm am surprised, as he hold this Abner Hosmer as a role model, which is good, but to actually take on this person's name and not be able to look into the eyes of what one can say is the person on the other side you disagree with, then to me its as if one wishes to have the courage of a person that has what one does not have but wants others to think so. For sure Vietnam was not an American fight for freedom, but I did my job and was able to look into the eyes of the enemy, and actually found it troubling to kill them when I could not see them, but then fighting in those jungle mountains on search & destroy missions was not the Boston landscape. But point is a simple one that if you take the name of someone who has shown those aspects of standing tall and speaking directly towards those you speak about, then do so, and if not able to look at those you talk about in public, then use your own name or one in history that was not able to look at the eye whites. Enough of that talk as its pointless and its just more babble from me that means nothing and does nothing except take up space on this post as text. The world is made up of many different type of folks, so live and let live and keep away from those who you do not think deserve respect. My apology to this Tom who used the name Abner Hosmer, as this Tom might well be a war hero that I would respect if I knew so, but until then its just a name of a person Tom that so far has not posted anything of interest to my quest to examine those battles between Good & Evil. Sorry Bob, as usual I went off elsewhere, and yes I will supply to you the thread name and post numbers for "Since you already did the search and marked them down, just provide me with the URLs and I will take a look." so that we can clean up that toilet over the top stuff and put up a sign that says "Out of Order, do not use the Gata Bowl." Once you fullfill my request to you that I made before your request to me, then you will receive that asked for. What Is Happening to America's Gold? by James Turk © by The Freemarket Gold & Money Report., ak