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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JHP who wrote (91923)	9/1/2001 3:31:23 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

John, Wow, I like talking in code. That takes me back to my old spy days in the Army. Of course, I was always breaking code because people were forever not telling me about the changes. I wasn't the worst one, though. We had one guy who was a code tripping terror. We were at a supposedly super secret "big ears" station in Gartow, Germany. And we were expected to receive important tactical communications from an airplane that didn't exist. So, all the converstation had to be conducted in short bursts of coded messages. Well, my buddy didn't get the code changes and couldn't figure out what was going on with the static on the radio. So, in the open, he broadcast "Airplane, airplane, this is Gartow. Please come in." That took care of the secret part of two operational units. <g> No wonder the Russians invaded Czechoslovakia.

To: JHP who wrote (91923)	9/2/2001 10:05:53 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

JHP and All, One newer investment book worth a look is "Do You Want To Make Money Or Would You Rather Have Fun," by John D. Spooner. I actually won this book for opening the most accounts in our branch during the month of August. Hooray for me. Anyhow, the answer to the book's title question, in my case, is "yes." I want to make money AND fool around, which readers of this thread already know. The book is written by a broker from Salami Smith Barner Rubble, of all places. First of all, despite that fact, it is both well-written and funny. There is a huge amount of wisdom in the book and some absolutely idiotic advice. And much of it contradicts previous advice. It is offered in short, pithy (no "s" in that word <g>) sections that make for easy bathroom reading. I think it is worthwhile IF you are able to separate the worthwhile from the worthless. It strives to be a "Money Game" for current times, but it just isn't that deep. Still, I am enjoying the heck out of it, laughing and saying "right on" at times and throwing it across the room and breaking lamps at other times. Recommended for non-newbies.