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Technology Stocks : InfoSpace (INSP): Where GNET went! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: brk who wrote (26672)	9/7/2001 10:53:55 AM
From: (Bob) Zumbrunnen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28311

My wife, who I should probably call "(Spouse)" nowadays, won't let me take her Durango 4x4 with big off-road tires off-road. Too bad. I bet that thing would be a blast. My truck, on the other hand, has "too many" tires, and they're highway tires. I got it stuck pretty good the other night on a gentle but muddy slope. Haven't ever gotten the backhoe stuck so bad that I needed outside assistance extricating it. And I've had it buried pretty deep. You get stuck in a backhoe and it's like "If I had some way to dig a tren... Hey!" <g> The first time I had it stuck, though, I was in such soup that even using the backhoe and the loader to try to lift and push wasn't working, but I was able to grab hold of a couple of nearby trees, yank them out (they were elms -- I hug all trees except elms and honey locusts) and shove them under the back tires, all from the comfort of the cab. If I ever really got it stuck, I don't think I or any of my neighbors have anything that could really be of much use extricating it. Shopping around for a trailer right now so I can put the machine to work further than a mile from the house. Wanting to get into business (at least as a sideline) building water gardens and koi ponds, but figure I'll do other pond work and dig ditches and big holes while establishing a reputation. Hopefully a better reputation as a backhoe operator than I currently have. I think the neighbors are in the habit of checking to make sure their phones still work if they see me even drive by on the road in the backhoe. ROT (Requisite On-Topic): I see INSP has lost fewer pieces of copper today than I would've expected. While I remain convinced the descent is no less assured, I expected it to be as quick as the ascent.