Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GST who wrote (132868)	10/12/2001 2:49:43 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Hostage crisis, you mean? Or Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? Or both? Yes, except what was stored in brain cells I destroyed. I was in college then, writing papers about chemical weapons and the economics of war. And playing quarters. Hey, it wasn't all about hanging out with arrogant professors. ;-) BTW, after the hostages were taken, the market fell 10% or so, then gained about 40% over the next year in spite of Iran-Iraq war and Volker's relentless squeezing, interrupted briefly by the Hunt Brothers. Of course, PV eventually squeezed hard enough it stopped breathing and fell into a coma for a year or two. Hey, I guess I have a few working cells left. That or I know where to look things up. ;-) Why do you ask? PS: I came close to becoming a Marine that year. Talked myself out of it just before the weekend long flight physical. PPS: I wrote the chem weapons paper for Prof. Joseph Kruzel, SALT I team, died in Bosnia or Croatia. Best class I had.