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To: Bill/WA who wrote (153959)	2/28/2002 3:40:41 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

I hadn't realized you could buy puts on KMP. I was going to do so, and then for the first time in a long time my broker's online service went down! I mean, like ten minutes ago. I don't like to deal with them on the phone because the commissions are double and also they have been hiring a lot of yo-yos to take care of the phone lines. One of them got the expiration date on a put wrong by TWO years.

To: Bill/WA who wrote (153959)	3/1/2002 1:37:19 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I finally got some puts on KMP--happily at a much lower price than if I had managed to buy yesterday. Just 10 of the kmpux, the September $22.50 strike. Those bastards who make the markets on those things are nearly as bad as the OTC-BB "brokerers"; I had a limit order in at 90 cents when the asked was 90 cents and it wouldn't fill. I decided the hell with it and changed it to a market order and after some delay it filled--at 95 cents. Somebody got my 50 bucks. Well I see the ask is now up to dollar. Just an outright gamble. Hoping KMP will tank like Enron over the next six months. If not, I will have a tax deduction I guess.