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To: maceng2 who wrote (154065)	3/1/2002 11:22:26 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 436258

Great cars to drive, just don't get involved in an accident with a SUV in one... Popular with the college crowd (I owned several over the years). Not any good if you are large or overweight. ------------------------------------------------------ Mini aims to take US by stealth Mini has revealed plans to use a quirky advertising campaign to gain a foothold in the US. The car will not appear on expensive television commercials or glossy spreads in magazines. Instead billboards, posters and spoof small ads will tease potential buys into buying the car, which will be the smallest vehicle on American roads. So-called "stealth" marketing is also being used, with a fleet of Minis put on top of giant American four-wheel drives, know in the US as sport-utility vehicles, or SUVs, and driven around the country. The giant cars have a poster on the side saying "What are you doing this weekend?" and when people ask about the strange combination of a small car on top of an outsized one, they are given a card with the message "Coming to America" and a website address. Other tactics include a magazine insert which contains a booklet called "The Book of Motoring". The book suggests drivers pay for the car behind them on toll roads and feed other parking meters if they see an attendant, and added: "Motorers look out for each other." Kerri Martin, who is in charge of marketing the Mini in America, told the Wall Street Journal: "We really had a blank state for a marketing perspective." The four seat-car is also to be advertised with billboards which read "XXL, XL, L, M, S, Mini", and only have the car's website address. Other posters will read "Let's sip, not guzzle", in a reference to the Mini's frugal fuel consumption, and "The SUV backlash officially starts now". ananova.com

To: maceng2 who wrote (154065)	3/8/2002 2:45:03 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Anybody else think we are going up on tech kinda fast here? My NSM stopped out just before earnings at $31, so I bought some calls instead. Just because of my stoopid LRCX short. Some idiots sold because NSM may have made a small loss, which we all know is extremely bullish. Actually it's more bullish then making a small profit. Additionally, ADI has gone absolutely nuts. NSM calls have gone bannanas too since. Money coming out of the "sidelines" galore! My short LRCX is steadily appreciating in negative value. I like the cash in my account though, and my next sell point is $33. Currently at $28.5+. I have even bought some LRCX calls as it's practically free money!!! There has been one or two tiny bits of good news and tech stocks go beserk. This can only end badly for the clowns. They should take more care imho.