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To: rkral who wrote (38)	6/13/2002 5:00:22 PM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 786

Ron - I'll have to find a good source for the smoothing stuff. But two very good examples are depreciation and the earnings management that you talk about. But think about it - why should there be two different statements which are mostly the same thing? As for accountants, I have 'met' one or two on SI although I don't remember who now. But even if I knew one I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of accountants, as with any intellectual profession (including mine -engineering), are mechanics. They can recite the rules but don't really understand them. Clark