To: GraceZ who wrote (2274 ) 6/9/2003 11:59:25 PM From: Cogito Ergo Sum Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4905 Hi Grace, I can think of at least one Canadian miner whose US traded stock has had far greater appreciation than its Canadian traded stock Yes but then your inflation balances that out so seems more like a steady state to me. Nothing exists in a vacuum. At some point though yes just like the cure for 10$ oil was 10$ oil, but where's the bottom ? Some point might be USD 80. Picking 92 is no less arbitrary than 80. I think you need the lower dollar. Productivity has outdone itself and now you face the China syndrome so to speak.that against some of our major trading partners Well we're hearing the whining up here :o) As far as assets well yes if we get close to the days of my late teens and even exchange well I may be looking for something in the 'hills of old Vermont ' which reminds me of this old ditty ... regards Kastelmembers.rogers.com Yankee Lady - Jesse Winchester I lived with the decent folksIn the hills of old Vermont Where what you do all day Depends on what you want And I took up with a woman there Though I was still a kid And I smile like the sun To think of the loving that we did She rose each morning and went to work And she kept me with her pay I was making love all night And playing guitar all day And I got apple cider and homemade bread To make a man say grace And clean linens on my bed And a warm feet fire place Yankee lady so good to me, Yankee lady just a memory Yankee lady so good to me, Your memory that's enough for me An autumn walk on a country road And a million flaming trees I was feeling uneasy Cause there was winter in the breeze And she said, "Oh Jesse, look over there, The birds are southward bound Oh Jesse, I'm so afraid To lose the love that we've found." Yankee lady so good to me, Yankee lady just a memory Yankee lady so good to me, Your memory that's enough for me I don't know what called to me But I know that I had to go I left that Vermont town With a lift to Mexico And now when I see myself As a stranger by my birth The Yankee lady's memory Reminds me of my worth Yankee lady so good to me, Yankee lady just a memory Yankee lady so good to me, Your memory that's enough for me ©1971 Jesse Winchester From the LP "Jesse Winchester"