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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (11669)	12/8/2004 12:22:17 AM
From: marcos	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12810

Yeah, exactly .... and where the good stock runs ended, and the most hilarious of scams went teats up into history, the political crap just grinds on and on, same people saying the same things, ad nauseam Hard to believe that's Jorj there .... just because G went off his nut for a bit, doesn't mean anybody need follow him .... i guess it was pretty inflammatory stuff, that's true .

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (11669)	12/8/2004 12:29:48 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12810

Those early days were when a lot of people were making a lot of money. I think there was some thicker skin involved that ignored a lot of perceived or real slights. If you wrap people from head to toe in multiple layers of hundred dollar bills, the morphine-like euphoria induced is a great shield from that bozo in Ottumwa, Iowa who called them a moron 5 minutes ago on a msg board. Now, with everybody broke, other social and political issues are the only thing left to latch on to. With or without money, I'll probably always be the same pinhead I've always been. But the need to argue if someone calls me on it is less when I'm reading their posts over a lobster w/ vanilla bean sauce at Flitwick Manor in Bedfordshire. Whoever said "Money doesn't buy happiness" was a complete moron.

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (11669)	12/8/2004 1:21:21 AM
From: SI Dave	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 12810

You might be interested to know that the trend is slowly reversing. The posting activity in investment forums in now increasing on an absolute basis and as a percentage of total posts. There is also a steady increase of total posters in the investment forums, while participants in the political forums is more or less flat. There are some good concentrations of focused investment-related discussions picking up speed, biotech being one such area. The worm is turning.