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To: TobagoJack who wrote (57101)	12/9/2004 10:14:08 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Jay, I'm on a visit to the Southwest and yesterday I did a little poking around in the desert hills north of town. Pulled into a swank housing development with a sign out front: "Pulte Homes - Models Open". Drove up to a cul-de-sac on a rise where I could gaze over the valley before me, and was utterly dumbstruck by the vast panorama of brand new homes spreading out into the distance. Now I know how the German troops felt when the D-Day armada appeared off the coast of Normandy. Today Toll Brothers (TOL) gapped away on a 93-percent profit surge, and led the DJUSHB home builder index to a new high. Not sure if you're still shorting these beasts, but if it was me I guess I'd be throwing in the towel around now. -Snow

To: TobagoJack who wrote (57101)	12/10/2004 9:25:48 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Comparing Skype and Vonage. First, Vonage: vonage.com $25 a month for unlimited calls to anywhere in the USA/Canada. You can also get virtual numbers for $5 each vonage.com <Let's say that you live in New York where your Vonage primary number has area code 718. Your mom lives in Florida. Her area code is 561. You could get a virtual phone number in area code 561 that rings to your 718 line. Now mom doesn't have to pay long distance charges when she calls you. It's easy to add a United Kingdom, Canadian, or Mexican Virtual Number too! > Wow, check out how high their international rates are: vonage.com 5c/minute to Japan, 6c to New Zealand. skype.com $0 a month for unlimited Skype to Skype calls to anywhere in the world. For calls to landlines in most countries and USA cellphones, US2c a minute. 1000 minutes a month is about what people use, so that would be $20 a month to most countries. It's tough to beat free and very, very simple. The 2c a minute is cheap and easy. AND the quality is better than landline. Jay, it seems that you have an opportunity to upgrade your services and reduce your costs, which is a nice combination. Vonage says "No charge to thousands of other Vonage customers across the globe". That's not quite as impressive as no charge to millions of other Skype customers around the globe. Free is much better than $25. Add in the high Vonage international rates to non-Vonage numbers and it's already hopeless. Plus the virtual numbers nonsense and confusion. It's very easy. Do yourself a favour and click on skype.com and click download. Easy-peasy. No money needed. No contracts. Nothing. Look at the growth of Skype [with my handy-dandy graph]. 42 million downloads so far and 3 billion minutes served. Message 20847173 Have fun with your new toys. Mqurice

To: TobagoJack who wrote (57101)	12/15/2004 12:25:44 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Jay, the G vs Q see-saw balance continues. It's time for a drive-by gloating. Having rested for a few weeks after lapping G, Q has now trotted on to $440 compared with G at $436. In pre-split terms, that's $880 to $436. Thank goodness I didn't take your advice. AND my US$ earnings after Uncle Al KBE's latest pay increase means I can afford TWO happy meals. With a few more increases, gold's interest rate will still be zero. The US$ will be maybe 5%. The Q will be earning a LOT of Happy Meals. How good can life get? Maybe it's time to think about buying: telecom.co.nz with skype.com downloaded lexus.co.nz cessna.com That would be a nice way to start 2005. And throw in a new notebook computer and mainframe and stuff. Mqurice