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To: twmoore who wrote (60161)	2/7/2005 10:45:10 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>The only words that I knew on my last trip were "wo bu dong" (I don't understand)<g><< LOL. Come on twmoore, you can do better. at least you should learn some greeeting word, like: Ni Hao = How are you Zai Jian = good bye Duo Sha Qian = how much is it Tai Gui Le = too expensive (you definitely need to learn this in order to bargain with vendors<g>)

To: twmoore who wrote (60161)	2/8/2005 4:19:50 PM
From: twmoore	Respond to of 74559

People are starting to raise some red flags over Income Trusts.I don't have access to the rest of this article,but Carrick goes on to say that the value of the trusts are being held up to the point of being over-valued because people are reinvesting their dividends in these trusts at the higher price,almost like a pyramid scheme. This article is from today's The Globe And Mail, Toronto Trust-happy clients forget tech's sting, financial adviser finds By ROB CARRICK Tuesday, February 8, 2005, Page B23 There are some interesting parallels between today's income trust market and technology stocks circa 2000 at Tony De Thomasis's financial advisory firm in Thornhill, Ont. Clients are clamouring to invest in income trusts just like they did with tech stocks four years ago, said Mr. De Thomasis, who has 25 years of experience as an adviser. "They think trusts are going to keep going up," he said. "I thought that after what happened in the tech sector, people would be a bit smarter. But they still think that if they made money in trusts last year, it's a good reason to buy again this year."

To: twmoore who wrote (60161)	2/8/2005 4:25:55 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Canada? Polluted? Where? I have seen a desolate moonscape around a nickel smelter up near Thunder Bay or wherever it was. But other than that, last time I checked Canada was clean as a whistle. Comparing Beijing's foul air to Canada is a joke. Okay, the muck from Beijing blows across the Pacific Ocean and pollutes Canada, but that's not Canada's fault. <The people certainly don't live to our standards,but they were decently dressed and seemed to be healthy.> Healthy? Didn't you see the air pollution, smoking, hear the coughing and see the hoiking? Having tidy clothes is hardly a great economic achievement these days. Remember, Yiwu the Mad's premise was that China's great leaders have done as well as the leaders of the "Westerners". < most of the people in the rural areas can't speak English > Did you try speaking really loudly to them, to help their understanding? Mqurice