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To: marcos who wrote (6570)	5/23/2005 9:18:56 AM
From: John Sladek	Respond to of 8273

marcos, my current assumption is that the price has leveled off, that those who are desparate to sell have sold, and that some of those who are interested in playing the next cycle are already starting to accumulate. If this is the case, then the low to mid 20's is where the price will bottom. I certainly think that the current prices are appealing, and have been picking some up as I can. If the downward trend in the POG continues, say to somewhere between in the $400 to $410 range, then there could be some additional selling pressure on the stock, which, given the lack of interest in this particular story right now would lead to declines in the price - which lead to my $0.08 to $0.012 reference. This would take it from the a classification of "appealing" to the area of "no-brainer", although, as always, the question will be how long is the wait... Eight to twelve cents? ... well yeah, that would be appealing ... i was sort of sticking my neck out and suggesting a bottom maybe near this mid-.20s range, though I would expect that once the official vow of secrecy is lifted from the double-top-secret stealth exploration program the stock price is going to experience some upward movement. Hope things are going ok for you in your non-stock-related activities. i'm not all that interested in stocks lately anyway [what was your first clue to that] .

To: marcos who wrote (6570)	5/23/2005 10:56:27 AM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8273

You have two cows. NFLD That is all you have. One cow slips into the sea and cannot be revived because it becomes covered in oil, which is also spoiling the fishing in these parts. You apply for assistance. Gov't makes you sell your cow. You agitate about gov't cow policy. Maritimes You kill one cow to use as shark bait in order to increase lobster predators and thereby increase gov't payments to not trap lobster. You trap lobster anyway but sell that on the QT to Russian Mafia who are unloading to NY market. Cows become extinct and the government appoints you curator of the new 80 million dollar cow museum. Quebec The government makes you paint VACHE on the animals in large letters. You sell one cow to a registered PQ company in order to pay the government tax/bribe in order to get a milk quota for 100 cows. You borrow the money from the Caisse to run a 200 cow farm and declare bankruptcy. You donate money to all political parties in cash, and give your cows to the Church. You continue to live on the farm and sell milk to the local people. Ontario. You sell the farm to an offshore trust in order to get the money to buy two cows. The milk quota you get is for one half of one cow. You sell one cow to your neighbour who has a milk quota for the cow. You use to money to haul away and destroy milk that is over quota. You convert your farm to a zoo and charge people to see cows. You put your family to work to save up enough to buy milk to sell to meet your quota. Prairies Your two cows are afflicted with some sort of strange condition. You keep quiet about it but are forced to sell the milk to the gov't at lower than market price, which you claim is your native right. At any rate you are living comfortably by not selling milk, prorated by the number of cows you don't have and the acreage you are not farming. Alberta The cows' milk cannot be bought or sold without a federal permit and at a price that is set in Ottawa. After the 85% milk tax you cannnot afford to graze the cows so you sell the milk rights to foreign interests. You go into business selling people the right to earn an interest in high priced milk when and if you can find any. BC The cows are bigger than cows in any other place and give twice as much milk, but it costs you too much to get the milk to China which is the only place that will buy it. Half the year you cannot milk the cows because of landslide danger and the other half of the year the union milk maids are striking for higher pay. You charge tourists to ride the cows. You habituate bars where other cow men brag about the rough and tough cow herding life. You cousin writes a book about cows and it sells two copies. You call it Beautiful British Cowlumbia. Ottawa. You pass a law declaring all the cows milk is controlled by the government which you you buy at 1/2 world price and redistribute to Romanian orphanages for 3/4's world price in order to get the Romanians to vote yes to Proposition 13 of the UN to reduce methane emissions. You take credit for your actions demonstrating that CDNS are far sighted world class people who everyone else wishes they were. Every three months you raise the tax on milk and tell CDNs they have the best milk in the world and they should feel lucky. People stop buying your milk because of an embargo because of health scares. You buy up all the milk at 1/3 price and repackage it as white body paint but it does not sell. You start a Royal Commission on Cows. You blame the previous administration and/or big business for the failing milk market and tell CDNs it is time they looked beyond milk, cows or other low tech environments. You vote yourself a pay raise. EC<:-}