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To: TobagoJack who wrote (67026)	8/6/2005 2:29:06 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

I thought Japan had a number of "partial cleansings" where every 3-5 years they clean up one sector of the economy - constuction firms, then banks, then something else. Judging by how often airlines are cleansed in every part of the world, including Switzerland, they must be snow white by now :-) Maybe human beings, myself included, have a longing for the dramatic that makes them miss the mundane. The slow erosion of value because of hidden inflation, or the cumulative increase in life span from numerous small medical and public health advances may have a profound effect on portfolios. A 2% adjustment every 2 years might also qualify. Meanwhile, we wait around for a Wagnerian Gotterdamerung, or Greenspanerung... which may not arrive.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (67026)	8/6/2005 8:00:26 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

After the collapse picture that: "perhaps one day, in a pinch, foolish dada". Forget bakery, just emigrate to Brazil. Then we will talk (over a beer): "It was clear how we missed the point?" "If we had done this," "ah, if I'd listened to Maurice!" (this one is too much to bear!!) "Oh shit, that was dumb!" "I will kill that son of bitch, if I find him! How come I believed him" "Perhaps we should open Portuguese classes for those illegal Americans coming here to harvest sugar cane for making ethanol!" "My Rolex, no! This one I won't sell it!" "Don't talk about that Greenspan again!"