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To: energyplay who wrote (7167)	6/13/2006 3:30:28 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217653

the punishment is certainly heavy buying calls may be a counter-intuitive but never the less right thing to do i can talk, but am paralysed to walk ;0/ fear, raw, stupifying, paralysing thank you very much ben burnburpkaput, for telling the truth #@%$#@46(*& otoh, this shall also pass otth, stepping aside may be optimal strategy

To: energyplay who wrote (7167)	6/13/2006 3:35:48 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217653

on the fourth hand, perhaps the numbnuts on other threads might believe all is a conspiracy to bring down the Chinese economy, by combined action of the BoJ and FED, since raising the cost of crude did not work out as planned :0)

To: energyplay who wrote (7167)	6/13/2006 5:06:58 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217653

5:00pm. I am on bus heading home. Observations ... Hong Kong has many street corner billboard type video screens, in-building plasma screens, and in-elevator LCD panels in CBD, showing commercials, news, and financial tickers. In the financial buildings, Bloomberg TV is simply everywhere, and in some cafes, wall to wall. Today, people's eyes were drawn to the screens, and they whisper, uncontrollably, to their companions, even while crossing the street, 'ooh, down 400 points'. Lunched with buddy at the Correspondent's Club, surrounded by sound-muted (can ask for wireless headsets tune-able to different channels) screens showing CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, and flanked by terminals linked to Reuters, Bloomberg, and Worldwide Net. The lunch room atmosphere was somber. All seem to understand something is not quite right, or very wrong, but many figure the epi-center, target zone, and bears-eye is 12-hours time zone away, in NY. As Mr. Soros quibbed back in 1998 Asian Financial Crisis while visiting Asia, "this time it is on the periphery; next time, the center". I suspect, time is up. The urge to run is great, in any direction, as long as it raises cash. Chugs, J