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To: marcos who wrote (69766)	6/24/2008 1:28:11 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Marcos, QCOM management did indeed blow some on Vesper, a Brazilian "strategic investment" opportunity. "Some" was nearer $1billion than $100 but I forget just how much it was. Wry smile... <i bet this kid don't know how to run a D8 or fall timber or set chokers . > Ah for the good old days. They don't even have D8s these days. I take our 2 year old grandson to inspect various construction sites. Dirt-moving operations involve trucks, excavators, a few motor scrapers and very infrequently a bull dozer. Bull dozers used to be everywhere, from cute little teeny ones up to dirty great D8s [and bigger in the USA]. In the good old days, life was material, wet, cold, dirty and 3 dimensional. Now it's all sissified in cyberspace. Your cyberphone advisor wouldn't appreciate your wonderful experiences. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Thanks for those links stockcharts.com but that's far too complex for me. Your cyberphone interlocutor would appreciate them more than me. I like very simple graphs of share price over a long period of time. Card carrying Old Coot member, Mqurice