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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (44)	12/6/1997 8:43:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Respond to of 1327

Humbly report, Bid /Ask Spreads - Market Manipulation Started By: Jeff Dryer Date: Aug 13 1996 4:57AM EST Replies: 301 Why are bid/ask spreads so big? Is the marketmaker system corrupt? Why are middlemen necessary anyway? Are individual investors getting a fair deal?...Two articles have generated quite a bit of interest in the SI forums recently, so I thought I'd link them in one more time. Forbes article, "One day soon the music's going to stop" forbes.com George Chelekis' HOT STOCKS REVIEW, "Hot Stocks Confidential Essay" hot-stocks.com; The above thread is no longer active: Subject 7299 But this post from it: Message 232793 Leads to this thread which is still alive, but with three replies: techstocks.com Is that an SI record for the fewest replies in a live thread that old? Svejk

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (44)	12/6/1997 9:07:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Respond to of 1327

Humbly report, second oldest SI thread? "AOL, now I get it" Message 3272 Got it? Svejk

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (44)	12/6/1997 9:36:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1327

Humbly report, the third oldest accessible SI post: Message 3350 Svejk

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (44)	12/7/1997 3:22:00 PM
From: shades	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1327

For comparison: INTC thread -- 41,624 posts in 2 years 2 months RMIL thread -- 24,161 posts in 2 months and 4 days If you are going to post tidbits, please give us ALL the facts, not just part of them, here are the REAL numbers. Rocky Mountain Int'l (OTC:RMIL former OTC:OVIS) Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 24428, Latest: Dec 7 1997 2:21PM RMIL...THE DRINKERS THREAD Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 2079, Latest: Dec 7 1997 4:40AM RMIL - The "Sway"sayers Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 91, Latest: Nov 29 1997 11:33PM Olympus Ventures (OVIS) - formerly (OLPV) Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 13090, Latest: Dec 6 1997 12:26AM Olympus Ventures (OVIS) - The Naysayers Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 315, Latest: Nov 25 1997 12:25PM OVIS FUNDAMENTALS Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 7, Latest: Nov 5 1997 2:42AM Olympus Ventures (OVIS) - Shareholder Cartel Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 59, Latest: Nov 5 1997 2:41AM Olympus Ventures (BB: OVIS) ---Short Squeeze is on! Forum: Five Dollars and Under , Replies: 483, Latest: Oct 8 1997 5:34PM Olympus Ventures (OLPV) Forum: Specialty Retail , Replies: 474, Latest: Dec 1 1997 6:55PM That gives a gradn total of 41026 plus this one = 41027 We will overtake INTC very soon.