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To: jeff wheatley who wrote (11236)	12/12/1997 1:07:00 PM
From: Kid Rock	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 18056

When I come home from work every evening my sons turn on my computer, fire up my email and tell me how the stocks did by looking at my my.yahoo screen. They then search for any changes in beanie baby prices. Last night they were playing a shockwave game on www.cornpops.com after seeing the url on the box of cereal. They are 8 years old. I think that the number of routers, modems, servers, etc is so small now, compared to the future when these 8 year olds grow up in an environment of technology and instant information, the current bear on technologies back is only temporary. Can some bulls please contribute to this thread??? All this global gloom and doom is wearing me down.

To: jeff wheatley who wrote (11236)	12/12/1997 1:17:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

Exactly. My aim is to have tons of cash to get back in. Maybe not for a year, maybe two, maybe three, maybe more and maybe in and out once in that time. I think I will probably let a mutual fund manager find the stocks for me though. But we'll see. Semiconductors aren't going to go away but it may be hard to make money on them. To me (although I have never managed to put it into practice) the way to make money is to identify some task that is especially onerous or slow and invest in the technology that makes it quick and easy. From washing machines to copiers, calculators, and laser printers. Surely there's still a huge potential market for washers in China. Billions of dirty pants out there. The only thing I can think of that really bugs me right now is the continuing need to pay many bills with checks and envelopes. So to me a reliable, safe, trustworthy Internet banking system would be a great thing. Anything in the works along this line? Also, more and much nicer places for old people with a fairly good income. The places I visit my retired and aging friends are a lot better than college dormitories but still seem claustrophobic to me. I would want my own garden and fenced patio--not some common area. Or maybe in-house services for old people. Travel can always stand improvement. Better services to and from airports. And America really should have coast-to-coast bullet trains that go from New York and Washington to San Francisco and Los Angeles in twelve hours with ten stops in the middle of larger cities. This would be a good prime-the-pump project to get the country out of a recession. Just thinking of things that a lot of money could go into and possible areas of future investment.