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An addendum to more useless gratuitous and probably wrong advice directed primarily to freeus. Freeus, if we have Al's post Christmas rally and NXTL leaps three points, and freeus you become so overwhelmed with emotion that you decide to strip off your clothes and dance in the streets, I'd suggest you'd chose your site carefully, and I'd recommend since your vacationing in Utah, St. George, or maybe Moab. You could try of course at Park City, Brighton, or Alta, but you wouldn't be a market player, oops, I mean a stand out. Too much competition, long waits for lines, very narrow bandwidths, huge ARPUs on some of those bunnys, wierd frequencies. We Nextel folks like to stand alone, take on regulatory challenges, accept risk taking experiences before breakfast, thrive on adrenalin rushes, demand instant gratification, and exude tasteful exuberance e.g., we prefer risque to vulgar. They just don't really understand us in Utah. Don't get me wrong. In St George they're kinda used to nudity if not totally comforatble with it, even when its portly distinguished guys like Al and I flapping and prancing in an out of their thermal spas. Union underwear with buttons, not zippers, and the full, not half flap rear, red not blue, is still more apropos than a bathing suit. But in Moab, well about a dozen of us rode through town once (about 4:30 in the morning to swim in the Colorado river sans clothing because (version one) we'd either lost most of it to locals in a do or die challenge poker tournament, or (version two) we just plain couldn't find it). The mayor, an early rising jogger, (owns The Mayor's Bed and Breakfast) firmly but kindly gave us directions to the river which was stangely outside the town limits, and typical of Utahan generousity she insisted should we return that we visit her. Half of us thought she might have other accomodations than her bed and breakfast in mind, and others were put off because she wouldn't join us, so we declined (but I've since heard its a great b&b). I haven't of course done this in twenty years (statute of limitation in Utah), nor in winter, but my experience tells me Utahans though charming (unless your name is Babet or Clinton), are mostly closet fun-loving types, and only superficially cheerful and tolerant toward tourists, particularly California tourists. They would probably be entertained but mildly aggreived if their Christmas season were descrecrated by a wild screaming flailing naked Nextel shareholder celebrating a material pagan ritual to a cellular god. Think about it carefully ... maybe when all is said and done, its best to dance naked in one's own neighborhood. I know Al for one strictly adheres to this philosophy, with the sole exception of when he's driving in his car or when he is visiting another county. Merry Christmas to everyone, Arnie, Bubba, Ed, Al, Freeus, and Bear,(freeus, Bear could probablly stir up some excitement in Utah). Party time in February. |
