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To: qdog who wrote (2201)	4/10/1998 8:06:00 AM
From: TCGNJ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21876

Q, Maybe people who are advising periodically on SI threads and are attracting a following could divulge some number to indicate how their portfolios have performed over the last 12 months (% gains or some such measure----maybe capital gains and losses they had to pay, perhaps). Then the rest of us could judge whom to listen to. How have you been doing this last year? Meanwhile, I just look for logic and insight wherever possible. I tend to ignore the analysts though. Regards, TCG

To: qdog who wrote (2201)	4/10/1998 8:46:00 AM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21876

Geez, q, didn't you see the smiling face in mt post?---it's good Friday. Regards, Ibexx PS: All I was saying was that I placed your opinions on the lower, conservative scale when surveying SI for small investors sentiment.

To: qdog who wrote (2201)	4/10/1998 9:54:00 AM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21876

Q, sez: ...even with the fact that older switches have to be either updated or replaced for Y2K compliance. While I'm not interested in bandying about price levels, I am interested in trying to understand the above. I'm not a techie and I'm not an engineer, but I do know the Y2K is coming smack at us and it has some pretty fouled up consequences. What I don't understand, in lay languaging please, is how a 2 bit year date code omission is in a telephone "switch." Would you please take a shot at this... I figured telephones would be fouled up by this Y2K bug, but I just don't understand switches, when all I know about switches is they either turn something on or off, or re-arrange train tracks so a locomotive goes left instead of right. Thanks so much. Ole "also long LU and loving it" 49r