To: mark silvers who wrote (11909 ) 4/16/1998 3:05:00 PM From: Tom Frederick Respond to of 20681
Mark, IF we are right about the upside potential, (and I say if so as to ensure we don't have a crowd of villagers outside our offices with rakes, shovels, and burning torches) your wife will be a Naxos widow in the Mercedes showroom, the Ethan Allen showroom, Lord & Taylor, etc. etc.. Being in business and dealing with success and failure on a wide swinging scale (for myself anyway) you learn the value of risk reward analysis. Like, I risk loss of sleep for the next few days to do a great job on this proposal because the reward is a contract worth $XXXXXXXXX. Naxos is like that and only if you are a person who ACCEPTS risk reward scenerios, you can survive it. You might not even like it that much, but that is not what it is about. I know, for example, that you have a real job, with real expertise and that is where you plan your life from. I am doing the same. But life with a heaping helping of gravy on top is what we are willing to 'risk'. Anyone, especially a spouse who does not share the risk reward personality trait, will NEVER agree or understand why we want to play with an investment like Naxos. Not to get too heavy, but it is simply a matter of everyone to there purpose. I love the risk, but I work hard for the milk money and I pay all my bills. I am sure your wife and mother know you work hard for the milk money. They just can't relate to risking ANY of that money. And that is the great mystery of life. We all have things that make us tick a little different. And that makes life fun. If you want to have your wife or Mom give me a call, they can get me at the asylum during visitor hours at 1-800-CRAZYME. Have them ask for Tom "the shill". They'll understand and get me down off the roof from which I scream Naxos hype all day long. Tom F.