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To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (21264)	5/3/1998 11:41:00 PM
From: drsvelte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

<< OT: Bad to the bone>> The doc will see what he can do. About 10 years ago I saw George T. in concert in a small venue and it was absolutley terrific. Three hours of dancin' on tables and such. Can't do much better than "One scotch, one whisky and one beer!"

To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (21264)	5/3/1998 11:55:00 PM
From: Teddy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

OT Here's an interesting snip i found: Imagine how much this guy could have made if he traded more.<G> While you wouldn't know it from the vast ordinariness of the fans in Rosenblatt Stadium, many of those in attendance are millionaires as a result of their holdings in Berkshire Hathaway. Nestled among the millionaires from around the globe are people like Bill Cushman. Cushman is a dairy farmer in Jefferson, Wisc., a small community equidistant from Milwaukee and Madison. He's no Johnny-come-lately, having owned Berkshire Hathaway stock since 1959 -- that's about five years before Buffett purchased the company. "Aren't you going to ask me what I paid for my shares?" Cushman queried proudly. "Seventeen dollars," he added. "Seventeen dollars." This is only his fourth annual meeting, as he prefers to allow Warren and Charlie (Munger, the company's president) to do it on their own. "However, since I've quit milking cows, I'll probably make it more often," the seventysomething Cushman added. When asked how he chose to purchase Berkshire stock, he told a story that would even make Buffett proud. "I bought a stock -- I saw a very depressed business with tremendous reserves," said Cushman. "It was selling below book value and I just figured some white knight would see it and buy it. I didn't know it would be Buffett, but it was and I was just fortunate." When asked about the possibility of taking profits, Cushman barked, "Never sold any, probably never will. How could I -- $17 to $70,000." Now there's an argument for real capital gains reform.