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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (29411)	6/27/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Chief accountant in my office got a new toy yesterday -- IBM laptop. I asked him, "What'd you pay?" "$2800." I guess I'm no poker face. He said, "That was a really good deal -- have you priced them?" I guess there are many people out there with money to burn. Mostly other peoples.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (29411)	6/28/1998 10:25:00 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike, The author of the first letter in Barron's mailbag ,Wayne Crimi, has written some articles for the gold-eagle site gold-eagle.com and is linked in fiendbear.com . I know you have these sites but i figured i would post them fer de lurkers. You are like EF Hutton when you talk people listen but I won't accept any of your checks-g- . I expect there will be an increased interest in Austrian economics after the bubble bursts. Here is a reply discussing the derivatives exposure of US banks (including Chaste) #reply-5041704 For those who think margin abuse contributed to the crash of 1929 consider the derivative exposure of the of the US banking system. Mike