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To: Avalon who wrote (9596)	8/4/1998 1:19:00 AM
From: Jerry Collins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Av -- Right, then, we're agreed. 12,000 oz this year -- only 138,000 ounces more and we're at 150,000. Sounds fairly straight forward. I don't know what's the controversy. Some details on how we get to 150 would be nice, though. Anytime Av, I'll be listening. Jerry

To: Avalon who wrote (9596)	8/4/1998 2:38:00 AM
From: Jerry Collins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

Av -- May I offer you some friendly advice. . . You really need to make sure of your facts before you post. Clearly, you had no idea that Diane Francis was not the author of the book you recommended I read, Fleecing of the Lamb. You look a bit stupid and unsophisticated when you act like the big know-it-all, and then it turns out you don't know. It also hurts your credibility. If you're taking advice from your pals on these points of debate, make sure THEY know what they're talking about, so that YOU can get it right when you offer your strong opinions on the forum. Strong opinions can backfire if you get your facts wrong. It's a bit embarrassing watching you have such difficulty. I had long ago thought of you as a formidable adversary. (Even now, your stature is higher than, say, Patrick du Montreal.) Your trouble is you can't help but launch into an attack before you're ready, which of course is typical of young people trying to make an impression. (Patrick's problems lie in a lack of material, but that's another matter.) This lack of preparation presents real problems for your Internet activities, such as back in early May when you expressed an extremely derogatory (what else?) opinion of a former Eurus director who negotiated with Crystallex during the 1995 merger. This inability to hold back and be cautious raised the obvious question -- what's a simple trust-company worker doing expressing an intimate opinion about someone as though you and he had been on the opposite side of the negotiating table for several months? Likewise, you reported (from Toronto???) about what Bob Fung was saying on the phone to the TSE from Miami during the Acosta speech. Wow. You've also had some serious problems holding your own against RealityCheck. It all adds up to a pattern of ill-preparedness, and it's beginning to concern me. You get full marks for insults, which can be very funny, but you must understand that after a while, such tactics lose what little power they once had: shock value is good only while it's shocking. After that, it's just the blitherings of an ill-bred bumpkin, or the macho swagger of a two-bit paper pusher (or both). Don't let emotion take the better of you, Av, cut back on the vitriol, and question your sources better. The results will be more satisfactory for both of us. Cheers, Jerry Collins CSW (Vote for Bruce and Peter -- two fine guys who could help make a great company even better, IMO.)