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To: Dusty who wrote (3265)	8/9/1998 10:47:00 PM
From: Ga Bard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7039

Dusty why would I write "The Christmas Present" as a gift to a woman I found crying in a Dunkin Donuts because her husband left her and their son for a younger woman. Why would I pay all the expenses for a Party and all you have to bring is a gift for a child? Why would I develop and pay all costs of a quality achievement award and then stop it the second a young girl that won it was killed in a car accident? It is called character. I do not look to be paid for everything I do. I do not look for anyone to give me anything either I prefer to earn it and learn for myself. Whether you should know is not important to me since I received no compensation and merely helped out. Do you know who writes all the releases issued? Most of the time they are drafted by the company and edited by someone else. But you are right I do have a mountain of DD but it is all on the internet and the filings because I read them and I call religiously on my investments to keep up with them. You can be upset but I have not done anything wrong in assisting with writing press releases. Heck I do not even check my posts because I really do not care I just type and do not worry about it. I have for 8 months been learning what I can and cannot do to one day make a living as a media consultant or editor whatever you want to call it. I once quit a carpenter job and worked for 6 months free till I learned to take calls in HVAC service. I took every call duty there was and agreed to be paid ONLY if I fixed it. 5 years later I was teaching the trade for BOMA and local technical schools and got a state license unrestricted for HVAC. That is the way I am .. GB

To: Dusty who wrote (3265)	8/9/1998 10:54:00 PM
From: Binder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7039

Dusty, I think that there are far more companies than we realize who actually do use the services of an outside promotional service. I have a friend who lives in my town. He was not educated beyond the fifth or sixth grade, and grew up dirt poor in a house with ten brothers and sisters, three bedrooms (one for mom & dad, one for the boys and one for the girls), and one bathroom, which was about 50 feet outside the back door of his house. No kid had more than one pair of shoes to his name at any given time. In the summer time, most of the kids didn't even have shoes. When he was 18 years old, he was already a veteran in the construction business in a developing area. He went to a bank, and borrowed enough money to buy one backhoe. He used the backhoe as collateral, and struggled to make the payments on the loan. Thru perseverence and determination, he was able to pay for the backhoe and buy another, and then another, and then a few more. Thirty five years later, he has developed one of the largest grading companies in the Southeast, and has an estimated net worth of over $30 Million. However, he is still functionally illiterate, and I swear he would remind you of Ernest T. Bass of Mayberry fame. The point I am trying to make is that my friend, while extremely successful in his career, could not write a news release if his life depended on it! :-) Binder A funny addition regarding this same gentleman, he ran for office as County Commissioner four years ago, and won! The funny thing about it tho, is that he never appeared publicly, not even once during his race. There was a large anti-incumbent movement, but I still feel had he spoken publicly during his campaign, he would have been dead meat, and eventually got his campaign manager to admit it. :-)