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To: Blue On Black who wrote (5509)	8/11/1998 10:23:00 AM
From: Mr.Manners	Respond to of 12754

lee, regarding those pictures of a nude Roseanne I opened them expecting some good graft. Had the doggie by my side as we drank to the full moon.. Next thing I know I'm seeing a long tunnel of lights and being charged with cruelty to animals. thanks pal.

To: Blue On Black who wrote (5509)	9/3/1998 1:12:00 PM
From: Druss	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12754

From the 'Zen of Shorting' The great short Chu Mei Ash often lectured his students when the weather was pleasant outdoors. Often passerbys would stop by or on occasion bitter longs would sit in an attempt to disrupt the lectures. So it was when a rival trader sat down one day Chu Mei's students expected the worst. Particularly since they knew this particular trader Rand Ho had recently lost a great deal on the opposite side of a trade with the master short. However Rand Ho sat quietly for three days just listening and they had almost forgotten his presence when he spoke. "Master Ash," he said, "I would be honored if I could ask you a question." "Please do," Chu Mei said. "I am here because I noted a strange parallel on the last trade we were in. You announced your trades to one of your students and I studied it and compared it to mine. You sold short the same amount I bought at the same price. Then when the stock crashed you covered your short at the same price I sold out. So in effect the great loss of gold I took went to you. This pattern led me to wonder if the great sorrow I felt at this loss was mirrored by your joy at your gains. That there was a balance being struck. But as of now I have seen none from you. Do you feel there is a balance between us and I have simply not seen the joys you felt at gaining this fortune?" "You have brought up a most interesting point," Chu Mei Ash said. "Perhaps you have studied the Chinese and their philosophy of yin and yang, with the parts in equal balance. You must remember our Lord Buddha however has so clearly said that life here is suffering and an illusion. That the striving here is meaningless and transient." So there is really only sorrow to be experienced. Perhaps you are correct and since our trades were made together I in effect enriched myself greatly at your expense. Still you may take comfort in knowing that it is all a temporary illusion as I take sorrow in the knowledge. The pleasures and luxuries I will use your money on will pass like the shadow of a cherry blossom falling to earth. Truly my only joy in this whole sad matter is not the vast fortune I have made but this moment when I can hopefully provide you with a glimmer of enlightenment." [This story is often told to show Chu Mei Ash's great and deep beliefs in Buddism. However various interpretations that take a sharper look at his piety have been drawn from the writings of one of his students who relates that the master short instructed him to "Follow Rand Ho's trades most closely, he seems sadly lacking in religious instruction, perhaps we can share this great sorrow again."]