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To: David Lawrence who wrote (1637)	10/22/1998 1:21:00 PM
From: Wigglesworth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4023

Romanticization of shorting! I posted about this elsewhere but to officially record my annoyance I have to resubmit to this thread: I'm not smart enough (or courageous enough) to short stocks Message 6108281 A survey of brokerage houses indicates the minimum qualifications for shorting are: - IQ: that of ass - courage: that of chicken and still there are folks who don't qualify!!

To: David Lawrence who wrote (1637)	10/22/1998 1:58:00 PM
From: Wigglesworth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4023

COBOL programmers' excuse for creating the eff'ing Y2K disaster! Code written 1. during moment of weakness 2. when company out of money 3. at end of the year 4. when product hadn't shipped 5. and it was 3 o'clock in the morning Netscape's counsel, Christine Varney, told reporters that Mr. Clark wrote the memo in "a moment of weakness ... the company was out of money, it was the end of the year, the product hadn't shipped, and it was three o'clock in the morning."