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To: kahunabear who wrote (11404)	11/19/1998 4:12:00 AM
From: accountclosed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Mr. Pink thread was talking about mall over the last few days too. Someone can explain the Mr. Pink thread to me...

To: kahunabear who wrote (11404)	11/19/1998 8:18:00 AM
From: Joseph G.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86076

Some self-proclaimed "analysis" firm came up with a "internet - based sales" number about 5 days ago, which IMO sparked the current week's rallies. They took a number like ~ current total US sales, ~5trill/year in 2003 or so - which stirred suckers' imagination and greed (does not take much for the last one). Problem is they never explained that it is just a change of order transmission medium, from US Mail and phone to the wire, and most of these "new sales" are just todays corporate and government orders they guess will be placed via the net, rather than by over means. Another problem is that anything they say is just their wild guess ...