To: Ralph Timothy McCabe who wrote (477 ) 1/18/1999 1:34:00 AM From: Ralph Timothy McCabe Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 684
Sorry for my double exposure and typos on the above post. I don't know what happened. I used a friends computer and didn't have the availability of my favorite editor , my wife. We had a lot of action on Friday. The price went up with increased volume. I do believe the silent majority, the people that really make a difference in the market are speaking. For the week note that the close on Friday was closer to the high of the day except for Tuesday. Government agencies, private etc. have a compliance Y2K due date of March 1999 to meet. Companies are becoming more desperate. I do believe that I/NOVA is finally getting an opportunity to show its stuff and companies are obviously seeing its value as a complete toolset. Remember things always look impossible to students or people who don't understand. As a teacher, I come across many students who are amazed at a concept but walk away unamazed after they have been taken through explanations and demonstrations that are logical and sequentially arranged. I have also met the student that is unable to put together explanations as they do not possess the mediational unit (from past knowledge/experience) required to do so. Nothing to draw from. With this student I use the "little things to big things approach-simple to complex. "Put in to get out". Some students choose to remain ignorant as they are unable to give up the self gratification they received while doing the wrong or dated thing. Most have comfortable preconceived ideas, not enough mediational unit to compute answers--just won't listen. Change is painful for this person. People no not like admitting that they are wrong. Why is it that some companies fail despite having excellent alliances as Jeff posted a couple of messages back? I don't really know Jeff. I believe companies find out quickly that if they are not the dominant contributor or don't have something innovative and different to offer, they'll get treated badly. Some of the smaller companies are not even given an opportunity to really show their stuff. The result is the big contributing partners loose, the smaller contributor doesn't get a "REAL" chance to show their stuff etc. Then of course we have "EGOS". I believe that we put or should put our money on "people". People make the company. You must have "trust" in them. They have to be people of ethics. Tom Price's dad was a good friend of mine. Being crippled in my childhood years I spent many hours talking to Mr. Price as the other kids went mountain climbing. Talk about mr. "ETHOS". He raised his sons to do the right thing and gave them "guts" galore. This was a man. Tom is not a very sophisticated person, has simple taste--In him I can see the "hill billy" roots. His dad came from Tennessee, Mountain City to be exact. To you "shorters" out there, beware the short circuit "Kahuna Anana"virus. It will get you no matter were you are. It doesn't need the internet to get to you. Like a mirror it will "reflect" back to you what ever you sow. This was used in the early days when a Kahuna (high priest) was challenged by another High priest from another village in old Hawaii. The prices of this stock will not fluctuate up and down too many more times. Keep what you have and buy more. Good News - Last Thursday I received an email from Tom 20 minutes before he left to the airport. He was on his way to D.C. I'm sure he didn't go to visit the Smithsonian. I expect good news. Will keep you guys posted. "Build them the field and they will come" "Give Tom a chance and you will dance". Aloha. Tim