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To: Lynn who wrote (50760)	3/1/1999 1:19:00 PM
From: jim A	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

CPQ struggling badly this AM. Other techs have turned positive. HP is up and DELL And GTW down less than 1. MSFT, AOL,CSCO,are all up. CPQ still down 2. The markets re extremely frothy and so is CPQ. I boughjt at 25+ and unfortunately got greedy and held. I'm a buyer of more at the mid-20 level.

To: Lynn who wrote (50760)	3/1/1999 2:11:00 PM
From: rupert1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Lynn: ++++++OT+++++++ Yes it is a nice memory and one I mentioned when I delivered the panygeric at her recent funeral (she was 95). Most of my friends were sent "away" to North Wales. Three of my elder brothers were in boarding school in Dover - right on the coast and originally thought to be safe. But when the Germans developed their long range artillery and occupied Normandy, believe it or not Dover and the school came into range. So they were moved the school to Devon. Being Irish we could have gone to Ireland which was neutral and were food was plentiful (we were on hard rations in Britain). But my father, who was in the First World War insisted on staying in the thick of things: he would go out at night and bring in the wounded. One of my elder brothers when he was home from school used to "bunk off" during the night to try to find the downed German airplanes to steal souveniers. I, being an infant, was kept at home. There are many books and articles about the "evacuees" as they were called. Recently I watched a documentary where someone explained that as the trains carrying the evacuees progressed through the countryside stopping at the villages and small towns, the prettier or nicer children were selected and the ugly ones or difficult ones passed over until the end of the line. I don't know a title but will keep an eye out. Have you tried Amazon.com. I would think if you looked under "evacuees" a person who is "evacuated" you might get a lead. I would think that it may also be the subject-matter of a bulletin board somewhere. A related topic is all the British children who sent to Australia and New Zealand(and some to the States) from orphanages or other institutions in Britan. Many of them were treated as child labourers and even today - very old - they come back to the UK looking for their roots. One of them - I believe he was about 78 was brought back to meet his 95 year old mother for the first time last week and he was introduced to the Prime Minster at Downing Street where he received an apology from the nation.