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To: Ish who wrote (21479)	3/28/1999 11:37:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24894

Bill, did you look at today's New York Times? You should. There is an article about discount brokers. The article lists brokerage firms. And you may NOT be getting the best price for your stocks. I don't have time to summarize article now, but, in short, you may only be buying and selling stocks among the brokerage house's customers on the NASDAQ.

To: Ish who wrote (21479)	3/29/1999 12:02:00 AM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24894

Bet you've heard this one. But if you haven't: Stuck in a Hole A horse and a chicken are playing in a meadow. The horse falls into a mud hole and is sinking. He calls to the chicken to go and get the farmer to help pull him out to safety. The chicken runs to the farm but the farmer can't be found. So he drives the farmer's BMW back to the mud hole and ties some rope around the bumper. He then throws the other end of the rope to his friend, the horse, and drives the car forward saving him from sinking! A few days later, the chicken and horse were playing in the meadow again and the chicken fell into the mud hole. The chicken yelled to the horse to go and get some help from the farmer. The horse said, "I think I can stand over the hole!" So he stretched over the width of the hole and said, "Grab for my 'thingy' and pull yourself up."And the chicken did and pulled himself to safety. The moral of the story: If you are hung like a horse, you don't need a BMW to pick up chicks.