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To: HG who wrote (53042)	4/27/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: Jenne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164685

Net Profits for the Taking By James J. Cramer 4/27/99 6:47 PM ET Listening to America Online (AOL:NYSE) in one ear, typing in the other, and wouldn't you know it, here I am stuck right outside the Tunnel Diner, the one with the griddle so hot that it burns all but the most fleet. Just like the Net today. Sure did cool on eBay (EBAY:Nasdaq). Blow-out quarter and nothing doing. Just bought a tad at 206 with more offered there. AOL's trading down, and why not, it was as great a quarter as DoubleClick (DCLK:Nasdaq) and eBay, so it should act as punky as they did. I hate outright sarcasm. All of the how-to-be-a-good-dad books emphasize how damaging sarcasm can be. But how can I be anything but sarcastic when trying to decipher the trading in the Net? (I'm trying to raise ratings here, not kids!) Look, there were no flies on any of the quarters. They were indeed better than expected. They were indeed better than the whispers (yes I am long them). But they had run up, everybody got too excited and insiders hit bids. The shorts covered ahead and the longs wanted out. Profits were there to be taken. We have seen this pattern time and again. I am sure that there will be more death pronouncements. Somebody out there is probably dusting off the AOL obit as I write this. ("Put a new topper on it and let 'er rip!") I like to let some go when they are too hot and buy them back when they cool. It's trading. It is what I do. Looks like I won't have to wait too long.

To: HG who wrote (53042)	4/27/1999 7:12:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164685

Happy, your 10 year old is about to become a teenager? That's 13. Why do I get the impression that you won't to speed up his/her life??