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To: Rambi who wrote (24692)	5/16/1999 7:54:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<I'm trying to make the connection here. He grew beans on his inherited ground? He bought Bean futures? This was some sort of ceremonial BeanRaising ritual? >> He grew soybeans and corn. He didn't, his tenant farmers did. The bean market was more volatile than the corn market. A 2 cent move down meant he lost a grand or so. In the 60s 4 days was a new T-Bird on his scale. It was taken at face value, er, face isn't the right term. Nope, just a guy who lived in a bungalow and was worth millions and walked around naked. We didn't do value judgements. Seemed normal to us.