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To: Josef Svejk who wrote (1393)	5/19/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: Joana Tides	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7442

Howdy Pals, Optimist ;o) & yes Josef sometimes a storm comes to wreak havoc on a sunny tropical island; after which the sky clears Looky skypub.com Someday we investors'll go thru A Big One too, hopefully we'll spot it and weather it together on Techride. Josef, do you see something coming, or was that hurricane.wav (I hope) A Drill? Some Big Nets off to a nice start at the open today. Rooting for 'em to hold on this time; getting tired of bargain shopping and seeing it cheaper the following day, aren't you? Been thinking about The Splits. So They Say Netstock share prices were too high...now that most of 'em are splitting, those prices are coming down. As Blue says, "A good internet stock will always return to its former high", so we're looking to double our money here, at least, in the next few months. So here's what I'm looking at...got some IBM and CMGI (jumped back on that one again when it went under the limbo bar so low I just couldn't resist) scheduled to split a week from today and a week from tomorrow. What my Real Self wants is to just hold onto 'em and watch the share amount I own double, then watch the price go up. Yet My Player Self tells me to by make some effort to trade 'em lucky, so they quack for me by selling 'em if they go higher between now and then, then buy back more when they fall (which they will at some point after they go higher, then they'll go higher again at some point after they fall). Of course I don't know yet what I'll do, must watch how the market goes between then and now....but am much enjoying looking at 'em sitting there on a Win/Win with a nice increase in value already; wondering if it's best to harvest that increase and play, or relax and let the shares double and just ride on up from here however long it takes. Yep, what's so nice about This Techride Board is knowing all you pals on here have as much fun with your stocks and the interesting dilemnas they present. There's so many things to do to pep oneself up about 'em....like the fun of "On A Clear (Down) Day You Can See For Miles" Blasting One off the rail that's clearly hit it's high and has turned around in its tracks; only to turn around and KA-BOOM another one that's coming back up from a nice low with the powder from the first one And Being Right About The Timing. Some become familiar and their trading patterns running true are easy to spot; while others (like CMGI) are fickle and difficult. While finding myself sensibly inclined to keep trading the same quackerly stocks that so often go up and down in opposition to one another like that (after all, to make money's the whole purpose of it)....yet the Player in me just can't resist picking those new ones either, or taking chances by trading around splits on market directional guesses; risking shares. With no game ways to Please The Player In Me, and with no intelligent and amusing cyber pals as on here....don't see how I'd be able to stand the boredom of the repetition of the dry routine with the news and numbers and ups and downs and calls to the broker. Nice to know you. Have a great day... 909, Joanie