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Gold/Mining/Energy : REX DIAMOND MINING TSE:RXD -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bob Fairchild who wrote (1426)	5/21/1999 6:22:00 PM
From: George J. Tromp	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2522

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ferraris and Old Men^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > >> A hip young man goes out and buys the best car available: a 1999 > > >> Ferrari GTO. It is also the most expensive car in the world, and it > > >> costs him $500,000. He takes it out for a spin and stops for a red > > >> light. An old man on a moped (looking about 90 years old) >pulls >up > > >> next to him. > > >> > > >> The old man looks over at the sleek, shiny car and asks, "What kind >of > > >> car ya' got there, sonny?" > > >> > > >> The young man replies, "A 1999 Ferrari GTO. It cost half a million > > >> dollars!". > > >> > > >> "That's a lot of money," says the old man. "Why does it cost so >much?". > > >> > > >> "Because this car can do up to 320 kilometers an hour!" states the >young > > >> dude proudly. > > >> > > >> The old moped driver asks, "Mind if I take a look inside?". > > >> > > >> "No problem," replies the young owner. > > >> > > >> So the old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Then, > > >> sitting back on his moped, the old man says, "That's a pretty nice >car, > > >> all right!". > > >> > > >> Just then the light changes so the guy decides to show the old man >just > > >> what his car can do. He floors it, and within 30 seconds the > > >> speedometer reads 320 kph. Suddenly, he notices a dot in his >rearview > > >> mirror. It seems to be getting closer! > > >> > > >> He slows down to see what it could be and suddenly, whhhoooossshhh! > > >> Something whips by him, going much faster! "What on earth could be > > >> going faster than my Ferrari?!" the young man asks himself. > > >> > > >> Then, ahead of him, he sees a dot coming toward him. Whoooooosh! >It > > >> goes by again, heading the opposite direction! And it looked like >the > > >> old man on the moped! "Couldn't be," thinks the guy. "How could a >moped > > >> outrun a Ferrari?!" > > >> > > >> But again, he sees a dot in his rear view mirror! Whooooosh! > > >> Ka-BbblaMMM! It plows into the back of his car, demolishing the >rear > > >> end. The young man jumps out, and it IS the old man!!! > > >> > > >> He runs up to the mangled old man and says, "Omigosh! Is there >anything > > >> I can do for you?" > > >> > > >> The old man whispers with his dying breath, "Unhook...my >suspenders...from > > >> your side-view mirror...".