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To: bill meehan who wrote (61012)	5/28/1999 9:46:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Great catch Bill. BTW, I was at work yesterday and hence I had to miss your appearance on the tube, despite numerous reminders from AR on this board! I see the world is converging to my initial assessment of your tube appearance - you are adept at skillfully addressing a lot of issues in a very short time.

To: bill meehan who wrote (61012)	5/28/1999 9:54:00 AM
From: Lucretius	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

did I mention that I may dust off my law degree -g-

To: bill meehan who wrote (61012)	5/28/1999 10:27:00 AM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Bill, bought a flat panel on April 1st at CompUSA. Broke. Returned it this week. CompUSA WAS EMPTY. I MEAN EMPTY. There were like 3 customers total in the store, all in the same service and returns area as me. It wasn't busy 2 months ago when I last visited but there were at least some browsers, though the cash register lines had no line. Is everyone buying on line these days? Is this the end of brick and mortar? Is this representative of the industry? Ramsey

To: bill meehan who wrote (61012)	5/28/1999 11:42:00 PM
From: Bill F.	Respond to of 132070

truly amazing.

To: bill meehan who wrote (61012)	5/29/1999 11:41:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

>>The boom has also encouraged investors to dump money into half-baked start-ups that will almost certainly go belly-up, said Robert Opera, a partner at Lobel, Opera & Freidman, an Orange County firm that works with companies in financial distress. "Companies that have no track record of profitability and have never demonstrated that their business models work are raising significant amounts of money," said Opera. With no income to speak of, they'll burn through the money at lighting speed. <<