Curious George - Myth or Legend - Help Needed

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Curious George - Myth or Legend - Help Needed

An SI Board Since May 1998

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Emcee: EL KABONG!!!	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

To All;

This thread is dedicated to helping one George Harriman, a fellow SI poster, who through no fault of his own, and in relatively short order has proceeded to:

a) Lose two/three small fortunes by making bad investment decisions (that's two/three in the same stock; maybe there's others we don't know about yet);

b) Lose his high school sweetheart to another beau when she cheated behind his back;

c) Alienated his boss and his broker to the point where both of them laugh at him behind his back (that's twice I've used that phrase; hmm...); his broker won't take his telephone calls; and his broker may even be trying to cheat him out of what remains of his investment capital.

George has stated that he has modest goals for his life, and I think that we at SI owe it to the George's in our midst to help him achieve those goals:

a) To make $10,000 investing so that he can retire from the swatch business and live off of his investment income (I think we can all pitch in and help on this one);

b) A girl (he's not particular, any girl close by I think he said);

c) A BMW or a SOB (I hope he meant Saab) so he can be a big shot showoff like his boss in a Mercedes convertible;

d) Some religious self-respect (he's made several promises to God that he hasn't kept);

e) Some help in keeping his (heavy) drinking problem under control;

f) A new rug for his dog (by golly, that goal has been realized; one down many to go);

g) The gumption to ask the office girl out on a date (you're on your own here, George!);

h) Some respect from his boss and his broker; apparently his boss sends secret spies down to the local Charles Schwab office to check on George's whereabouts;

i) To go into his boss's office, drop his pants and leave his "scent" on his boss's desk (I added this one on my own; thought it sounded good); his boss can use those swatches to clean up the mess.

Now I know what you're thinking. "WHY him and not me? I can use $10,000, too!" I think that as good SIers, we all should pitch in and help. It would be un-American (or un-Canadian) to think otherwise. A "me too" attitude will not be tolerated on this thread. This will be George's thread. If you think you need help just as much as George, you can start your own d@mn thread.

What follows is a small collection of some of George's earlier SI posts. In good faith I cannot claim to be the gatherer of these messages. A very sincere "thank you" to another nameless SIer for all the work in gathering together this collection (thanks, Janice).

May 20, 97 Message 1442692
May 20, 97 Message 1443311
May 20, 97 Message 1443356
May 21, 97 Message 1444501
May 21, 97 Message 1450509
May 21, 97 Message 1450595
May 23, 97 Message 1466296
May 23, 97 Message 1466333
May 24, 97 Message 1467219
May 24, 97 Message 1468962
May 27, 97 Message 1482189
May 28, 97 Message 1483823
May 28, 97 Message 1483839
May 28, 97 Message 1489043
May 28, 97 Message 1489735
May 28, 97 Message 1490068
Jun 15, 97 Message 1596472
Jun 15, 97 Message 1597316
Jun 16, 97 Message 1602628
Jun 17, 97 Message 1603949
Jun 17, 97 Message 1609559
Jun 17, 97 Message 1609785
Jun 18, 97 Message 1611699
Jun 18, 97 Message 1615701
Jun 19, 97 Message 1624172
Jul 25, 97 Message 1658678
Jul 01, 97 Message 1685842
Jul 02, 97 Message 1697079
Jul 16, 97 Message 1776663
Jul 21, 97 Message 1807969
Jul 21, 97 Message 1808000
Jul 23, 97 Message 1823449
Jul 28, 97 Message 1856366
Jul 28, 97 Message 1856502
Jul 28, 97 Message 1856580
Aug 11, 97 Message 1949884
Aug 20, 97 Message 2014907
Aug 23, 97 Message 2032877
Aug 26, 97 Message 2056284
Oct 13, 97 Message 2432852
Oct 24, 97 Message 2544783
Dec 09, 97 Message 2921182
Jan 03, 98 Message 3085649
Jan 04, 98 Message 3090651
Jan 20, 98 Message 3214228

Now I will not contact George immediately because I'd like to see if he can find his thread on his own merits. If he hasn't posted here by Monday morning, I'll send him a private message. In the interim, there's no sense in the rest of us wasting time. We can post some sage advice for this fellow. No stock hypesters please. No shorts and no penny pushers. Just good solid stock selections. Or maybe some brokerage advice might help. If there's any ladies out there looking for Mr. Right, your ship may have just come in in. Who knows? A cyber relationship? A cyper wedding? The pitter patter of a little George's feet? Stay tuned!

KJC

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Reply	Message Preview	From	Recs	Posted
60	Hi George, There's nothing wrong with having a <i>few bad girls<	Michael Sphar	-	6/26/1998
59	Now Kerry, You know I was not talking about potatoes, chocolate, corn, buffal	Phil(bullrider)	-	6/26/1998
58	<Let the chips fall where they may.> You've ridden one bull too many	EL KABONG!!!	-	6/26/1998
57	George, If you look too hard for a good stock, or a good girl, you almost alwa	Phil(bullrider)	-	6/26/1998
56	kerry, i was coming here to tell any body who is bought on novl that they choul	george harriman	-	6/25/1998
55	Good evening Michael, Nothing happening, so I'm going around and grabbing	EL KABONG!!!	-	6/25/1998
54	Hi George, Your question is perceptive. Japan is very important to US markets	Michael Sphar	-	6/22/1998
53	michael, does anyone have any friends in japan? i know some body in my office.	george harriman	-	6/20/1998
52	Please explain why. If you'd rather send me a private message, that's	Len	-	6/19/1998
51	We can all learn alot about ourselves and others from this thread! I believe t	2sigma	-	6/19/1998
50	This thread is in bad taste. Ray	Raymund W	-	6/19/1998
49	So George, how do you feel about a thread devoted just to you? I hope it makes	Len	-	6/19/1998
48	George thanks for your concern. But I am just fine. Take care of yourself firs	DiViT	-	6/19/1998
47	George, I don't know about that "special computer". I do know	luce	-	6/18/1998
46	Hi George, Thanks for filling in some of the details, it helps for me to unders	Michael Sphar	-	6/18/1998
45	hi michael. i am 21. i have a ibm ps2 computer that my father got from his job	george harriman	-	6/17/1998
44	George, Welcome back, we missed you. Phil	Phil(bullrider)	-	6/15/1998
43	Hi George, Glad to see you are back, now how about a bit more on you personally	Michael Sphar	-	6/15/1998
42	i am sorry to everyone because i had a big fight with my boss on the stocks and	george harriman	-	6/15/1998
41	Hi George, I hope you come back. I think there are some people here really try	Michael Sphar	-	5/31/1998
40	george, where are you we miss you phil	Phil(bullrider)	-	5/22/1998
39	I've had similar experiences buying stocks that are down significantly down	Area51	-	5/17/1998
38	garry, thank you. i will do some research on the chat boxes of cs. i think that	george harriman	-	5/16/1998
37	Good evening George, I still don't understand the arrangement that your bro	Area51	-	5/16/1998
36	Just remember, this is a <b>doody free zone</b>, as I have stated e	Len	-	5/15/1998

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