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NorthWesterner

01/04/02 12:18 AM

#732 RE: Joemoney #731

Joe, let me suggest that what it will take for you to get and stay out of jail is a major attitude shift on your part.

Some of the components are:

1. Quit boasting about what you have and how that makes you better than other people. You not only sound stupid, you show a total lack of class. When's the last time you heard Warren Buffett or Bill Gates or Jack Welch boasting about their million dollar mansion? The truly rich don't need to boast, and those who need to boast aren't truly rich no matter how much money they have.

2. Take that asinine "Gordon Gekko Style" descriptor off your profile. If you don't mean it, it's dumb. If you do mean it, you'll never stay out of jail for more than a few days at a time. Find a hero worth emulating. (Hint: Gekko ain't it. Try somebody like Buffett, Lynch, O'Neill, Ellis Traub, or others who have proved that you can be both a successful investor and a decent person.)

3. Realize that no matter how much you think you know, to most of the adults here you're still just a green sprig on the tree of life. I, for one, have lived more than two of your lifetimes, and if I felt inclined to do so, which frankly I don't, the reality is that I could teach you a hell of a lot about investing and business management and economics and all that stuff that I've been involved in successfully for longer than you've been alive. Quit pretending -- hell, quit thinking -- that you know it all, and spend some time learning. There's a reason people say that the young should be seen and not heard. And when you do venture an opinion, do it with humility, not with arrogance.

4. Be polite. I know it's totally out of character for you, but try it.

5. Finally, take the advice of Flanders and Swann, who said "always be sincere, whether you mean it or not."

I expect I've totally wasted five minutes, but maybe there's a smidgen of a chance that I haven't, in which case it will have been worth it.



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Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)

01/04/02 12:21 AM

#733 RE: Joemoney #731

Joemonkey,

You should not have to even ask that question.

Did you forget this post?



I was reading the Jail thread and you guys were talking about letting me out or not and I want to say that I know my posts can come out as sounding idiotic or just plain annoying sometimes, but I was reading some of my back posts this morning and I personally don't even like what I was reading. I actually don't blame you for suspending me, because I needed a good coonk on the head. This email is not a suck up attempt to get my membership unsuspended, but just an FYI that I'm not a complete idiot and I know when I'm acting like a fool. I doubt if you'll get anymore trouble out me - I've too seen my back posts and am quite ashamed. I never realized this until I read them.

Joemoney


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What will it take?

I'll bet to keep your promise.





Have fun,
Phil