On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:40:06 -0500, Swingman wrote:

"Dave Hinz" wrote in message

I've had that conversation with more than a few people
who don't understand short-term vs. long-term trends, and I thought you
were one of them. I'm sorry; I didn't see that you were joking.

No problem ... while I thought "eh?" was a dead giveaway, I apologize for
not being more emphatic considering the medium.

Text has that problem, yes. And I see that particular statement made so
often that they can't _all_ be joking, or can they?