Best E-mails of the Week 11/05/01

Thanks Jay, Fred and Lou, for knowing that there are 21 Dots on a Dice.

Mergers:)
Recent market turmoil has led to some new and interesting mergers. The stocks on these new companies should soar. Invest! You are receiving these tips on likely mergers so you can be ready. . .
1. XEROX and WURLITZER
(They're going to make reproductive organs)
2. FAIRCHILD ELECTRONICS and HONEYWELL COMPUTERS
(The new company will be called Fairwell Honeychild)
3. POLYGRAM RECORDS, WARNER BROTHERS and KEEBLER
(The new company will be called Poly-Warner-Cracker)
4. W.R.GRACE CO., FULLER BRUSH CO., MARY KAY COSMETICS, and HALE
BUSINESS SYSTEMS
(The company will be called Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace)
5. 3M and GOODYEAR
(MMM Good)
6. JOHN DEERE and ABITIBI-PRICE
(Deere Abi)
7. HONEYWELL, IMASCO and HOME OIL
(Honey, I'm Home)
8 DENISON MINES, ALLIANCE and METAL MINING
(Mine All Mine)
9. 3M, JC PENNEY and THE METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY
(3 Penney Opera)
10. GREY POUPON and DOCKERS PANTS (Poupon Pants)
11. KNOTT'S BERRY FARM and THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN
(The new company will be called Knott Now)
12. ZIPPO MANUFACTURING, AUDI, DOFASCO and DAKOTA MINING
(The new company will be called Zip Audi Do-Da)

Emails to and from Italy
Carissimi Cecilia, Mariano e Famiglia,
Momenti fa mi hanno chiamate le Sorelle Santarsiero. Mi spiace se ho portato qualche pre-occupazione Giovedi quando hai chiamato, Mariano. L'intervento fu per cataratta all'occhio sinistro. Io era ancora in stato di sedativo residuale. Percio mia risposta non era chiara come solito. Chiedo perdono. Ringrazio Dio mi sento meglio.
This is part of a letter from Auntie Rose. We were all pleased to also learn that the grape and olive crops in Benevento near Naples were plentiful this October.



Here is a photo of the Pentagon that Joanne took last week:

Here is an older notice (from 1999) that is being sent around again:
Federal Bill 602P would permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered E-mail. Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees" by billing Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP (eg. AOL).
The US Postal Service is claiming lost revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents a day or over $180 per year - above and beyond their regular Internet costs.
I asked a VP at IBM who spoke on Wednesday if such a bill would be beneficial in halting unwanted spam (junk e-mail). He said no, there are filters that allow you to delete email you don't want before it ever gets to you. The majority of his e-mail is spam. He was big on Instant Messaging to his cell phone that has a palm pilot built in.
At another speech in town this week, Lawrence Kudlow of CNBC said raising taxes is the last thing the administration wants to do now. Mary asked him about Afghanistan as a quagmire.

Kevin and I watched the marathon here at 85th St. at the sponge station, where runners can clean their brow at mile 17.
Liza ran with a group from South Africa that included a blind runner, and Bruce Fordyce who ran several marathons under 2:10.
If no picture is here outside AOL, check the picture out on Ridgefield.org. Then choose high school, sports, cross country, and go to the pictures I've published of the state open won by Greg's teammate Steve Mucchetti.

Keep those cards and letters coming.
(But white powder free.)
Pete