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Re: A day in my life (IPO day!)
Faux Pas, on host 216.2.166.229
Wednesday, December 8, 1999, at 10:40:33
Re: A day in my life (a field guide for the nosy) posted by Dracimas on Wednesday, December 8, 1999, at 10:07:12:
And mine, but just for today:
7:18 wife wakes up to get ready for work
7:30 wife wakes me up so I can take her to the bus stop (every day but Weds we go in much later)
7:55 get back home, realize I can go back to sleep for five minutes.
8:30 go to bus stop, catch 8:40 bus
10:00 arrive at work, thinking that our company's IPO will happen on Friday.
10:01 get phone call from the broker with the IPO price and the amount of stock I can buy. Trading will begin at noon.
10:02-11:59 entire company hunts for realtime online stock ticker
12:00 No change in ACOM
12:01 No change in ACOM
12:02 No change in ACOM
12:03 No change in ACOM
12:04 No change in ACOM
12:05 No change in ACOM
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12:45 ACOM opens up 65 at 91
12:46 watch ACOM fluctuate
12:47 watch ACOM fluctuate
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1:36 watch ACOM fluctuate
1:37 watch ACOM fluctuate
-Faux "Ah! 83! Ah, 89. Ah! 75! Ah, 83." Pas
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