Frank, at 05:48 on Feb 22 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

FM> As it happens we do have one at SHAW.

BG> As in George Bernard ?  Is that anything like SEATS ?

FM> No, as in Shapiro Hannah And White - the 3 original directors. 

Ah, understood.

FM> One of the kids in the back office got $1k for suggesting that.

Jesus!  Whoever said that stockbrokers made too much money was right then.

FM> For some reason ASX (who also don't like to be called *the* ASX) prefer to 
FM> call it SEAT - Stock Exchange Automated Trading - although everyone else in 
FM> the industry says SEATS (System, presumably).

Exactly.  SBS screened a rather interesting doco the other day, all about
the ASX and SEATS (for System, as you quite rightly presumed), and I must
admit that SEATS is a quantum leap from the frenetic activity one sees (or
used to see) on the main trading floor.

BG> Sounds awfully like JW doctrine to me...

FM> I think it's even more fundie, she's certainly not evangelical which
FM> they're renowned for.

Being a religious zealot, how does she justify the vast levels of greed
inherent in the trading of shares ?

FM> Of course I try and break this down by smiling and chatting to her, even
FM> though smiling and chatting to girls is not really my cup of tea.

Oh really ?  Prefer to simply ask them for a fuck instead, do you ?  :)

FM> Someone's got to do it.

Yeah, it's certainly a tough life for some...

Regards, Bill

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