Anyone having trouble bringing up quotes on E-Trade. I enter symbols and they transpose or indicate No Such Stock

-- Larry (Rampon@Dallas.com), January 26, 2000

Answers

Uh-oh. I don't have an account there. What did e-trade say when you called in? Aren't all these online traders required to have phone access as a back-up now?

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 26, 2000.

Hi Hokie,

Haven't called in yet. Just got in and logged on to check a few positions. If I enter NEM (Newmont Mining),I get NME. IBM indicates no such stock...same with MSFT, etc. Haven't checked index symbols yet but something is amuk.

How's everything in your life today?

-- Larry (Rampon@Dallas.com), January 26, 2000.

The system doesn't seem to be down...just corrupted. That may indicate more problems than being "Down". It doesn't recognize Indices and MER (Merrill Lynch) gave me a menu of every stock beginning with MER to choose from. Think it's FUBAR...at least right now. After hours trading same thing.

-- Larry (Rampon@Dallas.com), January 26, 2000.

working now... cyber fart?

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), January 26, 2000.

Who are you calling a cyber-fart?

-- Larry (Rampon@Dallas.com), January 26, 2000.

Carl,

You're a real brave "Little Geek" sitting there on your "Lard Ass" with your "Pot Belly" hanging over your keyboard aren't you. Can't imagine what would cause anyone to make such a smart-ass remark....figure it must have something to do with your mother.

I can tell you one thing...if you were in my home or office and made such a statement you'd be digging your pigmy-peter out of the dirt right about now cause I would have decked your fat ass!!

-- Larry (Rampon@Dallas.com), January 26, 2000.

Slow down fellows... "cyber fart" was refering to one of those mysterious computer glitches that happen as your cruising the internet... it was not a reference to any poster...

Take a Valium Larry for christ sake...

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), January 26, 2000.

Larry,

By the way, I'm 5'11", 160#, and hung like a horse... and also a computer "geek"...

Apology accepted :)

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), January 26, 2000.

Carl,

My Sincerest Apologies. Was not familiar with the terminology.

-- Larry (Rampon@Dallas.com), January 26, 2000.

Carl

What a coincidence...me too! (Except for the "Geek" part)

-- Larry (Rampon@Dallas.com), January 26, 2000.

Hey Larry...

What say we find a couple of twins and double date :)

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), January 27, 2000.

Oh, as to the "computer geek", started out to become a psychologist, tended bar to help pay the bills that GI didn't cover.. discovered computers had an on/off switch that nuts/drunks didn't... changed majors :)

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), January 27, 2000.

ROFLMAO @ Carl!

-- (RUOK@yesiam.com), January 27, 2000.