Re: [Leica] April LUG events-Omaha NE?

[chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)]

At $53,800/share (this morning's quote), getting into the annual
shareholders' meeting won't be cheap. If you do, might ask Buffett what he
was thinking when he started accumulating all that silver last year. The
last time that happened, the Hunt brothers drove the price of the stuff from
$9/oz. to about $80/oz., and film and paper prices have never been the same.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff S" <4season@boulder.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] April LUG events-Omaha NE?


> cec@vbe.com wrote:
> >
> > I think I must have missed some of the details in this thread.  What is
"the annual Berkshire meeting" and when is it?   Anyone who can give me some
more information can write off LUG to cec@vbe.com.  I would appreciate the
information.
>
> I won't be there this year but am thinking of marking my 2001 calendar.
>
> "Berkshire" = "Berkshire Hathaway" (you may know them as GEICO, See's
> Candy and Dairy Queen), and April 29 is when this year's shareholder
> meeting takes place at the Civic Auditorium in downtown Omaha. I hear
> that folks make pilgrimages to hear Berkshire chairman Warren Buffett
> speak; that he gives a good rundown on the state of investing, free of
> dot.com-type hype. I also want to do some people-watching (hence the
> camera). There should be a fairly good concentration of very wealthy
> people there-what will they be like; more Donald Trump or Sam Walton?
> Cartier or Casio wearers? I also want to see if Omaha's DQs are the best
> around ;-) As some of the activities surrounding this shareholder's
> meeting involve visiting Berkshire's furniture and jewelry stores, it
> might be a fine time to meet up with LUG members who might be making the
> same rounds!
> --
>
> Jeff Segawa
> Somewhere in Boulder, Colorado