Email communication with Ben Stein 1 year ago

[waiting hawk]

You may find this interesting as 1 year ago I emailed Ben Stein and here was the communication:

Date:
Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:01:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:
“Jon”   Add to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert
Subject:
Old article written in 1981
To:
BenStein
I think this article is looking for a comeback edition
 
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04EEDA153BF934A2575BC0A967948260
His reply:
From:
Benstein99  Add to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert
Date:
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 01:42:00 EDT
Subject:
Re: Old article written in 1981
To:
[email protected]
How did you ever come upon that piece?
 
My Reply:
Date:
Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:01:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:
“Jon”   Add to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert
Subject:
Re: Old article written in 1981
To:
Benstein
I’m what they call a “bubblehead” and run a website that has been screaming about housing fundamentals for a year.  I spend WAY to much time looking over items and flipping over rocks for things.
 
 
Always enjoyed seeing you on TV, news, and films. Sure is a great pleasure from hearing back.
Take care,
John
His last reply:
From:
Benstein  Add to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert
Date:
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 03:20:19 EDT
Subject:
Re: Old article written in 1981
To:
[email protected]
I have a piece in Yahoo!Finance Monday that says the bubble burst is upon us and it would be rare indeed if it ended in a “soft landing” since these  basically do not exist.
 
Can you find me a bio of david tepper, a very rich guy at Appaloosa Partners in New Jersey?
 
Many thanks, Ben 

I helped him find what he needed and he is a cool guy, but what he writes and what he says on FOX or CNBC is different.

[Diego Mamani]

Hey WH, care to share the bio of David Tepper? Thanks.

[waiting hawk]

It is buried in the 300MB file that was once my website. Give me time I will try to find it as I had a lot in there about him.

Edit:
I just emailed him just now to say how he was getting closer to the article in 1981 lol. I’ll post if he responds.

[bsrsharma]

This is a Ben Stein story in CNN
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One of my best friends, a blue-eyed, red-haired stunner and a math whiz, is married to a builder and mortgage broker near Naples, Fla. She flew into town, and I had lunch with her today. “How is your husband taking all this stuff?” I asked her.

“He doesn’t sleep. At most he sleeps from 5 A.M. to 7 A.M. We built two spec homes near Naples. We spent $2.7 million on each of them. We had them listed for $4 million each. We haven’t had one prospect in a year. We lowered the price by a million each. Still no prospects. We’re losing $60,000 a month on the two of them. My husband has no business. None. The phone never rings.”

“Horrible,” I said.

“I’m leaving him,” she said. “He’s grouchy all the time. I want a guy who’s rich and cheerful all day and all night. Why should I have to suffer because his business is bad?”

“He’s your husband,” I said. “You have to stick by him.”

“Why? I want to laugh and have fun, and he’s in a bad mood for months on end. I didn’t make this mortgage mess, and I don’t see why I should have to suffer for it.”

“It won’t last,” I said. “It never does.”

She suddenly looked much more upbeat. “How long until the market turns around?” she asked expectantly.

“Maybe six years,” I said.

She looked staggered. “That’s it,” she sighed. “I want you to start looking for a rich husband for me who’s going to stay rich no matter what. Tell him I’ll be a really great wife.” (She has a killer sense of humor so I am praying she’s kidding.)

Twenty-four hours later, as I was driving to Malibu from Beverly Hills, I was called by a woman friend of 37 years who is a psychologist and marriage and family counselor in a suburb of Philadelphia. I told her the story about my friend who’s planning to look for a richer husband. She gasped.

“That could be a disaster,” she said firmly.

“Because she’s breaking up her family over money?”

“No, because what if she leaves him and the mortgage market and the spec home market suddenly turn around and he gets rich again and then she can’t find anyone as rich to marry next?”

“Good thinking,” I said.

“You have to be realistic,” she answered.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/09/17/100250263/index.htm?postversion=2007091013

[waiting hawk]

Sent to him today:
Hi Ben I know you don’t remember the email I sent 1 year ago but your latest article was getting closer 🙂

And here is his reply (take it how ud like):

Thanks, John. It won’t be a big recession.

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