rcjordan - 5:06 am on Aug 7, 2002 (gmt 0)

>you have to start making your own mistakes and learning your own lessons.

That's one reason I recommend starting with a subject you know. Because you think you know it, the mistakes and misjudgements are all the more powerful as a reality-check. You don't write them off merely as inexperience. Some stuff hits you out of the blue and makes you rethink your strategies, even after you've been at it a while.

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Hey, DrCool, so you're the one cutting in on my Florida money!