John and I share the same birth date , Nov. 18 ( not year ) and were best friends and drinking buddies in our years on the trading floor. We spent many an evening at Sneaky Pete’s , John’s drink of choice, Drambuie. Lots of stories better kept to myself. John wisely put down the glass a few years before I followed suit. I’ll always remember him telling me that he went to the bars to put faces to the names of the promoters he often heard about. When John left trading to start Stockwatch he tasked me into buying 1 share of every listed company on the exchange. He would in turn register these shares so he would be sent all material sent out by public companies. These were mailed to a post office box . You can just imagine the volume of material, drove them crazy. This was in the early days of computers, John hired someone to input pertinent information from these materials such as participants ,which could easily be cross referenced. Thus the humble beginnings of what so many of us use daily. John and I drifted after years of annual birthday calls. Jexxy will always be in my heart as a mentor and friend. Rest in peace buddy. Maybe many feared you but I believe deep down everyone admired you! Pat Bocking.