41.   Selda Massion of Encino read the column about Margaret Bradley.

42.   She even reads my columns sometimes!

43.   She reads the column in the Longview News-Journal.

44.   Six billion people, and how many of them will read this column?

45.   She made a deal by reading the columns.

46.   So I assume that by the time you read this column, he will have swiftly moved to begin putting the plan into effect.

47.   So, we started reading columns such as yours, the Wall Street Journal and personal finance magazines.

48.   Some people, for example, are reading this column while seated at the breakfast table.

49.   Some went to their cars after reading the column and found their oil levels dangerously low, they told me.

50.   That probably helped our credibility in the eyes of those who read the column.