>> you have got to be kidding, right?

I sure hope so.

Let's see...Warren dies and $14 billion in cash evaporates. Warren dies and stocks like KO and G suddenly crash. Warren dies and GEICO stops writing new policies, Dairy Queen stops selling milk shakes, See's no longer makes candy. Warren dies and suddenly, Charlie Munger, Lou Simpson and others become incapacitated as well as a few others.

I'm a long way from cashing in Berkshire shares. And while I hope Warren stays alive and of sound mind, tap dancing to work for a couple more decades, I'm also planning a contingency if this doesn't happen, a way to buy more Berkshire when panic sellers knock the stock down 10-20% or more until people realize that while one man can build a Fort Knox of capital, the loss of that one man will not make Fort Knox disappear.

After all, when Frank Lloyd Wright passed away, all of the buildings he designed didn't suddenly crumble or become less magnificent.

Tim