of time. Like the conduct of the Arnett brothers, Silver’s activity was part of his normal means of conducting business and projected a risk of continuing into the future. See Olive Can Co. v. Martin, 906 F.2d at 1151-52 (describing the Ashland Oil case). Several other pre-H.J. cases support the Court’s finding. Liquid Air Corp. v. Rogers, 834 F.2d 1297, 1303-05 (7th Cir.1987) (finding a pattern from nineteen separate acts of mail and wire fraud lasting seven months and defrauding, but repeatedly, a single victim), cert. denied, 492 U.S. 917, 109 S.Ct. 3241, 106 L.Ed.2d 588 (1989); United States v. Horak, 833 F.2d 1235, 1239-41 (7th Cir.1987) (upholding finding of a pattern beyond a reasonable doubt for three separate bribes); Appley v. West, 832 F.2d 1021, 1027-28 (7th Cir.1987) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Garver, 809 F.2d 1291 (7th
holding that two acts of mail fraud within five months constituted a pattern holding that a closedended period of less than thirteen months was not sufficiently long to be considered a pattern holding request made two months before trial timely holding that insurer that waited five months after being informed of occurrence and two months after being informed of suit against insured to deliver reservation of rights letter waived its noncoverage defense holding that unlawful possession of five firearms throughout a four to five month period established a behavior pattern of unlawfully possessing   firearms  that meets the same course of conduct requirement