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To: fooledalot who wrote (4033)	9/2/1999 6:05:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 12662

fooledalot, That is the idea. The house will fall down before this wall does. Actually the whole project could be completed by now. I have a rather relaxed approach to this project. At first I worked on it when I felt the need to replace the career with some type of constructive activity. After a while, that need seemed to disappear. Golf became a more interesting activity. Then I worked on it because my golf course closed. I stopped working on it because the ground got so hard without rain. Then it rained a little bit. Now I'm working on it because it has become interesting, and I can see some real progress. (Also the work is easier after losing about 15 to 20 pounds and rebuilding some muscles.) I think the prep work is harder then actually laying the stones and motar. We shall see. NW

To: fooledalot who wrote (4033)	9/2/1999 6:11:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12662

fooledalot, I take the day off to play golf and you guys let the economy go down hill. Will somebody get this under control. NEW APPLICATIONS FOR U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS rose last week but stayed below the key 300,000 mark for the sixth straight week, the government said Thursday, suggesting the job market remained strong. First-time claims for state unemployment insurance benefits rose a modest 4,000 to 289,000 for the week ended Aug. 28, from a revised 285,000 in the prior week. This matched the forecasts of Wall Street economists. See infobeat.com Orders placed with U.S. manufacturers increased in July, led by demand for durable goods such as computers, industrial machinery and defense hardware, Commerce Department statistics showed. FACTORY ORDERS rose 2.1% to a seasonally adjusted $358.466 billion in July. In June, factory orders rose a revised 0.8% to $351.128 billion, previously reported as a 0.7% gain. Analysts had expected a 1.8% jump for July. ** The Labor Department said U.S. worker productivity grew more slowly during the second quarter than first estimated, as the overall economy cooled. NON-FARM PRODUCTIVITY, which shows worker output per hour, rose 0.6% at an annual rate, previously reported as a 1.3% gain. Analysts had expected the report to show second- quarter productivity rose 0.9% after growing 3.6% in the first quarter.