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To: EllieMae who wrote (9769)	11/6/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

OT I wanted to send you a PM but see you have set your options so you can not receive them. >But, in my out in the boonies area, I wonder and wonder if there is something I should do! I have enough water for a week. Living in a rural area myself, if there are any electrical company glitches, my well pump won't work until the electric company gets its act together. That's my Y2K "preparation." Periodically being without electricity anyway during winter storms, I always have kerosene on hand for lanterns and a few cords of wood for my wood stove. Lynn

To: EllieMae who wrote (9769)	11/6/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

EllieMae, the "Y2K" hysteria is a combination of Media Hype and "end of the world" thinking. I intend to set in front of my TV at Midnight, Dec 31st, and watch the people on top of mountains in white robes, waiting for Jesus, and then look at the red faces of all the Y2K survivalists, who are setting on a 5 year supply of food and bottled water, as they try to explain why they went wrong. As P.T. Barnum said, "There is a sucker born every minute!"

To: EllieMae who wrote (9769)	11/6/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: chaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Let's all thank our lucky stars. There was an article in the St. Pete Times business section (a joke, by the way) of another senior citizen scam....seems some guys in Clearwater "guaranteed" investors 9.75% money. Their "investments" were to be placed in the distressed buyer used car market. Good example of real greed....people hoping to make money on those least able to buy a car, who of course are charged the highest interest....but the company was a fake. Of nearly $91,000,000 collected from seniors (hoping to beat CD rates) only $10,000,000 went into car loans, the rest went into the ether. And people still think the stock market is risky.