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To: Lane3 who wrote (9346)	12/5/1999 3:42:00 PM
From: Fred Ragan	Respond to of 9818

Thanks Karen. Interesting isn't it; the closer we are to knowing the truth, the more difficult it is to mislead.

To: Lane3 who wrote (9346)	12/5/1999 3:59:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

k-- >>>Koskinen said that no, it would take a while. If the power grids fail, that would take until Wednesday or Thursday.<<< He's clueless. But then again given the level of idiocy involved it might take a few days for it to sink in should massive grid problems occur. Last night I watched a History Channel program segment on the Northeast Black-out of 1965. It took 12 minutes from the source of the trouble near Niagra Falls to the black-out in NYC. The closing comments were chilling. The expert being interviewed said something along the lines of "I'd like to say that more than 30 years later we've solved the problems that led to the black-out, but I can't say that." It was an interesting program. Great Engineering Failures (Disasters?) of the 20th Century or something like that. They interviewed those involved with the failures directly, industry experts and failure analysts. I should have watched "You've Got Mail" on HBO2.

To: Lane3 who wrote (9346)	12/5/1999 7:13:00 PM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Well, well, WELLLLLL! Now aren't YOU the good little reporter to the thread. STARS ON YOUR CHART, DARLIN' Could we POSSSSSSIBLY be detecting a chink in your Y2K Alarm is hogwash armour beginning to emerge, miss karen (or is it mrs?) Don't bother to answer. We all know what that reply will be. Something about you've got your pickled mangoes handy I believe?<g> First I find Koski's admission that it would take 3 days or so to "know" if the power grids fail to be tacit admission that communications will also be down due to power grid failure. Otherwise that bastard-in-charge would know within 30 seconds or less. Second, just WHO is that lying piece of dog poop going to report his "power grid assessment" to? And just EXACTLY how long does he expect that communication to take? Boston Marathoner's on standby? Or are we just going to import the wondrous black runners from deepest Africa to provide "communication" by handcarried letter?... which then begs the crippling gasoline shortage question...and the totally crippled Postal Pigeon system??? Yes, Fred is right...the closer 12/31/99 comes, the harder it is going to be to lie about it...or at least the harder it will be to lie to all the people all the time, and with a perfectly straight face no less. 'cuse me...gotta *PUUUUUUUuuuuuuKE*...again! O/49r