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To: lisalisalisa who wrote (17149)	3/20/2002 11:45:57 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

What "stuff" costs less? I have 64 megs of Ram I can sell you that I paid $4000 dollars for back in 1994-5. A client of mine has an original Apple laser printer he paid $8000 for new, still works, 150 dpi. Geeze, remember when no one could afford a heart transplant? The laser eye surgery that my husband had done two years ago for $3000 now costs $1000, with 1 year zero interest payments. I paid $16 for a pair of jeans that I used to pay $26 for back in the 70's. I'm flying to California from Baltimore round trip for $250 and in 1978 it cost me $750 on the lowest fare available. A house that a friend of mine bought for 10k back in 1984 is now for sale for 10K. If you don't mind the fact that all the other houses in the neighborhood are boarded up. I have a friend who has some JDSU she bought for $126/share and another who has 42 shares of ENRNQ that he paid $26 a share for....I'm sure he'll sell it to you for half that. I bought a steam iron at Walmart for $8 and the funny thing was it wasn't the cheapest one they had, the cheapest one was less than $5. Then I went over to Williams and Sonoma and blew all my savings buying a Cusinart blender for $80. Meanwhile the college that I paid $3000/year to attend now charges $25,000/year.