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To: mishedlo who wrote (187028)	8/10/2002 3:58:39 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

my grandma has him beat by a mile. she bought 24 gallons of (Y2K) bleach in dec 1999 because "the apocalypse is no excuse to walk around in dirty underwear". when i helped her move last year we packed up the 18 of them she still had left.

To: mishedlo who wrote (187028)	8/10/2002 4:01:14 PM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 436258

I think he left out energy prices. $10 a gallon gasoline would demoralize most honest people and set off a crime wave in the U.S. That's only twice what is paid in England right this minute. Things probably will not get as bad as that guy fears, but they could easily get bad enough so that a substantial fraction of the population fears they could get that bad. Expect the worst and you won't be disappointed -G-

To: mishedlo who wrote (187028)	8/10/2002 8:13:46 PM
From: Terry Maloney	Respond to of 436258

mike, hardly more bearish than old Ben Franklin himself ... "Experience conducts a dear school, but a fool will learn in no other. <g>