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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (7647)	9/30/2002 5:11:25 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

as shoppers pull back to watch the shooting gallery and commentary It may be just as well, there won't be anything for the shoppers to buy. West Coast cargo ports were shut down indefinitely Sunday night ... the larger effect would be on retailers, who won't have the same volume of goods to sell, and as a result won't have as much sales revenue to fund additional purchases. "The lost sales of the imported commodities will have a ripple effect throughout the nation's retail support sector, creating negative impacts in such support activity as local warehousing and distribution, advertising, wholesale activity and packaging," the study said. The costs would snowball, with a 10-day shutdown costing the economy an estimated $19.4 billion, the study concluded. latimes.com

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (7647)	9/30/2002 11:51:57 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 89467

here's some 'stuff' dug along the banks of the Mississippi about 40 miles to the south of me.... the entire site is expected to yield 60-75000 points and related tools.. worth far more than gold a 'hemphill point'( early archaic...10,000bp) from S Il...was sold for 77,000 dollars last year...One Point ! the ultimate silicon chip T lithiccastinglab.com