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To: stan_hughes who wrote (196973)	10/11/2002 11:23:42 AM
From: oldirtybastard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

i guess if the current state of denial persists it looks good, lets just assume no debts will ever have to be paid back, only the positive benefits of layoffs should be considered, or that the world will end in a year so that no consequences of this garbage will ever have to be faced, then we may as well rally on

To: stan_hughes who wrote (196973)	10/11/2002 11:27:34 AM
From: oldirtybastard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

here's more good stuff -g- msnbc.com I think we should all follow her in: Oct. 10 — Katie LeBlanc, a systems analyst in Phoenix, suffered from “statement shock.” As the stock market tanked, she would look at her statements every month and “see the amount going down and down.” Meanwhile, the value of her friends’ homes kept rising. So, in April, LeBlanc, 27, bought her first home. EASIER THAN BUYING A CAR “It was the largest financial obligation I ever made. I was surprised by how easy it was,” LeBlanc says. “I know that sounds crazy.” While LeBlanc says that the research process took some time, “actually buying [a home] was easier than buying a car.”