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To: tony who wrote (7712)	1/1/2003 1:38:51 PM
From: John Chen	Respond to of 306849

tony,re:"PC". It is a problem for me. I've one in closet. One obsoletted in 3.5 years(win98). One portable to be replaced since winXP needs more memory. One I'm using to surf and type and it's about to be replaced. These costed: 2+k, 2k, 1.6k, 1.3k (getting cheaper) in the last 5 years. These are pretty much write-off now. As an 'appliance', it is much more expensive than Frig, TV due to frequency of needing to upgrade. MSFT had its' hay days and I think like anything that has cycle, this one is not on the upside no matter how MSFT tries to defy gravity.

To: tony who wrote (7712)	1/1/2003 3:30:49 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

State should fire 10% of employees through attrition, reduce wages by 10% and freeze it till the State's are healthy. That certainly wouldn't work in California, nor perhaps in many states. If California laid-off 100% of all State employees they still would not be able to balance the budget. There are too many Federally mandated programs, which must be paid for by the states. This is a legacy of the Ronald Reagan Federal "spending cuts". The "cuts" in spending were simply shifted to the states.

To: tony who wrote (7712)	1/1/2003 4:19:17 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

The roofs seem to be lasting about 10-15 years around here. It's amazing how much extensive repair is being done by roofers, window replacements, deckers, and so on to the homes in the neighborhood that have sold in the last twenty-four months. Several of the homes have had roof repairs twice in the past five years, especially if they have turned over owners. As for state budgets, most expenditures reside in the education and medicaid. States and the federal government are cutting medicaid, but appear reluctant to pitch a battle with the teachers' union. nasbo.org