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To: LLCF who wrote (29312)	2/28/2003 11:42:28 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

how come they're so damn skinny while Americans blow up like Blimps??? Even the Germans are svelt compared to the American Buffalo one sees roaming the 24 hr Walmart in search of more 'stuff'. LOL !! er.... well... let's see... I suppose that boils down to individual dieting and lifestyle choices... and not to over-regulation and/or psychotic desires to sue your neighbor, I suppose... as for Formula One... and motor sports... the European overregulation over tobacco is killing the sport... and in a broader sense... the cost, which now it is astronomic... more to YOUR point of lifestyle... I believe that the golden era of Formula One (and even Formula Three) were the late 50's and 1960's. The days of Stirling Moss, Jimmy Clark, Chris Amon, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme and so on.... To put it in perspective... in Formula Three you could run and live through the European season on starting money alone... Today, unless you have a bank behind you as sponsor... forget it... Toyota's budget for the 2003 season, (starting March/03 through Oct/03) in formula one is 150 million sterling (roughly about 248 million USD) In their first season... (2002) they spent a similar amount and was good for a tenth place finish in the constructor's championship news.bbc.co.uk so yes... let's go to simpler lives.... [but not too far back... i do not particularly like the cave man days -gggg] p.s. if you hang around the Formula One paddocks, I doubt you will ever see any elephants, buffalos, or similar... this is what you are most likely to encounter.... -g geocities.com I know... I am a barbarian, primitive and unashamed admiror of the [NOT] "weaker" sex -ggg as for.... Everyone laughs at the French... Ha !! Message 18633823 -gggggggggg

To: LLCF who wrote (29312)	2/28/2003 10:07:31 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Sweden went down from world's third GNP per capita to 17 or 20, not sure where they stand today. Eurosclerosis is not new. It is at least 20 years old. But old Europe tries to keep the head above water by extracting value from the little they have. First with tighter economic integration (Who remembers Europe 1992 propaganda coup?) Buying up markets via enlargement. Single currency.Those are palliatives. The decadence is unstoppable. All Europeans countries will not be Brazilianized. They will Swedenized! Nothing wrong with that: Only world's wealth distributed more evenly.