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To: Sean Beingessner who wrote (3871)	12/5/1997 5:04:00 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116845

<<but in Canada there was food>> OFF TOPIC Why is there not enough now? On national TV, there were reports of near riots in Montreal as people raid supermarkets and high priced hotel buffets for food. Just curious.

To: Sean Beingessner who wrote (3871)	12/5/1997 5:34:00 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 116845

Hi Sean, Very interesting post! So far I have not yet heard of a run on any supermarkets in the US for food. However, I have heard there was a run in the Los Angeles area, about a dozen or so years ago, not for food or for cash but for toilet paper! This happened soon after that famous American comedian, Johnny Carson, joked in his TV show that the plumbers in the area was going on strike. The supermarkets there were cleaned out of toilet paper! It is more than obvious that the folks there had so much to eat that there was a real need for toilet paper to take care of the big jobs to come. You know, "the job is not finished until the paper work is over!!!" Richnorth P.S. I don't agree that the Brits are undecided about joining EMU. I think they tend to think that EMU is more likely to be fried than being able to fly. The Brits are no fools. They are highly perspicacious people and they have a very good sense of European history. You know, Europeans have been at loggerheads with one another since time immemorial! Had the financial and stock markets worldwide been serene, EMU may have a chance. But for how long?