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To: John Mansfield who wrote (119)	9/17/1998 3:56:00 AM
From: Investor-ex!	Respond to of 151

Hi John, chron.com Note that 30% aware x 7% thinking it won't get fixed = 2.1% of US population that is both aware of Y2k AND does not believe it will be fixed in time. This is currently about 6 million people. IMO, "problems" would begin to appear if/when this composite reaches around 8-10% of US population.

To: John Mansfield who wrote (119)	12/19/1998 4:28:00 PM
From: Investor-ex!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 151

Haven't seen many of these lately, but here's a good one: web.lexis-nexis.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (119)	12/26/1998 9:44:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 151

'Not a quote, but a special Duh-2000 tip of the hat to: Merrill Lynch, (nominated in the previous contest for painting a rosy picture of corporate Y2k readiness) who just disclosed in their recent SEC-10k filing that their Y2k remediation effort would be $100 million (US) more costly than the $275 million (US) they said it would in March 1998. Oopsie! This from the company that just released a report saying that most businesses were in good shape. Read about their report in the TechWeb article Merrill Lynch Paints Rosy Y2K Picture, July 10, 1998, and about their new estimate on the VNU Newswire Merrill Lynch forced to add $100 million to Y2K costs August 11, 1998. duh-2000.com