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To: Paul Berliner who wrote (959)	10/29/1998 11:15:00 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 3536

HOWEVER, if I need to go to Waldbaums to feed my family and all Verifones are down for a few weeks then I'm in deep trouble if I didn't take the necessary precautions by withdrawing more cash than I'd normally need. Perhaps the solution is buying a bunch of American Express travelers checks..... (at least you will be able to pay for things....), as to the merchant depositing them.... well I guess a degree of "trust" is required.... Buy the traveler's checks over time... that way you are safe in terms of having cash lying around the house.... Perhaps it is my relative "laid back" attitude, (originated in the third world), that tells me that reason shall prevail, I mean it is not as we are about to enter the dark ages man.... So the banks won't work for a few weeks. Just imagine you went to city hall asking for a building permit, and the usual bureaucrat all of a sudden became Latin American..... now that's a scary thought!! Now one thing I will definitively will not do is be on airplane a month before, and probably three months after Jan. 1, 2000. Hey! I just had a thought.... perhaps the year 2,000 will be good date for you gringos to go metric !!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.... I have been very surprised why a Y2K similar disaster has not happened yet with all these funny measurements you have.... I mean... feet, (whose feet?), stones.... (what size?), and the divisions... oh man, 12 inches = one foot; three feet = one yard. Fractions..... 64ths. 32nds. 16ths. 8ths. etc. etc. Just divide/multiply everything by ten ! talk about making life difficult!!! Let's see if I remember..... 12 pence = one shilling, 20 shilling = 0ne pound sterling.... 21 shillings = one guinea... and then there were crowns, half crowns, half penny !!.... but I have forgotten their equivalents... what confusion!!! Z.

To: Paul Berliner who wrote (959)	10/29/1998 11:20:00 AM
From: Chip McVickar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3536

Hi Paul, As I said....I don't realy know what to do with this Y2K information...? Probably like most people I will be waiting in confussion. I will probably just turn on Peter Jennings and watch New Zeland wake up. But there is still time to buy the generator for the house and some gold coins. Hay!!!! if Yardeni is 50% correct....it will be a mess. I do know that the legal establishment is hoping for a windfall batch of profits. All sorts of accountabilty documents and "ass covering" is in a full court press.....from hospitals to mining companies. Maybe Microsoft and IBM will be the basis of last resort court battles. Didn't it start with their negligence. [might be a good shorting opportunity developing in IBM] But....better not carry over the position after friday 31, 1999. What do you think....was the New York Stock Echange engaging in a y2k forward projection test when they were shut down recently? Chip Chip