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To: AugustWest who wrote (501)	11/24/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: jbIII	Respond to of 3689

which message?

To: AugustWest who wrote (501)	11/24/1998 5:22:00 PM
From: jbIII	Respond to of 3689

off topic, You ever seen the movie Cool Hand Luke?

To: AugustWest who wrote (501)	11/24/1998 6:46:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 3689

A coffeeshop person started a new thread: #Subject-23883 There goes the neighborhood.

To: AugustWest who wrote (501)	11/25/1998 12:41:00 PM
From: Vendit™	Respond to of 3689

Congratulations August, your thread is holding the #15 spot on the hot subjects list! techstocks.com

To: AugustWest who wrote (501)	11/25/1998 3:38:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 3689

How'd you do golfin' today? Golf Guzzler: guzzler.cybertude.com PS Ain't it great to play a few holes and come back richer?

To: AugustWest who wrote (501)	11/27/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 3689

Friday November 27 9:08 AM ET Rats Gnaw Through $6,000 Stashed In Home dailynews.yahoo.com MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rats gnawed their way through $6,000 in U.S. dollar bills from a Russian family's savings which were stashed in a glass jar in a cellar for safety, NTV television said Thursday. The family, which like millions of other Russians distrust the crumbling banking system and prefer to keep their savings at home, had to turn to a local bank in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk for help, it said. ''They came asking to exchange the damaged dollars,'' a local bank expert told NTV television, holding up some of the banknotes with large pieces missing and rodents' teeth marks. The rats had chewed through the glass jar's lid. Notes with more than 50 percent of their surface damaged could not be exchanged. The family lost about $6,000, but the bank exchanged the remaining $24,000 for new dollar bills. ''Oh, there were a lot of tears,'' said the expert. There were no further details about the family available. Russians are believed to keep between $30 billion and $60 billion ''under the mattress'' at home, a trend accentuated by the near-collapse in recent months of the banking system. Most keep their savings in dollars, distrusting the vulnerable rouble. NTV said another popular way of keeping savings, tucked away behind the fireplace, could also prove risky. It said there had been several cases of people's hard-earned cash going up in flames after unwitting relatives or friends lit a fire.