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To: David Eddy who wrote (1072)	12/22/1998 9:08:00 AM
From: Sawtooth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1361

Interesting examples, David. The thing many people fail to realize (I'm not including you, here) is that even if everything goes A-OK, hunky-dorey, peachy-keen, whatever good with Year 2000, the herd-like reaction of people will still occur to a certain degree in the stock market, currency withdrawals, hoarding, etc. I think people naturally, and probably sanely, look at it as, "Right or wrong, I don't want to be last in line!".

To: David Eddy who wrote (1072)	12/22/1998 8:00:00 PM
From: Jeff Redman	Respond to of 1361

"And the '73 gas crises? Seems that normally folks drive around with an average of 1/2 tank of gas. In the "crisis" folks were so jumpy they'd see a line & get in it...suddenly people were driving around with 3/4 of a tank. Zingo a gas shortage." Yes, similar situation could also happen with a Y2K "crisis". Although, during the 73 gas crisis, I was living in a small town (pop. around 8,000) and never had to wait in line for gas. In 79, I did have to wait in line a few times for gas (that was in Jackson, MI. pop. around 40,000? at the time).