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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sawtooth who wrote (4958)	3/22/1999 10:16:00 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

Tim--In my neck of the woods we recently lost two people to a similar situation...An M.D. and his female companion were found dead in his home due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Apparently one of them came home pulled the car into the garage, failed to shut-off the engine, closed the garage door and the door between the garage and the house and then went to bed. The next day a friend of the M.D. stopped by to check on him when he failed to show up for work with no phone call. The house looked normal, no suicide note, nothing extraordinary outside of the fact that they were dead, the house was filled with fumes and the car's gas tank was empty. The police are still investigating, but even they admit that at this point it looks like an accident, not suicide. The battery in the carbon monoxide detector was dead... Who knows? A bad day at the office or hospital...one too many at happy hour...general inattention due to stress...any or all the the above...next thing you know you're dead...(As my investing guru notes--"Were all dead in the end anyway. So what, me worry?"--also Alred E.?) Those who plan to run generators at rollover in confined or what they believe to be "secure" environments for fear of theft with "adequate" ventilation take heed. Fumes are insidious and don't behave the way you may think they do. Oddly enough I've seen this reported so many times that I can't believe it's anecdotal. People who pre-heat some non-stick pans for extended periods have killed off their small pets. The perps are usually old ladies and victims small birds. I've heard reports that small mammals can be sickened and die as well... Think ventilation, ventilation, ventilation.

To: Sawtooth who wrote (4958)	3/22/1999 10:57:00 PM
From: VBroady	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Tim, I can tell you are sincere and all, but your scenario is much different than a nutcase writing an essay on the dangers of Y2K - that people will light Coleman stoves and birds will fall from the sky - still laughing about that one :) This poor guy is a real headcase. He PMs me with 5-pages of "evidence" of why he is so superior to everyone else. How educated he is, better, etc, HaHa! Never read past line 2, pretty boring stuff. Vain ramblings. Then, he PMs threats. Hello!? Can you spell "Unabomber." My advise is to steer clear of mentally unstable people like this -- he's lost it! I can take it, though, it is like teasing a spoiled child! - must admit - I did egg him on! I will not respond to him in the future -- he's your nut from now on. LOL! Have a good one!! PS -- I intruded onto a thread in which I am not a contributor, so for this I apologize, Tim. I'll stay away -- do yourself a favor and do the same :) - WOW!! Still laughing! I used to tease a Gibbon Ape through the bars at the zoo, too!! vb