The betting line on y2k

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Betting Line

If you bet right, good luck on collecting on some of these...

1.Will a Y2K equipment failure cause a closure of the federal reserve for 24 hours or more?

YES +1000/1

2.Will a Y2K equipment failure cause any of the following international banks to close for 24 hours or more?

Citibank (Citicorp) Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp UBS Dresdner Bank

YES +700/1

3.Will a Y2K event cause a commercial airliner anywhere in the world to crash?

YES +300/1

4.Will the approach of the millenium cause an increase in the purchase of pistols and shotguns in the US during December of 1999 above the number sold in December of 1998?

YES -200/1

5.Will aliens (intelligent creatures from another planet) land in Washington D.C. at the White House on Jan. 1st 2000? (illegal aliens do not apply)

YES +100,000/1

6.Will the Y2K event cause a drop in the stock market ( DJIA ) of over 200 total points in the opening day of the following millenium.

YES +30/1

7.Will the world come to an end on Jan 1st, 2000?

YES +1.000,000/1

-- John Ainsworth (ainsje@cstone.net), September 27, 1999

Answers

John .... You need to do three things; 1) GIVE UP GAMBLING !!! 2) Cut the consumption rate to half, for whatever your smoking or drinking . 3) Consider getting physicatric help , SOON ! Eagle P.S. Polly want a cracker ??

-- Hal Walker (e999eagle@freewwweb.com), September 27, 1999.

I guess I wasn't clear. These aren't my predictions, they're these guys

and 1) I don't gamble, unless you count buying gold coins as gambling. 2) half of nothing is nothing 3) As for needing psyciatric help, I'm not the one who is directing huge amounts of agression towards an unknown stranger who posted a bit of trivia. Grow up.

-- John Ainsworth (ainsje@cstone.net), September 27, 1999.


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