Knowing this will make you feel better too......

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I read somewhere in the last 2 days (can't remember exactly) that the state of 'readiness' we hear so much about is based on SELF REPORTING. That's right folks. All this compliance (6000 reports and growing) is not, I repeat, NOT regulated in the slightest. So when your local bank says 'we're ready!', and the government says 'Yep, that bank is ready!', and the local media rag follows up with, 'yep the gov't says the bank is ready!", and that little ol' flyer comes in the mail box and says 'Don't worry, keep yer $$$ in our bank, cause we're ready, and the gov't is backing us up', and then when you add it all up, 99.99% are ready, just remember this: NOONE IS CHECKING UP ON THIS. It is completely on their word.

So there, feel better?

-- timemachine (con@tin.uum), December 09, 1999

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-- Dan G (thepcguru@hotmail.com), December 09, 1999.

Plus, I get a really warm glow from reading about all those companies and government departments who are (among other things) buying generators, increasing stock levels, and sticking stop signs on traffic lights.

"You should trust our statement, even though we don't trust anyone else's."

Or just plain old fashioned "Do as we say, not as we do."

-- Servant (public_service@yahoo.com), December 09, 1999.


Sorry, but I have to ignore everything you say because it's all SELF-REPORTED.

-- Richard Greene (Rgreene2@ford.com), December 09, 1999.

Servant--

Yawn.

Feels good, don't it ;)

sean

-- sean (the@servant.standard.response), December 09, 1999.


If lying is good enough for the president then its good enough for the country. After all the president has clearly shown that you can get away with verbal technicalities any day of the year (for the good of the country, of course).

-- Guy Daley (guydaley@bwn.net), December 09, 1999.


Let's see....99.99% working except for that secondary imbedded chip...the plane was flying until that engine stopped....and the alarm system almost worked but for that one eansy..whinsey teany tiney bit which crashed the whole system. No....100% is necessary for the whole to work...99.99 is NO CIGAR. Sorry...your body seems to be working 99% except your heart is shot..or your liver is gone.... sorry sorry......... Well..the power company is 99% there except for that one thing we can't find that will shut it all down and we can't find it. Sorry...move to a warmer climate and go to sleep when it gets dark................eat raw and get a book on weeds......

-- marilyn (me@marilynellis.com), December 09, 1999.

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