Thanks for buying all my heating oil, batteries,flour, gasoline, candles, cans of spam and baked beans. Because of your valiant efforts I have made beaucoup bucks during the past three years. I d like to buy a cabin in the woods, perhaps there might be one for sale soon?

Laughing all the way to the bank.

PS. Stock up now. Don't wait!! The UN computer chip that will be put in your body isn't leap year compliant. Read about it my new book only $8.99 (V, MC, AMEX accepted).

-- Rich Oldman (Another Rich Man@you.suckers.org), January 05, 2000

Answers

Wow, Rich! Sounds as if you like the piece of paper with a president's picture on it even better than the food (or other good or service) you either now or later intend to get with it! Good for you; you sound like a happy camper!

-- eve (123@4567.com), January 05, 2000.

Troll away.

And even assuming you live away from earthquake faultlines*, ice storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, flood plains and volcanoes, what if the next Tunguska-sized meteor were to impact in your part of the world?

I missed out manmade risks on purpose.

(*) and you really should find out where was the largest recorded earthquake in the USA's history. The answer, and what it implies, is disconcerting.

-- Nigel (nra@maxwell.ph.kck.ac.uk), January 05, 2000.

Nigel, I live not far enough away from that fault line. The pressure has been building since 1812 with only a moderate release in the 1890's. If it would wait another 50 years I'ld be real happy.

-- Ken Seger (kenseger@earthlink.net), January 05, 2000.

Ken are you referring to the New Madrid?

-- Swampthing (in@the.swamp), January 05, 2000.

Rich,

You are very welcome...I'm glad to help out! Despite all the problems with this free market thingie, it still manages to bring together buyers and sellers.

Oh...by the way...I'll take a couple dozen of them chips. I jsut can't seem to keep track of all theese doomer kids I stocked up on. The chips will really help! What a bargain; your price is the best price I've seen anywhere. Are they Y2K compliant?

-- TM (mercier7@pdnt.com), January 05, 2000.

Oooooh...sorry. You said the chips aren't compliant...DANG! Now I'll never keep track of this doom brood!....JUNIOR!!! Come back here with that can of beans RIGHT THIS MINUTE or I'll skin yer hide!

-- TM (mercier7@pdnt.com), January 05, 2000.

Rick Oldman:

Just what we need, another dumbass comment 5 days after the fact.

What happend did it take you 5 days to think up the paragraph or 5 days to type it?

-- Opus (Opus@bloomcounty.com), January 05, 2000.

Yup, New Madrid. (Though Seattle might also want to claim). Not in a recognized earthquake zone at all. You might even say that the recognised earthquake zones are the well-lubricated fault lines, where earthquakes are much more frequent but less violent.

There are hidden fault lines deep under your feet in just about all parts of the world. They are "locked", with stress gradually building up as continents drift. They don't advertize that they are there in advance. But occasionally, the stress reaches the limit and the earth quakes.

There's probably nowhere in the world that won't suffer a major earthquake sometime in the next million years. That's what I meant by disconcerting. Of course, it very probably won't be in your lifetime, and there's absolutely nothing to be done about it.

-- Nigel (nra@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk), January 06, 2000.