Unfortunately I'm starting to think we could have a massive financial accident that could send us all into financial ruin.

Time will tell

-- WHAT IF (what@if.it.happens), May 10, 2000

Answers

Hey, don't worry - it's just a computer problem.

-- Don Worry (be@happy.), May 10, 2000.

I do not have time for this. I am still trying to patch up all my cascading cross defaults-wait, isn't that what I am trying to repair with my therapist? Oh I donno.

-- FutureShck (gray@matter.think), May 10, 2000.

kingdoms rise--kingdoms fall,GOD ordains all.[be happy-don,t worry] a crust of bread in peace,is better 'than steak with the enemy.

-- al-d (dogs@zianet.com), May 10, 2000.

Yeah. It could happen. All you can do is the best you know how. If it happens, it will hurt. But you and I aren't going to stop it no matter what we do. All we can do if it comes is hang on for dear life. Friends and sound values will see you just as far as money will. Maybe further. Just don't get too greedy or foolish. Take care of fundamentals. Let the rest go.

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), May 10, 2000.

What would happen if frogs could fly? Would we have a huge flying frog problem with the little green devils landing all over our roofs and overpasses? How would we deal with a problem of this magnitude? Would they eventually become our rulers due to their flying ability? So many things to worry about....

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), May 11, 2000.

What would happen if frogs could fly? Would we have a huge flying frog problem with the little green devils landing all over our roofs and overpasses? How would we deal with a problem of this magnitude?

Heck, we'll just import flying crocodiles to eat them and then...and then...and then we'll eventually have a flying crocodile problem. (insert Emily Latilla voice here) It's always something!

-- LunaC (LunaC@LunaC.com), May 11, 2000.

Jim, it would be wonderful if frogs could fly - we have an enormous misquitoe problem down south. However, I would put the odds of flying frogs at 0% and the odds of a economic collapse/depression at 50%.

Can you see the difference?

-- (@ .), May 11, 2000.

The difference is that you are rational about the flying frog problem and irrational about what you do not understand - Y2K and the financial markets.

-- Savage (blah@blah.com), May 11, 2000.

Savage, contrary to some, I have been irrational from day one when I first scented a possible danger. Heaven pity the person who has their faith tied to the market. I feel for them, should those mountains fall. It must be nice to be rich, but nothing is without a chance. How devasting a blow it must be to awaken in the morn rich, and only to fall asleep, wiped out. Maybe being rich in this life, ain't such a good deal.

-- Born Po (w@itingondalotto.com), May 11, 2000.

Born Po:

And how much worse it is to go to bed poor and wake up still poor. There is no advancement of any kind without risk. Part of that risk is not only that you might wake up poorer but that might never even get rich. Still, there is the chance to be better off than you are if you are willing to take some risk. Being poor is no badge of honor any more than is being rich.

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), May 12, 2000.