[palo verde]

Hi rooroobird
I just found your post 93
I think he may be right
shopping sprees are fun, as long as people have the cash they will do it
I truly believe everyone wants to be happy now
and treats make people happy
Love, Palo

[steveegg]

The economy outside of the market is reather strong. The only negative effect of the market's crash (which, sadly, won't be stopping in the next 3 weeks) on the economy itself is those that are depending on it for retirement over the next 5 years (maybe more depending on how many more companies come down with Cooked Book Disease).

I just dumped some decent cash for a good (but expensive) alarm clock (stereo/CD, with dual alarms and the ability to fall asleep to a station without affecting how the alarm sounds) and a semi-expensive pair of cross-trainer shoes. I'm not that concerned that the S&P 500 index fund portion of my 401k exceeded its 12-month loss the last 3 days (the fact that I am not touching it for 30 or so years has something to do with that).