On Thursday 30 August 2001 08:53 pm, Net Llama wrote:
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>
> The running black humor out in the Bay area these days is to use the
> highways as the barometer of the health of the economy. Taking a
> look at any freeway would indicate how many people were unemployed.
> Apparently 3 years ago, it took close to 3 hours to drive about 50
> miles from Sunnyvale to Fremont. Now you can do the distance in
> about 70 minutes on a bad day.
I've lived here (not far from the lllllllama, so it seems) for about 12
years (partly to escape the crowded freeways in LA) and I can tell you
without hesitation that 3 years ago, the traffic on 280 on the middle
of the peninsula was non-existent in the morning. Within 6 months,
traffic slowed to a crawl on the same section of freeway. It has now
decreased to "busy" but above the speed limit.
>
> I spend every day working in a veritable blood bath. This is far
> from over. Those with stocks are the lucky ones. They are just
> losing money. Many more are losing their jobs, doing what they truly
> loved. I've now survived 3 rounds of layoffs. I wish all i had to
> loose was some money in stocks.
It's not just in IT.
>
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> Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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