(forwarded without permission... --------------------- Forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John G. Gordon Sr.) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 97-10-28 23:14:39 EST The paper has been somewhat awash in problems involving the merger of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. Seems when they merged their collective computer systems, they lost over half of their wheeled assets (read-railroad cars). Last Friday the article covered the fact that since the running stock is low, the silos in the midwest are full and such things as soy beans, corn and wheat are being dumped on the ground next to the silos. The line goes when the railroad cars show up, they will be loaded from the silos and transported to Houston for port call. Then the food on the ground will be placed in the silos and all will be well. Well, Monday morning, before the market news heated up, the local paper ran a story indicating the winter 'El Nino' storm which raced across the country had ruined not only the groceries dumped on the ground next to the full silos, but also the crops of the same variety still waiting to be harvested from the fields. All this without the millennium bug, just a merger of two railroads. In the final analysis, I have concluded you can expect to see sharp increases in the cost of food and probably a shortage of product to sell on the shelves.....Stock up, times a wasting. * <><**********<><*********<><**********><>***********><>**********><> John Gordon - Albuquerque, N. M. - WD5DHR *
