From a soon-to-be-deleted thread (expletives farkled):

Hey sh*tbird, I work in the oil industry. We are seeing failed systems now you f*cking piece of sh*t. Two different pipelines got FUBAR this week and caused supply blips. One in which emergency sensors shut down the line because they were "sensing" a pipe rupture. The pipe spur was shut for 18 f*cking hours interrupting a lot of deliveries and further stretching the margin of error as we head into Panic Time, which I might add is now showing up in demand spikes. Another last minute system change lead to a product rack being shut down for 17-20 hours. The errors are now piling up you stupid assh*le. They ARE going to affect your life. Have a Merry Christmas and stop wasting your time. Your f*cking wrong by a long shot. Nevermind the tinfoil nwo predictions. YOu can't deny my posts you f*cking assh*le.

-- Gordon (g_gecko_69@hotmail.com), December 24, 1999.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), December 24, 1999

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Sorry for my profanity in the above posts. The irony is getting to be to much for me. I watched Richardsons performance the other day at a bar with a guy who does supply for a major petroleum marketing company. As Richardson was saying...."there will be no supply problems..." This guys says, "I've got supply problems happening NOW. This guy (Richardson) is killing me. I've got pipes that are screwed up causing delays and I've got people showing up in my gas sites with 5 gas cans every day....."

Kids, there are REAL problems out there, and they're starting to pile on. While no one knows what will happen in 9 days, I DO know that there are real problems right now. They are starting to slow the system down signifigantly.

-- Gordon (g_gecko_69@hotmail.com), December 24, 1999.

I was wondering why my local Chevron was charging $674 a gallon.

-- Butt Nugget (catsbutt@umailme.com), December 24, 1999.