Reply #59: I can always gage the true health of the economy by the performance of

[Lorien]

my main client; a major film studio that has produced popular toys and collectibles-mostly sold to the middle class-for sixty some years. We were booming during the Clinton era, but it's been a long steady slide downward since * took office. Now sales are so bad that many departments are closing. I'm saving as much as I can these days because the future looks rather dark indeed. :-(