OT: How Would You Rate 2002

[Atrocities]

Yes indeed, congrats to all of you who are having a great year. I think it might be regional as far as how your year is going. Here in the PNW, we've been hit hard with a lot of job cuts, state funded program cuts, and other bad things. This area was heavy into the Semi Conductor market, and in the Last two years, that market has collaps nearly completely.

Time will hopefully improve things. That is unless you Subscribe to Albert Bartletts theories. (Those just freak me out.)

Seriously, I wish you all continued happyness.

[Ragnarok]

My area was hit hard with job cuts as well. In the town I live in there is a plant the builds small motors and so forth. But they are slowly getting rid of everyone and moving the operation to mexico where they can find help for dirt cheap prices. (They had 70% hispanic here anyways, but they had to pay them US wages) but that hurt that too much so they decided, hey lets ruin these peoples lives and get cheap help. It was 450 jobs lost. Also alot of other places are laying off. One of the biggest Semi trailer companys in this region also shut down completly. Company was called Monon Trailer Corp. Then in the town 30 miles south of me one of the biggest automotive manufactures also is laying people off. Subaru/Isuzu automotive is laying off alot of employees. It will be a huge lose because of the amount of workers they had there. I can't remember if they just laying off or shutting down all together. But also another semi trailer company, one of the biggest in the midwest (I think it's midwest) is laying people off. Wabash National Trailer Corp. My brother didn't have a job and he applied there, got hired and was making close to 13 bucks an hour on 2nd shift, (he is 19 BTW), and they were laying people off like crazy but they kept him because he was good at what he did. But then he went and quit the job because he didn't like it. So now he is sitting at home (not my home) doing nothing and making no money not paying his bills, etc.. But I got on him about how the economy is right now and that he should have kept that job. But he said he was 'tired of working' why he quit. So job cuts effeted my area as well. But I didn't have a job at anywhere like that so it didn't hurt me any. I work at home so it's all the better. (Web-designing rocks)

[tesco samoa]

average

[Kamog]

2002 was an OK year for me. No huge successes or achievements, but no major disasters either. Not too happy with how the stock market did these Last two or three years. I started exercising regularly this year, after several years of getting absolutely no exercise, so that's good. I learned how to rollerblade and use Power Point. Had my first vacation in 4 years. Oh, and this year I finally defeated Sephiroth and finished Final Fantasy VII.

I saw the following movies this year: The Majestic, A Beautiful Mind, Monster's Ball, Resident Evil, Blade 2, The Scorpion King, Space Station 3D, Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, Spider-Man, Men in Black II, Reign of Fire, Signs, The Tuxedo, The Transporter, Sweet Home Alabama, Pokemon 4Ever, The Ring, Die Another Day, Star Trek Nemesis. Star Wars was the best. I saw it 5 times. The worst was Signs. I'll go see Two Towers by the end of the year.

[Wizarc]

Atrocious!, But I'm still here and there is 2003 to turn things around.

[dogscoff]

I dunno, good and bad. I got made redundant, but I got a good redundancy package and a new job straight away. I got a new home & new car & my gf started college again, but the stress & expense of it all has had negative health effects...

Things are looking up again now, but like everyone says, we survived it all. In the end that's all the good news you need.

BTW: Puke, I disagree with your philosophies completely

[Ruatha]

In 2002 I discovered Space Empires and left VGA planets/Winplan behind me.