<story><title>Gmail was down</title><url>http://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&amp;v=status&amp;ts=1390590318542</url><text>Is gmail down in your country?&lt;p&gt;Colombia +1</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>pkfrank</author><text>This actually raises a slightly terrifying reality.&lt;p&gt;How much would someone have to pay you to never again recover your gMail account?  I would demand just an absurd payout to willingly walk away right now, with all those contacts, messages, unread e-mails, organization, etc...&lt;p&gt;Scary how much faith we put in this free service.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>swalsh</author><text>The crazy thing is, the email means less to me than the chat logs.  Maybe 60% of the words i&amp;#x27;ve ever said to my wife have been over gchat while we&amp;#x27;re at work.</text></comment>
<story><title>Gmail was down</title><url>http://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&amp;v=status&amp;ts=1390590318542</url><text>Is gmail down in your country?&lt;p&gt;Colombia +1</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>pkfrank</author><text>This actually raises a slightly terrifying reality.&lt;p&gt;How much would someone have to pay you to never again recover your gMail account?  I would demand just an absurd payout to willingly walk away right now, with all those contacts, messages, unread e-mails, organization, etc...&lt;p&gt;Scary how much faith we put in this free service.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>coolsunglasses</author><text>I could drop it without too much pain, honestly. It wouldn&amp;#x27;t cost that much for me to delete my gmail accounts.&lt;p&gt;But I learned to own my data where it matters and not sweat the rest ages ago. (Stopped compulsively &amp;quot;hoarding&amp;quot;)</text></comment>