Let's say you have a brother. Let's call him Fred, or "Click" to his friends. Let's say your brother is a plumber. An honest hard-working sort, but not going to set the world on fire.
Now let's say Fred has bought himself a Y2K-compliant wrench, and figured out how to use it. Now Mrs. Brown calls, and wants Fred to come over and fix her sink, since he did an OK job with the bathroom faucet last year. Fred issues a press release, saying "Year 2000 Compliance Nets Fred New Contract with Mrs Brown."
Yipeeeee, you say, we've got a Year 2000 plumber in the family, now we all goin' get rich right away!!!
However, Y2K-compliant wrenches are freely available at Home Depot and other hardware stores, and they are not hard to use. Many other plumbers are already using them.
In addition, Fred doesn't live in your house, he lives with his in-laws, Betzy and Gollant. When Fred gets paid for his work, the money goes directly to them. They can charge Fred whatever they like for room and board, and they give him a small allowance out of what's left. Most of Fred's plumbing jobs are referred to him by his in-laws, but they are busy doing other stuff, and don't really care how much Fred makes from plumbing. Fred does occasionally come over to your place for dinner, but he is usually really hungry, and doesn't have any of his allowance left to share with you. Bummer. |
