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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (7606)	8/2/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: Zbyte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

I have been ready for Earthquakes here in California for years so I have been setting food and 22mm rounds of ammo for as long. I am not a pessimist but Im not going to sit and say everything looks fine to me. I am well aware of the disturbing problems we have now without Y2k, such as our population growth and resource management or lack of resource management. In 30 years our population has increase 100% to 6 billion plus and we are flying now with all the medical resurch on desease control, lives are being extended. With farms shutting down and home\mall building encroachment on valuable growing lands, I believe we are headed for a break down some where and the Y2k problem is just another reason to prepare your family for the onset of any changes in our system. So yes I am preparing for some later date, and like I say if nothing happens I will just have food to eat at a later time. When I was a kid attending church I remember and a scripture in the bible that has never left my mind Revelation 18 8-24 it talks about Babylon falling in one hour. Its an interesting read if you get a chance. Im not a church person but you never forget things that sounded so impossible that many years ago but now sounds very possible. Yes I am still in TSIG, Dell...

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (7606)	8/2/1999 5:53:00 PM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 9818

Bald Eagle, your Not a Polyanna. Each person has to go through different stages of development in terms of accepting the reality of the problem here. Name calling doesn't accomplish anything. My wife and mother went through 4 months of denial earlier this year. They use to scream at me and tell me I was nuts. Then one day they all of a sudden told me that there was a serious possibility of a problem. They began to cry. But they began to actively prepare and we are 99% complete today. A few of my customers told me today that the Y2K problem was fixed.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (7606)	8/3/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: SilverFox77	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

When you get your generator please don't forget to have a "manual transfer switch" in place. I did that for both of my diesels and tried 'em out -- works great. My family had a Y2K weekend recently; did "without" -- whatever we had "stored" for Y2K was the only items/tools we used. I also have a manual pump for my well-water (with purification system). We "shut down" electric and water was plentiful...and healthy. Also a good idea to have a microscope handy to check for bacteria if anyone is planning on purifying their water -- just because a company says their system works doesn't mean it does... Be Well, Lorraine