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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (604)	9/16/1999 3:06:00 PM
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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (604)	9/16/1999 3:39:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 662

Get a Laugh! SNIP: >Do I take Y2K seriously? The only way to argue against that suggestion is to make an unusual and rare 'personal disclosure.' This is something I don't normally do, but the situation warrants it. Several years ago, my younger brother David died of Cancer. I was not at his bedside when he died, nor did I attend his funeral. This was a decision he and I arrived at together. We agreed it was not necessary to have a physical presence, given the nature of my work at the time. What was I doing? Y2K. < SNIP: >18 months later, my Dad was diagnosed with the same type of Cancer. He and I had a similar discussion and came to the identical conclusions. Six months later when he died and shortly after, when his ashes were scattered on Lake Ontario, I was in India. Why? What was more important than being at his beside or at the wake? Y2K. < Story here: Peter de Jager September 13, 1999 year2000.com - - - - - - This is MY opinion. Family should always come first, no matter what! When my father was dying of cancer in the hospital, our family business was put on the back burner, I was at the hospital along with the rest of my family every night. Maybe I didn't have my priorities in the right order.