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To: Scrapps who wrote (19854)	12/27/1999 9:39:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

A simple Y2K request from the phone company By Tamsen Fadal WFTV Eyewitness News When the clock strikes midnight, there is only one place the phone company is asking people not to be - on the phone. The big fear is that people are going to try and see if their phones are working once we hit the year and the big problem is that they won't work too many people jam up the lines. insidecentralflorida.com ... "If a lot of customers pick up the phone, it could cause a power surge and the break could trip and that switch could collapse," says Duff. ... The moral of the story: If you're going to be on a dial-up Internet connection at midnight, you may want to consider having one of Frank Manning's Lightening Bolt Special modems just in case there is a surge.

To: Scrapps who wrote (19854)	12/27/1999 9:42:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Gore Is White House Contact for Y2K By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House's top Y2K adviser will report regularly to Vice President Al Gore this weekend as part of a multimillion-dollar effort to monitor computer problems in this country and abroad. dailynews.yahoo.com That seems appropriate. After all, I'm sure he's claimed to have invented the Y2K "bug", didn't he?