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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (460)	9/14/1998 8:48:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 888

Former CEO of UPI (United Press International) starts Y2K Newsfeed!!!! WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's largest information resource on the Y2K problem was launched in the nation's capital today. "Y2Ktoday" (www.Y2Ktoday.com) will have a daily newsfeed of around 500 stories created by its own team of writers and newswire reports from around the world. The site is expected to be the most comprehensive repository of Y2K information as the POTENTIAL CRISIS unfolds in the months ahead.... SITE: y2ktoday.com FULL ARTICLE: Message 5745140 ========================================================= Media's gonna start picking up on this VERY soon. It's a DIFFERENT ballgame when a "media insider - former UPI CEO" ... starts disseminating information. (This is THE site you want bookmarked. This is where media will be getting information.) All of you who have been thinking about "contingency planning" --- better start actually doing it now!!! Some bulk food deliveries are now taking 9 months! Many are now going direct to bulk food companies ... with their own trucks ... to ensure delivery. I stopped "researching" Y2K 2 months ago and have started contingency planning. Have been researching Y2K for over 3 years. Initially thought it was an investment opportunity and problem would get fixed. Deeper I got into it, the worse it becomes. Problem will NOT get fixed in time. (My "contacts" are within the government and specific industries.) My Houston home is up for sale. Am moving to Pacific NW. I'm "downsizing." Designer dresses are at consignment shop. Looking forward to denim ... and more simple life. I've spent the past year re-assessing values and determining what is REALLY important to me. Push comes to shove. It's NOT material things ... but, still hard to give up! It's family and friends. I could care less if some want to challenge and/or denegrate me because of my beliefs. Most who have, have done a minimal amount of research and have a very narrow perspective ... and closed minds. We all make our own choices. I'm comfortable with mine. For those of you who are "on the fence" ... start preparing! By the time it becomes a "media event", you'll be in competition with many others for the SAME things everyone will need. Perception of problems (whether actualized or not) will create shortages and price increases. Cheryl