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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (497)	10/30/1998 2:43:00 PM
From: Sawtooth	Respond to of 888

I keep seeing automobiles mentioned as an embedded chip problem but haven't come across any firm information or link about specifics. Ford website does not have a 2000 link that I've seen. Anybody have any info on this other than vague speculation that some cars won't start at 1/1/2000? TIA.

To: John Mansfield who wrote (497)	11/10/1998 5:45:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 888

'HOW MANY WATTS DO YOU NEED? wojo.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (497)	12/3/1998 8:31:00 PM
From: SOROS	Respond to of 888

Quote of the week - (from N. Korea's Vice Defense Minister, directed at America) ''If they finally unleash a war, our People's Army will blow up the U.S. territory as a whole and demonstrate the mettle of the great Marshal Kim Jong-il's army,'' Jong warned.

To: John Mansfield who wrote (497)	12/4/1998 3:20:00 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 888

And a year ago when we were thinking this way - they all thought we were nuts. Now it is in Worth 98/12 - My Y2K Problem By Erik Hedegaard "Of course," he went on, "there's also a reasonable likelihood of serious problems. And it does make sense for everybody to feel reasonably prepared so they are less likely to panic." <<And if come the next day, all was well, so be it. That'd be okay. I could be happy with that, because I'd know I had hoped for the best, prepared for the worst, and in the process learned how to stop worrying and live with the Y2K bomb.>> worth.com rh