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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (4180)	2/27/1999 6:02:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'You know you're in Y2K trouble when...' thread ;-) '(The scariest thing here, is that some of these have really happened) ... your wife sees the ammo bill ... You get a phone call from the US Army, wanting to talk to you about the scenario you posted on Usenet. ... at a City User group conference, when asking an Embedded Systems consultant who has just started talking about the work he does at power plants if they be compliant or not, his boss tells him he's fired if he answers that. ... you go to the gun range, and of 17 people there, 13 are programmers. 2 of the others are programmer's wives. ... Home Depot calls, and wants to know if you'd like to sell them the generator you bought (from them) 3 months ago. ... The lady checking receipts on the way out of Sams is wearing a necklace that has "01-01-00" on it. ... used car dealers start mentioning "It's Y2k Compliant" when talking about such wonders as a '72 Pinto. ... your old college buddy, who's part of PETA, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, HCI, etc calls you after years of silence. The next words out of his mouth after "Hello" are "What's the best kind of assault rifle?" ... one of your clients decides to just not worry about the whole Y2k thing, and hit the topless bars. ... In 1994, your company published a 5 year plan to employees - "How we want to grow the business". This year, due for the next big one, they publish a 10 month plan, entitled "Company Assault Weapon Policies". ... you notice your neighbor sitting in his front yard, taking notes, as UPS bring in your bulk food order. // The UPS guy is taking notes too. // and selling them. ... the CIO at your company hires the "Dogbert Consulting Company" to handle remediation. "Dogbert" decides, "Why wait? Drive 'em out of biz NOW!" and charges $2500/hour. Your CIO pays. ... Your CIO resigns, amid scandal, as its found he was getting a kickback from DCC to the tune of $500/hour. ... The CIO in question blew the entire kickback on survival gear. ... the local barber shop is running a special "Y2k compliant Spikey/Mutant Haircut" ... welfare checks arrive with a flier in the envelope :"How to Riot/Loot Responsibly" ... Mel Gibson buys a hopped up V8 police interceptor, lots of guns and ammo, and says,"Its not a movie" Arnold Trembley wrote in message <36D77DEE.1D7EEBC8@worldnet.att.net>... >Cory Hamasaki's DC Y2K Weather Report #112 is now available at: >http://www.kiyoinc.com/WRP112.HTM > >email your entries to Y2Kcontest@hotmail.com >to win a stainless steel survival multi-knife. > >You know you're in Y2K trouble when... > >...Alan Greenspan offers 10 pounds of Gold to lay out his sleeping bag >at DragonRanch. > >...You flip open your Day-at-a-Glance desk calendar to WednesdaK, >FebruarK 30, 2000. > >...DocDwarf offers you his last can of smoked eel for a box of >strike-anywhere matches. > >...Paul Milne says, "You're right, I AM a Pollyanna!" > >...You receive a letter from Washington that begins, "Greetings from the >President of the United States..." > >...Bradley K. Sherman kicks over Frank Ney's wheelchair running for the >exit. > > >C'mon, I'm sure you guys can do better than me at this. > >-- >Arnold Trembley >http://home.att.net/~arnold.trembley/ >"Y2K? Because Centuries Happen!"