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To: Gauguin who wrote (18115)	3/1/1999 2:50:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Which one - the Odometer Party or the True New Millennium party?

To: Gauguin who wrote (18115)	3/1/1999 6:53:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Damn, you sent me to the dictionary. Can't fine turdle between turd and and tureen. Is this some kind of obscure sexual thing you practice? Turdle does sound like more fun than turtles. They bite you know.

To: Gauguin who wrote (18115)	3/1/1999 7:11:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

chartreuse and purple? I had lavender and pink and white lace. CW wants to paint the bedroom in the poolhouse black; I said no. Y2K-- Got an e-mail today about the problem. A LETTER FROM THE TEXAS A&M SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STAFF Our staff has completed the 18 months of work on time and on budget. We have gone through everk line of code in everk program in everk skstem. We have analkzed all databases, all data files, including backups and historic archives, and modified all data to reflect the change. We are proud to report that we have completed the "Y-to-K" date change mission, and have now implemented all changes to all programs and all data to reflect kour new standards: Januark, Februark, March, April, Mak, June, Julk, August, September, October, November, December. As well as: Sundak, Mondak, Tuesdak, Wednesdak Thursdak, Fridak, Saturdak. We trust that this is satisfactork, because to be honest, none of this "Y to K" problem has made ank sense to us. Texas A&M Software Engineering

To: Gauguin who wrote (18115)	3/1/1999 11:34:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

>>>>>Whatever I came up with, getting number and number (and for some reason 44 rings a bell and was only a few years off)<<<<< What a wonderful post! Can I say that? I read it hours and hours ago, but I had to keep re-reading it. (Number could be "numb-er" or it could be "number" like numeral, either works, and both do.) >>>>>Okay. But don't let go of this one when you go back after the other one.<<<<< Exactly! That's exactly how I work math problems in my head. I am terrible at math, by the way, are you? I do pictures much better, and if I can make the math into pictures, it works. >>>>>It gave me my first serious, non-toy goal in life. Like: don't get killed in a car crash.<<<<< I can almost remember this myself, but I never would have, if I hadn't read this. >>>>>I discovered you can't be sure about how you're going to die. There's nothing to hold it still in your head.<<<<< Eerie. But exactly right. I didn't think about this until I was 12. >>>>>Smiling and party happy; but smiling their Super Big Smile. The Super Big Year 2000 one. One I haven't seen yet; not the same as their regular happy smiles.<<<<< I never thought this about the year 2000, but I thought it about other things. That one day, they were going to take me to the place where they explained everything, and I would belong. And then the rest of it, just teasers? Need to expand, "the Crawford lot," "my little lacewings," the lady's avocado tree, these all need stories, and then the voices, we all have the voices of course, but interesting to hear about yours. Colin Wilson, in "The Outsider," wrote that the voices don't actually belong to us, they belong to alien vampires from outer space, and I think he said we could get rid of them, but I don't remember if he said how.