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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4345)	3/5/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

This may be a good way to get the POG up: Gold traders recommend buying gold now bangkokpost.com If I was in the gold buying mood I would rather buy Blue Chip producing gold stocks. BUT, I am hanging onto some cash, and will be making more cash ready (in my trading accounts, not under my bed or in buried in the ground), because...I believe Y2KPA (Y2K Panic Attacks) may make some stocks go on sale.

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4345)	3/5/1999 8:31:00 PM
From: B.K.Myers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Ontario Hydro will stage the Y2K version of an air raid drill this Saturday. I found this information at greenspun.com This is only a drill and is only scheduled to last a few minutes. Personally I please to see an actual Y2K test being undertaken by the electric utilities. My hat's off the Ontario Hydro. I hope everything goes well! By Mike Funston Toronto Star Staff Reporter Ontario Hydro will stage the Y2K version of an air raid drill this Saturday in Toronto. And the TTC says it will bring all subway and streetcar service to a standstill until the test is done, in case anything goes wrong. The drill is to last only a few minutes. Trains and streetcars will stop at the nearest station or transit stop for 10 minutes, beginning at 11:55 p.m., TTC spokesperson Anne McLaughlin said yesterday. At midnight, Hydro will set its computer system to mimic the switch to Jan. 1, 2000, at its Manby Transformer Station on Kipling Ave. at Bloor St., which feeds power to Toronto Hydro. About 180,000 Toronto Hydro residential and commercial customers could be affected, said Ontario Hydro official Bill Imms. These customers are in the area of Etobicoke Creek to the west, Highway 401 to the north, and east down Avenue Rd.-University Ave. to Queen St. W., east to Yonge St., and south to the lake, including the Toronto Islands. The TTC, as well as residential and business clients, have been advised that the test is unlikely to cause any power loss. Just in case, the TTC will stop service to avoid potential passenger panic if trains are stuck in tunnels, or danger from streetcars stopping dead in intersections, McLaughlin said. Bus service will run as usual, she added. Hospitals on University Ave. and the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry are excluded from the test, but other hospitals within the boundaries, as well as traffic lights, could be affected, said Toronto Hydro spokesperson Blair Peberdy. ========================= B.K.