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

To: bearcub who wrote (5850)	5/26/1999 11:56:00 PM
From: William Peavey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

bearcub, I sent an analysis of the 60 Minutes piece to the 25 family and close friends that I care about, and got a response from my mother, my former wife,and an unmarried female cousin who lives in southwest Colorado in the boonies on solar in a mobile home that she disparages as "the residential tin can." My former wife and her present husband, in central Oregon, seem to be putting about a month's worth of supplies together, which is especially important to me since our daughter will be there for Christmas and New Years. . .and perhaps a lot longer. She and her fiance work in Palo Alto. I am pushing my mother to encourage my father to read Time Bomb 2000 and back out of the stock market. But it has been very good to her, and she doesn't want to give it up. My parents can rely on us, we're 25 miles away, but I'd hate to see the family assets evaporate. The cousin reports that Y2K is becoming an increasing topic of discussion in her area. When I first brought up my concerns (to her) last summer, I am sure she viewed me as an intellectual leper. Now she refers to her fellow citizens as ostriches. I am gratified that some of the women that mean a lot to me are paying heed. I fear that too many of the brains on my address list, especially the males, fall into the naively optimistic category; however I hope the 60 Minutes commentary will start to induce some elementary thought processes concerning the Prudence of Preparation. Here's hoping I get more positive feedback from my efforts at "evangelization." Bearcub, the tone of your writing suggests that you too have indeed taken this seriously. I copied your comments on the Sani-plus back on the 6th. This evening I read y2kkitchen.com which really goes into gritty detail on that aspect of the problem. Unfortunately Y2K is not like a stock that you can sell, ignore and walk away from. It's a pall obscuring our future. And we can't negotiate. Color me Cautious, Bill