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The Y2K Panicker - A 'Things To Do' Checklist
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Emcee:  Paul Berliner Type:  Unmoderated
I don't believe that we'll be living like savages - at least not for more than a couple of weeks, but here is a list of things to do to prepare for the much anticipated and unanticipated. Please add any other suggestions you fellow panickers may have:

1. Withdraw all money from the bank just in case everything's screwed up and you would have to transact strictly in cash (you can always redeposit the money on Monday Jan. 4th, so what do you have to lose?)
2. Go to Sears or Target and buy a shotgun as there may be looting and you'll need to protect yor family (but save the receipt because you can return it for a refund on Monday Jan. 4th if all is calm!).
3. Just thought of this one a few days ago - refill all drug prescriptions at the pharmacy just in case their computers go down (good one, eh'?).
4. It case the power goes out for a while, stock up on food that doesn't need to be cooked or refrigerated (the beef jerky co.s are gonna clean up).
5. Scare all your friends and family into not taking an end-of-year vacation due to possible dangers in air travel (because of air traffic control Y2K computer problems) then short the major airlines as bookings plummet (better safe than sorry, eh'?).
6. Persuade all your enemies and in-laws into taking an end-of-year vacation due to possible dangers in air travel (because of air traffic control Y2K computer problems).
7. Buy a late 80's or early 90's Lincoln Town Car. The spacious trunk is ideal for looting, and the great beasts are also fine battering rams for those jostling for an armageddon-hour parking space at the mall (this is rude, though... a courteous looter never steals a parking space, for crissakes).
8. You'll need as siphon (to siphon gas out of your neighbor's car, as petrol deliveries may be delayed or halted - and the Lincoln is a gas pig).
9. Lastly, you'll need 1 (one) blank VHS video to record the president's plea for national calm and all the birds-eye-view goodies CNN broadcasts.
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26 Jan. 11, 1999 THE Y1K CRISIS By Ashleigh Brilliant (www.ashleighbrilliant.com) Mike-1/19/1999
25 01/01/99- Updated 02:23 PM ET Secret_Agent_Man-1/1/1999
24techstocks.comPaul Berliner-12/30/1998
23 Coming soon - Y2K 'pick up lines' thread (I'm working on it). Paul Berliner-12/8/1998
22 Hey, I think Jerry is reading this thread... #reply-6687373 So why's he sTom C-12/7/1998
21 Kerry, JBE, it would'nt hurt to pay the tax on the 401K or govt. retirementPaul Berliner-12/2/1998
20 jbe, Yeah, I should've realized that the thought had occurred to other folEL KABONG!!!-12/1/1998
19 Paul, another dismaying thought: are you so sure your Lincoln Town Car will <jbe-12/1/1998
18 Kerry, some of the so-called (perhaps unfairly) "doomsters" out therejbe-12/1/1998
17 jbe, Ha! Wouldn't that be funny? Imagine if everyone but the IRS had theirEL KABONG!!!-12/1/1998
16 Personally, I do not have anything like a 401K (except for an itty-bitty littljbe-12/1/1998
15 Kerry, JBE, the best thing a person can do with a big 401K is move the money aPaul Berliner-12/1/1998
14 Paul-- Some refinements on your survival plan. 1) Be sure to clear out your jbe-11/30/1998
13 Paul, Since many people with significant dollars in the markets trade in tax-aEL KABONG!!!-11/30/1998
12 And only about $200B off that total has been spent. So here's another Y2K Paul Berliner-11/30/1998
11 Yet more cause for panic! Hot off the press: <b>Estimate of Cost of Y2Kjbe-11/30/1998
10 Paul, Make sure that you have a thrash compactor. Make sure that it's comTom C-11/24/1998
9 Yeah, ok, long as you're covered both ways. Don't forget lots of ammunimarcos-11/24/1998
8 I've already loaded up on oral b mint waxed ultrathin floss - the same as GPaul Berliner-11/24/1998
7 I might be movin' to Montana soon Just to raise me up a crop of Dental Flmarcos-11/24/1998
6 Here's one that may be illegal, as it'll obviously cause a mass panic Paul Berliner-11/23/1998
5 Here's something to panic about.....*I* am in charge of the Y2K initiative Hubert Few-11/23/1998
4 Keep 'em comin, Kerry.... I hear ya. Paul Berliner-11/23/1998
3 Buy a bunch of cardboard signs. Paint "Repent! The end is near!" onTEDennis-11/23/1998
2 Paul, Oh, you forgot some things already. 1) Take that big ole' Lincoln tEL KABONG!!!-11/23/1998
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