Here's the prognosis based on how well governments and companies are responding to y2k so far.

Month	What will Y2K be like.	Most commonly heard words.
Sept. 1998	Bad	remediate
Oct. 1998	Badder	embedded
Nov. 1998	Worse	contingency plans
Dec. 1998	Worser	Santa Claus
Jan. 1999	scary	hangover
Feb. 1999	horrible	water supply
Mar. 1999	horribler	power grid
Apr. 1999	frightening	bank runs
May 1999	eye popping	Japan
June 1999	nightmarish	nuclear
July 1999	nauseating	panic
Aug. 1999	nightmarishly nauseating	militants
Sept. 1999	catastrophic	hoarding
Oct. 1999	nighmarishly catastrophic	fear
Nov. 1999	horribly  nauseating	Oh shit
Dec. 1999	menacingly chaotic	#%@**&^ bank card
Jan. 2000	shockingly volatile chaos	Can I borrow some money

Table will be adjusted as current events warrant.

-- Craig (craig@ccinet.ab.ca), September 24, 1998

Answers

Craig,

We agree. Love it! We got our laughs for the day. Thanks!

M & L

-- M & L (remote@nocal.com), September 24, 1998.

Craig, your "commonly heard words" of Can I borrow some money, reminded me of the 1930's. Back then, it was "Brother, can you spare a dime?"

-- Gayla Dunbar (privacy@please.com), September 25, 1998.

Wow, he did a table. I'm impressed. I've decided on a new theme song "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher.

-- Amy Leone (aleone@amp.com), September 25, 1998.