I have an anecdote that is small, but still interesting. One of my colleagues was scheduled to have dinner with a former member of the Federal Reserve Board (I didn't ask the name since it would mean nothing to me and I wouldn't provide it anyway). My colleague is kind of a GI (although I can't tell how much he just humors me). In any event, I pumped him with a couple of key questions to ask. (I wanted to avoid the ones that would lead to stock answers like, "There will be plenty of extra cash".) With just a minor probe by a question relating to y2k problems washing up on US shores, the ex-Reserve Board member supposedly said, "It will be very big" and then effectively clammed up. I know it's an absolutely unverifiable anecdote but some of you may find it interesting.

-- Dave (aaa@aaa.com), June 19, 1999

Answers

It might be unverifiable, but it what's we like to hear!

-- Jammy (wesleyan@dog.com), June 19, 1999.

Perhaps the best summary of the Doom Zombie mind yet...

It might be unverifiable, but it what's we like to hear! -- Jammy (wesleyan@dog.com), June 19, 1999.

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 19, 1999.

Y2K Pro, I didn't mean that we like to hear bad news, I meant we like to hear inside info. What do you like to hear Y2K PROblem child?

-- Joe Six-Pack (Average@Joe.Blow), June 19, 1999.

What's the problem with wanting to hear about comments from people who have contacts in government or industry? Unfortunately, much of the y2k information comes from sources which cannot be verified. That's they way it is and there is nothing we can do about it.

-- Dave (dannco@hotmail.com), June 19, 1999.

Y2K PRO would prefer not to hear anything at all. He chose the Internet because he's deaf and dumb.

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), June 19, 1999.

Y2K Pro likes to hear his mommie's lullabies after his shifts at the 'King.

-- a (a@a.a), June 19, 1999.

..it appears there are some angry Doomies that cannot stand having their end-of-the-world motives aired out in public. Too bad...

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 19, 1999.

"It might be unverifiable, but it what's we like to hear! -- Jammy (wesleyan@dog.com), June 19, 1999."

Pro - he was talking about the failure of your recent lobotomy.

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), June 19, 1999.

Well hello Y2k Pro, didnt you forget to post your daily dose of EY and GN quotes. Are you having a bad day? Did your boss at BK make you mad? Eat one too many fries and now you are all bloated? Did your crack pipe break and mommy won't let you use hers?

-- SgtSchultz (SgtHansSchultz@Stalag13.com), June 19, 1999.

P.S. Have another donut.

-- SgtSchultz (SgtHansSchultz@Stalag13.com), June 19, 1999.

Y2k Pro,

I have another absolutely unverifiable anecdote. I have been told that you have that quote in bold type pasted right on the front of your puter, and that's why you were able to recognize it so quickly and repeat it here. Folks, in his round about way, I beleive Y2k Pro is just agreeing with us, even though he speaks a different language.

-- Gordon (gpconnolly@aol.com), June 19, 1999.

Who is this "us" dimwit? Fellow doomers who hope for TEOTWAWKI so they can recreate their pitiful little lives, or "us" as in the rest of humanity?

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 19, 1999.

Here's another unverifiable anecdote: A woman came into my office to talk about switching to the long distance service she is selling. I asked if it is y2k compliant (she said yes) and the talk turned to y2k in general. She told me that her best friend was on the y2k remediation project at NASA. Her friend told her that it was behind (I don't remember her exact wording). Her friend also told her to store a year's worth of food and similar preps such as those found on this forum. I asked her if she had done it but she had not. This was about a month ago.

I have another anecdote I'll post later. Got to finish a few things right now.

mb in NC

-- mb (mdbutler@coastalnet.com), June 19, 1999.

...wait, wait, I've got one to. I was talking to a friend of mine who was talking to a friend of hers (no names of course) who said that a family member new someone from the FAA that said that Jane Garvey wore mens underwear that were NOT compliant. Relevant? As much as the rest of this thread is...

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 19, 1999.

Wow that was funny Y2k Pro. Do you write your own material or do you have a staff of writers.

-- SgtSchultz (SgtHansSchultz@stalag13.com), June 19, 1999.

Y2k Pro,

Steady big fellow, steady. You're spinning off in all directions. This must be so very frustrating to you. Trying to handle so many possible scenarios all at once. Now, there's really no cure for your tunnel vision, sorry to say, but there is some relief. Just keep saying to yourself, over and over, every day, "It might be unverifiable, but it's what we like to hear." This doesn't actually help anyone who has a broad ability to collect facts, as we do, but for tunnel vision syndrome, it seems to work wonders. I have seen this mantra practiced on a daily basis by your Polly friends and they seem very content, and very secure. But be warned, to stray from the simple acceptance of that premise is dangerous to the narrow minded.

-- Gordon (gpconnolly@aol.com), June 20, 1999.

"...wait, wait, I've got one to. I was talking to a friend of mine..."

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 19, 1999.

Friend? Friend? Would that be the invisible one that you talk to whilst playing in the garden before your mummy tells you it's time for bed?

I think we should be told.

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), June 20, 1999.

Y2K Pro:

Why do you dangle your antagonistic barbs? Careful you don't hook yourself with false impressions.

BTW, I've been a member of the Y2K Doomer cult since OCT98.

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), June 20, 1999.

Y2K Pro really *was* upset. His spelling took a nosedive!

...wait, wait, I've got one to. (too)

who said that a family member new (knew)

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 19, 1999.

-- doesn't (matter@this.time), June 20, 1999.

DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!!!

-- Tricia the Canuck (tricia_canuck@hotmail.com), June 21, 1999.