Dateline Central FL: Just returned from K-mart (3:15pm) where the "new system has been down since this morning" and the folks in the checkout lines are almost as cranky as the employees. MAJOR delays and any purchase using a check or credit card. I have no clue if this is related to the dreaded three day snow storm that has been forecasted. I DO KNOW, however, that both employees and customers were hot, bothered,irritated and loud. One employee was complaining out loud that she had not taken a break since 7:30am. What would these people be acting like if the shelves were empty and the power was off (it's about 92 degrees this afternoon)? Glad I started preppin in December - it's likely to get more than entertaining this fall. Draw your own conclusions (Poole, don't forget to sharpen your crayons!).

-- Safer (buggedoutof@lanta.net), July 16, 1999

Answers

wasn't K-mart advertising itself as "your Y2K supply store?"

-- oo (oo@oo.oo), July 16, 1999.

I was in K-mart the other day, they had hundreds of cast iron Dutch Ovens, oil lamps, camping stoves, etc.

I may be wrong, but I think a buyer for K-Mart lurks on this forum.

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), July 16, 1999.

It was due to the blizzard. Tampa got over 8 inches last night, and Orlando was hammered by squalls.

-- Spidey (in@jam.commie), July 16, 1999.

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-- orP K2Y (146@2.com), July 16, 1999.

Cherri wrong? Who would of thunk it!!

O.J. Not guilty!! Let's golf.

-- O.J. (OJSimpson@jailhouse.com), July 16, 1999.

I bet a lot of fortune 500 company CEOs lurk on this forum too. We are headed for some interesting times.

-- Anti-chainsaw (tree@hugger.com), July 16, 1999.

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-- anniw (??@??.com), July 16, 1999.

Checks and credit card verification problems? What's the alternative? Cash! Withdraw and stash cash early and often. (And convert a lot of it to REAL stuff).

Remember, the banking system has only enough cash relative to checking and regular savings accounts to cover only the first two people in a line of 100. (3+ and you'r S.O.L.)

-- A (A@AisA.com), July 16, 1999.

What's up with this backwards spelling?!? I usually just lurk and try to avoid the whole insulting polly/doomer debate, but Y2K Pro has really gone off the deep end this time! Whopper or Jr. Whopper - does it make any sense?? It's totally wacked - not even trying to intentionally disrupt or mislead like a troll - aw forget it - what a waste!

-- Jim (x@x.x), July 16, 1999.

only a flip flop--don,t like a whop WHOP.

-- WHOP? (dogs@zianet.com), July 18, 1999.

Writing backwards? Where? All I saw was something that was easier to read than normal (with my Dylexia).

And me wrong? I said perhaps.. but not likely

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), July 18, 1999.