Went to my dentist office today to reclaim my teeth and got to listen two two locals discussing Y2K. One was a local electrician and the other a building maintenance man for the local HUD projects. I was amazed at the confidence both displayed in describing Y2K as a non event. It was all hype for making money. The electrician even described how he ran Y2K adds to check local houses for complience, the wall outlets, breaker boxes, etc. Minimum charge was $50 for a house call. He indicated he had done a number of Y2K house calls, mostly older people.

These are the types who present the greatest danger to society next year IMHO.

Wont be long now.

-- Ed (ed@lizzardranch.com), December 22, 1999

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It's almost enough to make one wish for Y2K to be bad enough to cleanse the gene pool of the more loathsome elements of society like the bottom-dweller you described. Almost. People that prey on the fears of others are vermin, but even they deserve to live. But who says they have to live comfortably? [lol] (Can you say "manual laborer in the post-Y2K world"?)

I'd settle for Y2K being bad enough to rattle everyone into awakedness with no loss of life or significant hassles, but it seems too late and too far gone for that now...

O d d O n e

-- OddOne (mocklamer_1999@yahoo.com), December 22, 1999.

Easy money'll come from jokers like that when I yank the gold from their grill with my leatherman...

-- Billy Boy (Rakkasan101st@Aol.com), December 22, 1999.

Like your style Billy-Boy...---...

-- Les (yoyo@tolate.com), December 22, 1999.

I don't see the problem. They're offering a Y2K service just like Ed Yourdon and Michael Hyatt. Why shouldn't they be entitled to make some money at it?

-- (rick@mestril.org), December 22, 1999.

wall outlets, breaker boxes????

Absolute, unadulterated BULLSHIT.

No comparison with writing a book, or offering goods that have a use, in and of themselves, with offering a "Service" to check for *problems* in areas that NO ONE, EVER, to the best of my knowledge, has ever suggested could be at risk.

-- mushroom (mushroom_bs_too_long@yahoo.com), December 22, 1999.

No comparison with writing a book, or offering goods that have a use, in and of themselves, with offering a "Service" to check for *problems* in areas that NO ONE, EVER, to the best of my knowledge, has ever suggested could be at risk.

It's not the odds. It's the STAKES.

-- (rick@mestril.org), December 22, 1999.

Rick@mestril------I've been following this forum for about three months. Mostly lurking, occasionally posting. I nominate your response to ed's post as the most utterly inane and pointless comment in the last 90 days. Yes, that includes ladylogic's nonsense. Maybe I'm being too harsh-but I don't think so.

-- Get Real (gaf@mindspring.com), December 22, 1999.