While looking into some of the things I've saved I ran across this "front page" of the forum. Thought people might be interested in what was being posted then and compare it to now, especially the newcomers.

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"The Artist" (formerly "Prince") says Y2K not a bummer (Anonymous99, Anonymous99@Anonymous99.xxx, 1999-12-19)

5,000 DEAD in Venezuela............................. (FLAME AWAY, blehman202@aol.com, 1999-12-19)

National Guard Troops to be on Stand-by in Los Angeles (Captain, Y2kisOk@NewWorldOrder.org, 1999-12-19)

New Zealand - Y2K Commission Issues Alert - (snooze button, alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

SURVEY: How many of you bothered to take the (free) CERT training? (Al K. Lloyd, all@ready.now, 1999-12-19)

Australia - Y2K Fear Growing (snooze button, alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

The Government of Qatar Takes Y2K Salary Precautions -- (snooze button, alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

Theft of quarry explosives (Liz, lizpavek@hotmail.com, 1999-12-19)

SYSOPS!! DIANE... PLEASE DELETE - "OT - A little quiz...." (Scarlett, ohara@tara.net, 1999-12-19)

Retailers posting return policies on Y2K preps (Fred Grant, FredG@gte.net, 1999-12-19)

Removing money from bank in trouble is against the law? (Taz, Tassi123@aol.com, 1999-12-19)

Navy War College Y2K Global Security Implications Study (Ron McCamey, rmccamey1@hotmail.com, 1999-12-19)

OT--Israel Shahak, a survivor of the Belsen Concentration Camp, is one of the comparatively few people now known as Jews, who has had the courage to openely challenge and expose the Talmud. (flierdude, more@to.come, 1999-12-19)

Why send out supplier questionaires if it's such a fruitless excercise? (chzcake, bryan@home.com, 1999-12-19)

Timex Ironman Watch Freezes (Alistair, vancouver@bc.com, 1999-12-19)

It's All A Guess....Calm Down, Folks (Forrest Covington, theforrest@mindspring.com, 1999-12-19)

Funny article (Chicken Ma, gotta@getgoin.com, 1999-12-19)

Remed Costs Shoot, Cos Can't Make It (doomed, wallet@sucked.dry, 1999-12-19)

Power Grids a Y2K Worry in Former East Bloc (burnt toast, hopeless@meltdown.on.way, 1999-12-19)

Arizona: Probe Widens Into Missing Explosives (Y2K Connection) (Diane J. Squire,

sacredspaces@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19) FEMA Ads in NH: How to Cook over an Open Fire (Phread, lurking@y2k.com, 1999-12-19)

(OT) Moscow Says It Will Use Nukes in Local War (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-19)

What FPL management did (Susan Barrett, sue59@bellsouth.net, 1999-12-19)

When The Power Goes Off. (Barney Fife, slow&easy@cincy.now, 1999-12-19)

Washington DC scrambles to Prep for Y2K (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-19)

Gary North is not stockpiling rice and bean pipe bombs. It must be gubmint disinformation. (Butt Nugget, catsbutt@umailme.com, 1999-12-19)

U.S. Borders on High Alert (Follow-up to Drudge) (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-19)

***Michael Hyatt*** - Feeling Fearful About Y2K? --- (snooze button, alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

OT --- Dr. Seuss explains why computers sometimes crash --- (snooze button, alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

Don't Wait Till The Last Minute To Prepare For Y2k, Says Fema Director (sandi, sandihere@mailcity.com, 1999-12-19)

OBSERVATION: Propane and Kero heater/cooking shortage (hamster, hamster@mycage.com, 1999-12-19)

Dave Barry on Y2K Preps (Roland, nottelling@nowhere.com, 1999-12-19)

Army air crashes soar this year (Roland, nottelling@nowhere.com, 1999-12-19)

Have You Ever Known Hunger? (Rider, Wake@Dawn's.Smile, 1999-12-19)

Computer Sciences Corp. screwed the pooch on my wifes pay check! (Richard,USMC, Richard,USMC@Leatherneck.mil, 1999-12-19)

The Oil Article from Bloomberg (Rich, Rluck@aol.com, 1999-12-19)

UN report says MidEast Oil Producers in y2k trouble (Bloomberg) (Early Riser, reader@browser.home, 1999-12-19)

here's the situation in South Korea (Jewel, noaddress@sorry.com, 1999-12-19)

Put up or shut up (Steve Heller, stheller@koyote.com, 1999-12-19)

Pharmaceutical Shortages (Mitch Callis, mcallis@waymark.net, 1999-12-19)

Summary of Tony Brown's Journal (Jimmy Bagga Doughnuts, jim1bets@worldnet.att.net, 1999-12-19)

Consensus view on Christmas to New Year's Week (David Holladay, davidh@brailleplanet.org, 1999-12-19)

Antibiotics? What to do? (abby, curiously@yours.com, 1999-12-19)

How to Ring in Millennium-From Bardot to Gecko to Streisand (Gordon, g_gecko_69@hotmail.com, 1999-12-19)

Thanks, you guys! (justanother@lurker.com, 1999-12-19)

Last gasp from Branson (skip, 146942@msn.com, 1999-12-19)

Time to Stop the madness/article to read (Satanta, EventHoriz@n.com, 1999-12-19)

link (lyndie, lyndie32@hotmail.com, 1999-12-19)

WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN SHERLOCK?  Elementary My Dear Watson!...Observe the clear telltale clues (Sherlock Holmes, holmes@Scotlandyard.uk, 1999-12-19)

Forget that "Digital Angel" stuff, get a load of *this*! (Ron Schwarz, rs@clubvb.com.delete.this, 1999-12-19)

signs! (lyndie, lyndie32@hotmail.com, 1999-12-19)

Iraq Rejects U.N. Policy - Saddam Hussein's Comments Revealing (Linda, lindasue1@earthlink.net, 1999-12-19)

OT: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? (Julie, DesertJewel@Hotmail.com, 1999-12-19)

If an IT company is like this, it's 'game over' for end-user companies! (Not Revealing, notrevealing@afraid.com, 1999-12-19)

Titanic Envy (Me, me@me.me, 1999-12-19)

REUTERS - 'Canadian Doomsday Cults Pose Threat - Newspaper' (John Whitley, jwhitley@inforamp.net, 1999-12-19)

Indian Power Utilities - 100% Compliant. (errh.., well, only 635 MW to go.) (Parthasarathy Srinivasan, India, psrinivasan99@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

Should set a reunion? After it is all over (wacko, gonewackie@aol.com, 1999-12-19)

Personal Experience - Large Indian Auto Manufacturer (Parthasarathy Srinivasan, India, psrinivasan99@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

Personal Experience - Autoparts Manufacturer (Parthasarathy Srinivasan, India, psrinivasan99@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

which shortwave frequencies? (ds, ds@deepsouth.com, 1999-12-19)

How self-reliant did you say you were? (TM, mercier7@pdnt.com, 1999-12-19)

Two Interesting Documents from 'Parameters,' the Journal of the US Army War College (hiding in plain, sight@edge. of no-where, 1999-12-19)

Personal Experience - Indian Hospital (Parthasarathy Srinivasan, India, psrinivasan99@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

KC Star Article: At least we don't have to worry about solar storms, Hackers please be nice (Mikey2k, mikey2k@he.wont.eat.it, 1999-12-19)

OT? Has Anyone Read Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt? (preparing, preparing@home.com, 1999-12-19)

A Y2K remediation failure in my office today (Pete, phytorx@lanset.com, 1999-12-19)

OT, A little quiz, Who am I talking about? You'll be surprised, guarnteed!! (flierdude, more@secrets.coming, 1999-12-19)

Y2K LESSER EVIL (Soldiers are going to take me away. Father WW11, P.O.W., CHECKIT@FORYOURSELF.com, 1999-12-19)

Capital Punishment (Infidel, Barbarians@thegate.net, 1999-12-19)

Anyone else having trouble downloading MS Y2K Fixes? (Dick Moody, dickmoody@yahoo.com, 1999-12-19)

TWO BOMBS EXPLODE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA (Ellen, Ellen@watchingeyes.com, 1999-12-19)

Major WA company may be in Y2k trouble (elskon, elskon@bigfoot.com, 1999-12-18)

NEW YORK TIMES on Y2K: "In Final Year 2000 Testing, Focus Is on Smallest Flaws" (John Whitley, jwhitley@inforamp.net, 1999-12-18)

Navy not compliant. Never was, never will be! (bbb, bbb@bbb.com, 1999-12-18)

Y2K For Christians (FactFinder, FactFinder@bzn.com, 1999-12-18)

Slightly OT...link to flu story (Irving, irvingf@myremarq.com, 1999-12-18)

OTunusual flu out west (Daniel Roberts, daniel roberts@anon.anon, 1999-12-18)

Cool Webcam Site for the "big event" (farf, madeupguy@hotmail.com, 1999-12-18)

RECOVERY TIME (WOODY, WOODY11420@AOL.COM, 1999-12-18)

Oregon State survey finds only 2 percent of Oregonians fear major Y2K problems (Uncle

Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-18)

Y2K fear growing (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-18)

About Those Signs Along The Interstsates... (Wildweasel, vtmldm@epix.net, 1999-12-18)

Some People Just Don't GI (Frodo Baggins, FRODO@MiddleEarth.com, 1999-12-18)

Y2K Commission Issues Alert (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-18)

This is what I really think (Susan Barrett, sue59@bellsouth.net, 1999-12-18)

DIETER last seen on White Bus (Sightings) (ghost, fading into the@background.com, 1999-12-18)

Y2K Alert for Southeast US (the Virginian, 1@1.com, 1999-12-18)

NASA Calls Off Shuttle Launch (G Bailey, glbailey1@excite.com, 1999-12-18)

Why only 40 underground bunkers??????????? (FLAME AWAY, blehman202@aol.com, 1999-12-18)

DRUDGE REPORT - ALL U.S. PORTS PUT ON HIGH ALERT (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-18)

GUYANA Cancels Flights + Water Didn't Make It! (another, country@toast.y2k, 1999-12-18)

O.T. BEYOND-Sumpin else to investigate (Pearly Whites, NOT!, Fluoridein@braincells.com, 1999-12-18)

Y2K Bug bites early in Iowa (LOON, blooney10@aol.com, 1999-12-18)

Mayor Dennis Archer Outlines Detroit's Plans for Y2K Rollover (Linkmeister, link@librarian.edu, 1999-12-18)

Virulent Flu for Y2K (got clue, about@y2k.flu, 1999-12-18)

Lets have a on-line poll about martial law starting on Dec. 28 (David Holladay, davidh@brailleplanet.org, 1999-12-18)

Elderly Parants (Infidel, Barbarians@thegate.net, 1999-12-18)

I am afraid I am losing my mind... (Jenny, Jenny@bipolar.huh, 1999-12-18)

Do you really want to say I told you so? (Rob Michaels, sonofdust@told.youso, 1999-12-18)

UK's Financial Services Authority plans Jan 1 Y2K status report at 0400 GMT (Linkmeister, link@librarian.edu, 1999-12-18)

Chevron Statement (Infidel, Barbarians@thegate.net, 1999-12-18)

Y2K Viruses - this site claims they are mostly hoaxes, prompted by Y2K envy (kermit, colourmegreen@hotmail.com, 1999-12-18)

The Blame Game (Stars and Stripes, stars_n_stripes@my-deja.com, 1999-12-18)

Why is everyone ignoring Mr. CEO????? (Orson Wells, wells@whitebulb.com, 1999-12-18)

San Onofre Power Plant (Cin, Cinlooo@aol.com, 1999-12-18)

Mormons Prepare for Y2K Worst (Mormons, are@smart.prepped, 1999-12-18)

Doomsday cults pose threat (hamster, hamster@mycage.com, 1999-12-18)

New Tax Act and Y2K (mike, maples@voy.net, 1999-12-18)

Italy's Prime Minister Resigns--Looks "OnTopic" to me (semper paratus, toast@italian.style?, 1999-12-18) FOX NEWS call-in about y2k (hamster, hamster@mycage.com, 1999-12-18)

OT- Reuters-Russis lowers its threshold for nukes (Annie, nanc@fiberia.com, 1999-12-18)

Wright Patterson AFB: 3 months of food and water... (sandi, sandihere@mailcity.com, 1999-12-18)

Why was the interesting thread on N-War DELETED?? (suspicious of this, inthebunker@alaska.com, 1999-12-18)

Tulip Mania (Ed, ed@lizzardranch.com, 1999-12-18)

INTERESTING... (Associated Press):Tests of Kosky's Info. Center haven't gone as well as hoped! (PJC, paulchri@msn.com, 1999-12-18)

A personal Y2K tale of three computers (John, jh@NotReal.ca, 1999-12-18)

This is a test; Its only a test......... (Sheri, wncy2k@nccn.net, 1999-12-18)

Did anyone see Tony Brown's Journal (Jimmy Bagga Doughnuts, jim1bets@worldnet.att.net, 1999-12-18)

Does anyone have some reasonable guesses as to whether the Internet will fail and for how long? (ebaydealer, Imakemyliving@onebay.com, 1999-12-18)

OT - Glory Hallelujah - My DWGI Sister-In-Law Is Now A GI - (snooze button, alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com, 1999-12-18)

Recent worldwide "terrorist" - related incidents? (Hawk, flyin@high.again, 1999-12-18)

December 31, 1999, 8:00 pm...Reports of power and phone outages around the world pouring in...What will YOU do? (GoldReal, GoldReal@aol.com, 1999-12-18)

Will the Truth please stand up! (ssoder@velocity.net, 1999-12-18)

George Washington's Vision (Allan, goshen@maine.IHope, 1999-12-18)

OT: Whoa! Just saw movie Arlington Rd. What did you think? (Sheri, wncy2k@nccn.net, 1999-12-18)

"Police braced for new year meltdown" - lead article in LONDON TIMES, 12/18/1999 (Jack, jsprat@eld.~net, 1999-12-18)

Secret Papers Reveal Little Known WWII Italian Hearings (spider, spider0@usa.net, 1999-12-18)

MIT's advisory on Y2K: Beware - Preparations are extensive (Michael Taylor,

mtdesign3@aol.com, 1999-12-18)

North Only Partially Wrong (Forrest Covington, theforrest@mindspring.com, 1999-12-18)

FBI more interested in affirmative action than terrorists (fred, fred@exagent.com, 1999-12-18)

Boston Meals On Wheels adds extra meal packages - "just in case" (Beached Whale, beached_whale@hotmail.com, 1999-12-18)

Uh Oh@!!! (Susan Barrett, sue59@bellsouth.net, 1999-12-18)

A Dummy Terrorist or a Decoy? (Kurt Ayau, Ayau@iwinet.com, 1999-12-18)

Y2K & MARTIAL LAW--INFO FROM MP STATIONED AT FT. HOOD, TX. (silver ion, addy@the.forumarchives, 1999-12-18)

Jon Huntress on Dr. Thomas Barnett (anonymous@poster.com, 1999-12-18)

INTRUDER ALERT?this just happened to me @TB2000 (Walter, on de rock@northrock.bm, 1999-12-18)

Wake up everyone - It is not happening! (Y2k Student, cai@flash.net, 1999-12-18)

Social Security payment for January???? (Fred M Clem, redball@techcomm.net, 1999-12-18)

By George, I think they've got it....finally..... (Ynott, Ynott@incorruptible.com, 1999-12-18)

24hr Internet discussion on Y2K (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-18)

The feds have unearthed a possible terror plot for a New Year's Eve bombing at Seattle's famed Space Needle (Uncle Bob, UNCLB0B@AOL.COM, 1999-12-18)

SHAUNTI FELDHEIM COMMENT ON ECONOMY (tt, cuddluppy@nowhere.com, 1999-12-18)

Springwater Woes in Boston (GreenThumb, greenthumb g.i.@i.g.i, 1999-12-18) OT- CNBC premature celebrating (lenny, chmielecki@worldnet.att.net, 1999-12-18)

Hopi Elder Speaks (Last=First@first.=last, 1999-12-18)

Thai Air grounds Y2K flight (hamster, hamster@mycage.com, 1999-12-18)

Wisconsin's "Command Center" is ready to rock! (Steve, hartsman@ticon.net, 1999-12-18)

Holiday Cards Thread I (Old Git and Sweetie--and Sooty, Polly, Minou, Ginger, Chris, Soc,

Rambo, Groucho and Woolly Bear, anon@spamproblems.com, 1999-12-18)

Y2K Parties Banned at Machu Picchu in Peru (Steve, hartsman@ticon.net, 1999-12-18)

Milwaukee TV station to have Y2k phone bank 12/28, volunteers needed (Steve, hartsman@ticon.net, 1999-12-18)

Where can I find the communication code words of CB radio? (James, Jim43@hotmail.com, 1999-12-18)

This "Digital Angel" stuff (Ron Schwarz, rs@clubvb.com.delete.this, 1999-12-18)

Do we have any Gold in Fort Knox or not??????? (Andy, 2000EOD@prodigy.net, 1999-12-18)

Did anyone else catch the Paula Zahn Y2k segment on Fox tonight? (Kristi, securxsys@cs.com, 1999-12-18)

Books or Websites online that should be downloaded for Survival CD (STFrancis, STFrancis@heaven.com, 1999-12-18)

Interesting: I Just Got To Test The Greenspun Ping (Diane J. Squire, sacredspaces@yahoo.com, 1999-12-18)

Paw Paw, Jean Lafitte, and the revenures (Nikoli Krushev, doomsday@y2000.com, 1999-12-18)

AP - "Tradition, simple lifestyle insulate isolated towns from millennium woes " - includes a Thought For The Day: "Nothing has changed. We will all go into the next millennium as sinners..." (John Whitley, jwhitley@inforamp.net, 1999-12-18)

-=| Dr. Seuss's opinion on Y2K |=- (Demius, Demius@quake.com, 1999-12-18)

Will This National Wholesale Plumbers Supply Go Tits-Up in 2000??? (SH, squirrel@huntr.com, 1999-12-18)

***Time to Loot*** (Rob, maxovrdrv51@hotmail.com, 1999-12-17)

PNC Bank in Pittsburgh Requires 24 hr. Notice for Withdrawal (Diana, healthy53@hotmail.com, 1999-12-17)

OT - DJIA shows no profit in 7 months, NASDAQ correction overdue? (Hawk, flyin@high.again, 1999-12-17)

It STARTS. Attn Gordon Gecko (Chuck, a night driver, rienzoo@en.com, 1999-12-17)

Dallas Texas, Channel 11 going to do a y2k segment (STFrancis, STFrancis@heaven.com, 1999-12-17)

Achmed Does Seattle (With a Bang) (Don Kulha, dkulha@vom.com, 1999-12-17)

OT for now. Something to keep your eye on (minnie mumwage, MyShiftIsOver@KidsRUs.com, 1999-12-17)

Small/Large business failures why?? or why not?? (Fuel boy, bschneid@netins.net,

1999-12-17) cpr's having a bad night, prefers "Loony Tunes" to "debunking" (Steve, hartsman@ticon.net, 1999-12-17)

Strategic Petroleum Reserve comment: significant or not? (D. Torrey, davidt@drtmastering.com, 1999-12-17)

Bank Withdrawal Rept. - "Hunky Dory" (minnie mumwage, MyShiftIsOver@KidsRUs.com, 1999-12-17)

A simple question (someone, someone@somewhere.com, 1999-12-17)

Bomb materials stolen!!! (Deb M., vmcclell@columbus.rr.com, 1999-12-17)

Quattro Pro (Richard Schmeling, bfs@dlcwest.com, 1999-12-17)

OT - To anyone that has sent private e-mail to y2kboard@yahoo.com in the past month or so, I'M SORRY! (Sysman, y2kboard@yahoo.com, 1999-12-17)

Screwed by drugstore.com re: antibiotics (bob, janebob99@aol.com, 1999-12-17)

A Gamer's Mini-Guide to Y2K (Steve, hartsman@ticon.net, 1999-12-17)

Gary North's Reality Check...lotsa reading, but says it all (fatanddumb, fatdumb@nd.happy, 1999-12-17)

O/T...question? (justwonderin', idiot@$9.99video.com, 1999-12-17) Kiss your as**s goodby. Another excellent Paul Milne post. (Ed, ed@lizzardranch.com, 1999-12-17)

OT:who wants to be president in 2000 with the zero year curse hanging over ones head (NOT ME) ((NOT ME), notme@never.net, 1999-12-17)

Newsletter from an Electrical Engineer: 18 Things That Can Go Wrong With Your PC (PJC,

paulchri@msn.com, 1999-12-17)

No withdrawls of bank's mistake (Homer B

eanfang, Bats@inbellfry.com, 1999-12-17) Notice from my Broker (DLJ Direct) (Cheryl, Transplant@Oregon.com, 1999-12-17)

Microsucks Y2K Help Sucks (A, A@AisA.com, 1999-12-17) Wary VIPs ground test flight (Bankok) (Homer Beanfang, Bats@inbellfry.com, 1999-12-17)

SALT....... (&&, &&@&&.&, 1999-12-17)

Dutch town insulated from Y2k woes (Homer Beanfang, Bats@inbellfry.com, 1999-12-17)

My ISP is down (spider, spider0@usa.net, 1999-12-17)

If the markets go off-line (Homer Beanfang, Bats@inbellfry.com, 1999-12-17)

Saddam not Y2K compliant or UN compliant (Gordon, g_gecko_69@hotmail.com,

1999-12-17)

Propane Indoors (&&, &&@&&.&, 1999-12-17) Map of European readiness (Wilferd, WilferdW@aol.com, 1999-12-17)

Factory I work at is DGI BIGTIME! (justme, justme@myhouse.com, 1999-12-17)

SEEDS!!! (&&, &&@&&.&, 1999-12-17)

Bump In The Road? Who cares! You're missing the point... (A.T. Hagan, athagan@sprintmail.com, 1999-12-17)

nuclear threat question pls respond (Jess, alisaunde@aol.com, 1999-12-17)

HERE IT GOES GAS PRICES (Jess, alisaunde@aol.com, 1999-12-17)

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), January 07, 2000

Answers

""The Artist" (formerly "Prince") says Y2K not a bummer (Anonymous99, Anonymous99@Anonymous99.xxx, 1999-12-19)"

Hey, "The Artist" (formerly "Prince") is right up there with Koskinen, de Jager and Krempasky. I don;t get it. They worked so hard and he just sat on a last-minute talk show and spouted off and yet HE WAS AS RIGHT AS THEY WERE!

There's something really suspicious about this...!

-- John Whitley (jwhitley@inforamp.net), January 07, 2000.

Cherri,

And your point is.....?

-- greeneyes (new@last.sight), January 07, 2000.

Cherri: Please do not post while drunk. Thank you.

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), January 07, 2000.

There is, I assume, a very obvious conclusion to be drawn from this list. Could someone tell me what it is?

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), January 07, 2000.

Posted by (206.232.24.58) Hoffmeister on January 07, 2000 at 07:09:25: Don't get me wrong. Anybody that feels the need to take their "pound of flesh" from the doomers should have at it. I almost wish I had the energy and motivation to take part.

Cherri's just trying to redeem herself with the Debonkers after they spanked her for her whacky off-topic religious views.

-- (Won't you B@my.neighbor), January 07, 2000.

-- the Virginian (1@1.com), January 08, 2000.