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-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

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Hi Spider - Thanks for the great site! Here's hoping that there'll be many more posts to come...

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Yeah, thanks spider! Hope we get this rolling.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Hi!

Been lurking at the other Y2K boards (spinoff, ezboard) since January. Haven't had much to say, but I'm glad to see another try at what TB2K used to be once upon a time.

Uh, that is the general plan, isn't it?

Either way, thanks, spider!

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Hey there!

Good to see you all here! Spidey read my(our) mind(s). I've been checking in on the Yourdon site recently to see what like-minded others think about recent events, but haven't found much.

Very glad to still be working our way through preps, plan to re-stock this fall for this winter. Y2k changed our lives (that is, mine and my partner's--ditto our kids). It's very nice to be able to write that to people who won't think I'm a complete nutbar.

Best, Paula (oh funky, I'll get to be silver ion again).

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Also, I'd like to invite people to correct
me when I'm off-base. I appreciate being
directed towards more factual information.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2000

Wow, a blast from the past. I had checked in a couple times at the old bb and felt a Cold Shoulder.

Well, in our household we haven't bought toilet paper since last Dec.!

What amazes me about the Y2K experience, still, is how those who read nothing and prepared for naught had it "right," and we who studied so hard, and, in some instances like myself, actively went out into our communities, had it "wrong." And I mean this in the sense that so many "experts" had it "wrong" too. I am still baffled about why Russia and Italy didn't suffer technological collapse.

When I try to come up with a moral for it all I guess it would be: try to carefully discern fact from speculation, don't rely on the crystal ball, be prudent, be prepared for emergencies....

One man I know who helped out in our community Y2K group installed photoelectric and a wind generator on his house, not just because of Y2K but he as that kind of self-sufficient bent. And now, many here in California must envy the heck out of him, as our days have been hot and the threat of rolling brownouts and/or blackouts have often loomed. But his man will always have power for his home.

The only thing I regret about it all is that, if I could have done anything differently, I would have changed my public rhetoric. Hindsight shows it was alarmist, but I WAS alarmed, and with good cause because I trusted the experts. And, actually, there still is a lot to be alarmed about in our world today. Nothing really has changed about our economy, our dependence on oil, on cheap foreign labor, on the (often willing) ignorance of the masses and their ability to manipulated.

No doubt the Y2K adventure was an incredible learning experience for the US government. In the future, if an huge disaster occurs, like an economic collapse, I don't think we'll have to worry about discontented mobs rising up to challenge the ruling classes.

Thanks Spider for opening this forum up. I look forward to reading some good words here.

PS I have two nifty websites up. a novel in progress: http://tompepsi.homestead.com and especially of interest perhaps to California drivers: http://trafficschool.homestead.com

-- Anonymous, September 21, 2000

Hi JohnO, Did you finish your online book?
Do you have a link?

-- Anonymous, September 21, 2000

Hi gang! I'm looking forward to the discussions and glimmers of truth about what did or didn't happen. I'm so glad to have the preps, the new mindset, and a jump on preparing for other problems that could be coming our way.

-- Anonymous, September 21, 2000