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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

Rob writes:

> Something else 
> I saw in the y2k preps was an equal number of people who had all the 
> answers and knew nothing was going to happen.
> No one has a crystal ball that I know of, this author could be right. I 
> hope not.
> 

I was in the thick of that Y2K business, doing computer work then, that is.  
It was fairly clearly demonstrable that nothing was going to happen.  I thing 
the Y2K craze happened because so many people found it fun.

As far as "having answers" in these cases, I've found one measuring rod to be 
most useful --- tell us how it worked when you tried it ... oh you *haven't* 
tried it!?  During the Y2K debacle people told how they had their generators, 
and 55 gal barrels of water, etc. all ready.  I encouraged them to take a 
long 
weekend, go home and unplug the utilities - take out the main breaker and 
shut the water and gas off - and see how they fare.  Living one's answers is 
quite a different affair than musing about one's answers.

James