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No one knows for sure, of course. But the nation's top Year 2000 guru says the transition from the 1900s to the 2000s shouldn't be much more inconvenient to the average person than a bad weekend snowstorm.

http://www.news-observer.com/daily/1998/12/05/tri10.html

-- fly . (.@...), December 07, 1998

Answers

Translation: Bad SNOW job.

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-- Leska (allaha@earthlink.net), December 07, 1998.


Ooooohhh ... oooooohhh, I've got the squelch:

Okay, Mr. Koskinen, let's put you out in a bad weekend snowstorm _without preparation_ -- no clothes, shelter, food, electricity, communications!

Let's make an appointment: January 1, 2000. Geographic center of United States (west of Castle Rock, Butte County, South Dakota).

See ya' there!

-- No Spam Please (anon@ymous.com), December 07, 1998.


And remember, Mr. Koskinen, _you_ specified that the snowstorm be

"bad".

-- No Spam Please (anon@ymous.com), December 07, 1998.


uh, wha...what? sorry, I must have wax in my ears... did someone say bad snow job?

Mike ===============

-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), December 07, 1998.


Also see: www.visit.internet2000-plc.com (scroll halfway down the page to see the pertinent info). It gives good, solid reasons why extremist views ala Gary North are wrong. Many will heave a sigh of relief!

-- Carol Pennington (verbatim@mci2000.com), December 07, 1998.


I really don't understand this, once you reach a certain point in life you either get wise or you fall in with the rest of the robots out there. Some reach that certain point in infancy, some on their deathbed.

I don't believe in y2k guru's, from what I've seen, heard, and read many of them don't have a clue.

Liken them to politicians if you will, the people who really *know* are on this forum.

-- Andy (andy_rowland@msn.com), December 07, 1998.


The author of the "Koskinen happy face" article is SUSAN KAUFFMAN , Staff Writer at news-observer.com and can be reached at susank@nando.com.

I suggest you send her an e-mail. I did.

I have a rather long media repsonse e-mail letter that I send off whenever I feel the need to "respond" to what is being Y2K covered or not covered. If you want a copy to "edit" so you have your own boilerplate newsmedia letter, just send me a request at sacredspaces@yahoo.com.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 07, 1998.


careful Diane, you keep doin' that stuff you're gonna end up on the same lists as all of us 'religious extremists' and 'gun extremists'...please bring at least two extra decks of playing cards as those of us who get busted first will probably have worn ours out by the time you get there....

Arlin

-- Arlin H. Adams (ahadams@ix.netcom.com), December 07, 1998.


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