It seems that scorn for Y2K is not limited to the United States. The following is from the scandal / gossip column in the South China Morning Post (in Hong Kong).

The Millennium looms, paranoia grows, and people are starting to come up with top-10 lists of ways to prepare for the Millennium Bug. Here are our top picks from that one: Sell stock in Microsoft and AOL, invest everything in shotguns and bottled water. Open cheque accounts in dozens of different banks with no more than $20 in each and wait for a windfall. 

Link: http://www.scmp.com/News/Columns/Article/Column_asp_ArticleID-19991111021127345_NodeKey-IE2-2FCols-2FLaiSee.asp

-- Midas (midas_mulligan_2000@yahoo.com), November 12, 1999

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It's global.

"Interesting."

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), November 12, 1999.