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Hi Barb, I've just returned from 5 months with no computer to find the LIST intact and you're still in charge of the important stuff...... You wrote: > Youuuuuuu Whooooooooo....... > All youse engineering-nit-picking-love-them-numbers-type-guys > are worrying about the WRONG THING with your "what year is > the REAL millenium year" posts. SNIP > The MOST important thing about the Year 2000 is NOT what it's called > or what's gonna happen to yer 'puter, but what you're gonna WEAR TO > THE PARTY! > Shhhhhhhhsh! GET REAL, fellas! <wee smirk> (and a giggle) > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] Well Barb, you certainly have this one right!! Who cares that the engineers and the "others" are each correct from their individual perspectives........ Lets get ready fer the parties!! I just glanced through my 10,000 back e-mails and see I missed your spot on the tube. Betcha looked great! Catcha later.......Murray -----Original Message----- From: Kleynscheldt, Gerrit <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 6:31 AM Subject: Re: Re More millenium stuff >I would think their first REAL problem arose after the first decade, when >one digit (9) was replaced with two (10). All the Abacuses in use had to >get an upgraded fRAMe. Desktops were now made of marble for more stability >under stress. This obviously called for more horsepower to deliver the >extra load. Palmtops became sweaty. > >Gerrit Kleynscheldt > >Tel: +27 21 947 8918 (Local 021 947 8918) >Fax: +27 21 947 1521 (Local 021 947 1521) > >Please note the following: >Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the integrity of this >communication cannot be guaranteed. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Anibal [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 3:43 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Re More millenium stuff > > Her's for my 2 cents. In light of the problems - confusion and >general > fol-de-rol concerning the Y2K her is my latest thought: > Imagine the problem the accountants etc had as the year 0000 >approached. Did > the Chinese have to throw out their old abacuses and get new ones >with an > up-to-date CPU? > How did the Romans handle the problem? What would the year 0000 be >in Roman > numerals > Sorry folks - I couldn't resist. > Bob Anibal > [log in to unmask]