What is the absolute last place on earth you want to be at rollover?

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We've talked about where we want to be on 12-31-99 at 11:59 p.m. Now think about the worst place to be. My worst place would be the Dome of Rock in Jerusalem. There's no telling how many zealots would like to make Biblical prophecy come true by destroying that holy spot, and near midnight on the 31st would be a perfect time. Another bad place would be on one of those cruise ships that so many people are paying a premium to be on at midnight. What's your worst place to be?

-- Pearlie Sweetcake (storestuff@home.now), November 17, 1999

Answers

Short gasoline futures.

-- Downstreamer (downstream@bigfoot.com), November 17, 1999.

Washington, D.C.

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), November 17, 1999.

My worst spot would be in an office in the middle of Silicon Valley, where they view Y2K as a hugh non-event with You Knowwho@debunk.com

-- Greg (skipy1@prodigy.net), November 17, 1999.

7-11 in D.C. (of course!)

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), November 17, 1999.

Time Square New York City.

-- big headache (bigheadache@bigheadachee.xcom), November 17, 1999.


Antarctica

-- CD (not@here.com), November 17, 1999.

Calcutta, India.

-- John Ainsworth (ainsje00@wfu.edu), November 17, 1999.

Agree with headache... Times Square bad, home good.

-- Powder (powder@keg.com), November 17, 1999.

The moon.

-- (duh@duh.duh), November 17, 1999.

Worst place - Anywhere near a large metropolian center, especially downtown.

-- Deb M. (vmcclell@columbus.rr.com), November 17, 1999.


Times Square Moscow Hawaii Anywhere in Asia Northern tier of US etc......

There's no place like home!!!

-- Duke 1983 (Duke1983@AOL.com), November 17, 1999.


Stuck in the y2k bunker with Bill and Hillary Clinton.

-- impala (impala@wild.com), November 17, 1999.

work

-- sikodishit (axemansrv1@aol.com), November 17, 1999.

I would love to be in the Dome of the Rock. It's a beautiful mosque and must have a powerfully spiritual vibe. A good place to pray. Of course it might get blown up, which would be no fun.

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), November 17, 1999.

In any third world country where they will look for gringo scapegoats as their food imports from the US dry up and their societies collapse, especially in the Islamic world.

-- Ralph Kramden (And@AwayWeGo.com), November 17, 1999.


In the President's shoes!

Kook

-- Y2Kook (Y2Kook@usa.net), November 17, 1999.


Times square is a good one, also Italy(anywhere) or the pyramids in Egypt.

-- sandy (rstyree@overland.net), November 17, 1999.

100 ft in front of Paul Milne's front door.

-- Dave (aaa@aaa.com), November 17, 1999.

Anywhere there are armed men who accept orders from FEMA.

NYC, LA, Hawaii, Japan, Taiwan, most of Europe, Mexico City, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Miami, Saudi Arabia (when the desal plants go down) -- there are lots of other highly undesirable places IMO to be at rollover.

www.y2ksafeminnesota.com

-- MinnesotaSmith (y2ksafeminnesota@hotmail.com), November 17, 1999.


Hong Kong is the worst I can think of.

-- Mr. Anonymous (guess@ifulike.com), November 17, 1999.

The top of the Space Needle in Seattle. think of trying to climb down from there.....

-- Titania Baildon (tbaildon@yahoo.com), November 17, 1999.

At Y2K Pro's house. Don't want to be around people that will create chaos.

-- notme (bill@tinfoil.com), November 17, 1999.

In an airplane preparing to land at JFK

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), November 17, 1999.

Riding the DC Metro to the "Bill'n Hill Show" on the Mall.

-- Wilferd (WilferdW@aol.com), November 17, 1999.

On the Concorde flying over the Atlantic...

NYC, LA, Chicago, Houston, Miami, Detroit (murder capital), etc...

Actually, ANYWHERE in California, or the east coast...

barkin' at the monitor....

The Dog

-- Dog (Desert Dog@-sand.com), November 17, 1999.


Worst place?

Here at home, a few hundred kilometres downwind of the safety basket- case Igalina and the rest of Lithuania's nukes (second highest number of nuke facilities in Europe). But I'll be here anyway - fool that I probably am. Nowhere else to go, no money to do it with, too many people to take care of etc. That's life, I guess. Nothing new.

-- Put the kettle on, luv. Gonna be a long night. (resigned@t_home.com), November 17, 1999.


I'd not want to be in Hawaii.

-- Paula (chowbabe@pacbell.net), November 17, 1999.

The Top Ten Places Not To Be On New Years (by psychologist Denise L. Wright, Y2K Prep Booklet: "Don't Get Caught with a Pack of Cigarettes and a Forty Ounce: Your Personal Guide to the Y2K Solution" (www.mindset.com) --

At work, on the street, in an elevator, in a tunnel, at a concert, on a train, on a plane, in a hospital, on a boat, in prison.

-- (normally@ease.notnow), November 17, 1999.


Anywhere, if the infrastructure takes a hit!

But other than that it is a tie: D.C. or N.Y.C.

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), November 17, 1999.


Well Pearlie,

Dome of the Rock? Jerusalem? Zealots? Sniff sniff sniff.... government agent?

NYC, LA, or any other major metro area or anywhere outside the United States of America.

-- the Virginian (1@1.com), November 17, 1999.


Near a nuclear reactor that's been certified Y2K compliant.

-- Chester (mastrorilli@hotmail.com), November 17, 1999.

NNEEEEEEEEWWW YYAAAAHHHWWKKK CCIIIITTTAAAAYYY !!

Probably Brooklyn, stuck on an overcrowded gangland island with only a few possible escape routes.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), November 17, 1999.


In the bunker with Bill, Hillary, Al, Tipper and John Koskinen.

HEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPP! Get me out of here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- BigDog (BigDog@duffer.com), November 17, 1999.


Worst:In an intensive care hospital bed, on life support!

Best: By the pool, with my wife and a cold Fosters Lager!

RonD

-- Ron Davis (rdavis@ozemail.com.au), November 17, 1999.


Best place to be? Here at home, a few hundred kilometres downwind of the safety basket- case Igalina and the rest of Lithuania's nukes (second highest number of nuke facilities in Europe). I'll be here - fool that I am. Nowhere else to go, no money to do it with, too many people to take care of etc. That's life, I guess. Nothing new.

-- Put the kettle on, luv. Gonna be a long night. (resigned@t_home..com), November 17, 1999.

Mud-wrestling with the "King of Spain"

-- joan (joan@pizza.pie), November 17, 1999.

At ANY pollies house!

-- FLAME AWAY (BLehman202@aol.com), November 17, 1999.

Interesting that my first post was deleted....it contained no language, it addressed the topic (

What is the absolute last place on earth you want to be at rollover?

). The e-mail addy is real. Sooooo....what's the problem? Has this become an official "delete on sight" policy? Only those of the cult mindset need reply?

Jeeez, how is a guy going to have any fun laughing my @ss off at the y2kfreaks if I'm going to get deleted?

snif, snif.

-- Super Polly (FU_Q_Y2kfreaks@hotmail.com), November 17, 1999.


Super Polly you're a lyin' sack o' shit, that e-mail address is NOT real.

I think that's funny that you got deleted... bwaaaaahaaahaahaahaa!!

In fact, in order to save Diane the trouble, I think we should have Phil program the system to automatically reject all posts coming from known Polly ISP locations! Yeah, that's the ticket! LOL! :-)

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), November 17, 1999.


Dead

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), November 17, 1999.

It doesn't really matter where you are on 12/31/99 - 01/01/2000. Nothing is going to happen, except what has already been happening. The machinery didn't appear overnight and it won't go away overnight.

-- Damon Devine (ddevine@impulse.net), November 17, 1999.

Chernobyl...

I'll be glad to be in my outer island home on the garden island of Kaua'i, in the state of Hawai'i. The chickens will be laying by then, and the weather will be warm. I plan on going snorkeling!

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), November 17, 1999.


with strangers.

-- Berry Picker (BerryPicking@yahoo.com), November 17, 1999.

From: Y2K, ` la Carte by Dancr (pic), near Monterey, California

The Donner Pass (see my post on that thread)

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), November 17, 1999.


-- Iam (sickof@pompous.fools), November 17, 1999.

.....With this bozo - or anyone like he/she/it.

-- Patrick (pmchenry@gradall.com), November 17, 1999.


Driving thru Atlanta with a trailer full of last minute supplies and several 30lb tanks of lp gas and the family with me, and no handgun !

-- Furie (furieart@dnet.net), November 17, 1999.

Pearlie: If it turns bad on 1/1/00, for me it would be to see the eyes of my DGI friends who refused to prepare for an even remote possibility of problems. They would look at me for help and it will break my heart. With aging parents , children and grandchildren, my priorities with limited resources will not be encouraging to them. As Diane says: SIGHH!

-- Neil G.Lewis (pnglewis1@yahoo.com), November 17, 1999.

Any big city-center celebration.

-- Colin MacDonald (roborogerborg@yahoo.com), November 18, 1999.

Least Favorite Place to Be*************************************

Any Major Metropolitan Area--

Any Nuclear Facility or Nuclear Waste Facility--

Any Major Chemical Facility--

At the .govs Y2K Command Center (maybe as a fly on the wall ;-)

-- placesnottogo (karlacalif@aol.com), November 19, 1999.


Super Polly you're a lyin' sack o' shit, that e-mail address is NOT real.

I think that's funny that you got deleted... bwaaaaahaaahaahaahaa!!

In fact, in order to save Diane the trouble, I think we should have Phil program the system to automatically reject all posts coming from known Polly ISP locations! Yeah, that's the ticket! LOL! :-)

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), November 17, 1999.

Why are the doomidiots so consistantly wrong?

The e-mail is REAL (unlike YOURS). I have gotten E's from doomers and normal people alike. YOU would know this, Hawk, if you would e-mail me.

NOTE* this message has now been posted several times, and deleted each time. Since "Hawk" has no valid e-mail address to contact him, I would think it appropriate to respond here. The moderators (NOT "sysops" as they incorrectly refer to themselves) apparently disagree with that. I guess my funding to MIT will need to be severed. This is after all a public forum....my posts that are being deleted contain NO profanity (odd that the doomidiots are allowed to be abusive), they are ON TOPIC and my e-mail is real. What more criteria could you want?

Other than not being a cult member that is.

So....if this response could be left, until "Hawk" responds, it will save us BOTH the trouble of deleting, re-posting,deleting,reposting,....

-- Super Polly (fu_q_y2kfreaks@hotmail.com), November 22, 1999.


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