The wait has been excrutiating. I have second guessed my preps daily. I cannot graps the size of the gap between the GI's and DGI's. In the past, I could follow a reasoned argument and was confident in my choices. But I have NEVER been sooooooooo far from the mainstream as I am today. In spite of all the discussions on this board about WHY Greenspan does what he does, and WHY Clinton does what he does, and WHY the media does that they do...I still come up befuddled that we can be soooooo right and 95% of our fellow Americans can be sooooooooo wrong.

I have been prepping since spring, and expected to not be able to find a breadcrumb by September. I've battled my husband and have been ridiculed by family and friends. My preps are not extensive...maybe 3 months depending on how many "refuges" we take in. I am not so concerned about surviving for years on end if TSHTF, but only in being here long enough to gather the chick's back home to share, love, encourage and help each other cope with the possibility of a limited future. My prayer is that I can be strong enough to be helpful to others (whatsoever you do...).

Am I crazy? Jenny

-- Jenny (Jenny@bipolar.huh), December 18, 1999

Answers

No your not crazy. If people were as aware as you , y2k wouldn't be a catastrophe, it would've been a BITR because everyone would be calm and ready for whatever will come. However, when it hits them and they understand what is going on , they will panic and it will be total havoc. The goverment is Actually helping Y2K to become a disastor by lying to the people and removing all kind of awarness about Y2K. Its all about the Stock market if they tell the people to get aware then investor would sell and the market will surely crumble, do you see a pattern here ? They are trying to survive themselves, but they are only making it worse. They are stuck .

-- Fred (fred11@aol.com), December 18, 1999.

Ya gotta hang in Jenny. Make yourself do something to get away from this computer and get your mind off of it. Leave the news off for a few days. Make the hubby take you out for an evening and get your head clear for a bit.

It can drag on you very badly if you let it. You have to give yourself the break so you can come back and look at it fresh later. You need it, you deserve it. It's not going anywhere (unfortunately) so given a few days off, you can be much more effective at analyzing what is left to do, if anything.

If you are done, try to leave it until you have to deal with it on the 30th. Ya have to relax girl. Please, for yourself and your family. They need ya in good health. Best wishes...

-- Rob (maxovrdrv51@hotmail.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny I feel just like you do. Your not crazy because if you are then I am also and about 1000 Plus are also. wil

-- wil (wil@sitcom.net), December 18, 1999.

Jenny -- sanity is relative, ambiguous, and overrated. Don't worry about being wrong at this late date. Enjoy the holidays, know that you've done what you can to help others, and relax. We'll all know more in a few days.

-- helen (sstaten@fullnet.net), December 18, 1999.

Jenny
I know too well what you're talking about, its the same with me, I greatly under estimated the stupidity of the masses. It amazes me that we'll going to hit the end of December with 98% of the population sound asleep.

Dan
who is also going crazy.

-- Dan G (thepcguru@hotmail.com), December 18, 1999.

Congrats Jenny, you have successfully pass another phase!!...---...

-- Les (yoyo@tolate.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny, if you're crazy, I'm crazy! I'll add to the "hang in there" comments. Those other "95%" are spending their money on God know what silly stuff. You're not. I'm sure that only a small fraction of the money and time you've spent will be "worthless" if it's only a BITR.

I also agree your comment about "2nd guessing" your preps. Man, I'm tired of doing that!...but it's hard not to.

Just remember that you're prepped and because of that should and can relax. And if you do end up beind "wrong" (uh huh) you can delight in that...while not having to run to the grocery store every 1/2 hour (smile)!

-- joe (joe@adeveloper.net), December 18, 1999.

Jenny, keep the faith, the evidence is overwhelming that y2k WILL BE a major problem. Pay no attention to those that offer up an empty plate of Polly/Troll speak. These folks know not what they talk of.

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), December 18, 1999.

Clinton spent $50 million on a bunker. I'm guessing that $50 million is a lot more than you spent. Is anyone calling him crazy?

-- impala (impala@wild.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny,

As much evidence as there is to the contrary, I still get the occasional feeling that Y2K may just be a BITR. The spinmeisters have done their job very well. As people have said, we (the prepared) can afford to be wrong about this. Can your neighbors?

I made myself a deal. If I am wrong about Y2K, as my penance, I will wear a tin foil hat and fix my family a dinner of rice and beans. We will all laugh at 'silly old Dad' and we will get on with our lives. No big deal.

If I am right about it, then we may be having lots of rice and bean dinners, minus the tinfoil hat. But at least there will be food on the table, the house will be warm, and my family will be safe. Either way, we will be alright.

-- Stars and Stripes (stars_n_stripes@my-deja.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny,

Ditto what helen said.

-- gary (a@a.cp,), December 18, 1999.

I know what you mean about the anxiety of the wait. I am afraid that the last few days are going to be even worse. What I have decided to do, besides cleaning out the remainder of by bank balance, is to take a little vacation. My wife and I are just going to be together that last week; not far from home mind you, but at least away from this hypnotic computer screen, transfixed by the countdown. Once you have done what you need to do as far as preparations, why worry? I like the phrase someone threw out awhile back: "Panic now before the rush." So really, for those who have prepared, our panic is over, theirs' is just fix'n to begin.

-- Wild Weasel (finally@theend.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny,

I'm feeling just like you. A little wacky these days each time I fill up my trunk with God-knows-what. Have another trunk load right now. I'm anxious. However, we buy all kinds of insurance for things that will most likely never happen, so why not insure ourselves against something that could be so serious and for which we have warning. In reality, we're not the dummies, everyone else who's doing nothing are the dummies. I hope they've all practiced their "mooing." If nothing happens (unlikely I think) then we have extra food (save $$ next year), and can give some to the poor etc (all those canned veggies I hate).

You're not alone! nuttygirl

-- nuttygirl (feelinutty@nuts.com), December 18, 1999.

Thank you for the encouragement all. It never ceases to amaze me how far a few kind words can go toward making a person feel less "alone" and comforted! And we don't even know each other!

The advice IS good. I have tried on many occasions to stay away from this forum, but am always drawn back. Think I will take some time off...

Tomorrow is the day my husband and I turn 12 loaves of day old bread and alot of Blue Bonnet Margerine into to about 24 bags of WONDERFUL garlic toast to hand out to family, friends, and co-workers during the holiday season. That will take most of the day. Thank You

-- Jenny (Jenny@bipolar.huh), December 18, 1999.

Thanks for your post Jenny. The other folks here have said it very well. You have prepared to the limit of your abilities and now it is all over but the waiting. It can be utterly agonizing! The temptation to second, third and even fourth guess your preps is overwhelming. Osessive/compulsive review really is not necessary. You did your best, now get some rest. Clear your head. Soothe your soul. If the residents of this forum are correct, as I believe they are, you will need to be in top form in just a very few days.

Take care and enjoy the Christmas holiday.

-- Irving (irvingf@myremarq.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny,

We are all crazy; we are several standard deviations from the norm of this rinky-dink y2k DWGI national bell curve.

Your household sounds like mine.

I asked my sign. other to "chip in" on the rations and instead got ridiculed today for wasting my money on "crap".

-- Hokie (va@va.com), December 18, 1999.

I am feeling the same as you Jenny. I have loads of preps and I feel foolish sometimes just looking at some of the things I have until I see my family actually using them. I have never given buying all the food a second thought though. It has already proven to be a great time and money saver. My dh and family at first were giving me hell about my prep buying until I told them straight up, to shut up. No more problem. My dh still thinks it is unneccessary but he knows I am doing it for my peace of mind. I have a friend who goes to the gambling boats every weekend and is always pestering me to go. I told my dh I could be spending money on the boats instead of food and usefull items. He began to understand a lot more. I told the rest of the relatives that I didn't say anything about them not preparing because frankly I didn't care if they do or don't. A few started preparing because of that statement. I have enough preps to take care of all the children of these close by relatives but they don't know it.

-- Carol (glear@usa.net), December 18, 1999.

ME TOO

I was in the local mall today, actually shoping in Sears but looking at all the other shops and at what people were buying. I could scream.

I am a Western Square Dancer. A couple of weeks ago, one of my club members tried to sell me tickets to a big regional dance coming up in March. I told him the dance would not happen. He said "Why not?" I said because even if Y2K is not fatal, it will be hard to get people to travel 120 miles on $3.00 gas.

Hang in there everybody TWO WEEKS TO GO.

-- woody (woody11420@aol.com), December 18, 1999.

I can totally relate - I was just saying to myself today the same thing - I must be crazy. My DWGI spouse knows I'm prepping, but not nearly the full extent. Today, in a basement crawlspace, I filled two 300 gallon water bags. If she knew, she would certainly say I've lost it. If Y2K is just a BITR (which I highly doubt,) she'll never need to be aware of these. Regardless, I can now sleep better knowing they are there (same with the firewood outside, and the extra foodstuffs in the basement.) The more clueless the rest of the world is, the more I feel I need to prep...I'm afraid I'll only stop purchasing when the store shelves are bare - I'm addicted to prepping.

-- Ford Prefect (bring@your.towel), December 18, 1999.

You know folks,I was sort of feeling sorry for myself, and my loved ones because we cannot, like the rich and privileged hide in a bunker when all hell breaks loose. Then I began thinking, all those guys will have to make a very big decision. They will be given a quota, only two or three will they be able to take with them into the hole in the ground. They will have the decision to make, whom do I love the most, who do I leave behind? Of course if all hell does break loose and a nuke fries us, we will be history, but they will come up knowing they cosigned their loved ones to burn. Worse still, if nothing happens, and it is a "non-event," when they come up out of their hole, they will have to face those they decided to leave behind. Who pray tell is better off, they who must make this terrible decision, or us who will be nuclear dust?

-- Notforlong (Fsur439@aol.com), December 18, 1999.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and this has proven throughout time to be a very sound approach.

Sanity is relative yes, but just because the majority chooses to behave one way does not make the minority insane. I realize this is difficult to fathom because the numbers are so overwhelmingly against us, but in this case I think the rest of the world is insane, and we are the ones who are choosing the sanest approach. There are some real problems that result from the instant-gratification form of lifestyle being practiced by the masses, and in most cases the fact is that they are just too consumed by their materialistic pursuits to realize what their real priorities should be. They are losing touch with reality, but hopefully Y2K will bring them back down to earth.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), December 18, 1999.

Jenny,

Thanks for the post. I am in the same place in life that you are. My family will not give me hard time either way.... but I am giving myself a hard time (just a little).

I needed to hear other people are having the same self-doubts. I am not ready to sit back and take a rest. Enjoy the holidays. Not worry. Not fret. Not read. I am done! Done. I can now relax.

I am going to spend the next week/maybe two....praying. Not for the Y2k situation.... but for peace, joy, and the ability to relax, have fun, and enjoy life.

I guess this is my good-by. It is hard to say. You all have tought me SO much. I would not be where I am today if it had not been for you. I thank God for you. Please be well. Take no chances. Have peace.

-- bulldog (sniffin@around.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny, I'm use to craziness. Would your family be upset with you if you were preparing for an earthquake, hurricane, etc? Y2K is something that we have never experienced, it's a test run to a potential disaster. If you set your craziness aside, what have you lost in preparing? Certainly not your mind. What I have lost, is my fear of not being able to get toilet paper, I'm well covered in that area (no pun intended).

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny, Remember Noah. Some of us are marching to a different drummer. I think the best case we can expect is significant inflation, in which instance, we will have our food that will help us through. But, that aside, we do what we believe. That's not crazy; that's the way it's supposed to be. Very best to you and yours and all the other forum people.

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny

I have been going nuts thinking the same thing. I have Y2K preps that are almost certainly way overboard (but 90% useful even if nothing happens). I had the opportunity to go to an owner's suite at an NFL game tomorrow. I wrestled with it. Dream of a lifetime. My favorite team.

13 days until rollover...

Dammit, I'm going to the game, and I'll work 33 hours a day, if necessary, to make up for it.

Last hurrah? Maybe. But even the doomer gloomers should take some time off and just have some fun.

Do it now.

-- Dog Gone (layinglow@rollover.now), December 18, 1999.

It's not so bad. Take it from one who's been crazy for decades. It's kinda refreshing, in a wierd sort of way.

Y2Kook

-- Y2Kook (y2kook@usa.net), December 18, 1999.

Even though I believe the other 95% are going to be a lot closer to correct, I find that I can't stop stockpiling stuff either. It's been a habit for too long by now, and it never seems to hurt to have more than you need, especially of stuff you use up anyway.

I'm trying as hard as I can to look forward to a year of "mystery stew". Not to mention the use of a couple of rooms again.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), December 18, 1999.

TP!!! Bardou, I keep forgetting the TP!!!

-- helen (sstaten@fullnet.net), December 18, 1999.

Boy, Jenny, can I relate to feeling crazy. Yes, I felt crazy when I was scampering off between classes to run into the conference room and call to order my potassium iodate. I felt crazy tonight in Wal- Mart spending almost 200 dollars on camping type stuff, thick socks, waterproof leather boots for my daughter, trail mix, etc. when everyone around me was buying cheap Christmas crap and there were LOUD Christmas carols on the intercom. I wonder why the hell I have developed this second sight in the last year and a half. I stand on the aisle in the Wal-Mart and literally GASP when I realize that ALL of the bottled drinking water is GONE. Literally. All there is are a few bottles of the carbonated flavored crap. I look around and feel even crazier when I see NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO NOTICE!

Tonight we had tons of stuff covering the den floor b/c we were finally putting together our ruck sacks should we need to bug out. The hubby was in the Army being all he could be for 11 years and it has truly come in handy. I never knew you could use so many Zip-lock bags. It felt a little crazy.

He bought me BDU's for Christmas. That was weird. I bought him a CB radio. Santa is bringing our daughter (among other, cooler things) a couple of Barbie toothbrushes in her stocking.

I am reading Angela's Ashes, which is making me feel more sad and desperate. My fingernails are bitten down to nothing and I almost completely do not care how I look anymore.

However, those who said you need to take a break from it, if only for your own sanity, are right. Tonight we are going to watch only FUNNY stuff on TV (or videos) and eat some popcorn. Sometime before Christmas we are going to see a movie w/a couple of movie passes I got at work. Ya gotta take a deep breath.

I got a book called Learn to Meditate and am reading it and trying it. It is great. Praying a lot. Got to go...........everyone hang in there!

-- preparing (preparing@home.com), December 18, 1999.

I have an AR-15 with a night vision scope, a year and a half of food, and enough salt to turn Lake Michigan into an ocean...and I am a cellist with a major orchestra!!!! Talk about feeling nuts! I'm with you there...

-- Orson Wells (wells@whitebulb.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny...

Thanks for making me feel like I am not the only "crazy" one out here! I have made the preps in spite of the comments of the people who say it is not necessary. I feel good about what I have done. Better to have prepared for the worst and experienced the best. I can always give anything extra I have to a shelter after the fact. I joked with my hubby this afternoon about after the first we will have y2k days, when I make dinner only from cannned foods! He chuckled. Have a happy holiday and try to think positive. Peace to you and your family.

-- star (star@catchone.com), December 18, 1999.

From one crazy to another,FWIW,here's my usual day. Get up Rush to computer to see if the stock market crashed yet or if some chemical company blew up. No, darn it! Go feed 187 chickens, 10 horses, 4 goats, and 4 cows. Milk 1 cow. Grumble under breath " If y2k is nothing, this cow is going to be dried up immediately, 180 chickens are going in freezer, I'll give the goats away. I wonder if Salvation Army will take rice and beans in 5 gallon buckets?" Take eggs and milk to house to process. Rush to computer to check gold prices. They suck again!!! Listen to McAlvaney report while processing milk and get suitably scared again. Put horses back in again and inform them about the French and their taste for horse meat. Wave at farmer who thinks I'm a tinfoil crazy-he's right. And on and on. Feel better now? God bless

-- morgan (bitbybit@eoni.com), December 18, 1999.

Jenny, my "mind" was lost many moons ago. This has not been the most stellar moments , of my lifes ambition. I have been "crazed" for eighteen months, while my Husband called me a "Loon" at every turn. I may be a "LOON". BUT..., I have have much water, in accumulated bottles, and I have basic food for children.

-- Bank to Basics, No McDanolds (alsoloom@ lunacy.com), December 19, 1999.

if y2k is a bust or a major event, you are prepared, i worry that people will abandon the way of life that they have learntin all this effort. we moved our family to new hampshire to expand and continue a life of prepareedness. i have studied preparedness for the past 12 years. not because of y2k(didn't understand the implications until august), but because i truly believe that everyone should be prepared to take care of themselves in their homes for at least a month. because of this we have gotten through hard times using our backups, as well as power outages, storms,etc.we are blessed in many ways to live in this country, even with all it's faults, howeverwe need to understand that the "can't happen here" attitude, won't help us when it does. the world is a very unstable place, and sooner or later it will spill over to our country, we should always be prepared to take care of ourselves and not have to rely on the government or anyone else to come and save us.you never know what is around the corner. i keep hearing the attitude that if nothing happens people will give their preps to charity. while it is an admirable thing, please reconsider.the comfort that you feel now because you are prepared for this known event, should continue always knowing that you are ready to face what ever comes your way.please keep that safe feeling by making this responcible choice a way of life. thank you and be well.

-- laura cavallari (ladygoat13@aol.com), December 19, 1999.

Jenny,

You know, your post actually shows that you've been using your mind; the opposite of losing it. It's just scary being one of the very, very few who are doing so, and I think you're just feeling the effects of that. Hang in there, girl.

-- eve (123@4567.com), December 19, 1999.

Jenny, sounds like we're all in the same boat. I was telling my GI son-in-law, the other day, that if some DGI would see my basement, he would say I'm one of those eccentric old ladies who have accumulated too much of everything from t.p. to food! But, hoping Y2K will just be a BITR, we can share it with others, if things go well. On the other hand, the way things are going, if we don't wind up with a severe recession (or depression) we could be defending ourselves from the Chinese, so it would be prudent to keep at least some of our stash!

-- Jo Ann (MaJo@Michiana.com), December 19, 1999.

Hi Jenny. Yesterday I went out and spent 36 scarce dollars on a piece of glass for my woodburning stove, so we can see the flames. This is good comfort. As I drove around (next stop: HomeBase for a bag of lime) I listened to music. Rock and roll. It was great to let go of IT and enjoy the day.

You've done good work, Jenny. Hang in there. You're thinking right, to, in my opinion, bout feeding "refuges." My family has about 6 months of food, but I am prepared to feed my neighbors. Can't build a wall high enough to keep 'em out if they want in (unless you got tons o' $$$$ which I don't.)

If you care to read what it's been like trying to organize a community, check out my history of community preparedness on my website You might find this rather entertaining, and will confirm the idea about he thickheadedness of 98% of the people out there, especially local officials: Clinton bone connected to the Koskinen bone, Koskinen bone connected to the Senator bone.....

-- johno (jobriy2k@yahoo.com), December 19, 1999.

You did the right thing.

-- Paula (chowbabe@pacbell.net), December 19, 1999.

Dear Jenny,

You are very normal, in the old sense of the word. Today's "normal" disappeared over the horizon and left people like us behind. That's why we don't FEEL normal.

When I was about 7 years old my mother made me gather pig's guts fom a real live cow manure pile. Cooked them. Ate them. Or we would have starved to death. Literally. I'm now retired, but I'm healthier and have more stamina than most 17 year olds. Menatlly and physically.

The masses are not only diconnected from Y2K reality, but also about most everything else. Too many reports in the news are about people's strange, modern behavior.

You are totally correct about your observations, and are very sane. You are only sitting in giant coockoo's nest.

The question is:

Was this nest created intentially in Orwellian fashion, or was it a spontaneous result of technology, with greed, racing too far ahead of man's ability to adjust to it? Or both?

Wish I could be of help.

-- Not Again! (seenit@ww2.com), December 19, 1999.

Jenny, I think you have reason to feel PROUD. I hope you are unflinching in your commitment to assign yourself some credit here. It's not easy to withstand the powers of conformity, and you've done it, against staggering forces and odds.

As a keep against feeling crazy or foolish, remember that you can give all your preps to the hungry if this is a bitr, and share some of what you have with them if this breaks badly.

Either way, you've 'done good' for your loved ones and others by keeping your ear close to the ground, and having the courage to trust your instinct.

Take your preps as a measure of your strength. Think of the hungry, be it your family or others (where these preps will ultimately end up no matter which way this breaks). Consider the idea that there's reason to be thankful to your angels, but also quite proud of yourself for listening to them.

-- (resolved@this.point), December 19, 1999.

Thank you everyone who has written on this thread. It has been a wonderful experience gathering-up all of this encouragement. I will go to sleep tonight saying a prayer for each and every one of you.

God bless you.

ps: the garlic toast turned out wonderfully.

-- Jenny (Jenny@imok.now), December 19, 1999.

Don't be spinning, Jenny.

-- dinosaur (dinosaur@williams-net.com), December 19, 1999.

Aloha Jenny!

Most of us have been there and felt the same way. I have some advice for you. Stay off the comptuer, and stay away from ALL of these y2k sites!!!!! They are depressing!!!!! Go out and just enjoy your life, if it all goes bad at least you had some good fun before, stop wasting your life reading all of this depressing crap here on this board!!!!!

These people may be right, they may be wrong? You did what you had to do, go live, my friend go live your life today, let tomorrow take care of its self:)

Love, Lokelo

ps. remember to "do what LOVE would do always"

-- lokelo (lokelo@hotmail.com), December 20, 1999.

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

Jenny: Congratulations! By preparing you prove that you actually have a mind of your own. The voices you hear, that sound like you're losing your mind, are the voices of peer pressure. They get shriller the more you deviate from the mainstream. When you go mindlessly with the flow, you may as well be a fish. Be happy you have a mind to lose!

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), December 20, 1999.

What CAN I say, 'DITTO' to ALL, it's a difficult call, sit back, relax, QUE SERA SERA, all the best to all of you!

ClairD.

-- Clair Davis (cdavis@ozemail.com.au), December 20, 1999.

Say, Jenny. Fax over some of that garlic toast, will ya? Smells might good to me. [grin]

-- (resolved@this.point), December 20, 1999.

You done good Jenny...all you have done is prepaid some expenses. My wife and I started our preps a year ago. My wife and I come from a somewhat deprived background. It's the simple things in life that count most...not the BMW etc...You exercised sound judgement, if something does go haywire....your covered you butt as best you could. I would be the last person to ask some government employee for a hand out. I'll let that to the people driving overpriced SUV's and maxed out credit cards.

-- done deal (zztop@epix.net), December 20, 1999.

There was a behaviorist (Skinner?) who warned that people were getting farther and farther away from what was really important, and he was concerned at some point they would lose touch completely. I think that day has come. The fact that people would laugh at you for taking precautions that all of our ancestors took shows that they have lost touch with what is important. Consider that JIT is a relatively modern invention - this century, I would say. I don't think anyone is crazy, just most people have lost touch.

-- Amy Leone (leoneamy@aol.com), December 20, 1999.

I'd rather be crazy than dead...

-- Ludi (ludi@rollin.com), December 20, 1999.

The wait is almost over, it has been stressful for those who got scared and then calmly dug in and found the good news that entities finally became aware and started getting fixed. Then more and more areas finally finished their remediation and tested, found errors and worked on them. Then there are those who cannot comprehend how it is possible that every error could be found and fixed. It is overwhelming to comprehend that possibility. Others can comprehend the possibility, just think about daylight savings time, so many clocks and devices that use clocks, including computers. It takes almost every individual adult to be aware and "fix" the problem, or set the clock forward or back, and some are missed, causing problems. But it gets done. Think of the Y2K error in the same light, it seems enormous but can be done.

The fact that we have never had to do something as enormousas this is frightening in itself, than add to it the fact that the number of people who can comprehend and work on the problem is tiny compaired to the population. One day the news looks good, the next you read something that looks like there is no hope. The fact that there are people who, for whatever reason, like to twist everything into bad news, does not help the average person who cannot tell that it is "BS" feel more confident about the outcome.

Now the time is getting close to the event and tensions are running higher every hour. It's difficult to trust your own thinking process when you are confused and scared at the same time. That is why a lot of people have dug their heels in and refuse to consider any view other than the one they have, they reject input from either camp. It is a form of self-preservation. It is our minds way of protecting itself from breaking down completly. No matter the outcome, I think we are all ready for it to just be over.

There will be a lot of emotional problems after, even if everything turns out ok.

Like if you car gets stuck on a train track and time seems to go in slow motion as you try to get the car off of the tracks and into safety. You will have had a chemical overdose in your effort to get to safety, When you finally reach safety, your chemical makeup goes in the opposite direction and you get "shocky". (Maybe Ashton & Leska can explain this better).

After the new year there is a period before spring where large amounts of people get depressed, some from the anti-climaticness after Christmas and new years. There will probably be a much bigger negitive reaction. I hope there is something that can be done to defuse this problem.

Personally I'm getting sick of all of these adrenelin rushes. Some people will ave become addicted to them and need "problems" to keep them going.

Millennium Madness .. it is a little known fact that the Millennium Bug spends part of its life-cycle in the human brain. The parasites are shown here wreaking havoc among the neurons. Infested individuals see apocalyptic visions and are prone to hoarding behaviour.

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), December 20, 1999.