sorry couldn't help myself. but seriously folks,,NORTH ATLANTA exxon station ...when i pulled up to my "brand new" neiborhood exxon station for gas and cigs this evening, all the pumps were covered with plastic bags. so, i ventured in for the later..and asked the my friendly neiborhood attendant for the smokes and asked him " whatz up! no gas?" he responded "no gas were out. we're expecting some more soon" then he pointed to a dummy terminal screen and it was blank. then without me asking he said in a thick nigerian accent " it must be y2k cause its been down twice in the this week" i laughed and told him (very sarcasticly) that he shouldn't say that because it might cause a panic. he laughed and said "its not panic its the truth" "haha" as nelson would say.

all the pumps were out ....i only noticed it once, and i have know a gas station attendant to strech the truth in the past so "don't panic" haha

my uncle drives a gas truck for bp/ammaco...i haven't talked to him in months and have not talked to him about y2k ...but i do remember him telling me that their dispatch system is automated down to the half gallon...and that the central station gets it orders from the stations via an inventory terminal at the station..it seems like they could tell at the terminal exactly how much the individual station tanks could hold at the time of dispatch...jit at its finest. this is probably real close to the way every petro company works???maybe, maybe not but to see that jolly nigerian say "its not panic its the truth" was worth every bit of the last 18 nail-bitting mos.

sorry for the spelling. someone

-- someone (sway4@yahoo.com), December 22, 1999

Answers

To answer your original question, I suppose if everyone stared at the moon at the same time, and if everyone farted at the same time, yes, it could cause a polar shift.

-- whatagas (whatagas@whatagasss.xcom), December 22, 1999.

Yes. Weather permitting, of course.

-- smfdoc (smfdoc@aol.com), December 22, 1999.

LOLOLOLOL !!!

-- Rob (maxovrdrv51@hotmail.com), December 22, 1999.

Can't see the moon (Drats!) too many clouds!! Still hoping for a camera visual scan from another post. Me, Myself, thought I have been totally "nut-so" for about same period of time. Thought this Forum was to deceive me ( it may prove to be). But the price I paid for gas this a.m., up to 1.44 from 1.32 last time I noticed. But what followed was more amazing. I went into another quick store for one pack of cigs. Luckily, they were on special at 2.50 (amerikan) a pack. Two real humans, behind counter, warn me that, come Jan, some guv-mit official is coming in to take inventory of all their cigs., and they have to pay an additional 1.00 (Merikan) tax for all inventory. What the Heck!! Didn't they pay taxes once (maybe triple-fold) already? Talked to fellow smoker @ work, about situation, maybe we grow our own. You can buy the filter tips, last I looked. Sorry, just trying to find my own humor in an economic situation that seems to be headed in hurting a lot of fellow humans. Ans if any of you "I am going to live for ever, unless I smell cigarette smoke and I croke" stupidos attempt to respond. You were dead, before you lived.

-- First Hand Witness (seenmyself@pricerise.com), December 22, 1999.

someone, I have no idea why they were hateful with that post, but seems to me these people think they own it... why, I do not know, but thanks for the info, and all you other sickos go to bed. HOPE THE PUNCTUATION WAS RIGHT

-- sandy (rstyree@overland.net), December 22, 1999.

The last time the moon was this bright was 133 years ago. It will be another 133 years before it is this bright again.

-- (TomWaits@zensearch.net), December 22, 1999.

A hoax or misunderstanding.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/19991222_xex_keep_those _h.shtml

-- Forrest Covington (theforrest@mindspring.com), December 22, 1999.

I say we all go outside when the moon is full and simultaneously drop trou. Sounds looney but let's moon the moon!

-- (governer@moon.beam), December 22, 1999.

I don't think it's enough to start a pole shift.

But it may be enough to get a few hungarians to stir around aimlessly.

-- Greybear (greybear@home.com), December 22, 1999.

So THAT'S what that big orb up in the sky is. It's the first time I've noticed it; 'course I live in Orygun.

ALK

-- Al K. Lloyd (all@ready.now), December 23, 1999.

No, Al. In Oregon, that pale glowing presence in the sky is the Sun. The Moon is never seen and is what makes the cloud cover so pretty and silvery on the few nights when you can go outside and not get wet. 8-}

I say this with great affection for the Northwest, as a "mossback" born and raised, now living in the most amazing climate in North America, namely San Diego.

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.hid), December 23, 1999.

It's no mistake that the thread just below this one is about the increase of drugs for the Millennium.

-- Sara Nealy (keithn@aloha.net), December 23, 1999.

govener -- MOOOONING THE MOOOOON? better not. might cause the grid to go down. with some folks, too much square surface--might be too bright!!!!

-- tt (cuddluppy@nowhere.com), December 23, 1999.

I think you only have to worry about the EM effects if you reflect the moonlight off of a tin foil hat first. ;)

-- Servant (public_service@yahoo.com), December 23, 1999.

Stop staring at us, primate scum!!!

-- Die hairless monkeys, die! (EBE@MoonDivision.orb), December 23, 1999.