Yeah Baby!! Back in full effect...1600 Hours...Lets get it goin'!

-- Billy Boy (Rakkasan101st@Aol.com), December 30, 1999

Answers

Sir, reporting for duty, Sir...

Blessings...

-- STFrancis (STFrancis@heaven.com), December 30, 1999.

Here, with drink in hand.

-- Screamin' Demon (prepper@abouta4.com), December 30, 1999.

Here and very Happy, thanks Phil!!!!

-- Helium (HeliumAvid@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.

Present

-- DaveW (dwood@southwind.net), December 30, 1999.

HERE!!

-- Hatti (klavine@tco.com), December 30, 1999.

Accounted for an present. Now everybody lets here the latest from your corner. What the hell is happening out there?

My god I now know what a pilot must feel when he's "flying blind". Don't care for the feeling at all.

-- Intersted Spectator (is@the_ring.side), December 30, 1999.

Big, hearty thanks to Phil! Now down to business.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), December 30, 1999.

Been all over the country yesterday, today, Humpty, Texas, etc.

-- james hyde (hydesci@gte.net), December 30, 1999.

I'm here too

-- Jean (jmacmanu@bellsouth.net), December 30, 1999.

Here!

I am truly amazed. I really never expected to see TB back. Heres hoping I am wrong about a whole bunch of other stuff too.

-- River Soma (riversoma@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Here til' the bitter end. (kinda new her) but still a supporter... Carry on Rakkasan!!!! the 101 Rulez

-- J' Vato (disaster@midnight.com), December 30, 1999.

Here. Again.

-- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@back.home), December 30, 1999.

Here!!

-- gary (a@a.com), December 30, 1999.

HERE! loooong lines at gas stations here, people in my small rural town grocery store seem to have lots of TP and durable goods in their carts. OT- wierd weather here, been foggy since the 23rd and cold, all is covered in frost and the sky matches the trees matches the ground, but no snow! very strange and getting depressing.

Laurie

-- Laurie in Idaho (laurelayn@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.

here... and even glad to see ol' Doomer... (I think) :)

gp

-- georgia peach (the.patch@worldnet.att.net), December 30, 1999.

I'm still not here, but the email address is still real.

I wonder how many will find their way back.

I was very close to writing off the forum completely.

-- nothere nothere (notherethere@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.

I went grocery shopping at about 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis and 2 people shopping made comments to me about stocking up on food for Y2K. One woman said she was afraid. The store was packed by the time I left at 10:30 a.m. so I'm very glad I went early. I think people are just going out for some last minute things (I'm optimistic I know). A local TV station was live in a man's home who just started making preps 2 weeks ago. He had standard food, water, medical supplies but the most unsettling piece of preparation was his GUN and the camera zoomed in on it several times. Here's hoping no one will have to use a gun. ~Diane

-- Diane (DDEsq2002@juno.com), December 30, 1999.

Here -- haven't gotten much typing for money done the last 24 h but have spent an awful lot of time typing and searching -- thanks for helping everyone get back together again.

-- claurann (claurann@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Here, near celebrationless Seattle. Good to be back!

-- Don (whytocay@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.

Greetings. Glad to see you all again. I went to several stores this morning. I noticed batteries were low, but not depleted. Spring Water was low, but there was alot of drinking water. Gas stations were not extra busy. At Fred Meyer they were all out of lamp oil. So I went across the street to K-Mart and there was alot of it. Same thing with propane. The Dow and NASDAQ fell slightly today but not much. Now I've had enough being serious, going bact to troll mode again.

-- Butt Nugget (catsbutt@umailme.com), December 30, 1999.

here!

-- Bob (bob@bob.bob), December 30, 1999.

For the time being.........

-- kevin (innxxs@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.

My girlfriend just called from the bank line and told me that she was waiting there for at least a half hour before she got up. She also noted that the people in front of her were withdrawing money. And its not payday around here for most. She said it looks worse then a typical Friday afternoon.

-- J' Vato (disaster@midnight.com), December 30, 1999.

Here and ready:Preparing for lurking mode.Thank God were back, and right before the big hour!(There's no place like Home!!)

-- LuckyDog (noplace@like.home), December 30, 1999.

Here! Are we almost there yet?

-- Jim Baughman (jsb27@juno.com), December 30, 1999.

Still hammering away. Glad to see this again. Thought mud wrestling was gone forever.

-- Carpenter (Staying@home.com), December 30, 1999.

Are we fickle people or what? Those folks over at texasnetworks have killed themselves for the last 36 hours to accomodate us...and we are betraying them big time.

aren't you ashamed?

-- gasping (cant @believe its true.com), December 30, 1999.

Here, pouring champagne for Ed, Phil & his pardners, Sysops, et al.

PARTY DOWN gang! Ya done good.

-- (resolved@this.point), December 30, 1999.

Sincere thanks Phil and Ed. Couldn't do without you.

-- (Homealone@Home.net), December 30, 1999.

I'm so mad about that 'Don't Top Off Your Gas-Tank' Thing, that not only did I top off the gas tank on my fleet of 300 vehicles, I pumped an extra 3 gallons of gas on the ground for each vehicle. Around the time I started pumping gas for my Armored Personnell Carrier (vehicle #96) I got bored and started spraying other customers with gas. Kind of like a war with water hoses, only this was with gas. Apparently some older lady didn't think this was very funny because she belted me upside of my head.

I had to finish pumping the rest of my fleet at another gas station. Then I thought I'd show TPTB a thing or two by hoarding all of the candy bars in their snack shop. If anyone wants a bottle of Coke or a Butterfinger I'll be glad to e-mail you one!

-- Butt Nugget (catsbutt@umailme.com), December 30, 1999.

Taz here...who feels like she has ALREADY been around the world and the trip doesn't even start until 5am tomorrow!!!

-- Taz (Tassi123@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Here! Wow, I still can't believe it!

-- eve (123@4567.com), December 30, 1999.

Yes Sir!

Reporting in! Ready for anything (or nothing..).

-- Bryce (Bryce@nospam.com), December 30, 1999.

I'm here. I'm not sure my sanity will be if we have to go through this again though...

-TECH32-

-- TECH32 (TECH32@NOMAIL.COM), December 30, 1999.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! For bringing this site back up. Sure missed you all!

Reporting from northern Indiana. Columbia City Super Walmart completely out of propane - warehouse out. Last pallet of water was set out yesterday. Everything else is plentiful. ( I was not scheduled to work today so can't say what is there today.) The pharmacy is filling an average of 500 prescriptions per day. Some of this is due to a flu epidemic in this area but a lot are preparation for Y2K.

Side note - Our pharmacy got a memo from the home office two weeks ago to find personnel available to home deliver medications after the first of the year?? - has all the pharmacists stumped. Our supervisor promptly ordered twice the usual, top 200 meds for our inventory. Also, we were supposed to get a new operating system for the pharmacy computers in November - never delivered.

Did anyone else read (Money Magazine) about the computer system for Walmart being second largest in U.S. (second only to Department of Defense)?

-- Ellen (Ellen@watchingeyes.com), December 30, 1999.

Two days w/o the forum ,was it me or am I addicted to this place? Did find out our friend mikeymac@sw... has had some heart problems within the past few days. Hope he is doing better,contact me mikey, tell us your ok ? oh,yes count me in Drill Sargent!!! See you guys next year :)

-- Furie (furieart@dnet.net), December 30, 1999.

Right behind you, TECH32, and dizzy from the whirlwind chat rooms and THIS IS IT alternate sites!

-- Sara Nealy (keithn@aloha.net), December 30, 1999.

I'm here!, and man am I dizzy!

-- Spindoc' (spindoc_99_2000@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.

...not that I'm anyone's favorite, but I'm here, and thankful for all the efforts by all the folks who have been so kind to keep our meeting place up for us, ESPECIALLY Lisa at texasnetworks!

-- Vern (bacon17@ibm.net), December 30, 1999.

Here, watching and waiting...

-- (pshannon@inch.com), December 30, 1999.

Thank you Phil, it's nice to see the place jumping again...

-- BiGG (supersite@acronet.net), December 30, 1999.

Present and accounted for.

Got my paycheck today, and took out about $900. No problems. Went around to the local stores. Bottled water and TP have been hit pretty hard. 3/4 of the water on display at the local Kroger was gone. At the Wal-Mart all of the gallon jugs of water were gone. Bottled water was hit hard, but about half of the display was still available. Lines but no real panic.

-- John Ainsworth (ainsje00@wfu.edu), December 30, 1999.

Thanks Phil.

Present and unaccounted for!!

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), December 30, 1999.

I was so relieved to see the forum back up, I'm going to have to be weaned off of you guys soon though I think... I don't have my BOB's packed yet! lurker 13

-- lurker 13 (lurker13@nowhere.here), December 30, 1999.

Here, thanks Phil.

-- && (&&@&&.&), December 30, 1999.

Elbow here! Man, the withdrawal was terrible!

-- LBO Grise (LBO Grise@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Found out something today - as I rushed home from our small town gas station, which was doing roaring trade (the kid said he would rather not work tomorrow - it would be crazy there), have to admit that I am addicted to this forum....and I didn't have to wait the extra hour I thought I would for it to come back.

As a techie friend of mine says "after all this fuss, I would like to see a little something happen", O.K. - maybe something to talk about.

-- Laurane (familyties@rttinc.com), December 30, 1999.

Another relieved regular.

In honor of our "shadow selves", our regular companions the trolls and pollies who've been with us since Day One, I propose we declare tomorrow "Rodney King Day" and ask the immortal question:

"Can we all get along."

(Come sit down on the couch right here, Suck & all (pat, pat), pop a beer, and let's watch this SUPERBOWL together, eh? We can fight again on Monday.)

-- jor-el (jor-el@krypton.uni), December 30, 1999.

Good idea Jor-el...

I suspect the pollies missed this site as much as the rest of us... let's sit back, pop a beer, and watch the show... we've all placed our bets already, so what's left to argue?

Prepped for 7, expecting 5, hoping for 3....

-- C (c@c.com), December 30, 1999.

Here from the Uk having gone round & round the bushes. Thanks Phil & Lisa.

No panic here in the West of England.

-- Chris (griffen@globalnet.co.uk), December 30, 1999.

Here! Thanks to Lisa for alleviating my withdrawal symptoms. Hope this board stays up. My daughter phoned from Chico and said, when she went by the IRS to pick up a copy of her payments they had to hand write it. Their computers were down. I don't know for how long, or anything more.

-- Nana2 (mstclair@jps.net), December 30, 1999.

Deb M. reporting for duty!

Central Ohio report:

Local Wal-Mart - Bottled water is GONE. Preppers are very evident in line.

Local Krogers - Still some bottled water available, ditto about preppers in many checkout lines.

Two gas stations had small lines (to end of driveway) and there were more than a few 5 gallon cans being filled.

-- Deb M. (vmcclell@columbus.rr.com), December 30, 1999.

WOW, never thought I'd be so happy to find this website back up. I'm HOME! yea!

-- Debi (LongTimeLurker@shy.com), December 30, 1999.

I hope all you assholes (Ludi, Nabi, pissed, Craig, Shakey, Vern, and others too numerous to mention) that have been all over Phil Greenspuns ass send him a nice apology for your malicious, unwarranted attacks on his character. The TB2000 fora are all back in operation now (now thanks to any of you dip shits!) and it was nothing more than a technical issue as Phil stated -- no conspiracy, no censorship, nothing nefarious whatsoever. So, if you have any balls whatsoever (and that is highly debatable based on your conduct), send Phil a nice, polite, and contrite e-mail and ask for your crow medium rare!

-- My Full Name (My@email.address), December 30, 1999.

Bardou here...GAWD I have felt like my two legs had been cut off the past couple of days.

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), December 30, 1999.

READY! SIR!

-- PJC (paulchri@msn.com), December 30, 1999.

Yo!

-- Me (me@me.me), December 30, 1999.

READY! SIR!

Local Detroit TV news overrun with Y2K. They're prepping at the Costco in Madison Heights. Water, batteries, generators. Not panicking. Just preppin' Still a 9.5 though. Anybody el se from MI on the forum tonight?

-- PJC (paulchri@msn.com), December 30, 1999.

YippppeeeEEEEEEE!!!! Whew!

Thanks!

-- Faith Weaver (suzsolutions@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.

Still lurking everwhere---thanks

-- Charles (chatcher@hcnews.com), December 30, 1999.

Reporting for Doody as ordered. Jeez, it was worse than solitary!

-- Porky (Porky@in.cellblockD), December 30, 1999.

Still quietly watching, waiting and lurking. Thanks all

-- anotherlurker (ljacobs@isomedia.com), December 30, 1999.

# 3 1800

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), December 30, 1999.

Checkin in. Thanks Phil, sysops, and Lisa.

-- mommacarestx (nospam@thanks.net), December 30, 1999.

Okay, this is the third time today I have answered roll call. Enough already!!! Reporting from GA - picked up another load of firewood - supplier now nearly wiped out. Bottled water gone in Wally World - congestion in the canned goods/soup aisle. Looks like lots of 3 -day storm prepping to me. Fema in GA reporting they are ready for anything -including "people" problems. Now whatever could they mean by that? People don't riot and cause mayhem, do they??? BTW - I fully intend to continue to participate in the Texas forum - they worked so hard to get it tweeked for us - only a click away, you know.

-- April (Alwzapril@home.com), December 30, 1999.

..home sweet home. Cheers Ed 'an Phil.!!

-- Wally (landoz@bigrock.net), December 30, 1999.

Reporting in from coastal Maine sir; afternoon report: Nothing stirring at the local Walmart, nothing stirring at the local banks, nothing stirring at the local gas stations....However, Major- and I mean MAJOR- preps at the local feed store. I was in line behind a woman who had 5 bags of 40lb dog food, 8 bags of 20 lb cat food in her cart. I casually mentioned how much I liked that brand of dog food, and she, just as casually said yes, her dog (note the singular usage!) agreed....over and out. What is my next task,sir?

-- Jan Cunningham (janhame@midcoast.com), December 30, 1999.

I am so glad to see this forum back, thanks all. I want to say a great big THANK YOU to Lisa for all you are doing. Nobody preparing in my neck of the woods, It's business as usual.

-- Lil Red (LD@imsohappy.com), December 30, 1999.

I am here and happy as hell to see ya'll!

-- Sammie (sammie0x@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.

Checkin in. Thanks all. I just have one question. Did Y2K Pro's mom have any children that lived?

-- PA Engineer (PA Engineer@longtimelurker.com), December 30, 1999.

I'm here, finally! Was that a wild ride or what? (Is my hair messed up?):)

-- margie mason (mar3mike@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Wow that was close. Thought i was going to go throught this alone... Glan your back and hope to see all of you on the other side....

Peace..

BLUE

-- BLUE (BLUEFISH@thepond.com), December 30, 1999.

Thanks to those who helped or fixed forum.

Thanks to Phil and Ed.

Took the day off and just enjoyed looking around antique shops. The bank lines in our small town around the block.

God Bless Each of You.

-- Tess (Tess praying for the best, prepping for the worst@PraiseGod.com), December 30, 1999.

Wooooo hooooooo!

Now that was particularly agitating.

Rock on!

-- lisa (lisa@work.now), December 30, 1999.

I'm BACK....thanks to all that reopened this forum and to the nice people that were helping us search for another "home". Today in SW Okla, there were long lines at the propane dealer; did not see any long lines at gas stations. Unleaded here is still $1.12 to $1.19 per gallon...I did not venture into Wal-Mart or the like.

-- jeanne (jeanne@hurry.now), December 30, 1999.

Here and prepared !!!Thanks to this forum.

-- Bill (sticky@2sides.tape), December 30, 1999.

Sir, yes sir! Private Gecko reporting for duty sir.

Permission to speak sir?

Private Gecko wishes to report mass apathy in the oil industry today sir. Most of the industry played golf today sir, volumes were dismal, phones were silent.

Private Gecko wishes to report that this is a bad omen sir. The industry has not taken the issue seriously enough sir. It has NOT checked all the chips as recommended by NIST and Cherry. It has NOT been diligent in it's pursuit of truth from vendors, but has chosen instead to trust implicity sir.

Private Gecko believes that this strategy may result in casualties within his industry sir and is greatly troubled about this.

Private Gecko wishes to warn those living near refineries that this is the case. He is concerned for civilians who are in proximity to these plants.

He is dismayed to see legitimate sources of information being shut down by POTUS.

-- Gordon (g_gecko_69@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.

Yo.

Thanks Phil for not giving up on us.

-- eubie (eubie@ready.com), December 30, 1999.

Lori here. Miss you all soooooooooooooooooooom= much!!!!!!

-- Lori (ABaby72@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Wilferd here, reporting in from KC....

Listening to the sound of fireworks (?!) in the distance....

Local Aldis had moderate number of shoppers who appeared to be preparing; ravioli, canned dinners, vegetables all had taken a sizeable hit.

-- Wilferd (WilferdW@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

MAN, am I glad to see you guys again!! Last night at the local grocery store, it looked like a tornado went through there!! No bottled gallons of water, lots of empty canned goods spaces..But that's ok, I was just getting my New Year's Even ice cream supply.

-- brubert (brubert@sugarpie.com), December 30, 1999.

Here, and the only thing I have noticed around here is 9m shells are getting hard to get. And I am glad to see you all. Jo

-- Jo (tj4261@geneseo.net), December 30, 1999.

Here. Where's texasnet? Glad this is working again.

-- Gregg (g.abbott@starting-point.com), December 30, 1999.

Here with eyes glued to screen! Box of preps by the computer, blanket close by...ready to roll...let's rock and roll!

-- Moore Dinty Moore (dac@ccrtc.com), December 30, 1999.

Standing watch over all those asleep in paradise... reporting from the Big Island of Hawaii.

Thanks to all who made this happen.

Those in the internet media who talk about "community" haven't experienced anything until they've been here for a while.

QUESTION

Is this board still going down with the MIT rollover shutdown?

Thanks to all...

Keith

-- Keith Nealy (keithn@aloha.net), December 30, 1999.

PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR....GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE....

-- MIA (amibeth@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.

ICE STATION ZEBRA, somewhere in the Bering Sea, overlooking the International Dateline.....

Temperature -26 degrees F. , Winds calm. Visibility unlimited.

Things are very quiet here, except for the Ravens routing around in the dumpster!

Group of about 12 Russian school children arrived yesterday, for two week visit (or longer). Hopefully only exchange, if you understand my meaning. Timing I thought a bit interesting!

Thanks to all that had a hand in resurrecting this forum at such a critical juncture.

Stay safe!

snowleopard6

-- (snowleopard6@webtv.net), December 30, 1999.

I moved less when I was in Air Force....

-- RJ (LtPita@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

FINALLY! Back and very, very thankful. This has been extremely stressful. Already popped open my stock of Pepto! I'm ready - thank god it's finally here!

-- dakota (none@thistime.com), December 30, 1999.

Sir! Yes, Sir!

Feeling like a ping-pong ball, Sir!

Collecting lots of contingency site addresses, Sir!

Preparing to scatter off into cyberspace again, Sir!

All quiet on the Western Front.

Godspeed,

-- Pinkrock (aphotonboy@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Thankyou for being here again. God bless you.

Joy

-- JOY (Tryon1ja@cmich.edu), December 30, 1999.

Jenny, I am here and smiing!

God help me! I know the pain of addiction withdrawal. When I couldn't get on the board I felt panicky, sweaty and tense. It was amazing how lost I felt without you all. I wondered if I would EVER get another invitation to mud wrestle. I missed Homers incredable news flashes, as well as the individual and collective wisdom and love of forum members.

Kinda makes me wonder about the next couple of days. I'd better get some backbone in case I lose power and have to go it alone (without you all). Thank you Phil and Ed for getting us together again!

-- Jenny (addicted@home.now), December 30, 1999.

Speechless!!!!! truly amazing

-- d...... (dciinc@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

I are here. When I told my wife about the forum going done because of the robot attack, she said, "It was probably irate wives." To which I said absolutely nothing.

Central Virginia: apathy reigns supreme. Except for the Food Lion, which was wiped out of non-fat milk and bread. There were also some holes in the canned meat sections. Gas cans are in short supply. The diesel guy told me today (after pumping back out of the barrels the incorrect grade) that he's been hopping delivering fuel oil to folks with generators.

-- Kurt Ayau (Ayau@iwinet.com), December 30, 1999.

I've been around the world and back... I'm ready to put my roots down...

Thanks to all who've helped!

-- Forum Refugee (formerly Forum Regular) (Here@y2k.comx), December 30, 1999.

Ludi here, with thanks and apologies to Mr. Greenspun.

-- Ludi (ludi@rollin.com), December 30, 1999.

Wonderful to be back at the forum. Now, I'll go back to lurking again. Thanks Phil! Thanks Chuck, Diane, et al!!!! I know you have been very busy getting this back up again.

-- Max (Xam01@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. What a loss this was for a while.Big thanks Phil and Ed. Midcoast Maine is quiet. I think those who prepared have already done so. Charlie

-- Charlie (cstewart@ime.net), December 30, 1999.

Present and accounted for. Having a great time CPR and the gang of 4 at the duhbunkie site. Enough said about his publicity stunt with Garvey. Went to the store last night and ALL the bread was gone. I have never seen that happen even during a winter storm. I'm prepared for the worst and hoping for the best.

-- y2k dave (xsdaa111@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.

Glad to see ya'll back. Gotta support my lurkin' habit! NE Oklahoma starting to move, but more of a trickle than a flood.

-- grannyclampet (don'thave@clue.com), December 30, 1999.

Original Lurker. Thanks Phil

Jeff C

-- Jeff C. (rock@rockisland.com), December 30, 1999.

Here. Thank you to those who helped revive the forum.

-- marsh (armstrng@sisqtel.net), December 30, 1999.

Yes, SIR! Seargent Major, SIR!!!

North Central Florida has lines everywhere you go!!!

-- 007 (cabs007@juno.com), December 30, 1999.

Here! Back home, coming in the cat door, will stop hissing & snarling now.

Thank you all who managed this comeback.

-- Scat (sgcatique@webtv.net), December 30, 1999.

There's no place like home (and ToTo too!)

-- Itol D. Youso (BackfromOz@dorothy.com), December 30, 1999.

YO!!!

-- Michael (mikeymac@uswest.net), December 30, 1999.

Yo...

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), December 30, 1999.

Finally made it home ... both of them .... :-)

THANK YOU to everyone who made this possible!

Be it ever so humble, there is no place like HOME!

Rev. ThunderLight

-- hiding in plain (sight@edge of.nowhere), December 30, 1999.

Phil, et.al. -- I can't thank you enough!!!

-- eve (123@4567.com), December 30, 1999.

"Here, Sergeant Major, Airborne! FAITHFUL AND TRUE, PREPARED TO SERVE!" (a couple of hints, Billy boy!)

-- Mr. Mike (mikeabn@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

I'm here to stay.

-- Leslie (***@***.net), December 30, 1999.

Reporting from north Mississippi--- I don't know how we'll ever get accustomed to life without this forum. Will we still be here winter, spring, summer, fall as life unfolds or will we go back to whatever life we used to have? Is it still there?

Thanks Phil and Ed for making this forum available and for resuscitating it when it had appeared to breathe it's last breath. Thanks sysops (is that an acronym?) for your dedication and kudos Lisa for working so hard to make something available to the Forum junkies who had terrible withdrawal symptoms!

Blessings!

-- Sylvia (bluebirdms@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Thank You. Thank You. Thank you. I started a Y2K journal on Oct. 1, and have kept it faithfully since, thanks to the information I got from this list. I had a heck of a time trying to think of things to put into it while you were down, and I missed you all badly. Home, sweet home!

-- Liz (lizpavek@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.

Sir;

Fourth Squad, Second Platoon, 376th ASA Company, 25th Infantry Division reporting All present or accounted for Sir;

:)

-- Michael Erskine (osiris@urbanna.net), December 30, 1999.

Always lurking and greatful to everyone for all the info.

-- Marcia Ernst (wmernst@bellatlantic.net), December 30, 1999.

Signing in, Sir. Better last than never!

-- Tommy Rogers (Been there@Just a Thought.com), December 30, 1999.

Here !

I SWEAR ! It literally got COLDER, just after the forum went down !

This forum does have the knack to raise the temperatture a degree or two (Farenheit). Canadian winters don't seem so bad with you guys around. THANKS PHIL :-) Canuck

-- Canuck (michelwi@colba.net), December 30, 1999.

Lurking here for over a year....thanks Phil for your hard work!

Don

-- Don (mrmtgman@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Once again

(can we say deja vu?)

-- Brian (imager@home.com), December 30, 1999.

Reporting in from Houston....SIR!

Thank you Phil,Lisa, Sysops etc.

No lines at Well Fargo

-- quietly (quietly@preparing.com), December 30, 1999.

"Are we there yet, Mom? Can we stay a while or will they move our bed again?!" dr. ben here but having a hard time explaining all this to the kids! Thanks to Phil, Diane, Chuck and a cast of thousands. Also thanks to Lisa who is doing yeoman work at txnet trying to keep us sane.

-- dr. ben (benalurker@usa.net), December 30, 1999.

TB2000 was missed and harraay(!) for us that she's back.

I'm here not only because of the sense of community and shared concern but because I don't trust that the "official" newsproviders are going to provide me with the unfiltered, unspun news about Y2K or even related stories.

Half the city in my town (300,000) could be without power for hours and we never hear a thing about it on the 6 O'clock news or read about it in the paper the next day. It's as if it didn't happen and don't anybody talk about it.

Glad TB2000 is back. Now I feel I'm in touch with what is happening across America and the world. With Rather/Jennings and the rest I only get what "they" want me to know and "how" they want me to know it.

Bless you all in 2000. sdb

-- S. David Bays (SDBAYS@prodigy.net), December 30, 1999.

Im new but I am here to, just wanted to say HI!

Y2K Ready got my Gro. and my Gun what more do you need??

Hope everyone has a safe Y2K rollover.

-- Texas Tech (getaclue@moron.com), December 30, 1999.

Marcia: Do you like to mudwrestle?

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), December 30, 1999.

Here.

Calm, moderate prepping going on in the wilds of West Jersey.

Actual conversation overheard in Shop Rite last night:

Clerk A: Where's the Sterno?

Clerk B (exasperated): I don't know. What IS Sterno? I don't even know what it is.

A co-worker share the location of a pure, little-known spring nearby today. I really don't expect things to come to that, but I felt better knowing just the same.

People are definitely staying put this weekend.

-- Thinman (thinman38@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.

Finally found the board was back up. WHEW!!!

I guess I've grown a little dependent on yall's company.

It's 11:40 pm EST and I am at work performing final backups on all of our network servers. I'll come back in tomorrow evening and shut them down for the rollover!

I think I'll head over to the 24 hour Wal-Mart and see what's cookin on the way home....

-- Prep Scout (Y2K_is_close@hand.com), December 30, 1999.

Here in Albuquerque. Lot's of folks buying water at Smith's. No eggs for available for the past two days. Very busy at Sam's club.

Stocked up on wine. Sighted in the scopes for the 9 mm carbine and 22 LR. Received another Kevlar helmet. Body armor ordered. Finished setting up HAM radio rig.

Bob

-- bob (janebob99@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

Greetings to everyone (hey - Keith on Big Island!!) Reporting from boondocks of the island of Hawaii - heard at teensy PO in Pahoa (big reward if anyone knows where that is) that Safeway parking lot was madhouse, took 1/2 hour to get out of there. (I think Hilo has population of about 45,000). Going to Hilo (main "city" on island) tomorrow - will report. Keith (posted above) told me that island has oil for 30 days - if elec goes out, so does most water on island. Love to you all - Aloha, Pram PS - Anyone from Oahu - please post status tomorrow - I have so many friends there, and they aren't on this forum!

-- Pramada (pram108@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.

Here, Sarg. Been lurking for 1+ year. You all are appreciated!

-- madstamper (here@3-cities.WA), December 31, 1999.

A brief report from the front range of Colorado:

Sam's Club was packed tonight, lots of food going out the door, more than has been the case recently. No gas lines, regular grocery stores still well stocked. Just finished getting my diesel and kerosene. The local rent-all place that sells bulk kerosene and propane has been swamped for the past two days. The guy told me that over 2500 gal of propane went out yesterday. When I went back today for more kerosene, the propane line was even longer. They limited kerosene purchases to 30 gal per person. I'll have to take a couple of jerry cans back there tomorrow to finish up.

The local newspaper proclaims that y2k will not be a problem. Hope they're right, but I have my doubts.

-- rob minor (rbminor@hotmail.com), December 31, 1999.

thanks to lisa.....and to those who put TB2000 back on track............... no gas lines here in central ark............... wallyworld seemed to be doing an unusual amount of restocking tonite....but still plenty of the essentials either on the shelf or about to be put there............good luck and God bless to all

holding my breath.............

-- mebs (andrea@mebs.lurk), December 31, 1999.

Hi, my name is DC, and I'm a longtime lurkerette. I always figured I could quit "anytime I wanted to." I thought I just came here because I wanted to, not because I HAD to. I always figured I could go cold turkey when the time came.

Instead, after suffering withdrawal pains of epic proportions from a sudden and terrible "fora interruptus," I would like to humbly thank you for bringing me kicking and screaming into reality. I AM addicted to this place. Unfortunately, it would appear that an unavoidable but long foreseen "intervention" has taken place and rehab begins within hours.

Thank you for everything. May all be well with you and your loved ones in the new year.

-- Dixie Chick (scsww@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.

Reporting from Wisconsin as ordered, sir!

Lake Michigan has been drained, sir!

Ron Dayne will run for 450 yards, sir!

TEOTWAWKI arrives a day late in Cheeseville when the Pack is eliminated from the playoffs, sir!

I missed the madness, sir!!

Let the party begin, sir!!

Happy New Year to our global village...

-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), December 31, 1999.

Leo reporting in at 1900 hours Sydney time, sir. Five hours and counting exactly. Preparing to move out at 2000 hours. Sir.

Leo

-- Leo Champion (lchampion@dingoblue.net.au), December 31, 1999.

You didn't think, that just bacause our web master said that he was pulling the plug, you didn't think that I wouldn't hit this link in my favs, just in case, did you? You didn't think, that just bacause I've been posting on other forums, that I wouldn't check out my old home, did you?

<:)))= (that's a BIG grin)

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.

Yes, I do know how to spell bEcause. I don't know where those a's came from. Must have been a thinko, or the old e=a bug... <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.