What will you be doing on New Years Eve?

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I plan on positioning those remaining things that I may need where I can easily get to them, but didn't want to take out until now. Knowing where things are that you may need is important. One of the many lessons we learned during our 'Y2K Drills' was that you don't want to waste time trying to find something after you need it, especially in the dark. The other things I will be doing are just some organizing of supplies and repacking bugout bags. Like almost everyone else, I'll also be keeping a close watch on what is happening where the clock has already turned.

What about you?

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

Answers

Well... since y2k has all been fixed, nothing's going to happen, & we're all out in the burbs where nothing ever happens anyway.... guess we'll open the champagne bottles & toast the new year.

Then Monday go back to work. (uh-huh)

-- glad it will (be@over.soon), December 30, 1999.


Rob:

I'll be starting work super-early so I can monitor events of the rollover around the globe. I'll get off work 1200hrs Pacific Time and move my last things out to the acreage, where we will ride out the weekend and reassess the state of the world.

I will be remembering you all and praying for everyone.

I will go to bed early, having stoked the wood stove up for the night and tucked the boys in.

I will get up in the morning, make a cup of coffee, and go for a gentle walk in the winter woods surrounding our mobile home. Then I will turn on the radio and learn...

Please remember my family and pray for us too.

God bless you all folks, it is a pleasure to call you my friends!

-- (Kurt.Borzel@gems8.gov.bc.ca), December 30, 1999.


Either gazing at this computer screen... sipping champaign... or gazing at the fireplace, reading by candlelight... and sipping the bubbly.

Dull, huh? Thankfully, it's only once every 100/1,000/2,000 years.

Party on... in 2001!

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.


Kurt: Thanks for the post. Consider the prayers said.

Diane: That really you? No special high-octane lattee? :)

-- (sonofdust@home.now), December 30, 1999.


If the powers on, I'll be watching the net and the tube with drink in hand, waiting to see what gets blown up... if the powers out, well my son and I have gameboys, a link cable, and lots and lots of AA's, as well as the new attachments that clip on, that magnify and light the screen up so you can play by candlelight....

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


Celebrating my thirteenth wedding anniversary with The Hungarian, Sweetie and the cats--quietly at home (since we achieved dodderer status). I'll be phoning my dad in England around 9 p.m. his time (he's going to bed early, being even more of a dodderer). I'll also be monitoring the scanners and checking with contacts to see what, if anything, needs to be investigated or photographed by my paper or TV station. The Hungarian, a nurse, won't be on call, but Sweetie, a computer type, will.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), December 30, 1999.

Finish all the laundry, nag everybody in the house to bathe. Wash out the two bathtubs and fill 'em. Fill an extra 32 gal. trash container (after washing it out). Leave the washing machine full of water. Fill tupperware and pots/pans.

Keep an eye on what's going on worldwide. We should know by noon (EST) about New Zealand, Australia and Japan. If things are no problemo there I will be more confident of here.

At night we're going down the street to a neighborhood party. A short walk home if the lights go out (I suspect that would break up the festivities). Then, get things set up for camping mode.

-- Gary S. (garys_2k@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999.


Going off the grid and onto our own power. Watching the TV as y2k moves around the world, checking the computer for emails from friends around the world and most likely watching my PC do its own melt down at midnight. We will no doubt be in bed snug 5 minutes after midnight.. unless all hell is breaking loose. But we are even more dodering than Ol' Git and Sweetie Pie. Spent this week getting everything organized so I can find the stuff. Don't really have a bug out bag as we already live in an area where one would bug out too. Taz and Chubby Hubby

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

OK--at midnight

Audio--battery operated scanner--one hundred and fifty channels of police, fire, ambulance, electric and water utilities, airport, and county hazmat.

Video--one network channel in Times Square

Food--caviar, deviled eggs and crackers

Drink--Champagne

Lighting--kerosene lamp

Companion--my wife

:-)

-- cgbg jr (cgbgjr@webtv.net), December 30, 1999.


During the day we'll watch rollover, wash clothes, bathe, then fill washer and tub and be sure we can put our hands on things we might need for a BITR or more. In the evening, we'll watch a football game, flip the main switch and retire to our solarized camper parked in the driveway (facing south of course)! If I wake up during the night, I'll check our neighbors yard light to see how good or bad things are. Saturday morning we'll deal with whatever we have to deal with. However, I can't even imagine what it would feel like not to be waiting to see what's going to happen and wondering if I've bought enough insulin and heart meds. Even though I haven't been fearful of what will happen, the anticipation of "who knows what?" has not been easy.

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


Duty officer for my Army Reserve staff section. The kids are staying home, thank God. As I posted one forum crash ago (it's great to be back up! We were all going through withdrawal!), I DO NOT know of ANY martial law plans, roadblocks, black helicopters/white trucks...etc. God be with us all. Pray for one another...

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

Just remember...There may be a few significant embedded blips during the roll-over that we hear about... probably foreign cause that's all that will be let out. The fan won't turn brown for several weeks when the build-up of failures can't be hidden any longer (then the market goes) . Do Not under-estimate the current administration ability to deceive the elect. The oil/chem news is gonna be buried big time by Kosky's clowns.

The things they won't be able to hide.

1. Water/Sewer problems. 2. Grid failures (massive enough to black out large areas) 3. Bombings (heaven help us) 4. Telecommunications. 5. Chemical plant failures if they involve evacuations.

All will be denied as a Y2K event, don't think the spin ends 12/31/99. We will all see the truth by early Feburary.

-- Polly-Morphic Doomer (greenem31@aol.com), December 30, 1999.


I cut the tops out of four 55 gallon plastic barells today and moved them into the house, then filled them with water. Also Tripped main breaker and test ran generator one last time. Filled all the kerosene lanterns with lamp oil and positioned matches and flashlights around the house. Took final inventory of ammunition and food supplies, wife is picking up what we are still low on tomorrow at work. Tomorrow I will do four more barells, and cut loose from the grid at noon central time. I will spend the afternoon monitoring the rollover as best I can. Good luck everybody.

-- Nikoli Krushev (doomsday@y2000.com), December 30, 1999.

Rob

I will be online, all family members are to ignore me :o) Since west coasters will be the last to roll over, the picture will be clear as to the situations that may occur.

New Years Day will be spent down the road at a fully compliant home to quaft brews and yak to old friends. That should be very revealing as .mil info will be forthcoming.

Best of the rollover to Rob and family. Stay safe and watch for those Stealth Geese eh!

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


I'm going to be throwing one KICK-ASS party!! We have tons of booze, food (NOT from the preps) and a bunch of great music on CDs that I mixed myself (I was a radio DJ in college). We plan on enjoying the hell out of ourselves come what may.

The guests are all families we will be 'hosting' in case of distruptions and all are prepped. If anything does go wrong the men-folk will go to their respective houses (all live in town) and bring their supplies back here.

If you're prepped you have no reason to worry. Have fun. If you aren't prepped, well, I guess that's the why just about every large New Years Eve event on earth has been canceled at the last minute. Those people ARE worried and it's starting to show.

Folks, we gotta enjoy ourselves. We worked hard for it dammit! (grin).

[Raising a Glass] Cheers!

-TECH32-

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



I will be working (tech support) :-( Hubby has to work as well (corrections), so we will be separated and will panic if anything happens locally to either of us. But I wish everyone a very peaceful New Year.

-- Dian (bdp@accessunited.com), December 30, 1999.

First thing in the a.m. I have to take my FIL to the Army/Navy store to buy suspenders! (You'd have to live my life to understand) After that I may as well do some last day shopping and library browsing. The P.M. will find me, dh, fil, and grandbaby just hanging out at home. My daughters are going to a near by party and will be able to reach home in a hurry if they have to. My sister and family live about 5 miles away and can get to my house fast if problems happen. My dh will fill the water jugs, I will clean house until I get tired of it, FIL will just sit, and grandbabe will play.

-- Carol (glear@usa.net), December 30, 1999.

Originally I thought I wanted to watch news on the internet all night but I think it takes all night for the events to filter down to the people via the news anyway and I heard Aspen was throwing a huge fireworks celebration so we're going to drive the 45 miles one way and check it out. No liquor though. It'll be bumper to bumper with city cops, sheriffs and state highway patrol.

-- Guy Daley (guydaley@bwn.net), December 31, 1999.

0930 Next to last load of jerky into the driers

1030 Radio's and antenas purchased
3 cord of wood dumped

1200 UPS's installed and trolling batts attached and units plugged in

1430 Last load of Laundry in washer
Last load of dishes done
Living Room being cleaned and last shopping trip completed.

1500 Chat with BD and some others looking at the first half of the rollover
1600 Reposition anything needing strategic repositioning,
Fire up and verify generator
verify charge rate on trolling batts in the UPS's

1730 Shower for party

1900 Leave for Huntburg and party

2000 Walk in door and shed Y2K and PARTY until the lights go out (Rick and Mindy's or mine).

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), December 31, 1999.

I'll be attending a community center dance in this very rural area of Montana. My three children will also attend. From what I've been told I'm gonna learn how to dance something called the swing.

I hope you all remain safe and well

Cheers, Rob

-- Rob Carroll (flyingred@montana.com), December 31, 1999.


Rob et. al., wishing all forumers a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Just finished all work systems (its 10:02pst) whew, glad thats done!!!

Install last minute patches tomorrow morning to home pc's. Throw last load of laundry in. Make one last trip to the BANK!!! Take Tiana shopping for clothes (she got a bunch of "cards" for xmas). Check departure bags. Take long HOT shower, dress formal...Flip our breakers....walk next door with Christopher, Tiana and Brittney. Have wonderful food and drink and company......See karla escape party to log onto internet for latest updates on UPS PC . Will have champagne in hand toasting the wonderful people here at TB2000!!

Me being demonstrative.....XXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (hugs and kisses all) BE WELL

-- Love you guys ;-) (karlacalif@aol.com), December 31, 1999.


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