my buddy who only kinda got it just in November after hearing countless speeches from me, called me from his cell phone about 2 hours ago and said that he was at the Shell station where he always buys gas and they are out of all gas except premium. This would be in the N.E. Ohio area for fyi purposes.

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

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Vern,

Just wait until tomorrow when all of our collective eyes will not believe that soooooo many people literally waited until the night before.

Incredulity,Incredulous,Incredible,

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

Vern:

Really, that's funny! Poor sap.

Somewhere back in time I remember learning about stages of mind-set folks go through when change is forced upon them: denial, anger, depression, acceptance.

We all went through these as we've learned about y2k and prepared for it--in the face of adversity.

Most people may now be leaving "denial" and entering the wonderful world of "anger".

Life will be hard for them--and us.

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

Sorry Folks, no herds at gas stations in Fl., nor in grocery stores. Signed: Two autos, filled to brim.

-- Truth Seeker (forus@all.com), December 30, 1999.

No gas lines here in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Only a few cars, if that. All quiet here late Thursday evening.

-- Boy Scout (boyscout@beprepared.com), December 30, 1999.

All quiet here, gas stations are nearly deserted, and nobody has run out. However, I did find one pump out of order.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), December 30, 1999.

Orange County California

Ralphs here in Fullerton is a zoo and most of the bottled water was gone at 6:00 PM. A local Costco had a line of 100 people waiting to get in according to local TV. Gas Stations I saw were normal.

-- Dana (A_Non_O_Moose@xxx.com), December 31, 1999.

Kurt those four stages were described, if I am correct by Elizabeth Kubler Ross, in her book, "On Death And Dying" to describe the stages a person goes through after discovering they have a terminal disease.

Ironic, to say the least.

-- gary elliott (gelliott@real.on.ca), December 31, 1999.

Thanks Gary!

-- (Kurt.Borzel@gems8.gov.bc.ca), December 31, 1999.