--The Fat Lady's about to sing.--Scary Gary Closing Shop.

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Y2K Stories Are Getting Fewer and Fewer. When They Cease, I Will Archive This Site. How to Keep in Touch.

As the press goes on to other topics, the immediacy of this site will be reduced. That is happening now.

At some point in the near future, I will archive this site, with all my comments (warts and all!) for historians and journalists. This site provides comprehensive extracts from the press, day by day, for three years. Most of the originals are gone. The links are dead. All that remains are my extracts.

The Web made the y2k awareness movement possible. No team of researchers in 1993 could have done what I and my volunteer informants did. The Web made it possible.

But Web journalism is short-lived. The articles disappear.

I want to stay in touch with you. I'll let you know if something important appears. This way, you won't have to keep coming back, looking for articles.

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-- (I'm@pol.ly), January 10, 2000

Answers

Gary North may have made some bad judgements and exaggerated analysis, however our country and the world economy is slowly getting closer to the edge - its just a matter of time. We have gone considerably past the point of no return!!!

-- (y2k0k@usa.sinking), January 10, 2000.

It's obvious that Gary needs to go on with his life. Turn out the lights, the party's over.

-- X (X@X.com), January 10, 2000.

Well, actually, Gary said on Friday that he would close up shop when Y2K glitches ceased.

Today, he noted that glitches continue. We have to assume that his site will continue, don't we?

Hardly an indication that he is completely ready to stop, is it? Doesn't indicate to me that the fat lady has even gargled in her dressing room, let alone walked on stage.

-- (-@-.-), January 10, 2000.


Whatever you think of North's world view, his religious convictions and his strained, over the top philosophizing I will always regard him as a man of integrity. Please heed the admonitions of Dale Way and Cory Hamasaki--It's January 10 not March 10. I still haven't let that breath out.

-- Blew5M (gaf@mindspring.com), January 10, 2000.

I'm@pol.ly.

Did you go out and pay $500 for that $30 pair of shoes today??

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 10, 2000.



No Ray, sure didn't. Bet you're as grateful to Gary as I am for waking people up in 1997, aren't you? Good thing TPTB finally paid enough attention in time, huh? I'm sure Gary would be pleased with the Thank You letter you owe him. Be a good boy, and write it now, like your Momma (should've) taught you.

on de rock

-- Walter (on de rock@northrock.bm), January 10, 2000.


I'd say Gary North is about done. Consider what he says about John Koskinen now:

"John Koskinen had the job of getting the U.S. government compliant. Sally Katzen preceded him in this task.

With a small staff, he was abe to motivate the bureaucratic troops. He did not organize the y2k repair process, but he surely was in charge at the end. He would have taken the criticism, had large systems failed.

Because he was dependent on agencies' self-reported data, I was suspicious of every announcement of success. But, as it turned out, the systems seem to be holding.

So, my hat is off to him. He seems to have succeeded. I gave him a lot of trouble in the interim, so I feel obligated to say that the job got done on his watch."

I'd say there is a growing distinction between Gary North and Paul Milnevil. That is, North recognizes the point of concession and is gracious at it.

-- Buster (BustrCollins@aol.com), January 10, 2000.


Ray,

Why would I pay $500 for a $30 pair of shoes? I've never even paid $30 for a pair of shoes. You must be a real dummy to pay $30.

-- (I'm@pol.ly), January 10, 2000.


Walter, are you aware of what I mean by the comment???

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 10, 2000.


Irony occasionally does not fly well in this environment.

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), January 10, 2000.


Sorry for previous post Ray. I had just logged on and should have seen you were making the point. I read too quickly & jumped the gun. Same page, wrong book.

on de rock

-- Walter (on de rock@northrock.bm), January 10, 2000.


(I'm@pol.ly),

Sorry for going over your head. I'll try to keep it on a more juvenile plain.

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 10, 2000.


Tom, you are so right. Been a long day today, Got a couple of aspirin?

on de rock

-- Walter (on de rock@northrock.bm), January 10, 2000.


Ray, you'll have to pardon my ignorance of geography, but where is the "juvenile plain?"

FWIW - I took I'm@pol.ly's response as ironic as well. This is becoming a regular irony board. Oop, gotta run, the pun police are at my door.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), January 10, 2000.


David,

The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Juvenile Plain!!

Back to the Irony Board, many shirts await. Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 10, 2000.



Ray,

I figured that would go "way over" your head.

-- (I'm@pol.ly), January 10, 2000.


I don't think there will be much more Y2K news. There will be announcements in the financial press that companies are having inventory problems, production problems, computer problems, etc. With an army of lawyers waiting to jump on the Y2K issue, companies are going to avoid saying anything about Y2K. The only thing they will say about Y2K is that their problems are not Y2K related.

-- Dave (dannco@hotmail.com), January 10, 2000.

Dave:

Good point. We don't really care what these problems are called. We care how many and how serious they are. I don't care if they miscategorize ALL of them, provided we continue to have zero impact on our daily lives.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), January 10, 2000.


damn, polly, you sure are wearing some cheapass shoes!

-- ed (edrider007@aol.com), January 10, 2000.

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