http://www.pressdemo.com/local/news/51895.html

-- yummi (tasty@treat.net), January 28, 2000

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Isn't it interesting that they use that headline...

"Forget Y2K, this is serious"

... when in fact, ironically, it could very well be Y2K that IS the cause of this production shortfall, or at least the straw that broke the camel's back. They of course offer no explanation for the actual cause of the reduced production. If pressed, they will undoubtedly say.. "not Y2k related", no way! Filing bankruptcy in the ice cream cone business may not seem to be a serious problem, but I wonder how many other businesses will soon find themselves in a similar situation. Just 28 days after rollover, and I'm still waiting, and watching like a ...

(*V*)

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), January 28, 2000.

Yummi,

You werent kidding, this is Serious! It's time to start STOCKING UP!

Zguy

-- Zguy (imstocking@up.com), January 28, 2000.

Do you suppose that the Coke empire laying off 6000 has anything to do with Y2K, NAaaaaaaaaaaa, and it along with all the bankruptcies from Y2K amounts to anything NAaaaaaaaa. Of course it might mean something to you if you happen to be one that is caught in the 6000, or the bankruptcies. Many holes can sink a ship, death by 1000 cuts whatever. Regardless of how one gets dead, he is just as dead. Y2K,why thats a bunch of foolishness, right!!!!!!

-- Notforlong (Fsur@aol.com), January 28, 2000.

"They won't believe it's y2k until it hits 'em at the gas pump."

"They won't believe it's y2k until it hits 'em at the ice cream parlor."

In a way this story is really very humorous, if it turns out to be one of the y2k failures that turns public opinion. And then history books might read: "...and the beginning of the year 2000 computer glitch didn't seem to be much of a problem, until companies began to fail, most notable is one of the early failures, the country's top producer of ice cream cones, Ace Baking Co. of Wisconsin, which had abruptly cooled its ovens and announced an intention to file for bankruptcy. It seems that the sleeping giant couldn't believe there were no more ice cream cones...oh my!'

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), January 28, 2000.

This skit is getting too silly.

Are we going to see every business failure this year as possibly Y2K related? This is absurd. Coke is having problems because of their public relations nightmare and inept handling of the contaminated coke crises in Europe last year. To even suggest it is because of Y2K is ridiculous. Sorry to those folks who may actually be tounge-in- cheek.

-- futureshock (gray@matter.com), January 28, 2000.

No, but how many?

0?

1?

10?

100?

1,000?

10,000?

100,000?

You tell me.

Tick... Tock... <:00= ...

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.

42, (giggle, you walked right into that one.)

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 29, 2000.

And I stepped in some Italics, oops...

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 29, 2000.

Ever see "Raising Arizona"?

"Hey, look what I almost stepped into!" (attribute to polyanna of choice, heheheheh)

-- Sluggo (sluggo@your.head), January 29, 2000.